The early betting puts Pittsburgh as the 70% favorites with Arizona at 30% underdogs. Those Super Bowl odds reflect the AFC representative’s consistency throughout the season - the Steelers have only lost four regular season games, all to teams who made the playoffs. Both teams have been matched at three figures in many - Pittsburgh at 99-1 and Arizona at 129-1 - as the season was underway. So as it stands, the Pittsburgh Steelers are the -7(-105) SuperBowl predictions favorite with the game total set to 46½( ov-110) .

The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off a win over the Baltimore Ravens 23-14 to make it to the 2009 Super Bowl. The Steelers beat the Ravens for the third time in the same season. Good defenses may win championships, but not if your offense is as bad as the Ravens. It has been a crazy year, except one thing…the Steelers have remained consistent throughout the season, playing the toughest schedule. Most 2009 Super Bowl odds list Pittsburgh Steelers -7 favorites to Arizona Cardinals heading into the 2009 Super Bowl.

“It was a typical, hard-hitting, physical game. It’s the way every Baltimore-Pittsburgh game is,” said Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward “Sometimes guys get hit so hard, you don’t know if they’re going to get up. They say defense wins championships, well, we have the No. 1 defense. And they’re the reason why we’re really going to the Super Bowl.”

The Steelers advanced to their second Super Bowl in the last four seasons and the seventh in team history, holding Baltimore to just 198 yards of total offense. Including the playoffs, the Steelers have won eight of their last nine home games against the Ravens.

“Here’s my advice to the Arizona Cardinals: Don’t rush Ben Roethlisberger,” the Ravens’ Trevor Pryce said. “After that, he’s a playground football player. That’s what he is, and he’s a damn good one.”

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco finished with 141 passing yards, three interceptions and an 18.2 passer rating. Ben Roethlisberger finished with 255 passing yards and touchdown toss as he improved to 7-2 in the postseason. His seventh win passed Troy Aikman for the second-most playoff wins by a quarterback in his first five NFL seasons. Most oddsmakers that call the Super Bowl odds are giving the Steelers the win this year. I’d say that’s a safe bet.

Cristiano Ronaldo beat out Lionel Messi, Xavi, Fernando Torres, and last year’s winner Kaka, to win the FIFA World Player of the Year Award with a total of 935 vote points. In second place was Barcelona star Lionel Messi with 678, and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres finished third with 203. AC Milan star Kaka was fourth with 183, and Barcelona’s Xavi fifth with 155.

Ronaldo had an incredible 2007/08 season, scoring 42 goals for Manchester United, and taking the Premier League, Champions League and European Golden Boot. He followed this up this term by lifting the Club World Cup in Japan.

Ronaldo also won the prestigious Ballon d’Or (European Footballer of the Year) at the end of 2008. The 23-year-old is the first English-based player to be named FIFA World Player of the Year.

For the first time in almost 40 years, three road teams won SU during a single playoff weekend. The only home team to weather the storm was the Pittsburgh Steelers, while the other top seeds found themselves on the losing end of the scoreboard. The Steelers defeated the San Diego Chargers 35-24 as 6.5-point chalk on Sunday as the only home team to cash in the divisional round.

Running back Willie Parker ran for 146 yards on 27 carries with two touchdowns in his best game of the season for the Steelers, who held Chargers RB Darren Sproles to 15 yards rushing on 11 attempts. Pittsburgh hosts the rival Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game next Sunday, with the Steelers listed as early 5-point favorites.

The top sports books favor the New York Giants over the 11 other teams in the NFL playoffs to win the Super Bowl, giving 2-to-1 odds on the NFC’s No. 1 seed to repeat as champions. The Tennessee Titans are the favorite among AFC teams to win a title at 4-1, closely followed by the Pittsburgh Steelers at 9-2.

The Giants have the easiest road to the Feb. 1 Super Bowl, while the AFC teams are more evenly matched, according to a top oddsmaker. “You want to be in the NFC,” he said. “The AFC is closer bunched — there’s not a lot of difference between your top seed and the six seed.”

The Giants have a first-round bye, then would have to beat either the Arizona Cardinals or the Atlanta Falcons to reach the NFC championship game. Sports books set 40-1 odds on the Cardinals winning the Super Bowl, and 15-1 on the Falcons.