Breaking down the Super Bowl

After watching the end of the first half I and almost everybody else saw this game as a foregone conclusion where the Steelers would walk their way to a sixth Super Bowl title. The Cardinals put together a very impressive drive towards the end of the first half but that was when Kurt Warner threw an interception to James Harrison who returned it for a touchdown with a lubering 100 yard run.
Even the third quarter was very one sided as Arizona could not get out of their own way, taking three crucial penalties to elongate a Pittsburgh scoring drive. Not only did these penalties give Pittsburgh points (amazingly only a field goal) but they also took an enormous amount of time off the clock to make it even more difficult for Arizona to have any chance at all. At this point nobody could have predicted the entertaining fourth quarter that America got to see.
The Cardinals were down 20-7 and when they got the ball back for a chance of offense from their own ten yard line it did not look like they would be able to do much, judging their previous offensive performances. One way or another though the Cardinals were able to march down the long field ahead of them and score to make the score 20-14. Later in the fourth quarter one of the rarest plays in the game occurred where the Steelers committed a holding penalty in the end zone causing a safety.
Now we had a game on our hands. Larry Fitzgerald then took a Kurt Warner pass and shredded the two Pitt D backs to score the touchdown that put the Cards ahead. Right as the Cardinals scored this touchdown I took a look at the clock and there was still 2:37 left in the game. It was one quick play down the field from Warner to Fitzgerald and the only problem with the scenario was that it was a QUICK play down the field giving the Steelers ample time to win the game.
The Steelers had now lost all momentum and it did not look promising when they got the ball back. Santonio Holmes went on to dominate at this point in the game where his four key catches led the Steelers to the championship.
Come the end of the fourth quarter it really did not matter who would win the game (although I would have loved to see the Cards pull through on the final drive). If the Steelers won the game then we saw the Cardinals attempt a valiant and very entertaining comeback attempt. If the Cardinals won the game it would have been one of the largest fourth quarter turn around that I have ever seen.
Any way you want to look at it this game that appeared to be dead at the half came back to life to give the country a thriller.