You Know You're A Steelers Fan If...
by WyoFan on Mar 22, 2011 1:39 PM EDT
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Every now and then, I have a conversation with a friend of mine where he expresses concern about how much he cares about the Steelers. Whenever he says it, I think: At least I'm not the only one!I think we all, at some point, wonder about how much the Steelers mean to us, then we keep on being loyal fans. Oh, we try to keep our fanship in perspective, until game day, at which point we lose perspective and the game becomes the center of the universe. So, I took a queue from J. Foxworthy and started a list of possible hints you are a Steelers fan. Please add to it as you see fit.
You Know You Are A Steelers Fan If:
- Your bride's maids wore black & gold and didn't complain.
- You've driven your neighbors cat to the next county and dropped him off because your neighbor is a browns fan...Twice.
- You have at least one Steelers tattoo. Your parents took you to get it.
- As a child, you waited up one Christmas Eve to MAKE Santa give you season tickets to the Steelers. What a crushing night that was.
- You have a second spouse in Pittsburgh so you have a place to stay (Free) for games.
- You've spent time at a "Retreat" after a Steelers loss. The place caters to Steelers fans.
- You've planted Symtex in your neighbors garage and then turned his name into the FBI as a possible terrorist to move one spot higher on the Steelers season ticket waiting list. He was eleven.
- The most consistent sex you and your spouse have is after a Steelers' win.
- When told at the hospital that you would require an immediate four hour surgery to save a crushed finger, you told them to "Cut it off" so you wouldn't miss the game...It was a preseason game.
- You once pretended not to be in labor until the game was over. That's why he married you.
- You've made your kid pretend he/she was dying to get tickets to a Steelers game through Make a Wish Foundation. Your kid was thirty-two at the time.
- You and your spouse split up because of the Big Ben thing, and you're both still Steelers fans. Your child's psychologist had to be a Steelers fan.
- You're a married man and you listed Troy Polamalu as one of your five freebies. None of your buddies find this strange.
- You're a married woman and you listed Steelers as all five of your freebies. Your husband helped you pick the five.
- You're in prison for trying to have and opposing QB whacked....Twice.
- You voted for Obama because Dan Rooney endorsed him...Correction: Ambassador to Ireland, Dan Rooney.
- You feel the need to write something on BTSC as least once a week.
- You watched Dancing with the Stars last night (You so-know Hines did better than a seven!).
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Funny
And probably true.
How about family members know to that if it is minutes before a probable Steelers loss to hide the car keys, guns, sharp objects, rope and all the contents of the medicine cabinet.
by Ivan Cole (RickVa) on Mar 22, 2011 1:49 PM EDT reply actions
Rec'd it
You feel the need to write something on BTSC as least once a week.
Hey, does this make me a Steelers fan?
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."-Winston Churchill
:)
Good to see you’re still with us since our October game against the Saints!
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by Michael Bean on Mar 22, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
It’s time to stop living that lie.
I have not yet begun to procrastinate.
by NYSteelersFan4 on Mar 22, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
You and Malor both
Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
by John Stephens on Mar 22, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Dont clump me with malor, please
I actually have enough respect for the Steelers to not gloat and taunt your members after a Steeler loss.
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."-Winston Churchill
I think Malor respects the Steelers
I think it is the Steelers fans he isn’t as keen about.
"Canada? I don't even know what street it is on." Al Capone
"Until I came to Canada, I didn't know that snow was a four letter word." Alberto Manuel
"I wouldn't say it's cold but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman." Dale Tallon
"If it wasn't for the anticipated flooding it will bring, Spring could not get here soon enough this year." COSF
by Cold_Old_Steelers_Fan on Mar 22, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Correct.
"Can you call Flacco a bust? He’s had super bowl caliber teams but has never gotten them there. The Ravens get into and win playoff games only because of the caliber of the rest of the team. The Ravens do not dominate much weaker defensive teams by winning the game by a large margin. The defense gave him a sizeable lead against Pittsburgh and he wasn’t able to close out the game. For all the reasons you call Boller a bust are the same things I see in Flacco." - TheShadow
When have the Ravens actually lost to the Steelers? This statement is so false. Me gloating after beating Charlie Batch is like being the coolest kid with down syndrome.
"Can you call Flacco a bust? He’s had super bowl caliber teams but has never gotten them there. The Ravens get into and win playoff games only because of the caliber of the rest of the team. The Ravens do not dominate much weaker defensive teams by winning the game by a large margin. The defense gave him a sizeable lead against Pittsburgh and he wasn’t able to close out the game. For all the reasons you call Boller a bust are the same things I see in Flacco." - TheShadow
by Mr MaLoR on Mar 22, 2011 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
lol
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 23, 2011 8:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Never said a Steeler loss to the Ravens
I understand you respect the Steelers for what they are as a team. And I understand the fans (some) on this site respect you, and I could be wrong, but I remember a post on this site calling you out for disrespecting the Steelers after the SB loss. Now if that was settled in that post I dont know. I am truly sorry if I misinterpreted your meaning to this site.
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."-Winston Churchill
Lol, don’t worry about it bud. I don’t think there was a post about me getting on them after the SB loss. It was probably just this one guy who tried pressing charges against me because of things said on the internet.
I am truly sorry if I misinterpreted your meaning to this site.
I have a meaning here?
"Can you call Flacco a bust? He’s had super bowl caliber teams but has never gotten them there. The Ravens get into and win playoff games only because of the caliber of the rest of the team. The Ravens do not dominate much weaker defensive teams by winning the game by a large margin. The defense gave him a sizeable lead against Pittsburgh and he wasn’t able to close out the game. For all the reasons you call Boller a bust are the same things I see in Flacco." - TheShadow
Don’t sugar coat what you attempted to do MaLor. I posted my opinion of Flaccid and the Ravens on your board, your response was to point out you now had my IP address and would make my life a living hell.
Then you either spoofed emails in my name, or just flat out lied and told your board moderator, bruce, that I was harassing you in an attempt to get me banned from all of SBNation, even BTSC. If anyone should have been banned, it was you for pulling that childish crap.
Of course you didn’t even have the balls to man up an admit what you had done, and still don’t I see, shocker. He can come on here and act like a ‘good’ guy but his real character has shown through.
You’re in prison for trying to have and opposing QB whacked….Twice.
I wanted to break Adam Vinatieri’s leg back in 2004, does that count.
Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Jack Butler, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene, Curtis Martin, Willie Roaf, Andre Reed and Jerry Kramer
"Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie." Mordred Deschain
Canal Street Chronicles resident Steelers Fan
But did you try to do it?
"If you're not getting better, I don't care what business you're in, you're a dead man. I try to look critically at the mistakes that I make and try to learn from them, like our team does." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Mar 22, 2011 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
no
I was 13 at the time
Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Jack Butler, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene, Curtis Martin, Willie Roaf, Andre Reed and Jerry Kramer
"Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie." Mordred Deschain
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by WVPiratesfan on Mar 22, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Excuses, excuses.
What would you think about Adam in Black and Gold? I think he is a free agent.
I have not yet begun to procrastinate.
by NYSteelersFan4 on Mar 23, 2011 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
- You’re a married man and you listed Troy Polamalu as one of your five freebies. None of your buddies find this strange.
That one made me lol.
Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
Whats a five freebies...
lol i feel slow
"Did you really expect Joe to have it as easy as you think it would be against James "I want to stomp of your children’s testicles" Harrison and Lamar "I’ll kick your grandmother" Woodley? I sure as hell didn’t." - Malor
by tannofsteel84 on Mar 22, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Kind of like a get out of marriage free card, but only for that specific person...
So you can… you know… have in depth conversation without worrying about anyone seeing you and getting the wrong idea.
I have not yet begun to procrastinate.
by NYSteelersFan4 on Mar 22, 2011 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I think couple's do it mainly as a joke, at least I hope
But you get a top 5 of, as NYSF4 said, get out of jail free cards. These people are usually celebrities, people you would never meet, therefore never cheat on your spouse. There is a really funny episode of Friends that involves this idea with Ross and Rachel.
Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
by John Stephens on Mar 22, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
So your trying to say I have no shot at sleeping with Alyssa Milano?
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."-Winston Churchill
About as good as chance as I have with Zoey Deschanel
Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
by John Stephens on Mar 22, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
This is good stuff.
I have not yet begun to procrastinate.
Good stuff...
How about your wife tells you stay home and not go with her and the kids to her mother’s for Sunday lunch because the Steelers are playing the Ravens…
Things can always be worse....
Can a man be that lucky?
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."-Winston Churchill
Yes
but first he must cause a seen at the mother-in-laws that helps all involved to understand. At least, I did.
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 23, 2011 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha
Thats one way of doing it.
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."-Winston Churchill
Unfortunately
it was not a planned ordeal, it was just a reaction on my part due to an in-laws douchiness toward me watching the game and not getting all “family”
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 23, 2011 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
as a side note
my mother and father-in-law now regularly come by on game days sporting black and gold, and even keep up with the Steelers when they don’t. Proof that good things come from chaos.
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 24, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
No scene at the mother-in-law's
She knows that I am liable to scream at the TV when something good or bad happens. I think it was more to protect her mother than being nice to me….even though she was understanding..I did not complain at all and she even brought home a plate of food…
Things can always be worse....
Great Post again
I dont have my Steelers tattoo but i will soon
"Franco made that play because he never quit on the play. He kept running, he kept hustling. Good things happen to people who hustle."
Chachi as demolished any future Steelers tattoos
so don’t try
Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Jack Butler, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene, Curtis Martin, Willie Roaf, Andre Reed and Jerry Kramer
"Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie." Mordred Deschain
Canal Street Chronicles resident Steelers Fan
by WVPiratesfan on Mar 22, 2011 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
i know
i wont even come close to his epic tattoo
"Franco made that play because he never quit on the play. He kept running, he kept hustling. Good things happen to people who hustle."
Hail to my wife
You tell your wife that we will not be inducing birth during the Super Bowl, no matter how convenient it is for the doctor. She agrees with you, despite being almost two weeks overdue.
The moment you can best pinpoint falling in love with her is when she gets you tickets as an early Christmas gift. Steelers win 45-7, and she falls in love with the Steelers. The perfect love triangle. :)
You bring your Terrible Towel to church on Super Bowl Sundays, waiting for the pastor to mention the Steelers. You live on the West Coast.
All true.
I talked to a local Episcopal priest before the 2008 Super Bowl
and asked him if he had black and gold vestments. I thought I was being funny (this is before I was a truly committed fan.) He said that he had a gold stole that he would be wearing, and that he had changed his thinking about praying for a football team to win since moving to Pittsburgh. He still doesn’t believe that it is theologically supported, but he has realized that his parishioners’ mental well-being is so tied up with the Steelers that he has had to rethink the whole subject…
"If you're not getting better, I don't care what business you're in, you're a dead man. I try to look critically at the mistakes that I make and try to learn from them, like our team does." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Mar 22, 2011 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Catholic Version
On the morning of SB LX, I attended mass in my home town outside Pittsburgh. After communion the priest whispered to the altar boy , who smiled, went into the sacristy, and came out with a Terrible Towel, which the priest promptly used for the post-communion cleaning of the chalice, salver, etc. The congregation loved it. Personally, I found it a little over the top and borderline sacrilegious. But that’s Steeler Country. And, hey, maybe it helped. God knows we needed some help that game.
by Citizen of Steeler Nation on Mar 22, 2011 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Well my 83 year old mother called for the replacement of our Priest for not mentioning the Steelers and including them in the prayer before mass was over this year. The whole church was rockin’ the black and gold… except the Priest. I think “dud” was the word she used…. The Diocese of Greensburg is looking into the abomination. They know how serious this is.
HERE WE GO STEELERS!
"Our Father, who art in Pittsburgh, Football be thy game. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, at Heinz Field as it is in Heaven. Give us this day, a stellar D and forgive us our bogus fines, as we (sorta) forgive Goodell who trespasses against us. And lead us not into defeat, but deliver us a Victory. For thine is The Steelers, the power and glory of climbing the STAIRWAY TO 7."
My mom also attends church in the Greensburg area, at St Brunos, and
every Sunday after church she says," The priest didn’t forget to bless the Steelers today" He said., Goo Steelers and waves his towel. Does your mom go to Cathedral??
If there is a Steelers game scheduled for 1:00 on Sunday, they always have the choir sing on Saturday instead, since church would then end too close to game time.
We are crazy, you know??
Who's laughing now, O Line??? Ben Roethlisberger (from the Podium) to his O-Line and the world in Superbowl XLIII
by SteeladyinVA on Mar 25, 2011 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Here are my personal ones
- You don’t want to talk about who is “responsible” or “to blame,” but yes, you’ll admit to your spouse that the kitchen chair was not broken and there was no dent in the wall prior the Steelers 2009 loss to the Chiefs.
- The dog that doesn’t like shouting hides during games, but comes running out to celebrate when the humans start waving towels around.
- The tables at your wedding in 2.5 weeks are named after Steelers players (i.e. me and bride at Table Rooney, others at Table Swan and Table Greene)
- No one in your office even tried to talk to you the Monday after the Super Bowl because they feared for their life.
Congrats on the wedding
and that you are obviously marrying a woman with her priorities straight.
My husband and my cat hide during games, and only come into my office (where I’m watching the game on the computer) if it is the last few minutes and it is pretty obvious that the Steelers are going to win. Otherwise they stay hidden for a while…
"If you're not getting better, I don't care what business you're in, you're a dead man. I try to look critically at the mistakes that I make and try to learn from them, like our team does." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Mar 22, 2011 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
If you live in the middle of Texas and fly your Steelers Flag every gameday even tho the neighbors call you a traitor and threaten to burn it.
We also mark our spots in church with our terrible towels. Is that wrong?
by TexasSteelersFans on Mar 22, 2011 5:41 PM EDT reply actions
It's not wrong.
As long as you don’t pray to them also.
Bull.
Steeler football is the world’s seventh-largest religion.
by HandsofSweed on Mar 22, 2011 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
My son lives in Dallas
and the church he goes to frowns on wearing team gear during church. But as my son discovered, black pants, a black shirt, and a gold tie make a really sharp-looking outfit…
"If you're not getting better, I don't care what business you're in, you're a dead man. I try to look critically at the mistakes that I make and try to learn from them, like our team does." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Mar 22, 2011 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
heh
The first Texan I meet told me how he discouraged people from dumping their garbage on his property by blowing two tires off their pick-up truck with a shotgun after he caught them in the act. He was a cheerful and friendly person though I don’t know if he was a Steelers fan.
"Canada? I don't even know what street it is on." Al Capone
"Until I came to Canada, I didn't know that snow was a four letter word." Alberto Manuel
"I wouldn't say it's cold but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman." Dale Tallon
"If it wasn't for the anticipated flooding it will bring, Spring could not get here soon enough this year." COSF
by Cold_Old_Steelers_Fan on Mar 26, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
argghh
“Meet” should have been “met”.
"Canada? I don't even know what street it is on." Al Capone
"Until I came to Canada, I didn't know that snow was a four letter word." Alberto Manuel
"I wouldn't say it's cold but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman." Dale Tallon
"If it wasn't for the anticipated flooding it will bring, Spring could not get here soon enough this year." COSF
by Cold_Old_Steelers_Fan on Mar 26, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
You know you're a good friend if . . .
your best high school friend picks a playoff weekend in January to get married and you STILL go even though 1) the reception conflicts with the Steelers-Ravens playoff game, 2) she’s marrying some guy from Baltimore, 3) the wedding colors are black and purple, even though the wedding is just outside of Pittsburgh, and 4) half the wedding party is rooting for the Ravens (and they make little announcements every time the Ravens score). God rewards you by allowing the Steelers to make an incredible comeback and beat the Ravens just in time for you to give the happy news to the departing guests from B’more.
by Citizen of Steeler Nation on Mar 22, 2011 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
PLEASE please please
Tell that was true.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
--Aristotle
by steelerstyle on Mar 23, 2011 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
That never stops being funny
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
--Aristotle
by steelerstyle on Mar 24, 2011 6:22 AM EDT up reply actions
may have to write a fanpost about my experience at the game
because it was awesome.
Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Jack Butler, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene, Curtis Martin, Willie Roaf, Andre Reed and Jerry Kramer
"Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie." Mordred Deschain
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by WVPiratesfan on Mar 24, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I have 5220 comments on this blog, does that make me a Steelers fan? HELL NO!
"Can you call Flacco a bust? He’s had super bowl caliber teams but has never gotten them there. The Ravens get into and win playoff games only because of the caliber of the rest of the team. The Ravens do not dominate much weaker defensive teams by winning the game by a large margin. The defense gave him a sizeable lead against Pittsburgh and he wasn’t able to close out the game. For all the reasons you call Boller a bust are the same things I see in Flacco." - TheShadow
Liar
A long way from Pittsburgh PA, in fact, 8653.2 miles to be precise. My blood still bleeds black and gold like the rest of Steeler Nation, proud fan since 2002.
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by Michael Hewitt on Mar 23, 2011 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
we know
Deep in your heart, the Steelers are your second team.
"Canada? I don't even know what street it is on." Al Capone
"Until I came to Canada, I didn't know that snow was a four letter word." Alberto Manuel
"I wouldn't say it's cold but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman." Dale Tallon
"If it wasn't for the anticipated flooding it will bring, Spring could not get here soon enough this year." COSF
by Cold_Old_Steelers_Fan on Mar 26, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I'll give it a go
- You constantly explain to people what a “Steeler” is.
- You stay up until 6am every Sunday night for 19 weeks, aswell as a few Thurdays,Mondays and Saturdays.
- You think the idea of taking a trip to a city, not knowing anyone there, totally alone just to watch a game at a cost of about 6 months salary is totally worth it.
- No matter how much your grilfriend says she will never watch a game, you know she will one day become a die hard fan.
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by Josh Roberts (ESGB) on Mar 22, 2011 9:57 PM EDT reply actions
I've been
with my Fiancee six years, she didn’t watch the Steelers for the first 3, due to how I acted on game days (this was ’05). She started watching in the ’08 season, she pulled my Steeler flag down from the window and went running up and down the street with it cheering like a maniac after the SB. After the final drive attempt in the SB this year I was resigned to it, I turned to her and she was crying, it broke my heart. She was just so sure that Ben and the boys were gonna drive the field and snatch the victory from the jaws of defeat, she is a true fan now. We will be getting married in the next two years.
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 23, 2011 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Here's mine
- when the guy you’ve been dating for a couple of months (who you met at the Steeler bar during the season and his first words to you were “Love the Polamalu jersey.”) introduces you to some of his friends: Of course you’re wearing a Steeler shirt and one of his friends says “Oh now I see why you’re dating her” and you say….. “Um… no…but that’s a good reason why I’m dating HIM”
…..and the rest is history in the making.
HERE WE GO STEELERS!
"Our Father, who art in Pittsburgh, Football be thy game. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, at Heinz Field as it is in Heaven. Give us this day, a stellar D and forgive us our bogus fines, as we (sorta) forgive Goodell who trespasses against us. And lead us not into defeat, but deliver us a Victory. For thine is The Steelers, the power and glory of climbing the STAIRWAY TO 7."
My Turn I Guess
-You were born and raised in Cleveland, OH and none of your friends can understand how you’re a Steelers fan, “just because your dad is one and raised you that way.”
-Your girlfriend knows not to call you until halftime to see how the game is going.
-It’s 3a.m. and you’re posting comments on BTSC
-On your last b-day you turned 23 and were given tickets to your first Steelers game ever (against the rat-birds)…and you cried like a 12 yr old @ a Justin Bieber concert. And even though the Steelers lost in the final seconds you still consider it one of the best days of your life.
-You’re still pissed as hell at Neil O’Donnell
this
You’re still pissed as hell at Neil O’Donnell
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 23, 2011 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m still trying to come to terms with this:
Neil O’Donnell threw two interceptions in the SB and the Steelers lost.
Ben Roethlisberger threw two interceptions in the SB and the Steelers lost.
The difference
as I see it was Neil throwing two blatantly bad passes. No defender hitting his arm, no case of a reciever not fighting for a ball, just passes directly to a defender with no Steeler reciever close.
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 24, 2011 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I remember screaming at the television :
“Who the fuck are you throwing to? Who? WTF?” like five times.
exactly
I was in my twenties then, I finished a bottle of tequila after the second one.
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 24, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Throwing to a spot, where the WR should have been, both passes thrown before a cut was made as the blitz hot routes were desgined. Good read and throw both times by Neil, two bad blitz recognitions by our WR, and two great plays from Larry Brown thanks to film study.
He knew where the ball was going if the QB read the blitz correctly.
Thanks
But I’m aware of timing patterns and blitz reads;defensive play etc.
The point remains, he thew 2 interceptions and we lost, just like ben. In the heat of the super bowl one wonders : simply because he made a good read doesn’t mean he needs to throw the ball?
whatever, I haven’t seen those plays in what, 5 years?
Mine
-Your bets with friends that are fans of teams other than the Steelers involve donating blood
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
- William McFee
by stillergorillar on Mar 23, 2011 8:31 AM EDT reply actions
I'M NEXT
My wife is not even American. She comes from Europe where they kick the ball and don’t wear helmets.
After 15 seasons with me, her Sundays are spent watching the games we can(New York State). Our 7 year old daughter has a pink terrible towel and sleeps with it when games are played after bedtime.
Wife is a flight attendant. She wore a Steelers pin on her uniform at the beginning of the playoffs and took it off after the defeat.
When her Father comes to visit, HE watches every game he can with us and subscribed to the Superbowl the last 3 times the Steelers played through his satellite provider in France so HE could see the game. Game started at 12:30 AM and ended at 5:00AM GMT+1(French time).
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- Former ‘idiot kicker’ Mike Vanderjagt in trouble after accosting junior-high heckler
- Adrian Peterson blows teammates away in footraces; appears to be on the mend
- UPDATE: Charlie Sheen didn’t buy Lawrence Taylor’s Super Bowl ring
- Alex Smith gets blown up by Jon Beason over Cam Newton comments
