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As a coach of a team heading into the biggest match that thesport of football offers every year, Mike Holmgren has to be lovingall the attention that is being heaped on the Pittsburgh Steelersin Motown this week.
It seems to be a foregone conclusion the Steelers are a lockin Sunday’s game, as even the good Lord seems to be pulling forthem. I mean how else can you explain that the Super Bowl justhappens to be taking place in Jerome Bettis’s hometown and theyhave literally been playing sudden death games the last two months.
This is a team that was on the brink of being eliminated fromthe tournament and had to beat lowly Detroit the final week, justto qualify as the last seed. Then they had to go up against probowl quarterback Carson Palmer of the Bengals and on his firstpass of the game, he completes a 5-yarder. Just as it looks likeCincinnati is going to roll, the Steelers knock out Palmer witha devastating injury!
Next up is the huge favored Colts and just when it seems thatthe Steelers will drive the final nail in the coffin, Bettis fumblesat the Indy goal line, as they are running out the clock. Indy’sback Harper scoops the ball up and all he has to do is outruna bunch of slow lineman and a quarterback who outweighs him byforty pounds. Big Ben Roethlisberger sticks out is hand as heis falling and trips up Harper and then the most accurate activekicker in the NFL, misses what usually is an automatic field goal.
Pittsburgh then heads to Colorado to face the hometown Broncosand dispatches them in relative ease and now awaits an undervaluedSeahawks team. Seattle has some serious weapons beginning withowner Paul Allen who is worth a reported $21 billion dollars,give or take a penny or two. Their coach has already scooped upthree Super Bowl rings in his career and his staff also has acornucopia of the jewelry as well.
They have a Pro Bowl quarterback, the MVP of the NFC in ShaunAlexander and an offensive line that is arguably the best in thebusiness. On the defensive side they have Super Bowl winning experiencein Grant Wistrom and Chuck Darby, yet everyone talks about theSteelers vaunted front seven.
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Seattle will score first and cover the game spread!
