Pittsburgh V Arizona in Super Bowl 43
Can Arizona’s high-flying offense run over the defense of Pittsburgh’s ‘Steel Curtain?’
Yes, Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida is finally set as the favorites to win it all this year, the Pittsburgh Steelers, will do battle with the season’s ultimate underdogs, the Arizona Cardinals. This is Pittsburgh’s second trip to the Super Bowl in four years while Arizona finally earned the trip to the big dance for the first time in franchise history.
It has been one heckuva’ season and one that could very well be described as one of the most unpredictable campaigns the NFL has ever seen. Who would’ve thought that the Pittsburgh Steelers will be kings of the AFC again with Ben Roethlisberger? Of course, nobody saw the 
Arizona Cardinals coming and the kind of campaign those guys just had.
The Pittsburgh Steelers punched their ticket after closing the curtains on the Ravens offense. Baltimore’s undrafted rookie quarterback Joe Flacco was harrased by the Steel Curtain all night. After posting awesome numbers during the last two playoff games, he had a terrible night against the Steelers secondary, forcing him to finish 13-for-30 for 141 yards and THREE interceptions.
The Steelers defense stopped the running game for the Baltimore Ravens as well, although nobody thought Pittsburgh would be doing it in a literal sense. Pittsburgh safety Ryan Clark literally stopped Baltimore’s most productive force of the night, Willis McGahee.
With 3:29 left to play and already leading 23-14, the Steelers saw Clark lay out Ravens running back Willis McGahee with a vicious hit that sent the tailback motionless on the field for a few minutes. McGahee was carted off the field on a stretcher before the rest of his team gave in to the Steel Curtain.
The Arizona Cardinals earned the right to play in Super Bowl XLIII after once again shocking the world for the third straight week.
This time, the Eagles were the victims as Arizona, led by the ageless Kurt Warner, continued their improbable run for the title with a 32-25 win. Many were already counting the Cardinals out even before they got the chance to play in the playoffs this season, guess what, all of them got it wrong.
Some said it would be utterly impossible for the Cardinals to stop the Atlanta Falcons running game and neutralize their hot shot rookie quarterback Matt Ryan. The Cards’ did.
Some said it would be utterly impossible for the Cardinals to win their first game in the Eastern time zone and beat the second seeded Panthers in Carolina. The Cards’ did.
Some said it would be utterly impossible for the Cardinals to beat the Philadelphia Eagles and score on that ridiculously talented defense. Guess what, the Cards’ JUST did.
And now, the Cardinals will play for Super Bowl XLIII in two weeks time. Sure, it should be easy to count the Cardinals out again since they are facing the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of the heavy favorites to win the title right from the get-go, but if the three weeks that we saw the Cardinals play in the playoffs were to tell us anything, it would have to be the fact that betting against these guys is a no-no.
Can the Arizona Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Steelers to win Super Bowl XLIII? BetUS.com has the odds on which team will win the Super Bowl in Tampa.
Arizona Cardinals +6.5
Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5
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