Quick Preview of Super Bowl 43: Pittsburgh Steelers v Arizona Cardinals

January 19, 2009 By 2 Comments
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Super Bowl 43 Date, Time, Location, TV, Annoucers, Point SpreadThe Arizona Cardinals are going to Super Bowl 43.

The Arizona Cardinals are going to Super Bowl 43.

The Arizona FREAKING Cardinals are going to Super Bowl 43.

No matter how many times I type that out, it still is not registering as the truth. The Cardinals appearance in Super Bowl 43 will not be anywhere as shocking as, say, a Cubs’ appearance in the World Series would be — but it’s pretty damn close. For as long as I have been alive the Cardinals have been one of the most hapless organizations in all of sports. But they have caught lightning in a bottle this season, have a quarterback with experience who is playing at the top of his game, and have one of the five best players in the entire league in the sublime Larry Fitzgerald.

And now for a quick reality check: the Cardinals, as good as Warner and Fitzgerald are and have been, now have to go up against a defense that is playing awesome. I am not writing out the official preview or giving a prediction yet, but my early gut feeling says Pittsburgh wins this by a touchdown.


Here is your quick preview for the game as you prepare to make all of your Super Bowl 43 plans:

Super Bowl 43

Pittsburgh Steelers v Arizona Cardinals

The point spread and over-under (provided above by BetUs.com) are obviously subject to change as there are still two weeks before the game. But that at least gives you an idea that the experts in Vegas agree that the Steelers seem like about a touchdown favorite for Super Bowl 43.

We will obviously be providing a lot more coverage of the game as the next two weeks go along. I know that this is not the game anyone expected, and neither my Browns nor the Dolphins came anywhere close to making it, but I’m pretty excited about this game. It will be an intriguing contrast of styles and should be a hell of a matchup.

Someone else who is obviously excited for the game, and for all of the festivities and nightlife going on in Tampa this week, is Vinny Tresselini of Flash Sports Tonight, who checked in which his always entertaining report in the latest Flash Report from our friends at FST:

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  • Patrick

    What kind of preview was that? Nothing was really previewed… and if anything was how can anyone listen to a person who can’t spell “Freaking”…..

  • http://www.midwestsportsfans.com JRod

    @Patrick, thanks for your visit and comment. We always appreciate the activity.

    Your callout of the “freaking” typo is duly noted and now changed.

    And the “kind of preview” this post was is exactly what it was intended to be: a quick preview. It’s in the title and specified once in the post. Perhaps I should have been more clear.

    We will be bringing a lot more Super Bowl coverage as this week goes along. Hopefully it will be a little more substantive for you.

    Thanks again for coming to MSF and hopefully we’ll see you back later this week.