The View From Wisconsin

Oh, THERE'S the monkey commercial. Castrol GTX? Oy.

Steelers continue:

• Exception taken over a Cards player losing his chapeau.
  
• Can the Cards hold them to another FG?
• First TO in the game - more commercials.
  

Commercial time - oh geez, Land of the Lost with Will Ferrell?

• Okay, that's a denouement. Russell over for a 1-yard TD.
  
• I'll admit it - I was paying attention to the GoDaddy.com commercial. Hey, they're my web host for jwhouk.com and josephhouk.com. Go visit 'em right now. I'll be here all night.
  

Cards take over after a few Bud commercials. Oh, wait, that's a STAR TREK commercial!

• Just a reminder - there's never been a shutout in the Super Bowl. Of course, the Cardinals have never been in the Super Bowl before, either.
  
• Pope drops one. Hm. I got this bad feeling that Kurt might not be playing in the fourth quarter.
  
• Where's Boldin? Where's Fitzgerald? A nine-yard pass to James?
  
• The blitzing of the Steelers might be really affecting the Cardinals' game plan.
  
• Still no catches by the dynamic duo. By game's end, Rod Tidwell might get a catch before those guys.
• Little yellow hanky stalls the drive. Oh, joy. C'mon, Kurt, toss one to the tall dude with the 11 on his jersey!
• 13-yard pass on first and 20. Are we remembering why these guys never got to the Super Bowl?
• THERE'S Boldin! Bang, first and goal. And a great block by Fitzgerald!
• TOUCHDOWN ARIZONA! Patrick uses his helmet to catch the ball. There's hope.
  

Next set of commercials: Oh, great, the "G" commercials. And that was a cars.com commercial? Ugh.

Pittsburgh's back on the field, up 10-7. Rackers: send the ball into the End Zone. Okay, not quite.

• Big Ben had a lot of time to throw. This might be a long night for the Cards' D.
  
• It's the first tackle that the Cards are missing. That one should have been a loss.
  
• Second missed pick by R-C. And the Steelers could have recovered there.
  
• Best defensive play of the night for Arizona. (Note to Al: there's a reason why they don't get the national exposure....)
• And who's the hanky on? Ah, here I thought it was a terrible towel. First third and really long for the Steelers tonight.
• I don't think the Steelers set on that last play... and the Cards give them 5 back
• How anyone could get THAT much ink done, I dunno.
  
• Dockett made the stop. Steelers to punt...
  

Cardinals BIG return of the punt! No touchdown, though - never been done in a Super Bowl. (Keep that in mind for future reference...)

• Did the clock run there? Edge for a nice little run.
  
• Chop block - they still call those? Oh, on James. Oops.
  
• Aaaand there's the first sack. Tomlin's liking that.
  
• Too much time... Time out and commercial time.

The 3-D commercial don't work for me, mostly because - well, I am color-deficient. Red-blue shifting doesn't do it for me. Sigh.

Anyways... Under three to go and third and halfway to Tallahassee:

• AGAIN to James? (sound of head shaking)
• Graham back to punt. (Sigh) And another penalty backs 'em up again.

Nice coverage by the Cards. Steelers start at their own 16. (Sorry, Lisa, but I'm not going to watch halftime. I know your hubby will be plastered to the TV for it.)

• Did anyone except Roethlistberger and Moore know where that play was going?
• BAM! Interception on the deflection! Two minutes to go and the Cards have it!

Subtle, Mr. Leno. Now, back to the Red Machine in the Two-minute Offense:

• Warner throws it away on the roll-out.
• Time for Larry? Well, he tried - and it went bouncy bouncy away. 3rd and 10.
  
• Hightower gets the first! Nice run after catch. Clock keeps running, though
• They're in FG range, but do you really want to go into the half tied?
  
• Cards with timeout. (That was a dumb Cheetos commercial.)
  
• Hey, hey! He finally makes a catch and gets the first.
• Steelers with the TO. Heh. No commercials?
  
• Poke it into the EZ, Kurt.
  
• Boldin tough yardage. Clock going.
  
• First down. Boldin. TO - last for the half.

Last 18 seconds of the half. Cards get six here, different game. AND they get the ball in the second half.

PICKOFF! Touchdown - but there's a flag. A 100-yard Interception return. That's GOT to be the longest in Super Bowl history. (Thanks, Al.) Harrison got in, I think.