Super Bowl XLIII Running Thread

Someone please tell me what this "great" Kurt Warner soty is. That he was a nobody who didn't make the NFL til he was 25? That he had two great years in a an offense designed to score a boatload of points? That he was a non-entity for the past six years and had a big year this season?

How does that relate to the historical significance of Joe Namath signing the richest contract in FB history at the time, saving the AFL by giving it a star in NYC when the franchise was floundering, forcing the NFL to talk merger rather than wait for most of the AFL teams to fold and then being the QB of the first AFL team to win the Super Bowl.

My hope is the Steelers crush the Cardinals so we can end the Kurt Warner bullshit.

 

Seems a high price to pay, having to endure the blowback which would follow that projected result.

 

after reading my friend peter king's slant today -- he's leaning "nay" on warner and the hof -- i've come to believe warner should be in the hall, absolutely.

his nfl career cannot be compared to anyone else's, or by any other measure. it's that unique. but the guy has the most coveted awards in the game -- league mvps, super bowl mvp -- and has now been the single driving force behind two of the most futile franchise's in modern nfl history getting to the supe. the latest well after he'd been written off as done.

much like the careers of namath and sayers were unique -- a fine argument can be made against both, but i understand why they are in -- so is warner's.

i'd vote yea. if the cards win, then it's a lock.

 

What, you think SteelersSportsJournalists.com is going to collectively shut up either way?

 

Nah, wouldn't wish that.

But the followup off a blowout Pittsburgh win would likely be near-term unendurable.

 

Funny that only one of those listed accomplishments has anything to do with what Namath did on the field. So I guess it's ok to ignore the fact that he was a truly crappy QB for all but about 4 seasons.

If Namath's in for things like being in New York and signing a rich rookie contract that pressured the rival league, rather than his actual playing career, then perhaps he needs to be in a seperate wing with Pete Rozelle and other off-field contributors.

 

Truth is, I's rather have the obnoxious Steelersfanbois gloating about 6 Super Bowl titles than whining for six months that they were somehow screwed out of the championship by some imagined bad call, bad break, blah blah blah..

 

As if that matters -- they are still whining about being "screwed" out of that late interception by Polamalu against the Colts during their last Super Bowl run a few years ago -- and they won that game!

 

Yes, because Steelers fans are the only ones who ever complain about an official's call. You must have used the button on the Seahawks fans on this board for about two years.

 

There are about 2 Seahawks fans here. There seems to be about 20 of you whiny Steelers dudes who already are looking for excuses should -- god forbid -- the Cardinals win.

 

Fixed

 

It's the volume of the complaining that makes the difference. All fan bases have whiners and gloaters, but some are considerably worse than others. As bad as the Seattle whining may've seemed, we all know it would've been 10 times worse if it had been the Steelers instead of the Seahawks getting screwed in that game.