Cardinals, Steelers in unlikely Super Bowl
POSTED: Monday, January 19, 2009
Arizona and Pittsburgh will play a historic Super Bowl in Tampa in two weeks: a team with a history as bad as any in the NFL against one that will try to win a record sixth title.
SUPER BOWL XLIII
Who: Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Where: At Tampa, Fla.
When: 1 p.m., Feb. 1 (KHNL)
Line: Steelers by 6 1/2
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Pittsburgh opens as a 6 1/2 -point favorite.
That's fine with the Cardinals, who have been laughingstocks forever and won all three playoff games as underdogs, including yesterday's 32-25 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles for the NFC title.
Arizona hasn't won a title since the NFL championship in 1947 and has had only 10 postseason games since meandering from Chicago to St. Louis and finally to the desert 21 seasons ago.
Still, it is impossible to write off the Cardinals, mainly because of their 37-year-old quarterback, Kurt Warner, who owns two MVP awards and was the Super Bowl MVP with the Rams in 2000.
Kahuku product Aaron Francisco and former Hawaii defensive lineman Travis LaBoy are going to the Super Bowl with the Cardinals. Offensive lineman Chris Kemoeatu will represent Hawaii for the Steelers.
The Steelers' defense carried them past Baltimore 23-14 in the AFC title game.
