Image by americanistadechiapas via FlickrAs Super Bowl 45 approaches, who knew Dallas was a cold-weather city? It might as well have been Green Bay or Pittsburgh to the fans and players, who arrived to find temperatures below freezing as part of the massive blizzard that swept through the Midwest and northeast.Fortunately for the Steelers and Packers, the game will be played indoors at Jerry Jones' Taj Mahal, otherwise known as Cowboys Stadium in nearby Arlington. Texas. Weather like this is why the NFL prefers to put its biggest game in someplace warm, like Florida or California. But the next Super Bowl (lockout permitting) will be in that garden spot called Indianapolis. In 2014, it'll be outdoors at the Meadowlands in New Jersey.
This will be a shadow game for the two quarterbacks involved. For Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger, it's legal problems caused by his allegedly being an irresponsible bad boy, earning him a four-game suspension from the league that could have been much worse. For Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, it's Brett Favre. With all the records he's set and the drama he's produced, Favre was the one who led the Packers to its last Super Bowl title in 1997
Green Bay and Pittsburgh were not the best teams in the NFL this season. The Packers barely made it into the playoffs as a sixth seed, and the Steelers got past Baltimore to win their division title. Both teams lack pizazz. Neither of them employ cheerleaders, as if that were really necessary. Instead, they made it to the Super Bowl as the teams that did the best job of surviving under the circumstances.
On Sunday night, the Vince Lombardi Trophy will go to the ultimate survivor. That team will be the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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