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Super Bowl XLIII – In Real Time

This is an annual tradition of mine, so just play along as I have my fun here.

(All times in PM, Eastern Standard Time)

6:09 – Steelers on the field.
6:10 – Cardinals on the field.
6:28 – Cardinals win the coin toss. (NFC wins for the 12TH year in a row.)
6:32 – Kickoff; 1ST quarter begins.
6:43 – Steelers Field Goal; 3-0.
7:01 – 1ST quarter ends (after 29 minutes).
7:04 – 2ND quarter begins.
7:08 – Steelers TOUCHDOWN; 10-0.
7:21 – Cardinals TOUCHDOWN; 10-7.
7:51 – Steelers TOUCHDOWN; 17-7.
7:56 – 2ND quarter ends (after 52 minutes).
8:29 – Kickoff; 3RD quarter begins (after 33 minute halftime).
8:57 – Steelers Field Goal; 20-7.
9:05 – 3RD quarter ends (after 36 minutes).
9:08 – 4TH quarter begins.
9:25 – Cardinals TOUCHDOWN; 20-14.
9:44 – Cardinals Safety; 20-16.
9:48 – Cardinals TOUCHDOWN; 23-20.
10:00 – Steelers TOUCHDOWN; 27-23.
10:09 – 4TH quarter ends (after 61 minutes); Game over.

STEELERS 27 CARDINALS 23

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Music Sports

Saturday Night Retro

Several weeks ago as I was cruising the Miami-Dade Metrorail into Downtown Miami we stopped at the Historic Overtown station. I glanced over at a large pile of leftover debris that sat where the Miami Arena once sat. They were building that arena when I first moved to America’s Rivera at the end of 1987. It sat there for 21 years, but its heyday was obviously the 1990s when both the Heat and the Panthers occupied the building. During much of the decade the arena was booming with business up to 5 nights a week with either basketball, hockey, arena football, or music concerts. As the 1990s came to a close its tenants began moving out and into new homes. The Miami Arena began dying a slow death. It was demolished just a few months ago:

I visited The Miami Arena when it was a fresh new modern facility. It was on a warm and rainy night on Friday June 30TH 1989 when I attended a 5-hour concert there sponsored by POWER-96. It was “Club MTV On Tour”, and ‘Downtown’ Julie Brown and the Club MTV Dancers hosted the shindig which featured some of the hottest pop acts at the time LIVE in concert including Was (Not Was), The Information Society, Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam, Tone Loc, and YES – the hottest pop act of them all in 1989 – Milli Vanilli !  Rob and Fab defined pop music in 1989 with their 5 TOP 5 smash hits in a row. This was ultimately the biggest smash of them all – “Baby Don’t Forget My Number”:

That’s “Baby Don’t Forget My Number” from Milli Vanilli – one of the biggest smash hits of 1989 !

‘Saturday Night Retro’ returns in 2 weeks. We’ll see ya then !

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My NFL Weekend Game Picks

After 256 regular season games and 10 post season games it all comes down to this – Super Bowl XLIII. It’s an exciting match featuring the 5-time Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers against perhaps the most surprising team to make the Super Bowl in modern history – the Arizona Cardinals – who’ve got a handful of ex Pittsburgh Steelers (coaches and players) from their last Super Bowl team.

The Steelers are naturally favoured by a full touchdown with an over-under of 47 points. That would make a final score of Steelers 27 Cardinals 20. I on the other hand am bringing my .637 season-to-date average to the table – and rooting for and picking the Arizona Cardinals to win it all by a score of 33 to 16. Your MVP ?  Kurt Warner !

Check out the big game LIVE on NBC-TV. Continuous pregame coverage begins at 12 PM EST / 9 AM PST. Kickoff occurs at around 6:30 PM EST.

Be sure to catch the season finale of ‘My NFL Weekend Game Picks: The Results Show’ – next Wednesday night here on the big green blog.

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My NFL Weekend Game Picks: The Results Show

Check out what I had to say two weeks ago about my picks for the two Conference Championship Games.

OK so half of my Super Bowl XLIII wish came true. That brings my seasonal statistics as follows:

THIS WEEK – 1-1 {.500}

OVERALL – 169-96-1 {.637}

Be sure to check out my absurd Super Bowl XLIII pick tomorrow afternoon here on the big green blog. I’ll even pick an outrageous final score !

Stay tuned later tonight for an all-new Bedtime Stories !