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Normally, there are 2 categories of people in the world. Those who have been to Hawaii and those who have not. But in this rare case, there is a third category, those who DON'T WANT to go to Hawaii. Bill Cowher, whose popularity in Hawaii rivals Don Ho, has made 4 trips there as head coach of the AFC Championship losing team to coach the AFC in the Pro Bowl. No offense to his wonderful wife, Kaye, but Bill is tired of getting "leid" if you get my drift.
Coach Cowher is a well documented 1-4 in AFC Championship games and punching his Hawaii 5-0 ticket by losing to the Chargers in '94, the Broncos in '97, and the despised but respected (if that's possible) Patriots in '01 AND '04. So you see, the Steelers not only have a chance to greatly improve their coach's otherwise illustrious record, they can also accomplish some redemption at the same time. When they meet the Broncos in this year's AFC Championship game, they can exact some revenge for one of Coach C's 4 trips to Hawaii. It won't be quite as nice as knocking off the Pats in the big game but that'll come around again.
So the question is, will history repeat itself? A re-match from '97. In that game, the Steelers were led by Kordell Stewart whose QB rating that postseason was 42.8. The Broncos were led by some guy named Elway. Ever heard of 'em? During that time period his alias was 'destiny'. But now he's gone and luckily for the Steelers, so is Slash.
So everything should be completely different in this game, right? Right! Except one thing.....there will be one thing that happens exactly the same way the '97 game ended.......the winning QB will wear number 7 as he heads to the Super Bowl.
Steelers 27, Broncos 19 (Steelers "D" picks off Plummer twice and sacks him 3 times, while Big Ben hits Heath for 2 scores, The Bus rolls in for 1, and Jeff Reed pops in 3)
Get ready for an Xtra Large dose of Black & Gold in Super Bowl XL.
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That was some amazing prediction, SO close to how it actually happened. Heath had a good day, but Big Ben was pretty generous in spreading the TD glory!
It's gonna be a really great Super Bowl... or should I say... ExtraLarge? -
Every time the "critics" say things like The steelers are definitely going to win, and the AFC wins 6 out of the last 8 super bowls, it really irritates me. Every time people say they are going to win, they blow it!!! Just keep calling them the underdogs and they will keep proving you wrong every time. They have to stay focused and not let their heads get too big. They can make history, they just have to take a deep breath and keep their cool.
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1/23/06 11:18 AM