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wilt the stilt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-11 08:32 AM
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Peter King's article may be the best
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Edited on Tue Feb-08-11 08:45 AM by wilt the stilt
Of all the articles I have read this one stands out.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/02/07/super/index.html

ARLINGTON, Texas -- This game didn't have the Velcro catch of Giants 17, Patriots 14, or the scintillating drive and Santonio Holmes-catch of Steelers 27, Cardinals 23, or the Tracy Porter pick-six-ness of Saints 31, Colts 17. This game had a little letdown at the end, because we thought we might see some all-time drama from Ben Roethlisberger, again, in the last two minutes, and we didn't. But that's OK -- we've been getting spoiled with great Super Bowls. And compared to the crummy ones we saw for most of a generation, a B-plus football game with some great storylines in the last game of the year is just fine.

Great storylines. There were plenty on a night when Aaron Rodgers tied former Packer Brett Favre for career Super Bowl victories. I found one at the locker of Charles Woodson, about two hours after the Packers beat the Steelers 31-25 in what might be the last NFL game we see for a long while.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/02/07/super/index.html#ixzz1DNIga4oA
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