Halfway through the bye. Withdrawal symptoms starting to manifest. Cruising you-tube looking for Steelers clips. Reading every piece of bye fluff offered by the media. My soul is getting beaten to death by ESPN's Favre suck-fest. I don't know if I can take it until Monday next.

It's like the Steelers never beat the Vikings. I don't think the Steelers were mentioned once yesterday. Deanna Favre must be relieved, she never has to give Brett another Hmmmmm ever again, with all the anouncers lined up to do it. Hell, she probably hasn't given him one in ten years.  


Here is the thing about the refs, the NFL doesn't allow negative assesments by the coaches and players. Very Pravda. The refs can make unbelievably bad mistakes and no one is allowed to comment. And those that are (And, I'm not sure they are), the media, don't have the Stones?...Heart?...Interest?...reverance for the game. Something has to be done. I'm going to the NFL.com and register a complaint. Do they know how distasteful it is to have to side with the Ravens, again? What could the ref closest to the play where Mason got held, blatently held, have been doing? Looking at the cheerleaders? And then!!!...After Mason is OFF THE FIELD!!!...That peice of S**t, see nothing ref (The ref across the field started throwing flags for him later in the game because he was still looking at something other than the game), throws a flag for unsportsman-like conduct. Unsportsman-like is the gross incompetence the refs show each and every game. And then!!!...to penalize the team for a player showing right and just frustration with the refs inability to see something in plain daylight, that is his assignment and job to see, is beyond incompetent. It delves into malicious. I have never, ever seen a player flaged for showing frustration once he is off the field. Incomprehendable. That ref should be fired!...I think we all should learn to live with the fact that the refs will not be getting any better any time soon and every game is going to have gross imcompetence on the part of the refs (The danger here is that one day a ref is going to start cheating (Some day?) and no is going to notice), but this incident took it to a new height...GRRrrr...

Has the Curse of The Terrible Towel been lifted? It couldn't be Vince Young? No, it was the Towel. But, the Towel won't get the recognition. Instead, desk jockeying gas bags will say: I told you the Titans should have put Vince Young in a long time ago. Does the owner of the Titans get a free slap on Jeff fisher when he is not expecting it now? Just a quick dash through the locker room - *POW* - and he is out the other door.

Alright, what the hell is up with the Panthers and the Cardianls? Did the Panthers pass the curse of the interceptions back to the Cardinals? Last year, the Cardinals travel to play the Panthers in the playoffs, and hand them the curse. After a dismal season so far this year, the Panthers realize the have the curse (It is found in section 139, section d, under seat 3), and Fed-Ex it to themselves (They didn't want to fly with it) at their hotel in Phoenix, where they return it to the Cardinals with a polite note of: No-thanks. Curt Warner sheepishly accepts it back, prays for forgiveness, and throws five interceptions. I'm starting to believe in this crap, and believing is half the battle (See the movie: The Skeleton Key), LOL.

Only two weeks now and I'm going to go ahead and say it: Alex Smith, come-back player of the year. Although, technically, can he come back to a level he has never been to before? Hmmm...

Michael Crabtree = the real deal. I commented a while back about the stupidity of his decision to hold out, and I still stick by that. But, the guy can play. Look out for next year.

For those of you who live in Pittsburgh, face east. The Eagles tore-up the Giants yesterday. it was a break-even day though, what with the Yankees yanking one out of their...

But seriously, DeShaun Jackson can flat-out fly. He aint very big, but he is oh-so dangerous with a free release. McNabb finally has a receiving core he can work with. Will this be the year the Eagles to get back to the big one?

Well-well, the Cowboys are poised to win the Super Bowl again. Too bad they have to win all those games to get there.

The Steelers get Denver, and the Bengals get Baltimore. Bueno. the Steelers can bring more intensity than the Ravens, just ask them. Josh McDaniels is staring down the second shotgun barel waiting for it to go off. As for the Revens-Bengals game, I enjoy seeing both of them lose. I guess I would have to hope that the Ravens win and that the Steelers jump into first place in the AFC north. Then when the Steelers beat the Bengals, they will be two games up on them. Or, should I be rooting for the Bengals to put the Ravens two games behind the Steelers knowing that the Steelers still have to play the Bengals and can beat them then and take possesion of first place in the devision? It's the lesser of two evils here boys and gurls.

I wonder if the Ravens changed their defensive signals before playing the Broncos? If Josh McDanials came from a cheating program, do we still consider him a cheater? Once a cheater, always a cheater?

Tom Cable, what are your good qualities?

I don't know if I've said this before, but I like to say it: Jamarcus Russell, the most expensive paperweight in history. Are we sure Al Davis is really still alive. Where is Jeff Dunham during Al Davis' press conferences? Al, the dead NFL owner. "I'll sign you!"

Sometimes, when there is nothing to do, like watch the Steelers, on the weekend, I like to play internet chess. If you like chess and can't get people to play with you, go here: http://www.freechess.org/ sign-up and download an interface. I recomend the BabasChess interface. You can play people all over the world. You get rated and everything. If you like chess, try it. Get ready to play some gooood players though.

Hang in there everyone.

Go Steelers.