BTSC Steelers Daily Six Pack-Things Are Going Big Ben's Way Edition
by Frank Mineo (DYMS) on Aug 26, 2009 3:08 PM EDT
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PrintIX-According to Ben Roethlisberger the right foot ailment that kept him out of the second preseason game against the Washington Redskins is actually a bruise to his foot. He and some other players were initially concerned that the injury was much more serious, perhaps even a torn Achilles. We all know Ben likes to exaggerate his injury situations, so assuming that Ben said it was a bruise to the foot, I would assume more along the lines that he was stung by a bumble bee.
XIII-Big Ben's legal team has decided to seek sanctions against his accuser's attorney in an effort to have the case dropped. The emails that have surfaced along with multiple co-workers coming forth to discredit Ms. McNulty gave Roethlisberger's team an opportunity for this legal strategy. I am not going to try to pretend I know all the legal ramifications so I will rather point you in the direction of Mike Florio from Profootball Talk for a little bit better understanding of what this all means.
XIV-Saturday night the Steelers will play their third and likely most important preseason game of the year at Heinz Field with the Starters hopefully playing much longer than they have in previous preseason games. The Tribune Review wrote an article about the importance of this preseason game for the starters as well as some of the bubble players. Some of the starters like Willie Colon said they address this game like a regular season game, so I am assuming that means he plans to have multiple egregious false start penalties.
XL-Steelers Depot thinks that Frank "The Tank" Summers was hyped up too much after being drafted by the Steelers in the 5th round this year. They think he has played his way onto the practice squad and they actually think that is where he should fit in with the 2009 Steelers. I agree to an extent and as much as I wanted Frank "The Tank" to be a Jerome Bettis with the breakaway speed of a young Willie Parker and the power and vision of Franco Harris, he hasn't been able to do quite that much in his rookie preseason. Having said that; the biggest criticism on the BTSC boards was that Summers wasn't a fullback and didn't want to be one, but he certainly has looked very good at that position in goal-line drills so far.
XLIII-As most of you have heard Dick LeBeau was nominated to be a finalist for the the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame. Here is a listing of a variety of sources and stories on the legendary coach and player.
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Man I almost shot Spirite out of my nose
when I saw that poodle
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
That poodle is probably begging to be adopted by Michael Vick after that paint job was laid on it..
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Aug 27, 2009 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions
The Poodle
A Ravens and a Redskins fan each sent me that picture this morning. Despite the inherent greatness of being associated with the Steelers, it’s a pretty atrocious thing.
Now that I think about it, that kind of looks like the lass that’s accusing Big Ben or rape.
...Behold, a pale horse. The man that sat upon it was Wieters, and hell followed with him.
"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard
The Willie C comment is great
we got a good kick out of it here at work, but don’t forget the illegal formation penalty he will get for lining up beside Willie Parker too. He has to lead the league (at least the AFC) in that penalty.
Frank "The Tank" had too much hype?!
Really?! If only someone had tried to temper that hype down a bit? Hmmm… If this was Wayne’s World I’d be doing squiggley hands and saying doo doo doo doo right about now. Now if we can’t get the ball rolling on the Isaac Redman hype machine that would be awesome. I will add, I am not saying this to be down on these guys or want them to be bad players, I don’t. I wanted to be wrong and have my nose rubbed in it. I just think we were all losing touch there for a while. (And I wanted to pat myself on the back a bit… snobby ice hole I am:) ).
Saw this coming before the draft
As soon as I saw the Steeler scout at his workout say he was a shorter version of the Bus or some such nonsense, I cringed. I think best case, Summers develops in to a bit of a John L. Williams-type (little run, nice outlet receiver, average blocker). But please, please, can we stop with the crushing on every 235+ pound running back as the next Bettis?
by pghnorthside on Aug 26, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
PITTSBURGH — On the last play of practice today, outside linebacker James Harrison and tackle Jeremy Parquet were involved in a brief scuffle.
No serious punches were thrown before teammates separated Harrison and Parquet. But Harrison could be heard yelling, “I want you to be scared! I want you to be scared!”
“It was nothing,” Parquet said. “Just football.”
I'll drink your Milkshake, I'll drink it up!
by Frank Mineo (DYMS) on Aug 26, 2009 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
I would have no shame in running from Deebo like a little girl wetting my pants the whole time.
Willie Colon doesn’t get flagged because he has long arms; he gets flagged because he sucks. - cliff harris is still a punk!
I am 99.99% positive I will NEVER, EVER be in a situation where Deebo could/would attack me.
I'll drink your Milkshake, I'll drink it up!
by Frank Mineo (DYMS) on Aug 26, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Only because you will be running like a little kid long before that happens.
Willie Colon doesn’t get flagged because he has long arms; he gets flagged because he sucks. - cliff harris is still a punk!
Me thinks
that Max Starks was running like a little girl when he stepped on Ben’s foot. It’s bad news when Deebo can hurt the QB in practice without even touching him.
by SteelerBuddha on Aug 26, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Or turn off his cartoons. Just sit politely through Dexter’s Lab when you’re in his living room.
Willie Colon doesn’t get flagged because he has long arms; he gets flagged because he sucks. - cliff harris is still a punk!
Dexter’s Lab is awesome. Why would you want to turn that off anyway?
by John Stephens on Aug 27, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Frank the tank
That description of the expectations are classic, made my day. But you need to work Sweetness and Sanders into it to get even close to the actual expectations by Steeler fans.
Deebo to Parquet ...
“Don’t make me angry. You won’t like me when I’m angry!”
As far as the Poodle, that’s just wrong.
"Harrison could be heard yelling, "I want you to be scared! I want you to be scared!""
this pleases me
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
LOL
What do you think Parquet said to Deebo that elicited that particular response?
by SteelerBuddha on Aug 26, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if he called him “little” like Ziggy.
by NYSteelersFan4 on Aug 26, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
smart* damnit, again with the typos today. Ruins my freaking joke. Damn you fingers! I’m gonna go cry now.
I thought spelling “smart” “msart” was well done.
Willie Colon doesn’t get flagged because he has long arms; he gets flagged because he sucks. - cliff harris is still a punk!
same here actually.
wouldn’t msart describe the holier than thou types that buy one? (and I say that as a person who wants a msart car- put a mower blade on it and it’d be sweet)
I wouldn’t mind owning a msart car, but I wouldn’t pay over $4k for one new, and they are an awful lot more than that. When they came out in europe they were under $10k euros when the euro was at a 1 to 1. The audience is drastically different here than there…which is too bad, the streets in Pittsburgh would be much easier to navigate with a car the size of a lawnmower.
Willie Colon doesn’t get flagged because he has long arms; he gets flagged because he sucks. - cliff harris is still a punk!
as longs it tsarts
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
by PixburghArn on Aug 27, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure anyone told Deebo that they are still only playing scrimmages
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
Harrison was taking it easy, Max wasn’t airborne when he hit Ben
by Phantaskippy on Aug 27, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Florio is a (Dick) lebeau
He is always Crucifying Ben Roethlisberger. Smearing Bens name through the deepest of mud.
Phillip Bunting
"Stairway To Seven"
by SteelersChatPack on Aug 26, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions
Milkshake, you almost killed me!
That poodle rocks! I say sic him on Michael Vick like there’s no tomorrow!
For the love of all that is holy...
Somebody please photoshop that
by TomlinsPuffyJacket on Aug 26, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
actually, I do- I just have it bookmarked on my other laptop.
Basically, that site was a collection of links to different streams. Often you could access them with tvu player or sopcast. Although the last year, I watched almost all Pittsburgh games from random links in there. They were usually about 20 seconds to 2 minutes behind what you’d see on the TV- so you have to be careful if chatting with others about the game. Stay off this site during that, or you’ll be disappointed all night. :)
If you could, might you
Post that link, or send it to me somehow, I am desperate to see steelers games , since I’ve gotten rid of the sunday ticket :(
Should have, could have, but didn't
by SunshineSteeler on Aug 27, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Sunday Ticket does nothing for pre-season games anyways.
I'll drink your Milkshake, I'll drink it up!
by Frank Mineo (DYMS) on Aug 27, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
NFL Network has all games but not all of them live
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
Indeed,
I was more thinking of a way to watch live regular season games if possible.
Should have, could have, but didn't
by SunshineSteeler on Aug 27, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah there's some site you can go to
You have to download some app and it allows you to search for broadcasts. I used it last year. It was pretty good. I had to restart a few times though. As a matter of fact it even has a chat feature.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
I want a Ravens one so I can punt it
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
This is where I do my obligatory...
Don’t kick dogs response.
Don’t kick dogs.
by NYSteelersFan4 on Aug 27, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
If dogs weren’t meant to be kicked, why do Chihuahua’s exist?
by Phantaskippy on Aug 28, 2009 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
To make us want Taco Bell
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
you are cruel
My mom has a Chihuahua. Her name is Angel, she was born on my birthday.
Phillip Bunting
"Stairway To Seven"
by SteelersChatPack on Aug 28, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you get Taco Bell for your birthday?
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
by PixburghArn on Aug 31, 2009 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Makes his own breaks
Ben’s the kind of man who, when things DON’T go his way, MAKES them go his way. That’s the kind of quarterback the Steelers have needed for a long time – ever since Terry Bradshaw. It’s no coincidence that they did not win it all until Ben was drafted.
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