Super Bowl XL (2006, Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10)

BOring.. snoore.. thats pretty much the reaction from most fans with this game. a so-so seattle team against an overachieving Steeler team. True it was a good story to see the steelers come back and win a bunch of game in a row and have a tough playoff road, but that werent that good. ANd this game wasnt much better than the rest of their games. Tiny Ben Cheesburger is booring.. next

I only saw the first half which was incredibly boring the refs needed at least one trip to lenscrafters or perhaps a good eye surgeon. The worst job of refereering I have ever seen.

If ever there was a time to think the NFL was rigged now is time, my god it all started with the pit/colts game and just continued into the sb. Mystery holding calls, push-offs, and four foot goal lines the nfl better cut the crap or i'll have to watch the left turn circuit.

I really didn't care which team won, but I don't want gadget plays or sandlot antics to win Super Bowls. I want sound football, both game plan and execution, to win. In this case, the team that played the more consistent game and advanced the ball consistently, lost. Top that off with bad officiating, an uninspired Stones performance with technical problems, a rendition of the national anthem which made the song almost unrecognizable, and commercials which were not as funny as Super Bowls of the recent past. Not even a wardrobe malfunction to create a stir. What a disappointment. My recollection of this bore-fest is fading fast. But I think I recall Seattle's kicking game gave Pittsburg the short field they had to have for thier anemic offense to score at all. The Sea Chickens need a decent punter! Big Ben played horribly - worst quarterback rating of any winning Super Bowl quarterback in history. The Stealers did have a surprising run through the playoffs but they should be... Read more

Pretty shoddy game. Bad play selection, poor performances, dubious officiating, mediocre coaching. For most of the game it didn't look like either team wanted to win. When did Seattle forget how to manage the clock? Did Alexander rush for the most ineffective 95 yards in Super Bowl history? Is there a different push off rule for this game than the regular season? Is the plane of the goal at the goal line or the six inch line? Having said all that, it was no more boring than a lot of Super Bowls and more entertaining than a few. But it was, by no stretch of the imagination, a good game.

This definitely wasn't a great Super Bowl, but it was entertaining. The game was not decided until the final 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, and there were some big plays by both teams. Willie Parker's run, Randle El's pass, Herndon's interception, Roethlisberger's disputed TD, and all of the other mistakes by referees were memorable moments. The favored team was able to win on several big plays, while the underdog Seahawks(despite their better record) moved the ball at will, but couldn't punch it in. I don't think this is one of the best Super Bowls of all time, but I definitely don't think it was awful either.

It's the first Super Bowl final i have seen.It was a very pleasant moment, you know with the very beautiful PomPom girls ,the Rolling Stones show etc...There are very complex rules in this game ,the quarterback,the bus etc...But when you finaly understand it's an exciting sport.

At least my beer was cold. Reminiscent of a Saturday afternoon back yard scramble with a few of the boys. The commercials may have been funny, but the game was purely laughable. $2.5M for a thirty second product push...hell, if I could, I would have paid that much to see thirty seconds of decent officiating.

*UPDATE: I just have to add this because I don't often get a chance to agree with him, but Eschew Obfuscation wrote a great summation of why this was a bad game that I did not read until after I posted this one. If only our political opinions were more like our sport's opinions. ORIGINAl: Really horrible game. Once again defense did not win a championship. Here is what did (1.) a handful of big plays by the Steeler offense (2.) dropped passes by Seahawk receivers and (3.) untimely penalties against the Seahawks mixed with a little bit of poor clock management and a couple of strange play calls. If played three more times Seattle would probably win all three. But you only get one shot and the Seahawks blew it, plain and simple. The gap between the AFC and NFC is not as much as many people believe and Seattle could have beaten any of the other AFC teams just as likely.

Martha, Fido and I stuck it out, but it was boring. Some of the ref's calls made Fido pass gas!

The "Kingdom of Heaven" of Super Bowls- lots of sizzle but little steak. . .too many phony story-lines, bloated coverage, and a below-average game to boot. . .but I personally enjoy the company of Steeler fans so I wasn't entirely disappointed. . .

Not so fast! That second foot was most certainly out bounds, so leave the refs alone. Pittsburgh put it to the Seahawks just like Joey Porter had loudly proclaimed that they would, too. The real highlights of the game were the two big plays that made the game for the Steelers, those being the long run by Parker and that unbelievable reverse pass to Ward, who ended up being the games MVP. It was not a game for the ages, but it was enjoyable.

Pittsburgh won, although neither side made the game interesting. The Steelers were a sentimental favorite from the beginning primarily because they were the first 6th seeded team to make it to the Super Bowl, and to win at that. But then again, that's not saying much, for any of the AFC teams which made it to the playoffs could have easily beaten Seattle, which was the top ranked team in the NFC. However, Pittsburgh's win was also a very sloppy one, with Ben Roethlisberger making less than half of his completions. There were some moments there where Seattle could have taken control of the game, especially after costly turnovers by the Steelers, but they couldnt get anything going. Seattle outplayed Pittsburgh, but the Steelers took advantage and made the big plays needed to win the game. But what was really bad about this game was the quality of the officiating. Unfortunately, this is a trend which is becoming commonplace in football and other sports in general. It's actually ge... Read more

A dud all around, the most boring one in some time, wasn't rooting for either club, but there were some truly bad calls against Seattle .

One of the most un-entertaining Super Bowls of all time, notable for questionable officiating, cheap shots, taunting (particularly at the very end of the game) and the inability of the Seahawks to run even a barely passable two-minute drill. If this is the best of the NFL, from the standpoint of both players AND officiating, including not being able to get a call right with the help of instant replay, this league is in big trouble. The "push-off" in the end zone early, the non-calls for holding (except against Seattle), Roethlisberger "breaking the plane of the goal line before he was down (somehow being UPHELD by the replay), the play clock running out on Big Ben, who called a time-out after the expiration of the play clock, you name it. This is supposed to be their showcase, their very best. How Holmgren held his temper in check made it even more dull. It's a good thing some of the commercials were funny, intentionally.