At Tomlin's Wednesday news conference, Holtzman ask him how much extra time it takes to prepare for coach Rex Ryan's Jets defense. "It depends on whether or not you give him my plays, you know," Tomlin said with steely eyes and without elaboration.

The author, Alan Paul, is apparently a longtime BTSC reader, and he informed me this morning of his recent essay in the Wall Street Journal about how 'watching a Playoffs game in Beijing helped him put his love of the Steelers into focus.' Enjoy.

Was going to write this up as a fanpost, but then found someone else has already done so. Memory is a funny thing.

Thank you New York Daily News, I think that should be enough to light a fire under the teams collective butts

yeah,uh-huh, you know what it is.

Catch the newest Steeler craze! Drink up yinz bitches, get it here: http://www.olgawatkinsband.com

A post on The Pittsburgh Camerata blog that I thought some of you might enjoy, talking about issues of performance in choirs and football teams. Warning - it's a long post, even for me, and probably has too much football stuff for the choral people and too much choral stuff for the football people. So read at your own risk : )

Ben is second only to the immortal Bart Starr in terms of winning % in the post-season. In 11 tries, Ben already has as many victories as Peyton Manning has pulled off in 19 appearances. http://blogs.nfl.com/2011/01/16/steelers-packers-put-up-impressive-numbers/?module=HP_spotlight3col

This writer makes some good points comparing Ben to Brady. Food for thought...