Ben is a great QB, in the mode of Terry Bradshaw. But in the SB he will be going up against his former offensive coordinator who not only knows Ben’s tendencies but knows defensive coordinator Dick Lebeau’s tendencies as well. Believe me it would have been perceived as more pressure to play a team from the same state but if given truth serum the Steelers would have preferred that to a team whose head coach knows your team inside-out and feels aggreived that he was passed over when Cowher quit.
It’s going to be a great game ...
I'm a Viking fan (well, as much of a fan one can be, following a team saddled with 45 yrs of futility), so I'm rooting for the Steelers, coached by one of many former Vikings assistants that the ownership passed over, and who eventually took their teams to the Super Bowl (Billick, Dungy, now Tomlin).
And Tomlin did it all whilst moonlighting as "Foreman" on "House."