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The mighty mighty Pittsburgh Steelers DEFENSE gave up over 400 yards of Arizona Cardinals offense including 3 Kurt Warner touchdowns at Super Bowl XLIII this past Sunday night, but they still managed to keep the Cardinals from scoring a 4TH game-winning touchdown – and that’s all that mattered in a 27-23 nailbiter in one of the most exciting Super Bowl games in modern history.

The game was edge-of-my-seat riveting, the multi-million-dollar commercials were wonderful, and another NFL season has come to a close (save the NFC-AFC Pro Bowl this Sunday afternoon in Honolulu).

After 256 regular season games and 11 post season games I finished the season out with a record of 169-97-1. That’s a respectable game-picking percentage of .635. I’ve done better in previous seasons, but I also had more competitition this season against the likes of my good blogging brothers Alex and Phil. I made a few picks that I wouldn’t have normally made had I competed against nobody this season. It won me the league championship title in Fantasy Football, but it lowered my multi-year seasonal average.

Nevertheless I had a lot of fun with it all, and I’m looking forward to starting it back up again in just about 7 months from now.

Until then enjoy your Basketball, Hockey, Baseball, Tennis, and Golf !

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

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.

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 !