Favorite Watching-My-Team-In-Super-Bowl Moment

My favorite non-Steeler moment is Eli to Tyree in the last Super Bowl.

 

Joe Montana to John Taylor in Niners-Bengals II

Steve Young to everyone in Niners-Chargers

Joe Montana to everyone in Niners-Broncos

 

I felt the same way watching that play, Oz. Just like you, I was too young to appreciate what was happening in the '70s, XL is the only Super Bowl victory for the Steelers that I was truly able to enjoy.

I remember feeling crushed when Roethlisberger threw that interception in the third quarter. After a disgrace of a first half, the Steelers were dominating the game at that point. If he puts a little loft on that ball, it's a touchdown that gives Pittsburgh a very comfortable lead. Instead it was a big interception return that set up Seattle's only touchdown in the game. I was sure the Steelers were going to lose.

After that, even the Randall-El's touchdown pass to Ward wasn't enough. I didn't feel safe until that last first down sealed the victory.

 

I was a little young to remember Ron Jaworski-to-Rod Martin in Super Bowl XV, so I'll have to go with Donovan McNabb's flawless execution of the six-minute drill in SB XXXIX. Down 24-14 ... McNabb completes 5-yard pass after 5-yard pass ... then throws up ... then throws another 10-yard out 8 yards into the turf ... then gets sacked ... then an 11-yarder for a first down ... followed by a 30-yard hail mary.
Precision. Personified.

 

I like the Tyree one, but even better was seeing Plaxico break free at the goal line as Eli's pass floated his way.

There was enough time with the ball in the air where you went through a whole range of "He's open! Jesus, what if he drops this...He caught it!"

 

Oddly enough, it's the Steelers recovering an onside kick to start the second half of Super Bowl XXX.

The Steelers were making their first SB appearance in my lifetime. They were playing the big, bad Cowboys and no one gave them a chance in hell. That play -- and when Bam Morris scored in the fourth quarter to make it 20-17 -- made me a believer; I thought they were going to pull it off.

Yeah, they finally won one 10 years later, but it felt different.

They were playing the Seahawks, an AFC West team only a few years earlier. The game was boring as shit. If you hadn't heard, Jerome Bettis was from Detroit. And after the amazing divisional playoff against Indy, the next two games seemed almost anticlimactic.

Then again, maybe I'm just fucked up.

 

Could it be both?

The result of Super Bowl XL was much more satisfying, but no doubt the playoff game against the Colts was a hell of a lot more fun to watch.

 

Since my team was never in the Super Bowl, I am going to put down a moment I enjoyed watching while rooting for the underdog.

Don Beebe running down the Cowboy (can't remember his name) and forcing the fumble out of the end zone. Or something like that. I haven't seen the clip in a while and I was like 9 when it happened.

 

Leon Lett. Great moment. The Bills were getting crushed and Beebe still went flying down the field to chase Lett down.

 

This is easy. Elway helicopters through the air for the first down against Green Bay.

Elway to Rod Smith for a long touchdown against ATL the following year.

 

The pregame shows.
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Serious answer: Thurman's 31-yard touchdown run in XXV. Man, we just knew that was the game-winner ...
As for the 13-6 halftime score of XXVIII, didn't matter. There was a sense of impending doom -- wondering how our guys were going to screw this one up -- and they lived down to our expectations.