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Will it be a replay of the Super Bowl? Probably not, the intensity would never be matched. It was, with a special emphasis on was, a pretty intense and exciting Super Bowl.

Cardinals or Terrell Owens?

What we have here is a rematch of not immense proportions. Oddly this rematch will lack any intensity at all. After all, it will be exhibition season.

As enticing a matchup as that looks on paper, typically coaches play their first teams no longer than the first quarter of the first exhibition game.

The second exhibition game in Heinz Field against Buffalo holds more promise because it will be played at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 29. Typically in that game, coaches play their first teams for nearly three quarters. That game will feature new Bills receiver Terrell Owens, who last visited Heinz Field Dec. 7 with the Cowboys, 20-13 losers to the Steelers.

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As much as playing the Cardinals sounds like fun, you have to admit watching Terrell Owens go against the first team Steeler defense will be a whole lot more fun.

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Ben Roethlisberger is really funny and non-assuming on the David Letterman show.

Big Ben describes the big pass to Santonio Holmes to win the Super Bowl.

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Let the record show that your humble author, the Squibster, predicted the final playoff victory games for the Cardinals and Steelers and the Super Bowl victory for the Steelers.

Let the record show that those predictions were in hard print before the games were played.

Why is the Squibster making such a big deal out of all this?

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The Squibster was 3 - 20 in predictions his first year of blogging and so pathetic in his second year until the playoffs where he shined, except for the final Giants victory.

This past year the Squibster shied away from predictions until the playoffs.

Let the record show that it would have been easy for the Squibster to predict 15 out of 16 Lions losses this year, but none of my predictions have involved bad teams. That would be too easy to build a track record not representing my true abilities.

What was the one game of the Lions that would have been wrong? Well, in the opener against Atlanta with a new quarterback from Boston College and a losing atmosphere for several years, who knew that they would be good?

Let the record show that the Squibster did incorrectly call the Super Bowl last summer having picked the New England Patriots prior to Tom Brady’s knee injury.

The previous year my pick was New England and they lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl. The year before that my pick was the Colts and they won it all.

Never at any time before the playoffs did the Squibster feel that the Pittsburgh Steelers would win it all.

Let the record show it still amazes me.

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Santonio Holmes hauls in the game winning pass

This was an amazing Super Bowl game. It had everything that you would ever want to see in any football game, let alone a Super Bowl. Often Super Bowls are just not that good of a game, kind of an anti-climax to a long season, but this game was different and was filled with everything.

We had the longest play in Super Bowl history when James Harrison ran an interception back 100 yards to close the half or should we say when he lumbered 100 yards running over Cardinals all over the field.

Kurt Warner had a fantastic day passing with over 300 yards and 3 tds with the last one an incredible play to Larry Fitzgerald up the middle for 64 yards.

The Pittsburgh defense was steady as usual holding Arizona to 7 points until a fourth quarter explosion that led to 16 points and the lead. How did they get 16 points? 2 tds and a safety on a holding call when they had the Steelers pinned down on the 1 yards line.

But true to form, Big Ben Roethlisberger drove the Steelers down the field with a clutch pass to Santonio Holmes and then a fantastic pass to Holmes in the corner of the end zone.

The game was filled with penalties, challenges, replays, and clutch plays by both teams. The commercials were excellent and Faith Hill looked hot singing in the beginning of the game, and the Boss, Bruce Springsteen, was great getting the crowd going at halftime.

There were all kinds of movie previews, for Star Trek, Fast and the Furious, and Race to Witch Mountain; even Jason Statham driving a car in a commercial.

All in all, a wonderful Super Bowl.
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Still time to enter the Super Bowl giveaway sponsored by Pepsi.

Just make sure you follow the rules!

Prizes worth 250 dollars delivered to you just in time for the Super Bowl.

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Here are the current entries as of the writing of this blog.

Get your entry in today! Someone will 250 dollars of Pepsi merchandise.

e-mail james.edwards@b5media.com if you think this list is missing or wrong.

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Kurt Warner having a season of the ages

Arizona Cardinals over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Philadelphia Eagles have the more complete team and a rejuvenated Donovan McNabb. The Cardinals have Larry Fitzgerald. Kurt Warner is having the season of the ages and at an old football age. Changed my mind on this game over and over.

Pittsburgh Steelers over the Baltimore Ravens.
The battle of two great defenses, but Pittsburgh has the more experienced quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, and more offensive weapons.

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Squibster is proud to present the Super Bowl giveaway sponsored by Pepsi

Squibkick presents the Super Bowl giveaway sponsored by Pepsi

Would you like to win all of the following prizes valued at 250 dollars in time for the Super Bowl?

• 1 football
• 1 beverage pail
• 1 snack helmet (my favorite!)
• 2 key chains
• 2 hats
• 2 t-shirts
• 5 Pepsi 24 pack coupons
• 5 Frito Lay coupons

The rules are simple:

How to enter the Super Bowl giveaway sponsored by Pepsi

Each entry must be in the form of a comment on Squibkick. The comment must contain 3 things:
A. Comment must refer to the NFL playoffs.
B. The word ‘Pepsi’.
C. A number between 1 and 1,000.

Example: The Baltimore Ravens are my favorite team and Pepsi is the best! 572

Note: 572 may or may not be the real winning number. The above is only an example. Make sure your correct e-mail address is included when submitting the comment.

How the winner will be determined

The Squibster maintains sole discretion to name the winner and is the final arbiter of all disputes. The winner must follow all the rules and be the closest to the correct number. The number is created and held by the pseudo accounting firm of The Squibster’s Wife and Daughter. They will reveal the number to the Squibster after the contest entry period is over. The winner will be revealed in the first Squibkick blog published after the contest entry period is over.

In the case of a tie, the Squibster will put the entries that tied into a hat and pull out the winning entry.

Deadline and number of entries allowed

The deadline for entries is Sunday January 25, 2009.

You may enter only once per day. A total of 1,000 entries is the limit for total entries for all participants. The Squibster needs to have a life.

How will you get the prizes?

Pepsi has promised to send the prizes to you before the Super Bowl on February 1st, 2009. The winning entrant will have to provide a shipping address after being notified by e-mail.

Keep it clean, drink Pepsi, and let’s have fun!

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Donovan McNabb can forgo the Statue of Liberty play in order to pass to actual good receivers

What do you make of Donovan McNabb?

Words like mercurial come to mind.

Questions why all that talent has failed to produce a Super Bowl victory come to mind.

Doubters wanted to get rid of Donovan, pretty much every year of his career. How would that make you feel?

Can there be more to it than that? Yes, there can and there is. Donovan McNabb needs to have other players around him.

This brings up the great build-a-team debate and how it all works. The theories are endless, but when you get down to it, there is no denying that having a very talented, cool as a cucumber, quarterback is an asset not to be denied. Hmm, Kurt Warner comes to mind.

Now that we have established that a great quarterback is a good thing and aren’t we smart, then the next thing is that the most talented, cool as a cucumber, quarterback cannot do it alone. He needs something else.

What?

Something. Something, like a great defense. See Pittsburgh or Baltimore. Something, like a great offense. See Indianapolis and Peyton Manning. Something, like great players and that brings us back to Kurt Warner.

Now this is not a knock on Kurt Warner, but just how well would he have fared with Donovan’s list of great teammates or vice versa.

On Warner’s side of the ledger: Larry Fitzgerald, Isaac Bruce, Anquan Boldin, Torry Holt, Marshall Faulk, Tiki Barber, Amani Toomer, Jeremy Shockey, Az-Zahir Hakim.

On McNabb’s: Brian Westbrook and Terrell Owens. They are the only two weapons McNabb has had that would qualify for Warner’s list of elite teammates.

There is always a chicken-and-egg relationship between quarterbacks and their receivers, but there can be no disputing that Warner has played with more blue-chip offensive skill players during his career than McNabb has. It isn’t even close.

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Donovan McNabb with receivers

Finally, this year Donovan McNabb finds himself with receivers that he can trust, receivers that he can just throw the ball up in tight spots and they will go up and battle for the ball and, more times than not, Read more

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Cardinal Cheerleader

The Cardinals are looking up!

Eagles Cheerleader

The Eagles are looking good and could win it all!

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Donovan McNabb rushes for a touchdown against Eagles

It was mano a mano going into the 4th quarter. May the best quarterback win.

Donovan made the plays and Eli Manning did not.

Donovan ran for one touchdown and passed for another during the game.

Entering the 4th quarter the score was a very odd 13 - 11. Don’t even ask me to explain that one. Even the ending score was a NFL 1st with the score of 23 - 11. Weird.

It is not that McNabb set the world on fire, because he didn’t. He threw for only 217 yards on 22 - 40 passing, but he made the plays he had to make including a 1 yard play action to Brent Celek for a TD to start out the 4th.

Meanwhile, Eli Manning appeared bothered by the swirling winds and only threw for 169 yards.

The Eagles will play the Cardinals for the Conference Championship just like, just like, uhh, just like nobody predicted at the beginning of the season.
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