It should be no surprise who I pick in the Super Bowl. The team where Jake Plummer started. That's right, the Arizona Cardinals.
If you know me well enough, you know that I haven't liked the Pittsburgh Steelers since January of 2006, the 2005 AFC Championship game. Jake Plummer's Denver Broncos vs. Big Ben's Pittsburgh Steelers. Still the worst and best game I ever watched.
But we're not talking about Jake Plummer(sadly). We're talking about Kurt Warner vs. Ben Roethlisberger.
Many saw Kurt Warner's career as dead. He led the St. Louis Rams to 2 straight Super Bowls, winning one. But after that, he was never quite good enough to push his team to that level. When he was on the Giants and was replaced by Eli Manning, you almost couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy.(Obviously back then we didn't know how well Eli would turn out)
Then he went to Cardinals where he sat behind Mr. Matt Leinart. Matt was injured last year so Kurt Warner played most of the season and had the advantage in the pre-season between the 2 quarterbacks because of Leinart's questionable shoulder.
Little did we know that Mr. Kurt Warner would lead the Cardinals to 9-7, win the NFC West, and earn a playoff berth.
To be honest, I chose against the Cardinals every week of the playoffs(Falcons, Panthers, Eagles) and they won every game. Also, since I got my Arizona Cardinals Jake Plummer jerseys on Christmas(Thanks Desiree), the Cardinals have won every game.
So this Sunday, I will be wearing my Jake Plummer Arizona Cardinals Home jersey, beer in hand(just kidding), and have my eyes glued to that T.V.
I want the Cardinals to win, not only because I hate the Steelers, not only because it's Jake Plummer's old team, and not only because Jake wants them to win. I want them to win because I would love for Arizona to finally have the respect they deserve, and they need it, especially after that embarassing blowout win by Obama in November.
Final Score- Cardinals 23 Pittsburgh 16
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