Steelers Won Super Bowl XLIII, Domski Disrobed...

I wish I was making that up. Had we all known Domski was planning on taking his shirt off when James Harrison recovered Kurt Warner's 3rd Quarter fumble, I think we all might have needed a bathroom break at the same time. But we didn't. And so, in victory, we all bore witness to his half-nakedness. Still not sure how I made it home safely yesterday, now that I'm partially blind.

What a game, huh? I mean, what can you possibly say that would do that win justice? I'm not sure they've invented the words you'd need yet. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times...

The Steelers led for somewhere in the neighborhood of 52 or 53 minutes, and yet, with two minutes and 30 seconds left, we found ourselves with two timeouts, the ball at our 22, and needing to go 78 yards if we wanted to win, a few less for a tie. Enter Santonio Holmes. Four catches, 67 yards, one really disappointing miss and one really awesome touchdown. I seriously thought he'd been pushed out. I thought, no way this guy got his feet in on that. It's cool that I don't know what the hell I'm talkin' about, because I'll be damned if he didn't!

But I think one of my favorite parts about that whole game was the amount of times I saw our guys in Kurt Warner's face, finishing their tackles (wink wink).

You might have forgotten, since we only officially registered The Wood's two sacks, but any chance the Steelers got, they were puttin' Kurt Warner's face in the turf...much to the delight of myself and everyone else watching at Casa Del Domski.

Anyways, you know how you know this was a big game? Because the Pensblog wrote about football.

So I should say - Congratulations, Steelers!!! Cigars all around...







I doubt highly that you need me to play parrot and repeat to you every glorious moment from that win on Sunday night. If it's a vanilla game recap you're looking for, you've come to the wrong place. But I will say this...


Youngest Head Coach to win a Super Bowl EVER.


Longest play in a Super Bowl EVER.


Most Super Bowl Championships of any NFL franchise EVER.


Six WRs have been Super Bowl MVP. Three of those six have been Steelers.


Woodley had 2 sacks and a strip, thus extending his streak to four consecutive playoff games with 2 or more sacks and also extending his streak of consecutive games being an animal to like...at least 19?


Silverback had four tackles, the INT, and the fumble recovery. Check out how fired up Ben was for Silverback's INT...

EXTREME!


Santonio the Great had 9 catches for 131 yds, and one supremely badass TD catch, en route to securing the game's MVP award.


Ben was 21/30 (that's 70%) for 256 yds, and was the other part of said supremely badass [game winning] TD. Oh, and on that play he made to Heath, you know which one I'm referring to - did you notice that the defender grabbed Ben's throwing arm, but he spun out and still made the throw?

They should've given out two MVP awards.


The O-Line only let up two sacks! Yay! Maybe we should let them go on that field trip to Sea World they've been bugging us about.


James Farrior had a hell of a game too. Seven tackles, six solo. Old man can still ball. Just ask Edgerrin James.


Timmons was all over the place. He may not have sacked Kurt Warner, but every down he rushed Warner, he came damn close. And in a hurry. Not to mention his closing speed out in coverage. Superman is a vag. TIMMONS is faster than a speeding bullet.

By the way...

Michael Phelps - 8 Gold Medals


Santonio Holmes - Super Bowl and arguably playoffs MVP

What do they have in common?

Thus proving that the real MVP on Sunday night was the Weed.

Santonio = MVP. Most Valuable Pothead. Dan Rooney looks shocked.

We know who the MVP was, but the real winner yesterday?

Mike Tomlin, who escaped the dreaded Gatorade bath. This, I just can't understand. I mean, isn't it like, a rite of passage to get drenched in yellow sugar water that looks like cow piss?

Oh right, and it wouldn't be a Super Bowl win without Hines Ward turning on the waterworks.

Hey, 2 catches, 43 yards. On a bum knee. I'll take it. Cry on, Hines. Cry on.

So what can you say about the Cardinals?

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie...

There's only one word in the English language fit to describe what Santonio did to you on Sunday. Abused. Welcome to the league, rook.

I mean, yeah, I was pretty pissed off that we let them come back. Larry Fitz was his usual self. Uncoverable. I think they had Troy on him for most of the 1st half, which kept him pretty busy. But then in the 2nd half I guess they switched it up more and had Ike on him? Either way, the guy averaged 18 yds a catch and was responsible for almost 2/3 of the Cardinals 23 points. Ridic.

Also, let the record show that Kurt Warner threw for almost 400 yds, and all three of the Cards' TDs. And yet, they still lost. I suppose we could say that says good things about our performance. But not really.

How valuable were all those 4th Quarter comebacks this season? That "practice" paid off big time on Sunday.

By the way, don't let Cardinals fans confuse you, they lost the game from minute one on. They held the lead for all of literally two minutes. Albeit two crucial minutes. But outside of that, no.

The same goes for Cardinals fans pulling a "Holmgren." You wanna blame officiating because Kurt Warner threw a pick six from the 1 yd line, at the end of the 1st half, when you were getting the ball first in the 2nd half? Fine by me. You must understand, though, every team gets a few calls, and gets screwed on a few calls. The only thing that really matters is...

SCOREBOARD. Read it and weep, suckas.

Still, congratulations to the Cardinals themselves. Losing the Super Bowl sucks, but what a post-season they had. Ken Whisenhunt should feel pretty good about where that team's at now. Plus, I mean, any team who's got Mike Boni as a scout has only clear skies ahead. Very well dressed clear skies, in fact. Anyhow, congratulations, but not really.

For those of you wondering what my Mom thought...

This is infinitely better than when she called me a "bee-yatch" on Saturday. Thanks again for the encouragement in life, Mom.

And finally, I've officially launched my campaign to stop any and all merchandise employing this blog's namesake from being sold...

At least without giving me a nod. I have contacted the NFL via NFL.com and I expect them to give the matter the full respect it deserves.

At least print it out before you delete it.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! KL:NAKLNALKNGFSLKDNGNSDFKLSDGN LKSDFKLMS DLKF KSDF

I LOVE THE STEELERS!

...and so does Domski (who also loves Nicole)...

Big ups to Sheena Beaston for speedily providing the Whitney Houston jam. Clutch effort like Big Ben. I owe you a high five.

Rejoice with me?

The Refs Gave The Steelers The Game, Huh?

By now you've probably already heard the chorus of idiots putting the Steelers win (more like the Cardinals loss) on the referees. Whatever.

In response, I just want to point out this clear and convincing visual evidence of the refs missing Larry Fitz being out of bounds while trying to tackle Silverback. Good news is, IT. DIDN'T. MATTER.

Want some other shots? You got 'em...





By the way, I'm pretty sure the refs didn't make the Cards run into Mitch Berger.

Blaming the refs is a cop out. Find a new argument.

Anyways, I'm still working on my recap. It may not make it's way onto this site until the AM, but you never know. You'll just have to keep checking.

Try and contain your anticipation.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!

If you're not making out with random people right now, you're not a real Steelers fan.

The Steelers did it.

Final Score = 27-23, Steelers

Game. Over.

Kurt Warner? Eat a dick.

Mike Tomlin - Youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl ever. Super Bowl Champ in only his 2nd year.

And will slap the shit out of you if you have anything to say contrary to that.

Game over, son.

Big players make big plays in big games...

Santonio Holmes for President!

Big Ben = Shoulda been MVP.

Two Super Bowls in four years! Game manager? I don't think so.

Not to mention, as Ben said in his address of the crowd - Who's laughing now, O-Line????? Money.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get fucked up. Drink lots of beer. Make bad decisions. Domski's drunk right now.

SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!



UPDATE: Full recap to come at some point. Once this has all sunk in and I have time to gather my thoughts. Domski's still drunk. SUPER. BOWL. CHAMPS.

Kurt Warner Is For The Birds...

The Super Bowl, how sweet it is
One game, everything at stake
And not a minute too soon
Let's do this thing for Christ's sake

We've waited two very long weeks
For this one day to arrive
Let's go get another ring
To add to our current five

The Wood's got a taste for Cardinal
After feasting on Raven
Kurt Warner's in his sights
Time to break him, make him give in

Larry Fitzgerald is a force
And Boldin's no slouch either
The Steelers hands will be full
I hope Ryan Clark will be there

Big Ben was born ready for this
Willie is ready to rock
Hines Ward's knee may be gimpy
But he'll still throw a few mean blocks

Whisenhunt may "know" the Steelers
But Lebeau knows Whisenhunt
This is the Super Bowl, man
And the Steelers are on the hunt

Throw all the rules out the window
Numbers mean nothing today
All that matters is a win
It's time to sit back and say

HERE WE GO, STEELERS! HERE WE GO!

OFTOT Week In Review - Super Bowl Week ...

First things first - it literally took me 43 minutes to wash my dishes this morning. Which raises two issues...

1. Clearly I need to either do dishes more often or just start throwing them out when they're dirty in favor of buying new ones.

2. Is this an omen?

Furthermore, Domski was at the Farmer's Market this afternoon and spotted some Amish in Steelers jerseys. Which is cool, but even more importantly, he pulled the number 86 two separate times. Now that's awesome.

Nerves have been higher than Robert Downey Jr. on a Saturday night, all week. And no day was this more apparent than yesterday. I was in one of the saltiest moods of all time, but so were a lot of other fans I talked to. It's like the closer we get to the game, the more on edge we are. Weird. Who knew?

But at least it's Saturday and the game is now only one day away. Today shouldn't be altogether awful. Tomorrow will be the real challenge. Waking up, knowing that at 6:30 the game will kick off and the Steelers will once again be playing for the World Championship of football, will make the day go by about as quickly as Byron Leftwich runs.

Tec and I taped the show last night. We talked a little bit about the game, but mostly we just watched and reminisced about Super Bowl XL. What a game! What a win! If you're looking for something to do today or tomorrow, I strongly suggest you go back and watch XL again, if you've got the DVD (which frankly is a must have, if you're a Steelers fan).

3rd and 28 = Ridic.

Still, maybe you don't wanna do that, but you do wanna do something to pass the time, lest ye go batshit crazy with anticipation. Well, rather than turn to the bottle or something (which, of course is also totally acceptable and even encouraged), here are 43 things you can do to keep yourself preoccupied leading up to tomorrow evening. In no particular order, they are...

1. Do this and share your answers

2. Read up on how to get yourself out of quicksand

3. Watch and copiously re-watch Sid's goal from the other night against the Rangers...


4. Feed your ears with the sweet sounds of Indiana, PA expats, Myzewell

5. Familiarize yourself with the song catalog of Neil Diamond

6. Watch some porn (and if that doesn't relax you, I can't help you)

7. Read Sean's interview with the fake Brian St. Pierre

8. Work on your Wii Tennis aptitude...


9. Read all the ridiculous troll comments on this video

10. Send Bill Plaschke hate mail for writing this article two days before the game

11. Caption this photo...


12. Respond to all the emails you didn't get to this week (PS - To everyone I haven't gotten back to yet, I am so sorry! It's been a real rough week.)

13. Watch any of the following pre-approved, Cotter endorsed cinematic classics: The Big Lebowski, Outside Providence, Kingpin, Out Cold, Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2, Beavis and Butthead Do America,

14. Update your Match.com profile

15. Make your video application for The Real World Season 23

16. Start following OFTOT on Twitter

17. Learn to cook, you degenerate

18. Listen to the sweet, soothing sound of Myron's voice...I miss him [sad face with tear]

19. Offer to bang someone's wife in exchange for Super Bowl tickets...on Craigslist, of course

20. Figure out how to properly spell Big Ben's last name (even though you should have done this five years ago)


21. Throw Lindsay Lohan's dad a bone and get her to break up with bull dyke Samantha Ronson

22. Check out the first Steelers rap I've ever heard...


23. Try and guess how many cosmetic surgeries Brenda Warner's had...


24. Buy yourself a URL or two. Or buy some of Doug's adventures in apparel

25. Go to Feinberg's and load up on some last minute Steelers schwag...


26. Learn to spell Pittsburgh...


27. Start a blog and write about 43 things to do instead of obsessing about the game

28. Steal this guy and send him to Hoboken, NJ, c/o Cotter...


29. Take a long ass snooze...


30. Reminisce about playing video games in your friends Mom's 1980's style conversion van...


31. Go on a hugging spree...


32. Read up on Jeff Reed's superstitions. Conspicuously absent - Not drinking the week leading up to the Super Bowl. Shocker.

33. Research the cure for cancer

34. Watch old episodes of the [Unnamed] Steelers Pregame Show...yes, shameless plug, I know. Deal with it.

35. Help Tiny strategize for her Adventures in Crossword Puzzles on the train

36. Read Holly's fake Corrections post

37. Look at how cute Kirschke's little guy is...


38. Annoy your friends by sending them 50,000 Facebook app requests

39. Enroll in Yoga classes. Ben can provide a recommendation...


40. Figure out a Rubik's Cube

41. Check out Jim Shearer and friends' Super Bowl song...


42. Channel and indulge your inner Spielberg...



43. Get fired up reliving your memories of Super Bowl XL in pictures...

The line for Sports Rock at around 11:30.


This could've easily happened at like 3:30 in the afternoon.


Toasting Heinz Field right before kickoff!

What a time!

Unreal Expectation of the day = The Allegheny County Airport Authority telling Steelers fans not to go to the airport to welcome the team back, win or lose tomorrow. Yeah, right. Good luck with that. I'd mobilize some extra hands if I were you. You know, just in case...

Heartwarming story of the day that will make you cry = Four kids from the Children's Hospital in Oakland are going to the Super Bowl...

"It's not just going to the Super Bowl. It's that these kids can go at all."

"Just to know that he can go and enjoy and he has the capacity to walk and talk, and think and speak, and all that good stuff...It's just indescribable - hope happens!"

Hope happens, indeed! Cue the waterworks.

Pictures of the day...

That guy with the smoke hanging out of his mouth looks real classy. Glad to see we're not tarnishing the image of our fanbase down there...


You know why I'm posting this? Because finally Lamarr Woodley is wearing something other than a Tapout shirt. Way to go, Wood. I'm proud of you.

Also, Is that guy in the background drinking an MGD in public? Open container violation city. This is not 'nam, dude. There are rules...

Anyways, as this is the Week In Review post, I suppose I should actually review the week on OFTOT.

Fine.

But I don't have to like it.

This week we...

1. Made Kurt Warner into a Cardinal...like, the clergy kind...you know what I mean

2. Continued to make light of ridiculous headlines and articles from across the world wide web

3. Learned that avid NFL fans are apparently also avid skin care fans

4. Saw the Steelers arrive in Tampa, armed with free camcorders

5. Rich Eisen tried to bogart this blog's namesake...I'm still waiting for my credit

6. Reviewed the distraction provided by 43 Tampa scrip clubs

7. Watched the Cardinals get all handsy with the female members of the media in Tampa

8. Chronicled Day One of Jeff Reed's Super Bowl bender

9. Seriously, the Steelers were all about those free camcorders

10. ESPN was Mickey Mousing around on this one

11. Felt bad for South Park's own Reggie Wells, even though he's a Cardinals captain

12. Shared our respective views on where we'll be watching the game

13. Chronicled Day Two of Jeff Reed's Super Bowl bender

14. Recapped the fake Feel Good Stories of Super Bowl XLIII

15. Spotted Matt Hasslecock in Tampa

16. Provided pictures of the rally for those who couldn't make it to the Burgh

17. Meeting People Is Easy #1...and...Meeting People Is Easy #2

18. Chronicled Day Three of Jeff Reed's Super Bowl bender

And lastly, for the administrative announcements - the [Unnamed] Steelers Pregame Show, Super Bowl edition should be up early afternoon tomorrow. So keep an eye out for that. As will the typical gameday poem post. Unfortch, though, being that this game is pretty damn important, I will not be able to bring myself to liveblog. I have to make sure I have my hands free to wave my towel, eat tons and tons of food that will probably contribute to my early demise and slap hands with Domski and company, hopefully in celebration of a victory.

That all said...

HERE WE GO, STEELERS!!! HERE WE GO!!!


PS - This post took entirely too long to write. And yet, I kind of love it. Hopefully you do too.