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Sunday, February 4, 2006
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NFL
Super Bowl XL
Steelers-Seahawks
Canoe.ca
Much of the talk during Super Bowl week has centered on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ and Seattle Seahawks’ offence and the exploits of quarterbacks Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Hasselbeck and running backs Shaun Alexander and Jerome (The Bus) Bettis.
But make no mistake, defense will be a determining factor in which team is left holding the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday night. Seattle’s defense led the NFL in sacks with 50, proof the unit knows how to pressure opposing quarterbacks. Pittsburgh counters with an athletic 3-4 alignment that’s anchored by fiery outside linebacker Joey Porter, who has been deadly in the playoffs coming in on the blitz.
Scorephone.com
The Steelers and Seahawks have taken far different paths to reach the Super Sunday stage. Pittsburgh barely made the playoffs and was forced to beat the AFC’s top three seeds on the road, while Seattle had a postseason berth wrapped up around Thanksgiving and enjoyed a couple of home games against Wild Card teams in the playoffs. And though the Seahawks were the NFC’s top seed and have won more games than the Steelers, it should be Pittsburgh that is a bit more sure of itself on Sunday night.
CBB
Pittsburgh-Georgetown
Pitt News
Pitt (17-2 overall, 6-2 Big East) travels to the nation’s capital and battles the up-and-coming Georgetown Hoyas (15-4, 6-2) at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., to comprise the “other” game on Sunday for the city of Pittsburgh. The Hoyas, coached by John Thompson III, have won five in a row to earn national rankings of No. 17 in the Associate Press poll, and No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll. One of those wins was against then-No. 1 Duke, giving them their first and only loss of the season.
Pitt, ranked No. 9 in both polls, will have to adjust its defense to a very versatile. Georgetown team. Four Hoyas, center Roy Hibbert, forwards Brandon Bowman and Jeff Green and guard Ashanti Cook, all average double figures in points per game.
Oklahoma-Kansas
Scout.com
Kansas leads the series against Oklahoma 129-64, but the Sooners have won three of the last four and four of the last six games. KU is the only Big 12 program to lead the all-time series against OU. Sooner head coach Kelvin Sampson is 0-6 against the Jayhawks in Lawrence and 6-10 overall.
Iowa State-Colorado
WQAD.com
Iowa Iowa State needs to turn its season around quickly or risk missing the N-C-A-A tournament. The Cyclones opened the season ranked in the Top 25. After posting wins over Iowa and Northern Iowa, a Big Dance bid seemed a foregone conclusion.
But the Cyclones have since lost four of their last six games. The next chance to get back on the winning track comes Sunday at home against Colorado. The Buffaloes have won five straight to improve to 15-and-3 overall and 5-and-2 in the Big 12. The Cyclones are 13-and-7 overall and 3-and-4 in conference play.

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