As Kurt Warner completed a short slant pass to Larry Fitzgerald who dashed 64 yards up the middle of the field in between two defenders for a touchdown, I thought that the underdog Arizona Cardinals might actually have a chance to defeat the all-powerful Pittsburgh Steelers. After this intensifying, exhilarating play with 2:37 remaining in Super Bowl XLIII, the Cards grasped a 23-20 lead over the Steelers.
But Big Ben Roethlisberger and his Pittsburgh offense still had one more chance to score, and that is exactly what they did. With one last drive, the Steelers plowed all the way to Arizona's 6-yard line. With 48 seconds left in the game, Roethlisberger threw up a desperate pass to wide receiver Santonio Holmes in the back left of the endzone..... and the ball goes through Holmes's hands. Incomplete. But, the next play, Roethlisberger decided to try lobbing the ball again on the other side of the endzone to Holmes. The ball rainbows over one, two, three Cardinals defensive players. Holmes reaches as high as he can without his arms coming out of his sockets. The ball sticks to his gloves with both of his big toes barely grazing the turf inbounds. TOUCHDOWN. With 35 seconds left in Super Bowl XLIII, the Steelers managed to swiftly take back the lead.
When the Cardinals got the ball back, they failed to make it the length of the field to the Steelers endzone. On the Steelers' 44-yard line, the ball was hit out of Kurt Warner's hand with 5 seconds left, ending the Cardinals' last hopes. The final result: Steelers win, 27-23, in a stunning, mind-blowing, nail-biting, see-sawing, classic Super Bowl.
By winning Super Bowl XLIII last night, the Pittsburgh became the first franchise in the NFL to win six Super Bowls. Santonio Holmes (who caught the game-winning touchdown pass) was honored MVP of the Super Bowl. The game was bland and uneventful for the first three quarters, excluding one spectacular record-breaking play. With one play left in the first half, Kurt Warner threw a pass intended for receiver Anquan Boldin in the endzone, but Steelers' lineman James Harrison reached out, intercepted the ball, and scurried along the sideline 100 yards for a touchdown. The play not only gave the Steelers a dominating 17-7 lead, but it also became the longest play ever in a Super Bowl.
The final few minutes of Super Bowl XLIII put a fantastic finish to the 2008 NFL season, and next season can't seem further away as I await more moments like these!
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I have to say, I'm not a big football fan myself, but I watched little bits of the Super Bowl. I saw the last 3 minutes and it was pretty exciting. I know nothing about the teams, but I was rooting for the Cardnials just because they were the underdog. It was an exciting end to the game, though, and hearing Jennifer Hudson and Bruce Springsteen sing and watching crazy commercials was fun, too.
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