random fan of a team not in the playoffs starts to bad mouth the Steelers.

In 2004/2005 season I was at a Steelers bar in Newport News Va. It was the New England game where they won by a cubic butt load of points. This Tampa Bay fan is talking crap about the Steelers. I said what is your team? He says the Bucs. Then he says “yall are lucky you can even get past Cincinnati.” I said “spell Cincinnati.” He stopped talking and just stared at me. I said, “Sit down, you lose your talking privileges Buc boy.” The whole bar went into an uproar. He promptly sat down and we not heard of the rest of the night.

1. When announcers rail on something over and over and over when you can clearly see they were wrong on the replay.

2. Bruce Arians.

I don’t know why but the wildcat really annoys me for some reason. It just seems so hokey. A trick play every now and then is good but the wildcat just really “grinds my gears”. I have no rational reason why I don’t like, I just don’t.

1. How skewed the NFL rules have become in favor of the offense. You can’t touch a wide receiver and you can’t breathe on a quarterback. You can’t hit an offensive player in the head or with your own head, even though both of you are moving at full speed and it’s near impossible to land your hit squarely where you’re aiming it. I know offense plays well on TV but can the league at least be a little less blatant about this?

2. When the Steelers throw incomplete on 1st down, then run on 2nd and 10, setting up a 3rd and 7 that will most likely result in a sack. I’ve never understood that philosophy that says it’s 2nd and 10 so we have to try to get into a managable 3rd down by running the ball. Opposing defenses do watch game tape. That 2nd and 10 run play is not taking anyone by surprise.

3. Sideline reporters. “Coach Tomlin just told me that the Steelers game plan for the second half will be to try to score more points than the Bears.” Thanks, Pam Oliver. That was insightful.

Endless Brett Favre ass-kissing.

That bandwagon jumping, sh*t spewing, talking head apologist for the Seahags. He still thinks his Hags got “cheated” out of XL by the team in black & white stripes. Dude, we know you’re from the North West. Shut your pie hole.

Just this week (on Monday) he picked the Saints because the media pick (Manning & Colts) is always used by the Dog to win. Then this morning he was picking the Colts. Guess Colin can’t lose…except to Jim Rome in the ratings.

and how Holding is never called on the team playing the Steelers

I probably have a ton, but let me think off the top of my head:

• First and foremost, people who speak ignorantly about football. This pretty much includes the casual football fan, a lot of female football fans (sorry Momma, not you included, but others are bad), and people who suddenly become a huge fan of their home town team when they get good. I don’t mind them rooting for their own team, but when it comes to trash talking and they know nothing to back up what they say…that really grinds my gears.
• People who say the refs “wanted them to lose, thus they lost.” (Ravens fans particularly). No. No, they did not.
• Loud mouth “all stars”. T.O., Reggie Bush, Keyshawne Johnson, Michael Irvin, Philip Rivers, etc. Shut up and play ball.
• People who weigh 100 lbs less than someone and whine about them being dirty because they knocked them out of their cleats.
• That offensive holding does not exist when lined up as LT against the Steelers.
• ESPN and all sports writers butt hurting for everything Tom Brady.

etc. etc.

I’ll just give the top 3:

1. “You guys ‘stole’ our SB/game/title/whatever” Um, no we didn’t steal anything and for that matter, we gave you opportunities you so graciously declined to capitalize on.

2. Teams (and fans of teams) who have never done a bloody thing in the playoffs or won the SB having nothing but disrespect for Pittsburgh. Merit, not mouth wins Championships. They should be so lucky to have a franchise with as much class. You won’t see a Rooney flip off the other team, Mr. Adams. Act like you’ve been there before….oh that’s right….you were….and lost. Bummer.

3. Whenever NFL.com or ESPN (basically any network) shows highlights of any team~ they’ll dig waaaaaay deep into the archives to come up with a highlight of a single play where a Steeler was beaten or a hit was landed on a Steeler… meanwhile at the bottom of the screen…. Pittsburgh is beating the hell out of them on the scoreboard. We’re just the team they all love to hate.

particularly the original posters points

As you know, I love to bitch, so here goes:

1) Dumbass penalties (illegal procedure, offsides, too many men on the field): these are becoming more and more common and there’s no excuse for it.
2) Freezing the placekicker before a FG attempt: It shouldn’t be allowed for the other team to call a timeout after the kicker lines up. This is strictly BS.
3) Must maintain possession of the ball all the way to the ground (I say if the guy has clear possession of the ball in the end zone with both feet in, that’s good enough).
4) Dumbass rules developed by the “competition committee” that give crummy teams a better chance to win.
5) Who Dey!

when fans come to the game and have absolutely no team colors on. Who are you cheering for in your peach colored LLBean collared short sleeve? The Trimont tennis club? If you are a Steelers fan, and you don’t have ONE SINGLE BLACK AND GOLD ITEM to wear, DON’T COME TO THE GAME. Ah, I feel much better now……

2. Troy Aikman

3. Troy Aikman

4. Rodger Goodell

5. Troy Aikman

6. Anything cowboys/cheatriots (except them losing, of course)

7. Did I mention Troy Aikman?

Dolphins, Cowboys, Raiders and Patriots oh yeah, Broncos as well.

As if that proves someone is a great player, just irritates me.

1. Joe Buck – seriously? this guy is boring as hell and makes even the most remarkable plays seem mundane (see Giants-Pats SB)…

2. Phil Sims – hes retarded, nuff said.

3. Troy Aikman – slightly less retarded than Sims, probably all the concussions.

Don’t they realize the other guy is wearing a helmet?

1) Ball placement after a tackle. Unless they use replay on every down, I still don’t know how they can accurately place the ball on the ground where it was when the runner’s knee(or the like) hits the ground. Everything happens too fast to be accurate. Then they pull out the chains, measure and call it an inch short . Error factors need to be reflected in how 10 yards gets measured. This isn’t even addressing a quarterback sneak into a pile of linemen. I’ve never been a ref so I don’t really know what method is used. Any thoughts on this? Any thoughts on putting electronics in the ball or some other technology like in tennis. Maybe it’s just not important.

2) Dumb play calling. Plays that are so predictable you could defend them from your sofa.

3) who dat crap.

4)brady and the brady rule.

5) touch a receiver and it’s pass interference.

Play football for f*ck’s sake. Just like ray lewis said. “He’s a man, just like me” – more or less, when referring to brady and his precious leg.

penalties, especially those involving personal fouls – keep track of them, and allow the opposing coach to determine when the penalty is applied. But it has to be applied on a new set of downs, and can’t be retroactive to a play.

#1. My wife learned this early on in our relationship. After a loss just leave me alone, Do Not, under any circumstances EVER tell me, “Its Only A Game”. I’ll be ok just leave me alone for a while, I will get over it eventually.
#2. Band-wagon Jumpers. I know you have to cheer for one team or another for the Super Bowl, but do you have to go out and BUY a jersey or hat of one of the teams if your not a true fan.

and all other commercials that are dumbed down for the masses.

Other Fans with any type of towel whatsover.

the fans of other teams telling me its in the past, like it doesnt mean anything when i bring up the 6 Rings.

Who after a decent play, or even spectacular play, say “that Darren Sharper, he’s among the best safeties in the league”. Then two minutes later, “that Antoine Bethea, he’s one of the top 2 or 3 safeties in the league”. Definitely worse after a good play was made against the Steelers and I’d have to listen to the man-love for the next five minutes. Instead of crowning them as football gods, take it for what it was – a good play, then let’s move on. I’m not so ADD that I forgot what Ed Reed or Troy look like, and these guys aren’t it!
John Madden would do this constantly; to listen to his broadcasts were painful to the point of muting the TV.