Apparently the oddsmakers don't even think the Steelers will get back. If they, and the Seahawks also do, they favor the Seahawks.
Of course, this picture will change greatly as the season unfolds.
It seems to me the bookmakers are saying they don't think the Steelers are all that great,
When all is said and done I am an original AFL Patriots ticket holder. If the Pats couldn't be there this year I am happy to see another AFC team win the Super Bowl.
I think the game was a stinker but I'm not unhappy. :-)
9/10s of winning the Super Bowl is getting there. First you've got to get to the playoffs (which is pretty much garaunteed for the Seahawks), then win 2 or 3 playoff games then win the SB.
Seems to me like the oddmakers are saying exactly what I'm saying, the AFC is ugly and just getting to the playoffs will be difficult for any team in there. Notice that the only team in the AFC with better odds than the Seahawks is the Colts, which I think is crazy talk but the sports talk crowd worship Manning so it's not entirely out of line.
None of the officiating issues occurred so late in the game (such as the Raiders/Patriots "Tuck Rule" game of January 19, 2002), as to effect the outcome.
Whatever your opinion of the officiating the fact remains that the losing Seahawks were not able to rise above their challenges. They were not of championship calibre on Super Bowl Sunday. The Steelers did enough on the field when they had to in order to win. The Seahawks didn't. No amount of whining is going to change that fact. Sore losers are becoming a national pandemic in the USofA.
Let's face it, the officials had a better game than the Seahawks.
Upon further review ...
... the Steeler victory on the field stands.