Sunday February 6. 2011 will be a day remembered by all sports betting handicappers of the NFL, as that was the first time in the history of the league that the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers were able to battle over the Vince Lombardi Trophy. While the Packers walked away as an online betting legend, both teams emerged with elite status. Here is a recap of the game.

The 2010-11 NFL seasons, Championship Game was played at the new Cowboy’s Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with over 100,000 spectators taking the game in person, while over 100 million spectators watched the game on television. Entering this year’s playoffs, the Green Bay Packers, were narrowly able to get in, with a 10 to three victory over the rival Chicago Bears. However, once getting into the playoffs, the Green Bay Packers under the guidance of quarterback Aaron Rodgers and defensive Captain Clay Matthews were able to elevate their game to a whole new level.

On the contrary, the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to get into the playoffs as one of two teams with a bye. However, in their first game against Baltimore they narrowly escaped with a come from behind win. Meanwhile in the Steelers second game of the playoffs the AFC Championship game against the New York Jets, the Steelers jumped out to a giant lead before almost losing the game in the final minute. Fans around the league speculated that this may be the year, that the Steelers failed to win the biggest prize of them all.

Entering the Super Bowl game, the Green Bay Packers had a ton of momentum on their side, and the Pittsburgh Steelers looked to be on their last legs. Before the game was half way old, the Steelers were down 21 to 10. By the time the game concluded, it was evident, that the Packers momentum was far too much for the Steelers to handle.

Super Bowl 45 betting lines have come and gone as handicappers reflect on the 2010-11 NFL seasons. What year this past Super Bowl betting season was, as fans witnessed many ups and downs, highlighted by one of the highest scoring Championship games in recent memory. Here is a look back at Super Bowl 45.

The 2010-11 NFL Season came to an end on Sunday February 6, 2011 as the league’s two biggest fan bases met for the biggest prize. In one corner, was the modern day dynasty of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who appeared destined for a third Super Bowl ring in six years. On the other side of things, was the Green Bay Packers, who for the last few years has been attempting to create a new identity, without Brett Favre, and overcome a ton of adversity due to injuries in the regular season. When all was said and done, the adversity riddled Packers triumphed over the dynastic Steelers, in a game that acted as a coming out party for several players.

Going into the epic matchup, football analysts and fans from around the league all agreed that four men would be front and center. The game would feature, Aaron Rodgers, and Clay Matthews on one side and Ben Roethlisberger and Troy Polamalu on the other. Throughout the game, Rodgers, Matthews and Roethlisberger all left their marks, but Polamalu was near invisible. For Green Bay, Rodgers and Matthews weren’t the only ones center stage, as Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson were also important. The latter of which at different times in the game could have been considered as the goat if the Packers failed to win the Super Bowl.

This game also featured, karma getting back at Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Despite winning two of the last six Super Bowl Championships, Roethlisberger has been quite reckless in his personal life, and gone unpunished. With two interceptions and a Super Bowl loss, it appears that karma got the best of the man they call Big Ben.

In a matter of days the Super Bowl 45 betting lines have been some of the closest in recent memory, as the spread between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers is only two and a half points. Two of the most storied franchises in NFL betting history, the 2010-11 edition of the Packers and Steelers are almost carbon copies of each other. Here are two factors that will be on full display come game time Sunday.

• Defense – The old adage of defense wins championships has never been truer in 2010-11. Dom Capers and Dick LeBeau the defensive coordinators of the Steelers and Packers are essentially identical to one another. Capers came up with the run defense that Pittsburgh has employed since 2003. As a result, in the last five years the Steelers have won two of the five potential Super Bowl trophies. What’s more, the 2010-11 Steelers emerged as one of the top five best defensive units since the NFL merger in 1970.

Conversely, the Green Bay Packers under Dick LeBeau, have adopted the Steelers model of defense, and have gone from being lit up by teams, to containing them to 16 points a game. Linebacker Clay Matthews has shown in the last year and a half that the days of Brian Urlacher and the Chicago Bears receiving all the praise in the NFC North, are over as Green Bay is the standard setter now.

• Experience vs. Inexperience – In sports we as fans look at all the statistics and at the end of the day the only statistic that really matters is the win and loss column. For the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Super Bowl is familiar territory, as since 2005, no team has been more dominant in the NFL.

On the contrary, the Green Bay Packers have finally built a winning team, and for the first time in 15 years they will be entertaining the possibility of winning the Super Bowl. Green Bay has yet to face adversity in these playoffs, while the Steelers narrowly defeated the Baltimore Ravens. When looking at these two teams, the safe bet is Pittsburgh because of their recent dominance.

In the history of online sports betting it has been rare to see two teams battle it out for a league’s Championship that literally everyone wanted to see. In fact the only other time we can remember two teams battling it out for league supremacy was in 2009 when the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees of the MLB dueled over the World Series. Now in 2011, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers have granted Super Bowl betting enthusiasts there wish by making it all the way to the finals. Here is a preview of the game.

This past Sunday if you weren’t a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers or Green Bay Packers, you became one. For the first time in a long time, the NFL finally got it right, as the four remaining teams to battle it out for a berth in the Super Bowl owned the top defenses during the regular season.What’s more, for the majority of the two games the Steelers and Packers showed the Jets and Bears that they were superior on defense to them, and ultimately would win the games.

Super Bowl 45 on February 6, 2011 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will be the first time that the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers have met since their regular season matchup during the 2009-10 seasons. During that last encounter, the teams combined for 73 points, as the Steelers edged the Packers by a score of 37 to 36.

As we’ve seen both throughout the regular season and these playoffs, both the Packers and Steelers offenses can run as fluidly as their defenses.Meaning to say, similar to an old Western film featuring John Wayne, football handicappers should expect a shoot out between the two greatest clubs in NFL history.

NFL betting enthusiasts have seen many great Super Bowl moments since the inaugural game in January of 1967. For fans new to NFL betting online, we count down three of the greatest moments in Super Bowl History.

1.   Super Bowl XVIII Marcus Allen TD – Oakland Raiders fans have fond memories of Super Bowl 18 as this was one game where they were doing the destroying rather than getting destroyed. As many NFL fans will remember, this was one of the more one sided games in the history of the sport as the eventual score was 38 to nine for the Raiders over the Washington Redskins.

What makes Marcus Allen’s touchdown so amazing is that he started on his own 26 yard line. Allen took the handoff from legendary quarterback Jim Plunkett and appeared destined for a plethora of Redskin defenders. Instead Allen made a sharp cut to the middle and went 74 yards to the house effectively putting the game out of reach at the end of the third quarter.

2.   Super Bowl XXXII Flying Elway – Denver Broncos clash with the Green Bay Packers in this encounter. What makes this play so incredible is twofold. Firstly, John Elway and the Bronco offense are pinned at their own 12 yard line in a 17 to 17 draw with the ever dangerous Green Bay Packer defense breathing down their necks. Elway takes the snap, but can’t find an open receiver. Yet rather then throw out of bounds, the old guy takes off down the field, eventually making a spectacular dive and getting crunched by two defenders. Elway not only got the first down, but he also inspired his teammates. The drive was capped off two plays later when Elway connected to Terrell Davis for the go ahead touchdown. Broncos victory 31 – 24.

3.   Super Bowl X Lynn Swann Catch – Perhaps the greatest performance in Super Bowl history, was the effort Lynn Swann put in during the Super Bowl 10 match against the Dallas Cowboys. Swann’s biggest play was in the second quarter of the game when he and Terry Bradshaw connected on a 53 yard pass. Swann was covered like white on rice by Dallas Corner Mark Washington. However Swann turned into Super Man when he flew above Washington to make the grab.