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12 T HE MIRROR Sports Monday, Feb. 6, 2006 "'-'

Pittsburgh from Page 9 ing away from . Wa rd had five receptions for So was q uarterback Ben 123 yards and a . Roethlishcrger's impact _ the Seattle, look.ing nothing like most noteworthy ｾ ｉ ｡ ｹ for the a team thai rampaged through yo ungest quar- its confer- terback to win a ence, dam- Sup er Bowl was ｔ ｾ ｾ a tough pill to aged itself a ll day. It had ｔ ｾ ｡ ｾ ｨ ｯ ｾ ｲ ｾ ｲ ｾ ､ ｾ ｾ ｾ ｳ ｳ ｟ ｾ ｣ ｳ ｾ ｾ ｾ ［ ｬ ［ ｬ ｾ ［ ｾ Ｌ ｢ ｵ ｴ we four penalties ' . Hern don a lot ｬ ｾ for 40 ya rds in Seahawks (IS-4) the opening retu rned a half. one that record 76 yards. - Seattle Seah.awks Ma4 nulli fied a That set u p coach Mike Holmgren Jot. to u c h dow n the Seahawks' lowing Iri3 team's defeat. pass. only touch- The second down, a IG-yard haH wasn't pass to Jerramy Stevens _ Joey much better, and Ike Taylor's Pon er, his verbal sparring 24-yard return wi th panner all week, was nowhere Hasselbeck's poor throw gave in sight. Neither was AU-Pro Pittsburgh the one last oppor- safety . tunity it needed. But with Parker's burst and "This is a tough pill to swal- Seattle's self-destructive ten- low," Holmgren said, "but we dencies, the Steelers complet- accomplished a lot this year. ed their postseason march While yo u don 't have a great throu gh the NFL's top fou r feeling after a game like this, I teams: Cincinnati, wa nt them to remember this Indianapolis, Denver and feeling. so they can Seattle, with all the wins co m- build on it. ｾ

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