Super Bowl XLIII will be the forty-third edition of the Super Bowl, an American football game that will feature the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers (14-4) and the National Football Conference champion Arizona Cardinals (12-7) to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2008 season. Of historical note is that this game matches up two franchises that were merged into a single team (i.e., “Card-Pitt”) for the 1944 season, in response to the depleted rosters during World War II. Pittsburgh will be going for its sixth Super Bowl win, which would place it in sole possession of the record for most Super Bowl wins, while the Cardinals are seeking their first league title since 1947 and only the second undisputed league championship in their history.
The Cardinals will be the designated “home team”, as is the case for all NFC champions in odd numbered Super Bowls. The game is scheduled to be played on February 1, 2009, with kickoff at 6:20 PM Eastern Time, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Super Bowl XLIII will be the second Super Bowl at this venue and the fourth overall in that city.
Now for some Super Bowl Trivia…
Q. What player has been to the Superbowl more often than anyone else?
A. Mike Lodish (four times with Buffalo, two with Denver).
Q. Which team has been to the Superbowl the most often?
A. Three way tie, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers.
Q. Which football teams have the most Superbowl wins?
A. Dallas and the San Francisco 49s, five wins each.
Q. What player holds the record for most rushing yards in a single Super Bowl?
A. In Super Bowl XXII, rookie running back Timmy Smith rushed for a Super Bowl record 204 yards, leading the Redskins to victory and breaking the previous mark of 191 yards set by Marcus Allen of the Raiders in Super Bowl XVII. Smith also scored twice on runs of 58 and 4 yards.
Q. Who was the MVP of the first Super Bowl?
A. Bart Starr was MVP of the first two Super Bowls, regular season MVP in 1966, NFL Man of the Year, Professional Player of the Decade, and the first winner of the Byron White Award. Starr led the Green Bay Packers to 5 NFL titles and 2 Super Bowl wins. He later served as head coach of the Packers (1975-83).
Arizona will win, I know defensive teams win 9 out of 10 times but my subjective opinion is to go with Arizona. Being in the east, I’m not a big Pittsburgh fan. Big Ben is good but man I think he can gets lucky! Steelers have a great defense but I think Warner can pick them apart if he has even a little bit of time.
Final Score will be 27-20 Arizona.
Timothy
Arizona – 24, Pittsburgh 21
Pittsburgh 27 / Arizona 17 … Troy Polamalu is a freak .. he’s going to score 2 touchdowns all by himself.
4. Pittsburgh 17, Arizona 16
the Leafs oh wrong championship…o.k. than the Steelers by 10
Pittsburgh 34
Arizona 13
Well, since I didn’t know who was playing before reading this, and have only ever watched a Superbowl game for the commercials, I’m going to take a wildly luck guess and go with Pittsburgh 27 – Arizona 13.
Oh, and btw, I don’t think Michael should be allowed in on this…..he doesn’t need a Keg gift cert!
Pittsburgh 31
Arizona 21
oops here’s the winning score Pitts 30 to Arizona 20
arizona 21 pittsburg 17
ps commercials yes, half time show yes, drinks yes… yeah superbowl!!
Pittsburgh 30
Arizona 21
It should be a good game, but someboby’s got to make the chili.
Arizona 31
Pittsburgh 20
Pittsburgh will not break the record on Super Bowl Sunday.
I have to go and make the chili.
Arizona will shock the world.
Arizon 34
Pittsburgh 26
You can’t guard all 3 Card’s receivers all day.
Stacey just lost her invite for dinner for saying I don’t need a Keg G.C.? Whether working there or not, we all need a little Keg G.C.’s in our life now and then…
Who doesn’t love an underdog.
Arizona 24
Pitts 17
I predict the beer will be cold and I may not work on Monday morning!
We have a Winner!!! It was looking like Michael and Brian we’re going to have to go to overtime with a coin toss to decide the winner. Then I got to Carolyn, she picked the hated Steelers 30 to 21 over the Cardinals, her total score off the mark was just 5. Followed by Michael and Brian with 6. Congrats Carolyn and your gift certificate will be sent out to you later this week.
thanks for everybody who particapated in the Salisbury SuperBowl!!
Timothy
Bloody hell!! I was just trying to decide btw the steak or the lobster … Thanks for the fun Tim .. great site by the way
WOW! Thanks very much Tim – hated or not – I guess it worked…by the way, the chili was “Super” too!
You have a great website – always something interesting!
Tim,
Thank you very much! I had a very very good time! The people, the food, the ambiance was absolutely top shelf — I feel very privileged to have attended!
cheers
JRich