I think he just barely tapped the plane. Close as hell, but I don’t think it could have been conclusively overturned.
YES! It stands!
7-3 Pittsburgh!
I was sweating! But, Touchdown!!!
Good call by the official. Ben may or may not have made it, but the replay was not conclusive enough to overturn the call on the field.
What was that time out for?
Field goal… not good for Seattle.
End of half, Steelers 7 Seattle 3
Boy, that was an ugly first half all around, but the defense held and the offense finally got something going.
Hopefully they’ll come out with more fire the second half.
Anyone who bet the under on this game is going to to score tonight, I think.
I didn’t get that either. The only thing I can figure is that Hassleback had found a mismatch in coverage somewhere, had audibled to some kind of go route, Cowher saw it and had to call a time out to prevent a big play.
Early possibilities for MVP: Roethlisberger for Pittsburgh, Jackson for Seattle.
The Steelers have to play a much better 2nd half to hold on, I think. Luckily, I remember this team being a strong 2nd half team throughout the regular season. In the playoffs, they were a first half team, but most of the year, they had suspect first halves and then came out with all cylinders firing. Let’s hope that happens today. I don’t know how much of this I can take. I hope we’re able to march down the field on the opening possession and make it a 14-3 lead, but who knows.
I haven’t been a fan of the offensive play calling in the first half. Hopefully we’ll get a gameplan that can start picking apart the Seattle D. The Steelers D can keep doing what their doing (though I’d like to see a bit more pressure on Hasselbeck). Still, 3 points against the NFL’s top scoring offense is fine by me.
Argh… the D can keep doing what THEY’RE doing…that’s what I get for failing to preview.
I hope the Bus gets another chance to get in the end zone. Right now the Steelers running game is going nowhere. It looks like the Seahawks really game planned well for it.
Did it seem like Holmgren was kind of pissed off about the Roethlisberger touchdown call?
To say the least. He was so hot he forgot to finish out the first half.
Roethlisberger? The TD drive aside, he hasn’t been throwing well. I think that it’s way too early to call an MVP – no one has really stood out for me, so it will probably come down to who has a big second half.
I think this game is gonna make me vomit.
(Question-has there ever been a shutout Super Bowl?)
No, there’s never been a shutout. I think the lowest amount of points scored by one team is 7.
Correction: the Vikings only put up 6 on the Steelers in Super Bowl IX and the Cowboys put up a single field goal against the Dolphins in Super Bowl VI.
But no, there’s never been a shutout.
Thanks to Garo Yepremian. 
Ballgame.