MammaDawg: Do you need our first born, too?

Can you believe... we got offered $10,000 USD for our Super Bowl XLIII tickets?

My brother-in-law is 6'5" and weighs about 260 lbs. Big guy. Not someone anyone really wants to mess with. He offered to pick up our tickets for us at the office while we were flying in. He had no idea what he was in for.

Hell. Neither did we.

With so many scams out there, we were nervous about where to get our tickets from - checked out about 5 reputable sites and decided on the site Ticketmaster refers you to: TicketsNow.com

They don't screw around.

When Big Guy - my brother-in-law - finally located the office, he had to give his name through a locked door. When they verified his name was on the list, they took his picture before even letting him through. He didn't get his hands on the tickets until after he produced a Driver License, signed some docs and gave his fingerprints.

His fingerprints.

Then they pulled up a map of the stadium on the wall and, using a laser pointer, pointed to the section where our seats were located. Big Guy verified it was correct, and 15 minutes later - walked out the door with fully verifiable, legitimate tickets in hand.

That's when the offer came in.

Not 500 feet from the office, two big, burly men approached Big Guy and made the offer. They were able to see what seats he had - and offered $10,000 big ones.

Holy shit.

Hubz heard the story when we were waiting for our connecting flight, and hollered into the phone: "You sold the tickets, right?!"

Crazy fool. lol - but seriously... how do you know you're not getting counterfeits? Or a fake money order?

Or a gun to your face?

Hmph. I'm glad Big Guy got the tickets instead of us. We don't quite have the same presence he does. =)

I could tell you about the game, but hell - you've probably already heard all about it. =) I don't care what anyone says - the Steelers had a helluva schedule and they played really well this year. REALLY well.

The game never should've been that close... though viewers at home never got a chance to see all the personal fouls laid on our guys, especially the first two on Hines Ward. Two plays, two fouls. Never even got called - no flags, not a single one.

Not. Nice.

But that's alright, coz we pulled on through. There's a reason why the Steelers are the first franchise to win the Super Bowl SIX times. And we were actually there for it.

Check out the pics - saw us a couple of celebrities amidst all the crazy fun. It was definitely an adventure we'll never forget!