It's Pittsburgh And Green Bay At The Jerrydome

The participants in Super Bowl XLV in Arlington have been determined, and hallelujah, one of then won't be the Arlington Cowchips to Jerry Jones' disgust.

It won't be the Houston Texans either, to my disgust.

It will be the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers (to Kat Rose and Polar's disgust) and the NFC champion Green Bay Packers (to 'errbody' in Chicago's disgust) playing in Cowboys Stadium on February 6.

The best part is Jerry Jones will be hatin' from his Jerrydome luxury box as the Steelers seek to claim their seventh Super Bowl ring.   The Packers will be seeking to take the Lombardi trophy back to Wisconsin.   

Mike Tomlin will be seeking to make more NFL and Black history as he begins the quest to become the first African-American NFL coach to win it twice.

He's already the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl and the second African-American NFL head coach to do so.  Tomlin is also one of the few coaches to have taken two teams to the Super Bowl before his 40th birthday.


And has anyone noticed how much he resembles actor Omar Epps?

Super Bowl Week starts January 30 with the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.   As for who I'm picking to win it?   I'll put that post up closer to Super Bowl weekend.. 

Soul Bowl 2?

When Super Bowl XLI between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears kicked off in 2007, it marked the first time in NFL history that two African-American head coaches had taken their teams to the NFL title game.

In the African-American community that game received the nickname of the 'Soul Bowl' because of that Black historical footnote.    It also meant that both coaches, Tony Dungy of Indianapolis and Lovie Smith of Chicago would also become depending on the result of that game trailblazing Black history makers in being the first African-American NFL coaches to win and lose a Super Bowl.     

Tony Dungy's Colts came out on top that February 4 day and Dungy's name was the one etched into the history books as the first African-American NFL coach to win a Super Bowl.   

Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers followed him just two years later when he took them in only his second year as their head coach to their record breaking sixth NFL title    

With Championship Sunday looming, we have the potential for another Soul Bowl clash at Super Bowl XLV in Arlington.    Dungy has retired from the NFL coaching ranks, but Lovie Smith is still the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Mike Tomlin is still the Steelers head coach.
   

If Tomlin's Steelers and Lovie Smith's Bears win their respective AFC and NFC title games, it would set up another Soul Bowl clash at the Jerrydome.  It would also give Lovie Smith another shot at winning the NFL title that eluded him in Miami a few years ago.

The game would also have the added historical footnote of President Barack Obama, our first African American president being there to not only watch that Black history being made, but become the first sitting president to watch what should be a very interesting Super Bowl.

The POTUS has stated he will go to the game if the Bears win their NFC title game on Sunday.   

Sorry TransGriot readers who are Jets and Packers fans, you know who I'm rooting for to win this weekend.
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