My hopes/wishes for the 2009 Season

There's a huge distraction going on here lately, so I wanted to shift gears a little... This is way too long, but I had nothing to do during lunch today. Feel free to read it, if you'd like.

As I do a lot before I lay my head down, close my eyes and fall asleep at night I think about what's coming up in my life, what I should be prepared for, and what I hope will happen. Last night, I thought about how the football season is nearly here and how there are many things that I hope will happen this year. Some of the things I thought about have happened consistently in the past season, but we can't take those for granted. Other things I thought about may have happened before, but simply not enough. Lastly, I thought about some outrageous things that could happen but most likely will not.

Here are some of those thoughts. You won't find a lot of analysis in them, I just wanted to state what I'd like to see.

• First lets just get this out of the way. I want the Steelers to win the Superbowl. Let's forget those six trophies they already have and go into the season as if we've never won one. That's how it should be all of the time and I'm sure the mentality of Tomlin and the rest of the men. We all know how it felt when Holmes caught the winning TD in the superbowl and the feeling after wards. I'm ready for that again. If the things below do not happen, who cares, as long as the trophy is hoisted again.

• I hope we sweep the Ravens, Browns and Bengals. Home or Away, we need to win those games. Not only does this put us in great position, but we take one more step in the direction of placing our foot in the behinds of the fans from those said teams. I've read some of the comments from the fans of those teams on the recent news with Big Ben, now let's see Ben pick their teams apart.

• Sack Flacco, repeatedly. I wanna see him get him get hit, hard. He may get hit hard enough to create a gap in the hair above his eyes. The guy hasn't done much to anger me other than the fact that he is a Raven. Bottom line is that he has potential, but we've got more potential to shut him down and therefore shut up the fans of that team.

• I want Mendenhall to run Ray Lewis over. It's possible. Rashard, run him over and break his hip. It's ripe for the picking. Also be sure that you scream something along the lines of "He's Done!", "BooYah!", "Shamalamadingdong!", or my favorite "Goooooddniiightt Doctor!!! That's feels good!"

• Slam a Browns fan. That was fun the last time it happened.

• Beat the Tennessee Titans. Beat the snot out of them. You know how the game last year ended. Bullock and the rest of that team need to know at the start of the season who owns the AFC. Obviously, our ring from this year did nothing to convince their fans. Seriously though, I just want wins. Just give me one big hit on Lendale, Bullock, whoever. Send them home hurting, please.

• Kill Chad Johnson, please. Just kidding, but hurt him enough so that he doesn't have the ability to speak or tweet. Okay, maybe that's too far. Well, no.. I guess I mean it. Am I bad person?

• I want the Steelers to Play the Patriots in the playoffs at New England and destroy them. Steal a flower pot from Tom Brady while they are there and make fun of him for falling off a boat. Ask him how his leg is and then kick it. Just be sure his security guards aren't around and you don't take a picture. Also, someone should moon the Pats fans after scoring a TD. Just sayin...

• Moon the Ravens fans, too. Offer Flacco some tweezers while you are there.

Okay, there you have it. Those things are certainly not all that I hope for, but I've gotta get back to work now. Most likely I've angered someone, so I'm sorry for that. But I really didn't mean it. Steeler fans, of course we just want wins... But what are some of the things that you hope will happen in this upcoming season?

Also a side note to clarify this post: Football is not about hopes and wishes. Football is man vs man and nothing else. Hope and wish all you want, it will have no baring on the outcome of the game.