What is the one thing we all yearn for in the Super Bowl?

The super matchup.

As sports fans, we crave it. In the Arizona Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers matchup, it's not hard to find.

The vaunted Cardinal passing game, featuring former NFLand Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner at quarterback, with all-world receiver Larry Fitzgerald, perennial All-Pro receiver Anquan Boldin and the ever-emerging Steve Breaston on the other end of his tosses, going up against the Steelers defense.

That's the No. 1-ranked Steelers defense, geared to put the heat on the quarterback and take away the football.

Warner's no fool and his coaches know what the Steeler defense can do as well as anybody. Look for a lot of three-step drops with the ball leaving Warner's hand quickly.

A super matchup, indeed.

But that's not where the Steelers are going to win this game.

Victory will come from the other matchup:Pittsburgh's offense against the Arizona defense.

Yes, the Cardinals defense has been playing better in the playoffs.

But it's still not playing great.

They won a high-scoring game against Atlanta in the wild-card round.

They blew a 24-6 lead against Philadelphia in the NFCchampionship at home. People seem to forget that.

The Cardinals surrendered 56 points to the New York Jets in Week 4. The Steelers don't surrender 56 points in a month.

Late in the season, Arizona coughed up 37 points to the Giants, 48 to the Eagles, 35 to the Vikings and 47 to the Patriots.

The Steelers held 12 teams to fewer than 20 points this season, which is a big advantage for the Black and Gold.

Other than Hines Ward, the Steelers are physically healthy on offense. And I have a feeling Ward will make a few plays in this game, even if he's playing on one leg.

Willie Parker is as healthy as he's been all season. The offensive line has come together at the right time.

Then there's Ben.

Roethlisberger did not turn the ball over once against a Baltimore defense that made its living on takeaways — and the AFCtitle game was played in wintry conditions.

The Super Bowl is being played in Tampa.

Roethlisberger's performance in the Steelers' Super Bowl win over Seattle three years ago wasn't good. In fact, it was lousy.

But remember he was a second-year quarterback who admitted his stomach was doing cartwheels throughout the game.

Roethlisberger has matured into a competitor, a quarterback who finds ways to make plays and win games.

He is hungry to put his first Super Bowl performance out of his mind, replacing that memory with a stellar performance this time around.

The guess here is that he does so.

Roethlisberger will hit timely passes during the first three quarters, the Steelers ground game will work over a fatigued Arizona defense in the fourth and the Steelers will become the first NFLteam to win six Super Bowls.

Roethlisberger will be named MVPin a 31-17 Steelers triumph.

John Enrietto is sports editor of the Butler Eagle.