# Super Bowl XLIII

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliii/484018>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 1, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliii/484018 "2009-02-01T20:17:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliii/484018/1 "2009-02-01T20:17:13Z")

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I can’t wait for this game to start! I have a 6-pack of Innis & Gunn chilling in the fridge (to start), snacks are ready.

The experts all seem to be picking Arizona - beautiful, I love it. The Steelers have beat 9 of the 10 best defenses in the league this year, including Baltimore 3 times but they can’t beat Arizona? They’ve successfully covered the top wide receivers in the league but can’t cover Fitzgerald? We’ll see; talk, as they say, is cheap.

Arizona’s a great story, I like what they’re doing there. I like that Whis isn’t afraid to roll the dice on offense. Darnell Dockett is an underrated lineman, even amid all the pre-game hype.

My prediction is 27 - 17 Steelers, again we’ll see but that’s what I think.

ETA: Oops, sorry **dalej42** , I didn’t realize you already had a thread open, congratulations to you on your team making it to the big game 🙂