Steelers > Titans

by sn0wballz on Sep 7, 2009 11:08 AM EDT

First, who cares about the "towel" incident of last year. I say they (the titans) should stomp the towel every week if it means that the Steelers are going to win a championship. Please see exhibit A:

Yep. Do you know what happens to classless teams that have no respect for the game and players around them? They lose to the Baltimore Ravens and go one and done in the playoffs. And I should point out, the Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens three times last year, including one in the playoffs shortly after the Titans failed to live up to the hype that surrounded them.

Let the Titan fans, Lendale White and everyone else run their mouths. Come Thursday, all that towel stomping business will haunt the Titans in the form of a hostile environment at Heinz Field. The Players will do the rest.

Gentlemen, Ladies, Steeler football is right around the corner. Let them talk. Just smile, give them a nod and wink. They know what is about to happen.

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I don’t know what to say, really. Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives. All comes down to today, and either, we heal as a team, or we’re gonna crumble. Inch by inch, play by play. Until we’re finished. We’re in hell right now, gentlemen. Believe me. And, we can stay here, get the sh-t kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb outta hell… one inch at a time.

Now I can’t do it for ya, I’m too old. I look around, I see these young faces and I think, I mean, I’ve made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make. I, uh, I’ve p-ssed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who’s ever loved me. And lately, I can’t even stand the face I see in the mirror. You know, when you get old, in life, things get taken from you. I mean, that’s… that’s… that’s a part of life.

But, you only learn that when you start losin’ stuff. You find out life’s this game of inches, so is football. Because in either game – life or football – the margin for error is so small. I mean, one half a step too late or too early and you don’t quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast and you don’t quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They’re in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when add up all those inches, that’s gonna make the f-cking difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying! I’ll tell you this, in any fight it’s the guy whose willing to die whose gonna win that inch. And I know, if I’m gonna have any life anymore it’s because I’m still willing to fight and die for that inch, because that’s what living is, the six inches in front of your face.

Now I can’t make you do it. You’ve got to look at the guy next to you, look into his eyes. Now I think ya going to see a guy who will go that inch with you. Your gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team, because he knows when it comes down to it your gonna do the same for him. That’s a team, gentlemen, and either, we heal, now, as a team, or we will die as individuals. That’s football guys, that’s all it is. Now, what are you gonna do?

-Al Pacino – Any Given Sunday

by lightningrod on Sep 7, 2009 11:40 AM EDT reply actions

Great Movie

I own it and watch it at the beginning and end of every football season. For me it reminds me a bit of the 2005 Steelers;
1) Pacino as the coach that hasn’t won the big one in quite a while reminded me of Cowher. Cowher also was a bit down on the owners kid Art II. If you remember Cowher thanked Dan at the podium but not Art II. There was a lot of talk in the papers about that. Pacino was definitely down on his boss Diaz.
2) Cameron Diaz as the great owners offspring reminded me of Art II who took over for Dan. I think Art and Cowher struggled over direction.
3) Jamie Fox as the young gun QB kind of like Ben. Remember Ben telling Cowher on the sideline at XL “Let’s not go into a shell!”? To which Cowher retorts “We’re gonna play. We’re gonna play!”
4) Steelers are counted out after a tough late season loss just as Pacino’s Sharks. Steelers rebound and win the title like Sharks as Pacino walks off into the sunset…to coach a new expansion team. Cowher went to the networks.
5) LT as the psychotic LB that everyone was scared of. Joey “Peazy” Porter anyone?

When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen

by 5020 on Sep 7, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions