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01-06-2012, 09:52 AM
Here's a nice article by Andrew Mason:
To know where the Steelers stand as heavy favorites heading into Sunday, one need only walk in their shoes.
Denver’s defensive coordinator and star cornerback have done just that.
Dennis Allen and Champ Bailey experienced playoff games as prohibitive favorites in recent years — Allen with the Saints last January against the homely, 7-9 Seattle Seahawks and Bailey with the Broncos in the 2005 AFC Championship Game, when the Broncos, having expected to travel to Indianapolis to face the Colts, instead got a home title shot when Steelers upset the Colts at the RCA Dome.
What ensued is a that game that Broncos supporters remember well, but would rather forget. Denver was 13-3, the Steelers 11-5 a and visions of a Super Bowl return danced in fans’ heads. Pittsburgh was the No. 6 seed; no sixth seed had ever made the Super Bowl.
Read the full article here: http://www.maxdenver.com/news/2012/01/06/the-ghosts-of-playoffs-past/
To know where the Steelers stand as heavy favorites heading into Sunday, one need only walk in their shoes.
Denver’s defensive coordinator and star cornerback have done just that.
Dennis Allen and Champ Bailey experienced playoff games as prohibitive favorites in recent years — Allen with the Saints last January against the homely, 7-9 Seattle Seahawks and Bailey with the Broncos in the 2005 AFC Championship Game, when the Broncos, having expected to travel to Indianapolis to face the Colts, instead got a home title shot when Steelers upset the Colts at the RCA Dome.
What ensued is a that game that Broncos supporters remember well, but would rather forget. Denver was 13-3, the Steelers 11-5 a and visions of a Super Bowl return danced in fans’ heads. Pittsburgh was the No. 6 seed; no sixth seed had ever made the Super Bowl.
Read the full article here: http://www.maxdenver.com/news/2012/01/06/the-ghosts-of-playoffs-past/