Ready to watch Super Bowl 2011 online next week? We are. And the Super Bowl XLV media hype is about to begin as Aaron Roders and the Packers will square off with Ben Roethslisberger and the Steelers in a Super Bowl game.
This will be the eighth appearance in the Super Bowl for the Steelers (who hold the record with 6 Super Bowl wins) and the fifth for the Packers (who hold the record with 12 overall NFL titles, including 3 Super Bowl wins and 9 league titles prior to the Super Bowl-era).
The Packers are three point favorites, making this the first Super Bowl the Steelers were underdogs in since Super Bowl XXX. In all four previous Super Bowls that Green Bay played in, they were also favored to win.
The Steelers and Packers did not play each other this 2010 season. The last time the two teams met was December 20, 2009, when the Steelers defeated the Packers 37–36 at Heinz Field. That game was marked by four lead changes in the fourth quarter and a game-winning touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Mike Wallace as time expired.
Last week in their Conference Championship games, Aaron Rodgers ran for a touchdown and made a saving tackle, while B.J. Raji returned an interception for a score and Sam Shields had two interceptions to lead Green Bay to a 21-14 victory Sunday over Chicago Bears in the NFC championship title game while The Steelers beat the Jets 24-19 Sunday in Pittsburgh for the AFC championship title game.
Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to the Super Bowl with two narrow wins in the playoffs. A first-round bye win against Baltimore Ravens 31–24, with Ben Roethlisberger’s 58-yard completion to Antonio Brown on third down and 19 setting up Rashard Mendenhall’s game winning 2-yard touchdown run with 1:33 left in the game. Then the Steelers defeated the New York Jets 24–19 in the AFC title game.
Green Bay Packers started off their postseason with a 21-16 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, then they went on to Atlanta, Georgia, where they beat the top seeded 13–3 Atlanta Falcons, 48-21. Then the Packers next faced the Chicago Bears in the NFC championship game, beating them 21-14.