Pittsburgh vs. Seattle in Super Bowl

How could you compare Superbowl with Worldcup? At most, it is equivalent to the most domestic prestigeous sport event in any country. But Worldcup is far way ahead of Superbowl.

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Robert,
If you agree to the Iron City Beer side of the bet, such make sure it is Iron City Light. Much much better : )

BTW, our Steelers are going to maul your Sea-chickens.

it would seem that seattle would make it close with pittsburgh speacially when carolina's quarterback is just throwing the ball up for grabs. I thought pittsburgh had the superbowl after seeing the colts game. My reason being that they dont have pressure on them anymore to them they're thinking they shoulda lost that game if wasnt for the "shanked" fieldgoal. If you guys watched the brancos game u could see how long pittsburgh had to throw the ball, they really steped up on the passing game. i live hawaii so i have no Home town for NFL but i do think this...

Pittsburgh's GAME 31 - 14

Arrgh, I do understand the superbowl - if it wasn't for the need to take the children to school in the morning I would watch it all live and miss half a day. (Oh and surely if the playoffs this year have taught us anything its that there's no way to call this superbowl as the only team to have stuck to the script so far has been Seattle and even they weren't supposed to beat Carolina that thoroughly).

For all that its a huge game it still doesn't make it a valid comparison.

As I said, the FA cup works (or at least it used to, its lost something over the past few years) - but that's not a whole lot better given that its an English (not even British) event or perhaps there isn't anything that matches particularly well.

Bubba: absolutely agree with you. I've been a soccer fan all my life (wrapped myself in the German national flag when I was a youngster) but it simply does not compare to the spectacle of the Superbowl. Seriously. If you haven't been here you won't understand. Just like we'll never understand why the rest of the world goes so nuts over soccer.

"Sadly the remark is typical of US writers - its not deliberate or malicious in any sense, merely indicative of a lack of understanding of the world beyond their borders. Still at least in this case its appreciated that there are readers who are not US nationals…"

To say that the Superbowl doesn't have the same impact in the US that the World Cup has in the rest of the world, how shall I say it is "merely indicative of a lack of understanding of the world beyond their borders".

Tony,

Canadians play in the World Series (when their team makes it). Technically, Canada is part of "Everyone Else", and that makes the World Series international by default. ;)

Steelers take one for the thumb because Roethlisberger blogs (http://benroethlisberger.typepad.com/roethlisbe...) and Hasselbeck doesn't.

Robert,

> Tony: I meant that we take it as seriously as
> Germans take their football.

Sure, but its still a bad analogy - especially as there are (or at least have been) US teams in several world cups (soccer, Rugby...). Not only that but a world cup comes once every four years.

The obvious analogy is - or at least was - the English FA cup another domestic final that used to come close to being a national obsession and was watched worldwide. Sadly it seems to have lost a bit of its magic (not that I'm a fan but...)

Sadly the remark is typical of US writers - its not deliberate or malicious in any sense, merely indicative of a lack of understanding of the world beyond their borders. Still at least in this case its appreciated that there are readers who are not US nationals...

Mike Woycheck, do not bet with Scoble! He welches!

I bet Seattle Seahawks for brand new laptop computer! Final Going to Get it. Yes Yes Way to GO Seattle Seahawks!!!!

I am going to be pulling for the Steelers since they are from the east coast.

Tony: I meant that we take it as seriously as Germans take their football.

Steelers, and then Pistons and then the Cubs. (hey, I can hope). ;)

I say a whole keg!

Iron City will only go bankrupt if people DON'T buy their beer. I am a long time Iron User, I have noticed a few local bars pulling there Iron Taps and replacing them with Ya...in.a.ling Taps, is that true if your part of the burgh...

Go Steelers!!!! Really... Go!!!!

P.s. How was the whole football experience on HDTV? Excellent!
What about DLP, with a HD receiver card? Even Better?

"If you’re outside the US, this is like the World Cup to Americans."

The World Cup? And only American teams can play?
Like the 'World Series'?

You can be a funny lot sometimes.

"The Pittsburgh side of the bet would probably be a case or three of Iron City beer "
Sadly, IC Beer is probably going bankrupt.
http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-0027...

ack - was going for a (football geek on) and (/football geek off) bit there and forgot to add the closing tags. oops.

Brett - That's Seattle's best shot. {football geek)The NFC on the whole is weak. Seattle's division is the worst in football. Look at the teams that made the playoffs. Seattle, Chicago, Tampa, Carolina, New York, Washington. Only Seattle was in the playoffs last year (and I may be wrong about them.) They all improved over last year, but all had significant weaknesses.

As weak as the NFC was, the AFC is strong. I'd contend that if you took any one team from the NFC playoff field and put them in the AFC, they probably wouldn't have made the playoffs. And none of the NFC teams in the playoffs, including Seattle, are as good as Denver or Indy or Pittsburgh. For that matter I'm not sure there's an NFC team better than Cincinnati with a healthy Carson Palmer.

Pittsburgh will have to either have some significant injuries, or just not show up. If both teams bring their A games, Pittsburgh hurts 'em bad. That's just how I see it.

Brad, I sure hope the players are as over-confident and cocky as you are and take the Seahawks lightly. I expect a great game.

Go Seattle! I don't follow or understand football, but Seattle is my favorite city.

Rob--As you know, Pittsburgh has an identity crisis, but there's one thing we're absolutely certain about--we love our Steelers. The best two teams in the NFL are playing in the Super Bowl, and that's good enough for us. Again, thanks for joining us in da 'Burgh.

--Mike (of Pitt Ohio)

I'll put up a Primanti Bros sandwich and an IC, next time you're in town (the sandwich won't ship real well). http://www.primantibros.com/

Adam: on my plane home from Pittsburgh the fans were singing cheers. Don't underestimate their fans' love. It runs deep.

I am a Seattle native, and I have fond memories of watching and listening to the Seahawks growing up. So, even though I don't follow football these days, and haven't watch a single game in several years - I had to watch the end of tonight's game. I'm very proud - however nonsensical it may be :).

But what struck me about the game tonight was the flags around town with the number "12" and what a part the fans play in the success of the team. This strikes me as a very Scoblistic evolution to the way the game is played. The Seahawks have passionate customers.

Brad: believe me, I don't expect to win this bet. Pittsburgh is a daunting team.

Robert,

I arrived in Redmond just in time to see the game in the hotel bar. If Seattle plays as well in the Super Bowl as they did this afternoon, they should kick Pittsburg's butt!

What a great day to come to Seattle!

--
Jeff

Now what would be fun, is to set up a blogger Madden Bowl on XBOX 360. Scoble vs whoever Pittsburgh has to put up against him.

The Steelers are going to destroy the Seahawks. The NFC was pretty terrible this year. The Steelers went through the Colts and the Broncos, two teams that are an order of magnitude better than the Seahawks. Seattle will be lucky if they keep it close.

Jonathan: that would be gladly enjoyed by the Seattle bloggers!

The Pittsburgh side of the bet would probably be a case or three of Iron City beer :)

I'm rooting for Pittsburgh! What can I say, I went to school there...

Another Paul Allen venture for us older than dirt geeks:

http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/2006/01/11.htm...

Now that is computer technology! ;-)

Congrats Paul Allen and all the people of Seattle!