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DETROIT - The Pittsburgh Steelers finally gave coach Bill Cowher some Super Bowl satisfaction. Moments after the Rolling Stones rocked a Ford Field filled with Terrible Towels, Willie Parker broke a record 75-yard touchdown run, sparking Pittsburgh's 21-10 victory Sunday over the Seattle Seahawks.

Not only did the Steelers earn that elusive fifth championship ring and their first since 1980, but they completed a magic Bus ride that made Jerome Bettis' homecoming — and likely farewell — a success.

"I'm a champion. I think the Bus' last stop is here in Detroit," Bettis said.

On this night, satisfaction was more than Mick Jagger's signature song that closed the halftime show.

It was sweet validation for Cowher with a title in his 14th season as their coach, the longest tenure in the NFL. The tough guy teared up as he walked to midfield to embrace Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren.

"It's surreal," Cowher said. "I'm going to tell you, this is a special group of coaches, a special group of players. I was one small part of this."

Pittsburgh tied San Francisco and Dallas with its five Super Bowl titles.

And the Steelers certainly got plenty of help from the Seahawks, too. Seattle was plagued by penalties, drops, poor clock management and a critical fourth-quarter interception of Matt Hasselbeck just when the NFC champions seemed ready to take the lead.

Instead, Pittsburgh (15-5) got the clinching score with the kind of trickery that has carried it through an eight-game winning streak.

Versatile wide receiver Antwaan Randle El, a quarterback in college, took a handoff from Parker, sprinted right and threw perfectly to Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward for a 43-yard TD with 9:04 remaining.

Bettis' role was minimal in what might be the final game for the NFL's No. 5 career rusher.

So was quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's impact — the most noteworthy play for the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl was a horrid pass that Kelly Herndon of the Seahawks (15-4) returned a record 76 yards.

That set up the Seahawks' only touchdown, a 16-yard pass to Jerramy Stevens — Joey Porter, his verbal sparring partner all week, was nowhere in sight.

But with Parker's burst and Seattle's self-destructive tendencies, the Steelers completed their postseason march through the NFL's top four teams: Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Denver and Seattle, with all the wins coming away from Heinz Field.

Ward had five receptions for 123 yards and a touchdown.

Seattle, looking nothing like a team that rampaged through its conference, damaged itself all day. It had four penalties for 40 yards in the opening half, one that nullified a touchdown pass.

The second half wasn't much better, and Ike Taylor's 24-yard return with Hasselbeck's poor throw gave Pittsburgh the one last opportunity it needed.

The 23-year-old Roethlisberger achieved it more with his legs than his arm. He dived into the end zone from the 1 late in the first half — the TD was upheld on replay — and converted enough second-half first downs to wind down the clock.

Usually, that is Bettis' job. But this Sunday, he was just along for his final ride.

What a journey it has been.

The Steelers were 7-5, then won their final four regular-season games to secure the AFC's last playoff spot. They went to Cincinnati and won a wild-card game. They won at Indianapolis, which had the league's best record. And then they handed Denver its first home loss in the AFC championship game.

And now they — and 73-year-old owner Dan Rooney — have their "One for the Thumb" — the first four came in their Steel Curtain days, won by the likes of Mean Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris.

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brainsmile

missed the game

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Yossarian

heres to hoping i don't have classes tommorow(i'm an hour soth of pittsburgh, people get sick if the steelers loose)

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MikeD

At Ruth's Chris for that long?

Hopefully not, their steak is a biiit overrated.

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attgig

no they're not. RC has some of the best steaks imo. and from the other rc's i've tried, for some reason, the rc at baltimore inner harbor taste the best...

anyways.

i'm SO unimpressed with roth-burger. every throw was just weak. absolutely no spirals. horrible. the best pass thrown all night by the steelers was from randel el. that was actually a spiral!
what gets me is that, i would actually be ok, and understand if Ben overthrew his guys. you get jacked up for the game, and yeah, you might toss it a bit hard. This kid just got scared and didn't throw anything. His best pass was the shovel pass he threw to hines.

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Sirrich3

Got the terrible towels all over my place! My wife went overboard on those!

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Grubbie

Was there a need for you to actually post an article? Most people watched the game and if not they can find the news almost everywhere they look

I'm guessing you are just being a post whore.

RIVERWIDOW

I thought the best part of the whole extravaganza was the previous MVP's. Joe Namath looked better then he has in years. Franco Harris also looked great. It was really fun to see all the "old" players.

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zippyjuan

I only saw the third quarter and thought that at that time Seattle was playing better than the Steelers.

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bachviet

Not in the second half

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Grimm

Worst superbowl evah!

Officiating sucked. Commercials sucked. The game looked like a styalized play of a football game. It didn't have the spirit of the game. It was sooo... sanitary.

guiseppewv

Dude that is uncalled for....I hope you were kidding.



From a football fan's standpoint it was a less than exciting game. Was it the worst? No. Worst was some of the superbowls the Bills were in back in the 90s...even a couple of the NE superbowls were worse or at least as bad. The most exciting play was the Randel 'el pass play.

From a Steeler fan's perspective it was a great game!!!

With the exception of the MacGyver commercial the commercials all sucked.

guiseppewv

Terry Bradshaw was on with Leno tonight and Terry said he did not go to the SB b/c after traveling all season for Fox sports he wanted to stay at home. He called the Roonies ahead of time and let them know that he was not going to be at the SB.

Grubbie

No I was serious when I said it. It was meant to be rude. Look through the forums, she posts all these new threads then doesn't even reply to them. 90% of the people knew who won the super bowl, there were already a couple threads on it. So why did she have to go and post a obvious news article that ANYBODY could have got of almost any news sites/web portal.

KIISQueen

Well Grubbie you sure read them don't you

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cheapie

the best part of the whole thing was when they trotted out the old guys before the game.


btw, why in the world couldn't the colts been up for their game w/the steelers? they would have trounced seattle!

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guiseppewv

b/c it is an article that nobody else had posted. A majority of threads on this board (>60%) have some article that anyone could have found on a site on the internet. She found an article that she thought some people would be interested in and posted it. Stop being a jerk.


If the Steelers would have been up for the SB they would have killed Seattle. If we would have played like we played against Indy we would have decimated them. Even still, we made the big plays when we had to - 75 yd TD run, 43 yd razzle dazzle TD pass, and another 40 yd pass to the 2 or 3 yd line.

Grubbie

I will make sure to post an article on who wins the next presidential election.

guiseppewv

Go ahead. Go back and look.....I am sure someone posted an article about Bush winning. People posted articles about different Senators and Reps winning too.