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Sam Adams' Open Mic: Shared history adding spice to Super Bowl XLIII
Published January 20, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.
Updated January 20, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.
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Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, above, and Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt, a former Steelers assistant, hold up their conference championship trophies Sunday. The Steelers knocked off the Baltimore Ravens 23-14 on Sunday night in the AFC Championship Game, and earlier, Arizona upset the Philadelphia Eagles 32-25 in the NFC Championship Game.
Time for your Tuesday tid-blitz of tidbits, starting with what else — a Super Bowl XLIII reference.
On Sept. 27, 1933, the Pittsburgh Pirates (whose nickname would be changed to Steelers in 1940) won their first NFL regular-
season game, 14-13 over the Chicago Cardinals — now nested in Arizona. ...
The Steelers have been led to a Super Bowl by three different head coaches — Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin. Six other franchises have gone to Super Bowls with three different coaches — Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams, New England, New York Giants and Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts. The L.A./Oakland Raiders are the only NFL team to reach the Super Bowl with four different head coaches — John Rauch, John Madden, Tom Flores and Bill Callahan. ...
Dallas is the only one of those eight teams to win a Super Bowl with three different head coaches — Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. ...
Steelers 26, Cardinals 17. Questions? ...
The Cardinals are the first 400-400 team to reach a Super Bowl — scoring and allowing 400 or more points during a regular season. They’re also the first team to reach the Super Bowl with fewer than 10 wins in a 16-game season since the L.A. Rams lost to Pittsburgh in SB XIV. ...
Did you know? Former Montbello High School and Colorado State athlete Raymond Jackson is the Steelers’ coordinator of player development. ...
Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers wants out of Carolina. And for the past two seasons, who in this space has been calling for the Broncos to grab Peppers? ...
Congrats to Avalanche winger Ryan Smyth on scoring career goal No.300 in the NHL. Not bad for a guy who scored 100 goals — in 25 games of a junior hockey league season. ...
The NFL’s Quarterback Class of 2004 is on the verge of producing more Super Bowl wins than the fabled Class of ’83. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger already has one championship ring and fellow ’04 alum Eli Manning won in Super Bowl XLII. Those two wins match the total produced in 11 Super Bowls from the Class of ’83 — both by Denver’s John Elway.
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