The Packers and Steelers will face off Sunday to decide Super Bowl XLV. And there are lots of Super Bowl Picks to be made. Both teams have two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL behind center. One is a two-time Super Bowl champion and the other holds the all-time highest quarterback rating in playoff history. This begs the question: If you had to win one game, which … [Read more...] about Pick One QB to Win One Game: Big Ben or Aaron Rodgers?
Super Bowl XLV
VIDEO of Ben Roethlisberger Partying During Super Bowl Week
During the week of Super Bowl XLV, Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was caught on video living it up at a local bar in Fort Worth, Tex. By: Justin Mertes-Mistretta … [Read more...] about VIDEO of Ben Roethlisberger Partying During Super Bowl Week
Will Super Bowl Make Rashard Mendenhall Greatest Illini Rusher Ever?
For the second year in a row, the Super Bowl will have a feature back from the University of Illinois. This time, the Illini tailback is the Pittsburgh Steelers' Rashard Mendenhall; who in 2008 became the first University of Illinois player taken in the first round of the NFL Draft since 1996. 14 years ago, UI produced the #2 (Kevin Hardy taken by Jacksonville) and #3 … [Read more...] about Will Super Bowl Make Rashard Mendenhall Greatest Illini Rusher Ever?
Big 10 Alumni Aplenty in this Year’s Super Bowl
The Big Ten Conference will be well-represented on Sunday, Feb. 6, in Super Bowl XLV with 18 former student-athletes and nine coaches with previous conference connections on the rosters of the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. The Big Ten is the only conference to feature at least one former player from every institution in the Super Bowl. The Big Ten and the SEC … [Read more...] about Big 10 Alumni Aplenty in this Year’s Super Bowl
Packers Stun Bears En Route to Super Bowl
Similar to the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears ugly match-up in week 17, someone had to win the NFC Championship. After three quarters of stifling defense and a riveting fourth quarter, the Packers edged out the Bears 21-14 to become the second-ever #6 seed to make the Super Bowl. Super Bowl XLV will mark the Packers fifth overall appearance in the biggest game of them … [Read more...] about Packers Stun Bears En Route to Super Bowl