Looking for a team to root for during Super Bowl 43?

On the fence for the biggest game of the season?

Let me help you decide a team to kick back and cheer for.

Why not follow the team with a local connection. That would be the Pittsburgh Steelers. Newport News native Mike Tomlin took over the team just 17 months after they won their 5th Super Bowl against Seattle. Tomlin made a quick leap up the coaching ladder and has done nothing but produced since taking over the team.

Tomlin played his high school football at Denbigh and then went on to play at William & Mary. Soon after accepting the the head coaching position in Pittsburgh, Tomlin told his mother that he was going to hoist the Lombardi trophy one day. That day could come very soon.

Tomlin is your local connection at the Super Bowl.

But wait! There’s more reason to cheer.

While the Cardinals official color is red, it might as well be brown! As in Levi Brown and Elton Brown. Two of the Cardinals starting lineman are from the 757. Elton Brown grew up in Hampton and played for Mike Smith at Hampton. He had a great career at UVa before moving west.

Same story for Levi Brown. He roughed up players in the Eastern District at Granby high school before being named All-American at Penn State. Kurt Warner can thank a pair of local guys for his protection.

So I hope that helps you decide on which team to root for. Local stars on both sides of the ball.