SB Nation Chicago - Super Bowl XLV, Green Bay Packers Vs Pittsburgh Steelers: Packers Win 31-25https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48877/chicago-fave.png2011-02-06T21:07:16-06:00http://chicago.sbnation.com/rss/stream/17231392011-02-06T21:07:16-06:002011-02-06T21:07:16-06:002011 Super Bowl, Packers Vs. Steelers: Pack Wins 31-25
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<p>On the first play of the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 45, the Pittsburgh Steelers fumble, and it's recovered by the Green Bay Packers at their 42 yard line. Aaron Rodgers throws deep, incomplete. Jordy nelson gets a quick slant for three yards, and he's wrapped up by Troy Polamalu. Third and seven, and James Jones gets the first. Rodgers throws low and incomplete on first, and from the 40 on second down, Jordy Nelson can't find the handle. But on third down, he goes down the middle, and makes a nice move by the sideline, Polamalu saved the touchdown, ansd it's first and goal from the two.</p>
<p>Rodgers is sacked for six yards, but he finds Greg Jennings in the corner of the end zone, and it's a touchdown for the Packers.</p>
<p>28-17 Packers</p>
<p>Antonio Brown takes the kickoff to around the 34, there's 11:35 left in the game.</p>
<p>Ben Roethlisberger hits Matt Spaeth for nine, then Mike Wallace gains 11 over the middle. An incomplete, followed by a 14 yard screen to Wallace. A holding penalty hurts the drive. It's first and 20 from the 42 yard line. Wallace gets two, on a screen. Second down, Hines Ward gets 15 yards and it's third and three. mike Wallace takes in the pass over his shoulder and keeps going into the end zone. Pittsburgh will try for two.</p>
<p>A pitch to Antwaan Randle El is good.</p>
<p>28-25 Packers</p>
<p>It's a three point game with 7:34 left. Pat Lee is back for the kick, he takes it to the 25 yard line.</p>
<p>The Steelers blitz and Rodgers is sacked for a four yard loss. They get nine on the next play, and it's third and five. A false start makes it third and ten. A big play from Aaron Rodgers to Greg Jennings goes 31 yards. james Starks gets another 14 yards on the ground, and the Packers are deep in Pittsburgh territory. On the 30, Starks gets one. Rodgers gets James Jones, making it first and goal at the eight.</p>
<p>They get one on first down, and James Jones gets to to the five, with under three minutes to play. An incomplete, and it's fourth and goal. Mason Crosby will kick.</p>
<p>31-25 Packers.</p>
<p>With 2:07 and only one timeout, the Steelers will get the ball back.</p>
<p>A squib kick to Isaac Redmon is returned to about the35, but a personal foul on the return against the Steelers pushes them back to the 13, with 1:59 left in the game.</p>
<p>Roethlisberger finds Heath Miller for 15 over the middle, and Hines Ward gets five more on the next play. He has to throw it away. Third down is incomplete, and it's fourth and five. It's incomplete.</p>
<p>The Packers will take over on downs, and let time expire.</p>
<p>31-25 Green Bay Packers final.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the Green Bay Packers and their fans.</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bears/2011/2/6/1979161/2011-super-bowl-packers-vs-steelers-pack-wins-31-25-aaron-rodgers-superbowlDon Hamel2011-02-06T20:23:34-06:002011-02-06T20:23:34-06:002011 Super Bowl, Packers Vs. Steelers: 21-17 Packers After Three
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<p>The second half of Super Bowl XLV begins after the strains of the Black Eyed Peas auto-tuning the parts of their songs they haven't sampled outright echo off the walls of Cowboys Stadium. And while this is first and foremost a description of an NFL game, I would be remiss if i failed to point out, that if there are no musicians on stage with you, you are NOT a band.</p>
<p>It's enough to make you long for the days of 'Up With People'.</p>
<p>The secondary of the Green Bay Packers was hampered with injuries in the first half, so it remains to be seen who'll return for the second half. The Packers will receive to open the half. </p>
<p>Jordy Nelson takes a knee in the end zone, they'll start from the 20. Charles Woodsen is out for the game.</p>
<p>James Starks gets two yards, but the Packers are called for holding. It's first and 20 from the 10 yard line. James Jones gets the 10 yards back on first down. A false start costs them another five yards, and the Steeler defense is starting to wear down the Green bay O-line.</p>
<p>A complete to jordy nelson makes it third and five. Aaron Rodgers from the shotgun goes incomplete. Antonio Brown takes the punt. He only gets three yards, but a personal foul on the tackle gets 15 more, and the Steelers will start with good field position.</p>
<p>From the 50, Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers go to Rashard Mendenhall for a first down at the 33 yard line. They get another three, and Roethlisberger runs for six. Third and one, Isaac Redmon breaks a run for 16 yards, to the Packers eight yard line. On the next play, Mendenhall punches it in for a touchdown. The Steelers ran all the way on this drive.</p>
<p>21-17 Packers</p>
<p>With 10:19 left in the third quarter the Packers will start behind their 20, as Jordy Nelson was chased out. From the 18, the Packers send James Starks up the middle for three. Nelson can't hold on to the second down pass. On third down, Rodgers can't find a receiver and takes a sack from James Harrison.</p>
<p>The Steelers will start from midfield again. They feed it to Mendenhall, who gets one yard. Mike Wallace gains eight, on quick screen, and on third down Ben Roethlisberger has to take a timeout.</p>
<p>On third and one, the snap is bobbled, Mewelde Moore hits the pile, bounces outside and gets the first. From the 44, Roethlisberger goes for broke, and launches it towards the end zone, just out of Wallace's reach. Hines Ward gets 15 over the middle, and the steelers are inside the 30.</p>
<p>From the 29, Roethlisberger has the ball knocked down in the backfield by Clay Matthews. On second down, he dumps off to Heath Miller who loses three on the play. Third down, and Frank Zombo sacks Roethlisberger. A 52 yard field goal attempt goes very wide, and the Packers will take over with decent field position.</p>
<p>Rodgers hits Nelson on first down for 18 yards, from the 40 James starks is hit hard in the backfield, and it's second and 13.</p>
<p>Andrew Quarless gets his first catch of the day, but it's a dump off and it's third and eight. The Steelers have to use another timeout, they have one left.</p>
<p>With 2:34 left in the quarter, Rodgers overthrows his target, and the Packers will punt.</p>
<p>Anwaan Randle El fair catches on the 13 yard line. Rashard Mendenhall goes up the middle for four yards. Mike Wallace takes a vicious hit on a screen, gain of four. Roethlisberger throws too high for Wallace. They'll punt.</p>
<p>It bounces to the 25 yard line, and a flag is thrown. It's a personal foul on Tramon Williams, adding 15 yards to the 52 yard punt. The packers will start at their 13 yard line. Rodgers throws incomplete to Quarless, on second down he's chased down and has to throw out of bounds. Third down is incomplete and the the Pack goes three and out.</p>
<p>Mike McCarthy wants to challenge the incomplete pass call. The receiver was stripped as he fell, and it was recovered by Green Bay. If it was a catch, the Packers have a first down.</p>
<p>There's 25 seconds left in the third quarter.</p>
<p>The ruling on the field is confirmed, and they add six seconds to the game clock.</p>
<p>Green Bay punts, Antonio Brown returns to about midfield, but there's a flag. Pittsburgh will make the Packers re-kick.</p>
<p>This kick is caught near the Green Bay 41 yard line, with 11 seconds left in the quarter, Mendenhall stays on his feet, and gets eight yards on the last play of the third.</p>
<p>21-17 Packers</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bears/2011/2/6/1979054/2011-super-bowl-packers-vs-steelers-21-17-packers-after-three-superbowlDon Hamel2011-02-06T19:01:25-06:002011-02-06T19:01:25-06:002011 Super Bowl, Packers Vs. Steelers: 21-10 Packers At Half
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<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers start the second quarter of Super Bowl 45 from the Green Bay Packers 33 yard line. Two plays later it's third and 12, and Ben Roethlisberger finds Emmanual Sanders for the first. On the next play oethlisberger can't find an open man, and picks up two with his feet, crossing the 20. Rashard Mendenhall can only get a yard, and it's third and seven. From thre shotgun, they pick up four on a pass to Heath Miller, and the Steelers will have to kick. It's good from 33 yards.</p>
<p>14-3 Packers</p>
<p>The Packers receive and Tramon Williams takes it to around the 25,and Aaron Rodgers will lead the Green Bay offense from there with 11:01 in the second quarter. He under throws Greg Jennings. He throws complete on second down for five. Donald Driver gets close, but doesn't get the first, and the packers punt it away.</p>
<p>From their 22 with 9:28 left, the Rashard Mendenhall run is negated by a holding penalty.</p>
<p>Donald Driver has been taken to the locker room with an injury.</p>
<p>On first and 20, they get 16 yards, and Mewelde moore gets seven, for the first down. At the 35, Roethlisberger runs for five. n second Moore loses a yard. Both teams, particularly on offense, are banged up badly. Antwaan Randle El gets 17 yards and the Steelers cross mid-field.</p>
<p>Mendenhall loses a yard, and the Pittsburgh fans want a horse collar tackle penalty. They won't get it. The Pittsburgh Steelers use their first timeout.</p>
<p>From the Green Bay 49, Roethlisberger is picked off again, and the packers take over from their 47.</p>
<p>Greg Jennings gets three on first down, and Jordy Nelson is alll alone, Rodgers finds him for 18 yards. James Starks stays upright, and turns the corner for 10, and another first down.</p>
<p>Aaron Rodgers hits Greg Jennings in the end zone, on a laser strike.</p>
<p>21-3 Packers</p>
<p>With 2:24 in the half, Antonio Brown takes it to the 22 yard line. Roethlisberger from the shotgun, hits Randle El deep, he goes to the Green Bay 40, as the two minute warning is called.</p>
<p>Sam Shields is helped to the locker room.</p>
<p>Roethlisberger goes long for Mike Wallace, but it's well defended by Charles Woodsen. Woodsen is hurt on the play and Green Bay has to call a timeout. second and 10 is batted down at the line of scrimmage. Hines wards makes a sliding catch for a big first down.</p>
<p>The Steelers take a timeout with 1:37 left on the clock. From the 26, Roethlisberger dumps off to Antonion brown for one yard. He hits Hines Ward for 18 yards. From the eight he finds Ward again in the end zone. Touchdown.</p>
<p>21-10 Packers</p>
<p>With 39 seconds left Pat Lee takes a knee in the end zone, for a touchback.</p>
<p>Rodgers hands to Starks, who gets three, and the Packers will let time expire.</p>
<p>21-10 Packers</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bears/2011/2/6/1978986/2011-super-bowl-packers-vs-steelers-21-10-packers-at-half-superbowlDon Hamel2011-02-06T18:17:00-06:002011-02-06T18:17:00-06:002011 Super Bowl, Packers Vs. Steelers: Pack Jumps To 14-0 Lead In First
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<p>Super Bowl XLV is about to be underway, the Green Bay Packers won the coin toss, and have elected to defer. The Pittsburgh Steelers will receive.</p>
<p>News out of Dallas is that some 1,250 seats were deemed 'unsafe'. 850 patrons were given alternative seating, while 400 unlucky fans were forced to leave.</p>
<p>Antonio Brown takes the ball out the end zone and returns it 37 yards. Ben Roethlisberger hits Hines Ward for four yard. Frank Zombo gets those yards back, making a tackle behind the line of scrimmage. An incompletion, and the Steelers are three and out. Tramon Williams and Sam Shields fumble the punt, and there's a pile-up but the Packers retain possession.</p>
<p>Aaron Rodgers and the Pack will start at the 21 with an incomplete. James Starks gets a yard on second down, on third down rodgers hits Donald driver for 24 yards. They're near midfield.</p>
<p>From the 46, Rodgers is hurried and overthrows his man. On Second down Starks gets three. On third down Jordy nelson can't haul it in, and the Packers will punt into the end zone.</p>
<p>From the 20 Rashard Mendenhall gets the Steelers 15 yards, and follows up with another nine yards. A false start penalty takes them back to second and six. A screen to Mike Wallace gets three yards. oethlisberger fires a cannon shot that Heath Miller can't hang onto.</p>
<p>Another punt into the end zone, and the Packers will start at their 20 yard line.</p>
<p>Rodgers looks confused on first down, and threw the ball away. On second down, he hits Nelson and it's third and inches. James Stark bounces off the pile, goes around end and gets the first.</p>
<p>Jordy Nelson gets nine yards on a quick slant. Starks gets the one yard on the next play. The Packers call their first timeout with 5:33 remaining in the first quarter.</p>
<p>Aaron Rodger gets rid of the ball while being tackled, and turns it into a first down, and the Packer are in Pittsburgh territory. James Starks gets seven on the next play and it's second and three from the 33. Rodgers hits Hall for two. On third down he lofts a rainbow to jordy nelson who takes it in for a touchdown.</p>
<p>7-0 Packers</p>
<p>The Steelers receive the kickoff with 3:44 left in the quarter, Antonio Brown is across the 40, but there's a flag, and it'll go against the Steelers. They'll start from their seven. Roethlisberger, throws and is intercepted for a touchdown. Nick Collins scores and is penalized for excessive celebration.</p>
<p>14-0 Packers</p>
<p>The Packers kick from the 15, and Mewelde Moore takes it to the 35. Mendenhall carries for five yards, he gets anothe seven on second down. a screen to Emmanual sanders. Another penalty pushes the Steelers back 10 yards. From first and 16 a screen to Mendenhall gets seven. As they announce that Flozell Adams has been injured, Roethlisberger throws incomplete.</p>
<p>On third down he can't find a man, and Roethlisberger sprints for 18 yards to end the first quarter.</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bears/2011/2/6/1978892/2011-super-bowl-packers-vs-steelers-pack-jumps-to-14-0-lead-in-firstDon Hamel2011-02-06T17:22:44-06:002011-02-06T17:22:44-06:002011 Super Bowl, Packers Vs. Steelers: Countdown To Kickoff
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<p>Super Bowl XLV between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers is almost underway. The Steelers are looking for their third SB victory in the last six years. The Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers earned entry to this game the hard way; as the sixth seed, putting together three road victories.</p>
<p>The pomp and circumstance, the hype and repetition, are mercifully coming to an end. It's time to play the game. Aside from Christina Aguilera, the Black-Eyed Peas, and whatever celebrities are in the commercials and/or the stands, we can put aside this day-long pop culture marathon, and enjoy what has all the earmarks of a really great football game.</p>
<p>The announcement for the Walter Payton Humanitarian Award is being made, and the winner is, Madieu Williams of the Minnesota Vikings, who is wearing a number 4 Packers jersey.</p>
<p>We'll be keeping you provided with quarterly updates of the big game, so keep checking back here at SB Nation Chicago, and we'll keep you informed. </p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bears/2011/2/6/1978868/2011-super-bowl-packers-vs-steelers-countdown-to-kickoff-superbowlDon Hamel2011-02-06T07:37:34-06:002011-02-06T07:37:34-06:00Super Bowl XLV, Packers VS. Steelers: Game Day!
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<p>Super Bowl 45 between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers kicks off at 5:30 CST (6:30 EST) and as always, SB Nation Chicago will be here bringing you live game updates, and all the news from Dallas. This looks to be a great match-up between two teams with great defenses and plenty of fire power on offense. One of the keys to this game will be the effectiveness of the run. The Packers James Starks had a great day against the Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional round, but was mostly shut down by the Chicago Bears. Pittsburgh's Rashard Mendenhall, gave the Steelers the upper hand early in the AFC Championship game against the New York Jets; if he can repeat that performance today, it will open up the Steelers offense for the pass, which makes them very dangerous. </p>
<p>Today is the day the most reported sporting event of the year, finally takes place. Of course in between, they'll be fireworks, montages, players' moms, fireworks, 'special' commercials, and the Black Eyed Peas. It's the NFL's Big Party, and we're all hoping it won't be the only football game played in 2011.</p>
<p>Keep checking back here, and enjoy Super Bowl Sunday!</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bears/2011/2/6/1977967/super-bowl-xlv-packers-vs-steelers-game-dayDon Hamel2011-02-03T10:27:58-06:002011-02-03T10:27:58-06:00Super Bowl XLV, Packers Vs. Steelers: Pittsburgh- Bad Guys In Black Hats?
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<p>Is the NFL moving towards professional wrestling's Good Guy vs. Bad Guy strategy? Are handsome quarterbacks in clean red white and blue uniforms, just more <em>heroic </em>than bent-nosed guys in dirt-covered black and gold? How does Bill Belichick get Coach of the Year honors over Mike Tomlin? Or Mike McCarthy? Or even Rex Ryan and Lovie Smith?</p>
<p>They all took their teams farther this season. Ryan's New York Jets beat the New England Patriots twice this year. Lovie Smith and the Chicago Bears out performed everyone's expectations by miles and miles. Mike McCarthy took a sixth-seeded Green Bay Packers team to the Super Bowl, despite having an injury-depleted roster. And not one of them had a quarterback like Tom Brady...</p>
<p>And then there's Mike Tomlin. Mike Tomlin of the black hatted Pittsburgh Steelers. The Pittsburgh Steelers have become the NFL's equivalant of the James Gang. Hide your women and your wide receivers. The league has done everything but put their faces on 'Wanted' posters. But then Pittsburgh showed up the last place Roger Goodell and company wanted them; Super Bowl 45. Or at least that's the way it seems.</p>
<p>Commissioner Roger Goodell started the Steelers season with a handicap. He suspended quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for four games, invoking a conduct clause to punish him for an incident with a co-ed that resulted in no charges being filed. The league conducted showy hearings, designed to appease potential self-appointed morality watchdogs.</p>
<p>Or should I say <em>other </em>self-appointed morality watchdogs.</p>
<p>The NFL has a very uneven history in the application of their conduct code. Just ask Jenn Sterger. Or Ray Lewis. Or Tank Johnson, Ricky Williams, and Randy Moss.</p>
<p>About the time that Roethlisberger returned to action for Pittsburgh, (They survived his suspension nicely, going 3-1) the league decided to crack down on hard hits. They started handing out fines for helmet-to-helmet contact with quarterbacks and unprotected receivers. Steelers linebacker James Harrison led all players with fines totaling $175,000. That number was decreased to $100,00, still a very big check to write. And he was far from the only Steelers defensive player being called out. Fines and personal fouls followed Pittsburgh like a storm cloud.</p>
<p>The NFL also has a very uneven history in the application of their policies on violence. Just ask Ben Roethlisberger. He <em>was sucker-punched in the face </em>by Richard Seymour of the Oakland Raiders, while play was interrupted. Seymour was fined $10,000, or one-tenth of what Harrison was fined for making plays on the field. Is there a single NFL fan who believes that Seymour would have received the same fine for belting Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers? Honestly?</p>
<p>A funny thing about that. The NFL started their Pavlovian practice of punishment, right around the time they were making public their desire to lengthen the regular season to 18 games. That also coincided with their very public new found interest in preventing concussions. An 18 game schedule is a highly coveted prize for the NFL and it's ownership. it would generate a lot more income. And <em>almost </em>every owner is on board, perfectly willing to lockout the players in 2011, if they don't get their way.</p>
<p>You know what owner doesn't think the extended season is a good idea? Can you guess?</p>
<p>It's Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney. Rooney has only recently come out publicly against the idea. I guess he didn't feel like he had anything left to lose, by speaking out.</p>
<p>Mike Tomlin brought the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Super Bowl, despite every suspension, flag, and fine the NFL could throw at his team. The league has spent the entirety of the 2010 season locked in combat with both the Steelers players and it's ownership. It's used every weapon in it's considerable arsenal, and applied them in a shockingly obvious manner.</p>
<p>But Tomlin rallied his team, against the league, against a sea of negative press, against all comers, on and off the field. It's no surprise the NFL didn't sanction it, but Mike Tomlin is clearly the NFL's true coach of the year.</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bears/2011/2/3/1972433/super-bowl-xlv-packers-vs-steelers-pittsburgh-bad-guys-in-black-hatsDon Hamel2011-02-02T08:31:04-06:002011-02-02T08:31:04-06:00Super Bowl XLV, Packers Vs. Steelers: Media Day And Mid-Week Musing
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<p><strong>Deep Freeze In The Heart Of Texas: </strong>Yesterday was media day in Cowboys Stadium, site of Super Bowl 45 between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Among the invited particpants were a correspondant from a children's station dressed a superhero, a guy wearing a cardboard television set, and scantily clad Telemundo reporters.</p>
<p>An univited and unwelcome participant were the ice storms and sub-zero temperatures brought by the massive snow storm, that's blanketing North America right now. How cold was it? Even with the retractable dome closed, members of the Steelers and Packers were complaining. If someone who makes his living in Heinz field or Lambaugh complains about the cold? It's <em>cold.</em></p>
<p>The storm has made it difficult for Dallas/Fort Worth to roll out the welcome mat the way they had envisioned. Instead, they're rolling out the sand trucks, hoping to keep the streets passable. Of course with air travel next to impossible throughout most of the country, a lot of fans have spent the early part of Super Bowl week in airport Ramadas, waiting for flights to resume.</p>
<p>The weather report for the Dallas area is only somewhat encouraging with temperatures expected to stay below freezing, at least until Friday. Game day highs are anticipated to be in 50's.</p>
<p>It makes you wonder how smart a decision it is to have Indianapolis host the game next year. A midwest winter storm could easily make travel to an isolated locale like Indy impossible by any means. It could shape up as a huge financial loss for all involved.</p>
<p>And no matter what the league says, I believe that most fans who make the trip want to wear shorts, drink outside, and watch girls in swimwear dance to live music on the beach. Not that battling wind chills, manuevering a rental car through snow covered streets and parking lots, and watching girls in parkas shiver from frostbite doesn't have it's own innate charm.</p>
<p>But I can do that at home.</p>
<p><strong>Condolences:</strong> it's been a very difficult week for the Chicago Bears family. On Sunday it was announced that Bears VP Tim McCaskey lost his battle with cancer. Today we learn that head coach Lovie Smith's mother, Mae Evelyn Chalk Smith, has passed on at the age of 77. Mrs. Smith was a long-time diabetes sufferer.</p>
<p>Our thoughts are with coach Smith and the McCaskey family.</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bears/2011/2/2/1969958/super-bowl-xlv-packers-vs-steelers-media-day-and-mid-week-musingDon Hamel