Steelers, Packers set for Super Bowl showdown

February 5, 2011 at 6:21p.m.

Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas

NFL commissioners can’t root, so Roger Goodell will just sit back and smile as he watches this Super Bowl.

“When you look at this matchup,” Goodell said, “and you say Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers — that’s football.”

It’s hard to argue with the mystique and tradition that comes with this one, stretching all the way back to football’s blue-collar roots.

The Steelers (14-4) play the Packers (13-6) in the Super Bowl on Sunday night.

Read the story in Sunday’s Vindicator and vindy.com.