The Pittsburgh Steelers are again Super Bowl champions, coming from behind to defeat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23. It was a great game played by both teams, and ironically Pittsburgh's offense had to go down and score late in the game for the Steelers to earn the victory.

Pittsburgh's Santonio Holmes made some great play and probably earned some money for himself with his performance last night. His touchdown catch in the back of the end zone where he tiptoed the sideline was probably one of the best catches under pressure that I have seen. I'm heading down to the locker room and will have more later.

The Arizona Cardinals need to get points on this drive or this game is over. With the open of the fourth quarter, the Steelers continue to control the clock and the young Cardinals continue to make stupid mistakes.

Three personal foul penalties kept Pittsburgh's drive alive. The Steelers only got a field goal, but a 20-7 lead heading into the fourth quarter is pretty strong for the Steelers.

Pittsburgh is blanketing Larry Fitzgerald and making other guys make plays, and so far the Cardinals have struggled to maintain consistent drives.

Many reporters in the press box are calling it the most amazing play in Super Bowl history.

Defensive MVP James Harrison jumped a slant route intended for Anquan Bolden and weaved his way 100 yards for a touchdown to put the Steelers up 17-7 on the final play of the half.

The play was reviewed upstairs because it looked like Larry Fitzgerald may have stopped him short of the goal line, but the play stood.

It was a huge momentum-swinging play and may have sealed Arizona's fate. The Cardinals were down 10-7 but looked like they would get a score and go into halftime up 14-10.

Fitzgerald basically ran a pick route to clear space for Boldin, but Harrison didn't rush the passer and slid back into coverage for the pick.

Arizona gets the ball back to begin the second half, so we'll see how they respond.

Arizona couldn't manage a first down on the Cardinals opening possession, baffled by the Steelers zone blitz.

Pittsburgh defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau is winning the battle right now. He's basically forcing Arizona to go to their hot routes, and then Pittsburgh's defensive backs, knowing where Arizona is going to go with the ball, are jumping the routes.

Pittsburgh got the ball back and drove right down the field again on the legs of Willie Parker and the hands of tight end Heath Miller. Bruiser Gary Russell plunged in from a yard.

It's early in the second quarter and Pittsburgh's up 10-0. But that is more like a 20-0 lead with the way the Steelers play defense.

Total yardage in first quarter -- Pittsburgh 140, Arizona 13.

Arizona has to make sure to keep running their offense and not try to get it back all at once.

Ben Roethisberger bowls in from a yard and looks like he gets in fo the score, although it looked like Center Justin Hartwig pulled him into the end zone. The play is being challenged by Arizona.

Turns out Ben was short, and the Steelers have to settle for a 18-yard field goal by Jeff Reed.

Arizona defense toughen up in the red zone.

But Pittsburgh just moved down the field on the Cardinals defense, as Arizona looks a little punch drunk early on. In particular, the Steelers are exploiting Arizona's defense down the middle of the field with tight end Heath Miller and Hines Ward.

Running back Willie Parker looks healthy. It could be a long day for the Cardinals.

... and they're going to score. I predict a 24-20 win for the Steelers. We'll see if that holds up.

We're about a half hour before game time here and the stadium is pretty much full. I took a walk around the stadium with Aaron Fentress, a reporter with The Oregonian, and the Black and Gold is out in force. I would say about 80 percent of the crowd are Pittsburgh Steelers fans.

The Arizona fans that we did see appeared in awe of their team being here, and were clicking pictures at a steady pace, while the Pittsburgh fans were drinking copious amounts of alcohol and getting ready for the game. The reporter sitting next to me said the crowd looked similar to when Pittsburgh played Seattle in Super Bowl XL three years ago.

When the Steelers took the field the crowd errupted and all you could see were gold terrible towels waving in the crowd.

The weather is perfect -- about 60 degrees, a little breezed and a few harmless cloud stretched along the skyline.

We also caught a glimpse of former Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren in the pirate ship in the North end zone, doing pregame work for NBC. It was a little strange seeing Holmgren in a suit instead of on the sidelines. That's all for now.

With mock drafts currently listing the Seattle Seahawks drafting Michael Crabtree, I decided to try and roundup some more information on him. And who better to talk to but Michael Irvin, a friend of the Crabtree family and one of the people advising the redshirt sophomore as he prepares for the upcoming April draft.

Crabtree, who recently announced he's entering this year's draft, is working out with Olympic champion sprinter Michael Johnson and receiving advice from Irvin and Deion Sanders as he prepares for the combine and his pro day. Crabtree will not run the 40-yard dash at the combine, but will run at his Pro Day.

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Here’s some stuff to get you ready for Super Bowl XLIII here in Tampa. We’ll be blogging live from Raymond James Stadium during pregame festivities and throughout the game, so check here for thoughts and observations on the matchup between Arizona and Pittsburgh.

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Today’s big game pits Arizona’s unstoppable offense vs. Pittsburgh’s immovable defense.

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