stillers4me
01-27-2011, 05:08 PM
The meeting of the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/pittsburghsteelers/index.html?inline=nyt-org) and the Green Bay Packers (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/greenbaypackers/index.html?inline=nyt-org) in Super Bowl (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/super_bowl/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier) XLV will be many things. A matchup of two of the N.F.L. (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/national_football_league/index.html?inline=nyt-org)’s most storied franchises. A throwdown between dominant defenses. A road trip extraordinaire to Dallas for devoted fans bearing Terrible Towels and Cheeseheads.
And an absolute nightmare for the Cowboys (http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/dallascowboys/index.html?inline=nyt-org) and their fans, whose distaste for the Washington Redskins (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/washingtonredskins/index.html?inline=nyt-org) might be superseded by only their hatred for the Packers, who prevented them from playing in Super Bowls I and II, and for the Steelers, who beat them in Super Bowls X and XIII. The Super Bowl that the Dallas owner Jerry Jones (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/jerry_jones/index.html?inline=nyt-per) hoped would include the home team playing at Cowboys Stadium instead features two guests as unwanted in Dallas as bedbugs (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/bedbugs/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier).....................
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And an absolute nightmare for the Cowboys (http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/dallascowboys/index.html?inline=nyt-org) and their fans, whose distaste for the Washington Redskins (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/washingtonredskins/index.html?inline=nyt-org) might be superseded by only their hatred for the Packers, who prevented them from playing in Super Bowls I and II, and for the Steelers, who beat them in Super Bowls X and XIII. The Super Bowl that the Dallas owner Jerry Jones (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/jerry_jones/index.html?inline=nyt-per) hoped would include the home team playing at Cowboys Stadium instead features two guests as unwanted in Dallas as bedbugs (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/bedbugs/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier).....................
Read more @ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sports/football/27dallas.html?_r=1&src=tptw