NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest. Let the record show that your humble author, the Squibster, predicted the final playoff victory games for the Cardinals and Steelers and the Super Bowl victory for the Steelers. Let the record show that those predictions were in hard print befo...

John Cole passes on a Cold, Hard Football Facts essay arguing that Ben Roethlisberger is, despite the naysayers, an elite QB.  The essence of the argument is that, hey, he wins a lot of games so he must be good. Big Ben’s resume now includes a game-winning touchdown drive in the final two minutes...

Before we get to the play by play, here’s a few things of note. For some reason, Kurt Warner won the Walter Payton Man Of The Year Award. Faith Hill is singing one of the more bland versions of America The Beautiful in history. Jennifer Hudson blew the National Anthem out of the water. She sho...

Super Bowl Sunday The Arizona Cardinals versus Pittsburgh Steelers How the Steelers win — There’s a tendency in big games to try to surprise your opponent. This is what the Baltimore Ravens tried to do when they played Pittsburgh in the conference finals. They tried to pass their way t...

I contacted some of my favorite Pittsburgh Steelers bloggers* and asked them what they are wearing for the Super Bowl. Then I realized that the question sounded a little inappropriate at best and creepy at worst, so I rephrased the question to this: Is there something that you will wear or have near...

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. Young kids falling asleep at sporting events while still holding their ice cream: Precious. Except that this is Ben Roethlisberger, and he's probably hammered. This was taken durin...

There are several key storylines that will beaten into the ground by everyone who covers the Super Bowl for over the next two weeks. We will beat them down even further. How did Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt get his job? Funny you should ask! It turns out that he used to be the offensive coordin...

PITTSBURGH As Willis McGahee lay motionless, as Ray Lewis and other players knelt to pray, as the cart with the stretcher motored out and a concerned hush fell over Heinz Field, nothing mattered anymore....

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sustained a concussion while being driven into the ground by two Cleveland Browns defenders late in the second quarter of an essentially meaningless game Sunday.As Roethlisberger delivered a 4-yard pass to tight end Heath Miller over the middle, he was leveled...

- I hope everyone had a great day yesterday.  :)  And happy Boxing Day to those on my flist who celebrate it! - Don't worry, Christmas being over doesn't mean the fic is finished.  *g* Title: Skin DeepFandom: NFL RPSSeries: The Bet (interlude)Pairing: Ben Roethlisberger/Matt Hasselbec...