Yes, there was a loser. The Cardinals. (that's why they keep score) However, there were two winners. The Steelers and the fans.
Was there really a loser in Super Bowl XLIII?
Obviously, the Pittsburgh Steelers won in a nail-biting 27-23 comeback. They got the big trophy for winning a record sixth Super Bowl.
But credit the Arizona Cardinals and their coach, Augusta native Ken Whisenhunt, for taking a lackluster, 110-year-old franchise further than it had ever gone before: to the brink of a Super Bowl championship -- a victory in itself. His coaching kept his team in the game.
It was a game that promised drama and delivered. The late-game touchdown burst from the Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald. The acrobatic game-winning reception by Santonio Holmes. James Harrison's 100-yard, bowl-record run that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette already is calling the "immaculate interception."
Every player Sunday night left the field, in one way or another, as a champion.
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Yes, there was a loser. The Cardinals. (that's why they keep score) However, there were two winners. The Steelers and the fans.
Yeah, there was a loser -- the NFL fans. They lost on December 28, 2008, when the Lions finished 0-16.
The game was second best to last year's Superbowl...
The Cardinals have nothing to be ashamed of. This was easily one of the best Super Bowls I can remember. The fans were all winners as they got their money's worth. I would much rather see a close game than a runaway game anytime. Thank you Steelers and Cardinals for a great Super Bowl !
The losers were the Rooneys because they now see what Ken and Russ Grimm can do with a team from nowhere. It will get better and better for AZ.
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