Mike Tomlin commented, more or less, that his Steelers don't blink in the face of adversity and it might not always be pretty, but they get it done.  I couln't agree more.  Aside from the last catch (not the throw), there was little pretty about the the Pittsburgh's Super Bowl 43 victory over Arizona.

But the Men of Steel did get it done.

And as small as that seems to me on one hand, it is pretty huge.  At some point there was a real chance for the Steelers to think they were on the wrong side of a fairytale and they were going to live sadly ever after as the defeated, evil antagonist.  But they did not give up and went into auto-emergency mode with the last drive and made it happen.

Taken on its own I think Roethlisberger's touchdown throw to Santonio Holmes was ill advised and turns out poorly 9 out of 10 times.  But it worked this time and there is no denying the Steelers made this victory happen.  They did not sit around and wait for it and they did not panic.  You can't ask for too much more than that.

On the other hand, not giving up is what professional football players should do.  How pathetic they would have been if they did.  The Cardinals certainly never gave up either, and for this they have our respect as well.

All in all, it was a ho-hum game until the fourth quarter except for James Harrison's interception return for touchdown.  So boring in fact my wife left the room to catch the end of ESPN's rebroadcast of the Australian Open Final.  Can't argue with her decision, but like the Steelers, I'm not pretty but I get it done.  I stuck it out, it got better, and I for the most part am a satisfied NFL customer.

Now about some of those calls...

So it looks like my Super Bowl 43 projection or hope wasn't quite right regarding the big plays.  The Cardinals got one with Larry Fitzgerald's 64 touchdown catch and run.  But the other truly big came from the Steelers with James Harrison's goal line interception and 100 return for touchdown (I still think Harrison was down before the end zone by the way, but there was no decent replay proof so I agree with the lack of reversal).  Porobably the most shocking Suoper Bowl play ever.

That play, though, had the potential of doing the Steelers more harm than good.  Obviously it made the difference in the final score and they wouldn't have won without it, but I'm guessing it prevented the Steelers team from fully grasping at halftime just how capable Arizona was of taking the Lombardi Trophy.  They did not come out in the second half prepared to shut down the Cardinals and they ended up being very fortunate to win.