Go STILLERS!
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21-7. Think I am going to go to bed.
Steelers look completely unprepared.
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Go STILLERS!
*** Update ***
21-7. Think I am going to go to bed.
Steelers look completely unprepared.
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morzer
Tonight the Ravens feast upon the bloated carcass of the cudlip Roethlisberger!
Elizabelle
Pet pictures in Steeler attire, please.
jeffreyw
@morzer:
I much prefer a nice hot soup.
Steeplejack
@morzer:
Win. I would almost–almost–be interested to read a Matoko_chan deconstruction of modern American football.
Wait, I just got a nosebleed. Forget that.
Old Dan and Little Ann
Go Steelers! Beat those dirty ass birds.
stuckinred
I actually enjoy these games where I don’t care who wins more than I do dying wit da Bears.
morzer
@Steeplejack:
I think you find it involves a strange obsession with large men and their meat.
LT
Hey, I’m i sydney, and I can watch it on the pooter – but it’s not for another 3 hours, right?
stuckinred
@LT: You are asking us? The game is now.
Nicole
I grew up in South Central PA and according to my family in the area, the NFL has apparently decided that the area, being geographically closer to Baltimore than Pittsburgh, must therefore be populated by Ravens fans. Needless to say, that’s not been well-received.
Stillwater
And the intro highlighted broken bones and dripping blood.
FucknAright!
Go Stillers!
mr. whipple
Every time the Cravens win, a kitten dies.
Go Stillers!
stuckinred
@Nicole: How is that manifesting itself?
morzer
What is that strange fuzz-like substance on Joe Flacco’s phiz? Is he growing mould? Publicly?
Steeplejack
@LT:
Dude, get with it! The Stillers and the Bad Birds* are about to tee it up right now.
* Not to be confused with the Dirty Birds of Atlanta.
Stillwater
@morzer: Meatspace, bro. Meatspace.
LT
@stuckinred: What? It said 4:30 – fuck me with razor blades. I’m still doing the West Coast thing. Bye.
stuckinred
Nice coverage.
mr. whipple
Oh man, national championship replay.
Morbo
Go where?
stuckinred
@mr. whipple: Nope, elbow.
Stillwater
Big moment here. Whoever wins this challenge wins the game.
LT
Got it! for those who don’t know, this is a really good trick.
LT
@Stillwater:
[applause]
Steeplejack
@Stillwater:
That so sounds like a Guerrero line from Human Target.
(Guilty pleasure–two episodes last night.)
stuckinred
Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
LT
oh grat fuckingg defense
Edit: I’m just going to go ahead and keep that like that.
Ailuridae
The Steelers look impressive. If they keep this up they might win their third Super Bowl.
asiangrrlMN
@jeffreyw: Sluuuuurp! That looks so tasty.
@Steeplejack: You keep your sick fantasies to yourself, buddy. Seriously. Someone mentioned m_c below, and like a wraith, she showed up. Then, all she wanted to do was talk about pie. Weird.
@stuckinred: Are you talking to me? Are you talking to ME?
stuckinred
Great fucking camera work.
Duane
Obama is a Ravens fan! That must kill u Cole! HA!
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Out of the fog and into the smog she came.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
I thought you had to say her name three times.
MoeLarryAndJesus
Baltimore just totally crapped out at the end of that 1st drive. And not being able to down that punt inside the 20 is kind of pathetic. Advantage: Steelers.
MoeLarryAndJesus
@stuckinred:
If you mean on the punt, yeah. Is this Take Your Kid To Work Day?
stuckinred
@MoeLarryAndJesus: Be nice if the television audience could have SEEN the goddamn punt!
mr. whipple
LOL. Ward got punked.
Mark S.
@LT:
I’ve been clapping for the last five minutes. Can I stop now?
/jimhoft
Morbo
Great, let the whining begin.
stuckinred
Don’t fuck wit dat Bulldog!
mr. whipple
@Morbo:
LOL. You know it’s coming…
stuckinred
@mr. whipple: He’ll make em pay.
Morbo
@Steeplejack: No, that’s Althouse.
LT
Hey John, when I click on my name to go to my site I’m sent to some weird survey site.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Why tempt fate? You watching the whole game? ‘Coz I wouldn’t mind a blowout on the part of the Ravens.
@LT: That’s really bizarre. I hover over your name, and it gives me one addy. I click on your name, and I go to the survey site.
Stillwater
@MoeLarryAndJesus: Advantage: Steelers.
Like Stillers minus 10? Minus 3? Cmon man! Get precise!
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: rotsa ruck
stuckinred
Pudgy fuck crying before he hit the ground, sheeeet.
MoeLarryAndJesus
@Stillwater:
I think it will be +7 any second now. Ravens playing like parakeets.
mr. whipple
Stillers gonna score faster than big Ben hitting on a drunk college chick.
Andy K
Just turned it on…Has the worstest officiating blunder evah occurred yet?
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: Huh? I only saw Taxi Driver once and didn’t like it, so did I miss something?
FYWP!
Goooo, Stillers!
P.S. Which game is the BJ commenter (Redshirt?) attending and holding up a Tunchie poster?
ETA: TOUCHDOWN!
Stillwater
@MoeLarryAndJesus: I agree with you, but NOT ON THAT PLAY!
MoeLarryAndJesus
How could anyone not like “Taxi Driver”?
+7.
flukebucket
Nice drive
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: The best part of Taxi Driver is Jodie Foster and scumbag Harvey. Watch Mean Streets for fun.
“What’s a mook”?
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vw8t4O9JQM&feature=relatedJust for you
LT
@asiangrrlMN: Yeah, weird.
Stillwater
@mr. whipple: Faster than Big Ben can say ‘no comment’.
Stillers!
morzer
Isn’t it time for Cole to complain that the Pits should have been awarded two touch-downs?
Andy K
@MoeLarryAndJesus:
It is kinda grim. That’s my homeboy Schrader for ya.
Crusty Dem
@LT:
Because you spelled you site name wrong.
EDIT: unless there’s another blogspot spelled differently..
South of I-10
I wish I were watching football, I was actually going to pull for the Steelers. I’m sitting in a walk in clinic with Little South. She is running a 102.6 fever. I think it is strep throat again.
stuckinred
And an Illini runs it in!
kansi
@stuckinred: A thousand times!
Stillwater
@stuckinred: The best part of Taxi Driver is Jodie Foster and scumbag Harvey.
Not disagreeing with you, but the only part of that movie I can remember, that made any impression on me, was Roberto Dineros in front of the mirror. And that alone was worth watching the movie for.
Paul in KY
I’m at work, so I can’t see game. However, I have been paid for all my comments today, so there’s that.
Sounds like the Steelers are up.
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: You’re just not right, man. And, neither am I because that cracked me up.
On the Ravens first drive, I was afraid Cole was curled up in a ball on his Laz-e Boy whimpering for Tunchie to hold him.
mr. whipple
Clark pays for a cheap shot. Karma.
LT
@Crusty Dem: Damn. You’re right. Thanks.
stuckinred
@Stillwater: Yea but that’s EVERYONE”S fav!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bTk9FZTyxE
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Just waiting on my ride to go chow down at Chima, awesome Brazilian steakhouse. Have been starving myself all day in anticipation. Tomorrow will be “lie around in a torpor and watch football” day.
R-Jud
@MoeLarryAndJesus:
I liked it the first three times I saw it, but then I had to write a paper on it. I believe I watched it at least three dozen more times. By the end, I was having dreams about Jodie Foster and Robert DeNiro switching roles and shit.
Ah, film skool.
–R-Jud +6 (Mr Jud is designated parent tonight)
Andy K
@efgoldman:
You are just begging for Brady and/or Green-Ellis to have a Gary Anderson moment.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Redshirt attending Pats game, I think.
stuckinred
@R-Jud: You seen Visions of Light
JPL
@efgoldman: hahaha….
John will always complain about the refs in the Steelers lose.
Stillwater
@stuckinred: I know. Because it’s Acting, man! Like in The Deer Hunter. There are Deniro scenes in that movie that, if you took out everyone else’s performance, all those great actors – Walken, Streep, John Cazale – Deniro alone would make that film worth watching.
Edited to reflect correct spelling.
(Stillwater +3.)
stuckinred
@Steeplejack: Yea
BruceFromOhio
That screen-left to the TE seems to be the only play the birds have that works.
I’m thinking this event is for Ravens D to lose.
Steeplejack
@stuckinred:
Excellent doc.
LikeableInMyOwnWay
Steelers are my designated favorite in this playoff cycle. Don’t let me down. I won’t tolerate disappointment.
stuckinred
@Stillwater: God I hate that fucking movie. But Cazale is great. DeNiro put up his share to have John in it because the studio couldn’t get insurance on him.
johnny walker
Eww, Jeff Triplette. At least that means his crew won’t be calling the Packer game.
Andy K
@johnny walker:
Gawd, I hope that doesn’t mean we’ll get Eddie Guns. [crossing fingers] Mike Carey, please!
davidh
steelers are pathetic. they can’t play defense.
davidh
steelers are pathetic. they can’t play defense.
morzer
@BruceFromOhio:
Very nicely done, sir. A perfect luck-reverse-around for Ray Rice!
stuckinred
@Andy K: FACK DA PAKERZ!
johnny walker
@Andy K: I’m not big on Carey either, but I’ll take him over Ed Hercules in a second.
South of I-10
Ugh! Stuck in moderation. Bored and waiting on a doc with a sick kid.
R-Jud
@stuckinred: Yes!! I had a fantastic professor who was a very good cinematographer. I was always more of an editor, though.
Steeplejack
Okay, I’m gone. Got a rendezvous with destiny involving Brazilian beef and drinks that I can’t spell. Caipahrinos? Whatever.
Stillwater
@stuckinred: I don’t understand anything you said except that you don’t like that movie. Deniro gave up money to get Cazale? Is that what you’re saying?
And how can you not like movie? Walken? Streep?
stuckinred
@R-Jud: Wow cool! I’m more of a watcher!
johnny walker
That’s Gumbel/Dierdorf calling the game right? Triplette + Dierdorf in a single game might create a vortex of suck that draws the game into an alternate dimension, or maybe just causes it to implode.
OH MY GOD ANOTHER FLAG. Christ I hate Jeff Triplette.
Andy K
OT, but I hate misleading headlines like this, from ESPN:
Yeah, uhm, one point up on Man Utd., who have played three games less.
The Dangerman
I can appreciate that the refs are not only throwing lots of flags, but they’re winding up and throwing them with gusto (not that they aren’t penalties and, if anything, there were a couple fouls missed, but they’re letting them play a little).
Michael D.
Will anyone else be at the Georgia Dome today?
Stillwater
Live ball??
Countervail
This little cutie has the Raven’s number! Go Stillers!
http://babies.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/01/15/funny-kids-pictures-this-is-my-kit-kat/
John O
Fumble for 6!
R-Jud
@stuckinred: I am too, nowadays. Various detours have taken me away from film. But four agents asked for a screenplay from me this month so far, so who knows.
They’re nothing like Taxi Driver, though. (edit: meaning the screenplays, not the agents.)
Andy K
Here’s the “John Cole in Scanners” moment.
Svensker
WTF? Did our host’s head just assplode?
JPL
@Michael D.: I wish. Go Falcons.
stuckinred
@Stillwater: Yea, there is a doc called “I Knew it was You Rediscovering: John Cazale” I had no idea he and Streep lived together and she explains how the company didn’t want to use Cazale because he was fighting cancer. Catch it, it’s great.
Wyrm1
Fumble… geez, you would think by the time players were pros they would have learned to play to the whistle.
adolphus
Live ball!
morzer
*chuckling evilly*
What an enjoyable game this is!
Nothing like watching the collective manhood of Pittsburgh stand around flapping their cudlips as a Raven picks up the fumble! And Pittsburgh is out of challenges and loses a time-out! Oh joy!
Mr. Poppinfresh
God, that’s good stuff.
Just Some Fuckhead
@stuckinred: Yeah, I caught that a few weeks ago. It was really good.
stuckinred
@Michael D.: Nah, that joint sucks.
BruceFromOhio
@morzer: …followed by a Rapistberger fumble on a four-man rush. If I can’t get a meteorite strike or falling Russian space junk, a total Steeler auto-destruct would be most welcome.
ETA: … with all challenges exhausted in Q1! Heeelp meeee, I’m meeeelting ….
Nicole
@stuckinred: According to my family, throughout the season if one game overlapped another, they would cut to the Ravens game over the Steelers. The locals were not pleased.
MikeJ
@R-Jud: ALL agents are like Taxi Driver.
JPL
Good ears!
stuckinred
@Nicole: Aha, I got ya. I thought you meant today.
Andy K
@The Dangerman:
James Lofton made a good point on the radio the last time these teams played: When two teams are so evenly matched, players cheat to get an advantage. Flags will fly.
adolphus
Of all the times pro-football players fall on the ball when it is so obviously not a fumble. NOW they choose to let it roll?
S. cerevisiae
I think I heard Cole screaming curses just now. And I’m in Oregon!
wmd
If it had been Tom Brady instead of Big Ben that would not have been a fumble.
sdstarr
AAAAAAAARGH!
sdstarr
AAAAAAAARGH!
LikeableInMyOwnWay
Okay, this is not going well at all. Pull it together, Steelers.
R-Jud
@MikeJ:*Snort* The ones I’ve talked to locally have been more English and posh than that, but it amuses me to imagine them with mohawks.
Michael D.
@JPL: I’ll be in section 350. I’ll wave to you. Look for the person wearing the Falcons jersey. :-)
rmp
If that wasn’t a wtf moment, what is?
asiangrrlMN
@MoeLarryAndJesus: Easily. It was a tedious movie for me to watch.
@Andy K: I don’t mind grim. Believe me–that wasn’t it.
Cole! You still breathing?
@Steeplejack: Oooooooh. Yum yum yum. Have fun.
Omnes Omnibus
Is only one person on the field familiar with the phrase “play to the whistle?”
The Dangerman
I don’t understand; no whistle and the referees were all “which one of you shits is going to realize this is a live ball?”. One helluva whacked out start (safety getting knocked out by his own player, etc.).
MoeLarryAndJesus
@wmd:
Stop crying, Cromartie, and send out those child support checks.
Moonbatting Average
I just got back from the store; has a meteor hit the stadium? Has Hines field been swallowed in a fiery fissure of doom? No? Damn…
morzer
Cole, are you there? Chewing the carpet?
Talk to us, man!
johnny walker
@Andy K: Yeah, but Triplette is his own special kind’ve shitty. His crew’s capacity for throwing excessive flags while simultaneously missing obvious penalties is legendary.
They’ve done pretty well so far, relatively speaking at least. But at some point the wheels will come off.
The Dangerman
Is Tunch trained to dial 911 if his food supply is threatened?
asiangrrlMN
Oh, and bite me, y’all. I love me some Eddie Guns and Mike Carey.
@Michael D.: You should have bought a Tunchie poster to wave.
@morzer: Ooooh, true. Very good point.
Stillwater
@stuckinred: I just Googled him. He made five movies in his career: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter. Allofem some of my alltime faves. I’ll check that doc out.
I know it was you Fredo. You broke my heart.
morzer
@Moonbatting Average:
Hines Ward certainly looked as if a red-hot zucchini had been inserted into his fiery fissure of doom when the refs gave the second touchdown.
Andy K
@Michael D.:
A few years ago, my dad & sis went to see the Pack-Falcons game down there…ex-Packer Grady Jackson got a sack, sis gets up and screams “Grady, you fat fuck, I love you , but stop it!”
She found out about half a second later that Grady’s mom was sitting about 4 seats away.
Moonbatting Average
14-7 early in the second. more entertaining than the usual Yinzer/Ratbird tilt.
JPL
@Moonbatting Average: Did you miss Redding’s waddling in for a td
stuckinred
Call McNulty, they are treatin Ben like Stinger Bell!
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Do we need an excuse to bite you? Isn’t pleasure good enough?
Paul in KY
@Countervail: Man, that’s a game face! She sorta scared me when I clicked on it.
wmd
@efgoldman:
Raiders fans will never forget.
As far as I’m concerned Steelers can GTAFFIARD. Ravens too.
Bruce (formerly Steve S.)
A little late to this thread, has John complained about the officiating yet?
Mike Kay
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Quoth the Raven, `Nevermore.’
stuckinred
@Andy K: I’ve been to a bunch of college games there but only one pro. Fucking people are morons.
R-Jud
@Stillwater:
My absolute favorite Coppola film. The sound design is amazing.
johnny walker
Oh, Jeremy Kapinos sighting. All your bad field position are belong to him. I know Sepulveda’s hurt, but “guy who wasn’t good enough to punt for the Packers” is not a strong resume.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
I’m sorry, but Hochuli sucks. He could save himself by going all Ben Dreith, and adding some funny, folksy vernacular (“He was giving him the business…”) to his calls, but, alas…
Mike Kay
@The Dangerman: he’ll just nibble on Cole until the postman alerts the authorities.
BruceFromOhio
@Moonbatting Average: … more entertaining than the usual Yinzer/Ratbird tilt.
Fucking hilarious. I lived there for two years and “yinz” was just alarming.
ETA: And Steelers D reading the short screen like the Sunday comics.
Stillwater
Steelers would be winning this game if not for some bad calls.
Activist refs.
morzer
@efgoldman:
High dungeon? Bondage-hippie paradise!
KG
@stuckinred: I don’t know, I think that’s fucking hilarious. I mean, honestly, who hasn’t yelled stupid shit at a game? And what are the odds that the player’s mom is going to be sitting ten feet from you?
Stillwater
@R-Jud: There was a period there – godfather I and II, Apocalypse Now, the conversation, some others – where he was mesmerizing. Really, as good as it gets, you know? And Gene Hackman in that movie was outstanding.
morzer
Steelers seem to be writing a four quarter suicide note so far.
stuckinred
@KG: I don’t mean that, hell if people knew she was there it would have been worse. I just don’t like pro crowds. I was at Payton’s last game at Soldier and the Bear fans were just total idiots.
Andy K
@stuckinred:
I really hope you aren’t calling my sister a moron, because I’ll give her access to my laptop later, tell her you’re a Bears fan, and let her climb though the intertubes to throttle ya, pal! And she will!
Now if you’re talking about your average seat-holder at a professional sporting event in Atlanta…Well, no argument there.
Svensker
@morzer:
You make me laugh.
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: You think I care about his reffing? OK, fine. Jerome Boger, instead.
@efgoldman: Why thank you, gallant sir! Much appreciated.
morzer, I’m playing our song (“He’s biting me!”).
stuckinred
@Stillwater: One From the Heart?
The Dangerman
Wasn’t much of a block in the back there…
…cmon Zebras.
brad
The Steelers would be winning this game if their players didn’t do such stupid stuff. Or if they scored more. Or if they were a better team, with different players, on a different day at a different place.
BruceFromOhio
@Stillwater:
Fixt it for yinz.
morzer
@Svensker:
*blushes* Well, I am only a humble cudlip, yer wazzip, just expressing my cudlip heart in a simple, but pure folk-idiom distantly influenced by the haxxor dialect.
KG
@stuckinred: ah gotcha… well, living in southern California, I’ve been to all of one pro football game – LA Rams hosting the Falcons at Angel Stadium, years ago, obviously. And I don’t think I’ve ever actually been to a college game. I prefer my football on the teevee.
ETA: sorry, clicked submit before I had a full thought out… anyway, don’t have much (any) experience with crowds at football games. I think there were more people on the sidelines than in the stands at that Rams game I went to.
stuckinred
This Rivalry stuff is bullshit. Billick was on ESPN this morning saying “that’s for the fans, these guys are about business”.
morzer
Anyone else think Roethlisberger is looking a bit rattled?
johnny walker
Dan Dierdorf just described Ray Lewis as “digging for” a ball that was popped into the air. Twice.
Svensker
@morzer:
If you weren’t suck a friggin asshole about the Jets, I might really like you. So don’t blush. :)
Moonbatting Average
@BruceFromOhio: This should be fun. Two of the most “oppressed by the refs” teams in the NFL going head to head.
R-Jud
@Stillwater: Agreed on all points.
@stuckinred: You know, I’ve only seen “One From The Heart” once, and that was almost 12 years ago now. I’ll have to check it out again.
Michael D.
Can I get an “Oooops!”??
Stillwater
@brad: The Steelers would be winning this game if their players didn’t do such stupid stuff. Or if they scored more. Or if they were a better team, with different players, on a different day at a different place.
No, it’s a long game, and the Stiller have … what’s that … fumble?
Never mind.
Punchy
Steelers playing like crizz’ap.
Got more turnovers than a pastry shop.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
You really, really need to write an in-depth blog post (or series) about your referee fetish. Call it Zebra Beat. “Ohmigod! Imagine Eddie snuggling you with those guns!”
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: Oh my god. m_c word salad is the gift that keeps giving.
@Andy K: Ooooh! I like the idea. Pete Morelli has an awesome voice. Hmmmm…..
WTF is happening in this game?
morzer
Someone really ought to tell the Steelers that Christmas is like.. over.
Moonbatting Average
Well, Steeler fans, at least your lack of challenges wouldn’t have mattered there :-)
Moonbatting Average
Well, Steeler fans, at least your lack of challenges wouldn’t have mattered there :-)
stuckinred
@KG: I walked up to a Raiders Steeler playoff game in 85 in LA. We stood up before the game and a biker behind us yelled, “hey, sit the fuck down”. I turned around and said , ‘hey man, the game didn’t start yet”. He said, “ooooh man”. Later there was a guy in a Steeler jersey and hat and the hat had one of those “fuck you” hands glued to the bill. He was seriously beaten.
adolphus
@stuckinred:
It’s always all about the hype. Without hype, it’s just a bunch of men playing games. I love the hype.
morzer
@Svensker:
*blushes and scrapes shoe in the dirt*
You know, if you weren’t a stinkin’ fan of the stinkin’ Peppermint Toesuckers.. you might even have something special yerself.
Andy K
@johnny walker:
Phil Simms would be too wrapped up in his story about a CFL GM with a big bag of Loonies to have noticed.
CaseyL
OK, I haven’t been watching for long, but the Steelers sure look lackadaisical to me: no particular energy or passion. Did I just tune in after the life went out of them? I mean, they look like they’re not even trying, now.
LT
No time outs. I managed to miss that stupidness.
stuckinred
@R-Jud: I wouldn’t if I were you, they have issued a directors cut but I don’t think it helped. Pretty movie though and Terri is one of the best.
Paul in KY
@johnny walker: The current Packers punter is a rookie who played at UK, Tim Mastnay. I think he’s been doing a damn good job for them.
For us, he was probably our best punter since Ralph Kercheval.
LikeableInMyOwnWay
@Punchy:
Fo shizzle. What it is?
I picked the Steelers because they were fun to watch. This ain’t fun. Please resume the fun.
stuckinred
@CaseyL: That’s what happens when you get your dick knocked in the dirt over and over.
wmd
@efgoldman:
Raiders go 6-0 in their shitty division. KC Chiefs win division.
Andy K
@Paul in KY:
Where was Ralph Kercheval when the Pack needed him, huh?
LikeableInMyOwnWay
Fine, we spotted them two scores. Now can we start kicking some butt?
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: What ever happened to Godzilla the quarterback?
KG
@stuckinred: never made it out to a Raider game, but I’ve heard similar horror stories from over the years. I’ve actually been disheartened the last few times I sat in the cheap seats at Dodger Stadium that stuff similar to that has happened. A few years back I went to a Dodgers-Cards game with a female friend that happened to be a Cardinals fan, a buck of drunk assholes were giving her shit until I said something (being 6’1″ and 250 has it’s advantages), and then they turned their attention to a group of guys wearing Cardinals gear. It was… well, let’s just say I don’t sit int he cheap seats anymore.
p mac
21 unanswered points–pass the popcorn!
Moonbatting Average
Way to go, team I hate slightly less!!!!
morzer
I am starting to think we need someone to knock on Cole’s door and make sure the old villain hasn’t done something desperate.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: Two-timer! ::Slaps you across the face with a satin glove::
@Andy K: By the way, someone named John Parry is the ref for tonight’s Pack game. He’s not cute, so I don’t care.
Cole is alive! He updated. Whew.
LT
@CaseyL:
They looked like, as someone else said, a Super Bowl winning team early on. Really fast, really confident – then Baltimore got a touchdown, then another 20 secs later on a turnover, then another turnover. Hard to say how so good got so bad, but it did.
R-Jud
@stuckinred: Well, I feel that I should see it sober at least once.
stuckinred
@KG: Didn’t they ban booze in the bleachers? My brother has season tix and is seriously depressed about the Blue!
stuckinred
@R-Jud: Jam on!
johnny walker
@Paul in KY: Yeah he’s really come on the second half of the season. I hope he can keep it up, because watching Jon Ryan (who GB cut) be good-to-excellent for the Seahawks while Jeremy Kapinos, Derrick Frost and some guy whose name escapes me provided I-AA level punting the last couple season was giving me a headache.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
You always know how to win me over, dontcha? It’s the satin that gets me. Well, that and those delicious gestures of dominatrix sensuality you occasionally indulge in.
Sorry, efgoldman. Back to Ben Roethlisberger and his attempt to beat the Kobayashi Maru scenario.
Stillwater
There was obviously some defensive holding there. Uncalled, natch.
Refs.
The Dangerman
Not that it was representative, as the hated Broncos were at the Coliseum to play the Raiders, but I’ve never seen so many fights in a stadium. IIRC, one Bronco fan must have been drunk, as he took on about 10 Raider fans (and the fans obliged him and beat him down). Cops were busy that day.
Punchy
Worthlessberger playing a horrendous game. I see Balty winning this by at least 23.
And Hines having at least a dozen more cheap shots.
morzer
Damn, Roethlisberger completed a pass. Or did I dream it?
KG
@efgoldman: they’re not out of it yet. A touchdown and field goal by the offense is possible, and the defense might be good for a touchdown still too.
but then again, if Suggs is going to keep playing like its 2002 and he’s at ASU, that might not matter.
Paul in KY
@Andy K: He hung around till he was about 90, but he never got the call.
stuckinred
ANYONE here ever officiated anything for real?
Stillwater
Is that a sprinkle of snow? Is the sky crying for the Stillers?
BruceFromOhio
@LT:
Saw this when the Patriots lost to the Browns – the shock of back-to-back fuckups totally blows away the composure, and it all goes to shit. When you are too accustomed to being the top dog, you forget what its like to have to pull it together and carry on.
Ravens D is making it happen, getting to the qb, playing havoc. There’s going to be some real soul searching at the half if the boys in yellow and black are going to bounce back.
stuckinred
@The Dangerman: Oakland or LA?
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: I think he’s either playing arena league (the triple A version of it) or he’s eaten his way out of playing & is now coaching middle school teams & working at Krispy Kreme.
He had alot of potential, but was too blase to ever get in serious shape (IMO).
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: Kiss my black leather boots, and then we’ll see if I forgive you or not. Sniff. (Watch the whole link).
KG
@stuckinred: I don’t think so. They don’t allow tailgating, I know that, but otherwise I don’t think so. I know Angel Stadium use to have a “family section” where they didn’t serve booze, but I’ve never heard of anything like that at Dodger Stadium.
Tell your brother not to be depressed, the Dodgers still have a lot of talent (I’m not happy about Martin being gone), but last year was an anomaly with almost everyone regressing a bit to the mean. Kemp, Ethier, Billingsly, and Kershaw are all legit studs.
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: He killed the Dawgs even if we won!
wmd
Cole updated:
Pregame for the second half. You’ve trained for this, come back at least +4 and the game will be more enjoyable no matter what happens. Get your 4 loko on Cole!
The Dangerman
@stuckinred:
Oops; forgot Oakland was Coliseum, too.
LA, circa 1988; IIRC, Sharpe had a huge day and Denver won on a last moment field goal (which, of course, did not go over well). I was happy to get out of there without accidentally getting into the middle of something.
Paul in KY
@johnny walker: I certainly hope he does. From what I read/saw when he was at UK, he’s a fine young man who’s very, very serious about perfecting his craft.
brad
Will the Steelers make this a game, or will I have to switch to the food channel?
johnny walker
Roethlisberger can’t find anyone to throw to. Dierdorf/Gumble don’t feel the need to break this down for us at all, because everyone knows people watching TV have the same view of the secondary as they do up in the press booth.
JPL
@CaseyL: Steelers started off strong and stopped the ravens and then scored… then…
clarke knocked out mcfaddin…he missed, accidents happen and the ravens woke up. It’s been a strange game.
The steelers look like they are moving again and hopefully ben doesn’t throw an interception.
stuckinred
Matty Ice, ugh, at least they didn’t start that dirty bird shit up again. Play the game and fuck all that bullshit.
The Dangerman
In retrospect, was the challenge on very first play a good call? Yeah, it’s 15 yards and momentum, but since the second challenge HAD to be done, losing future challenges in the first quarter kinda sucks.
stuckinred
@The Dangerman: Or something else in the hood.
JenJen
I was almost afraid to click over here. And today’s one of those rare moments when I root for the Steelers, too!! Anytime they play the Ravens, I’m Stillers-Fan-For-A-Day.
Sorry, Cole. But hey, there’s still another half to go. It could happen.
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: I reffed at the college intramural level (hee, hee).
My standard line, whenever I was gigged for a bad call, was: ‘If I was worth a damn, do you think I’d be reffing these games?’
Not many rejoinders to that.
It is a damn hard job (football being the worst, due to large field & there really being something about every play you could probably call. Knowing what to let go is an art, IMO).
stuckinred
@JenJen: I don’t think John is anywhere near this blog.
JPL
@JenJen: the steelers should be able to get some additional points..
before the half
Stillwater
Raven D just playing too well right now. tackling. And other stuff.
KG
@The Dangerman: I wouldn’t have done it… it’d be one thing if the guy had taken it for a touchdown, but otherwise, with this team, at home, against a bitter rival… trust your fucking defense.
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Football, IMHO, is the easiest. You call it and everyone gets together “whatayya got”. Hoops is really tough, constant motion and nowhere to hide. I just think the constant whining and bitching is fucking ridiculous.
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: He did just update. I think he’s keeping an eye.
Ouch. Just…ouch.
@stuckinred: I have a friend who does it. It’s a damn hard job. I rarely bitch about the refs.
JPL
uhoh….I hope someone is holding the blog masters hand consoling him.
morzer
And now they miss a field goal. Ouch!
I reckon Tunch is glaring at the screen and murmuring to himself:
“You have failed me for the last time, Admiral Roethlisberger!”
Svensker
WTF again? Steelers shooting theysef in da foot. They should call Rex.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: true dat, I got’s dished to do!
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: He certainly was a load. I saw him play a couple of times in HS & I can remember him running the ball for big gains with 3 or 4 opponents hanging on him. One on one leg & one on the other & 2 on the back.
That hurt him (IMO) when he got to the SEC, as he thought he could still run the ball effectively (and he couldn’t, for the most part).
LikeableInMyOwnWay
Apparently somebody flew the Cardinals into town and dressed them up in Steelers uniforms …..
brad
What the hell was that? Are they so fearful of the Ravens dazzling offense that they feel the need to bleed time? They iced their own kicker. How did they win so many games?
Andy K
Oh, for fuck’s sake!
I was going to save this for the Packers fans who needlessly go into meltdown mode when the boys are protecting a 4th quarter lead, but you need to listen to this now, J.C..
Junior Murvin Cool Out Son
You’ve got an entire half to go. Patient man ride donkey.
Steelers R Bradys Bitches aka 2liberal
@wmd:
raiders used to be known for pushing the envelope. the ben davidson rule. the lester hayes rule. the fred bilitnikoff (sp) rule. the dave casper rule. Ben drieth. Jack tatum.
Now, because of fans like you, they are known for whining. Congrats on your contribution to raiders fandom!
johnny walker
@The Dangerman: No, it was a horrible, atrocious call under almost any circumstance. It was a 15-yard challenge where winning still leaves the opponent on their side of the field; you only throw the flag there if it’s the 4th quarter and you’re down around 3-4 mins left, or if the gain was closer to midfield and you’re trying to prevent a FG that would make it a 2-score game. The upside of that specific challenge was Bawlmer still having a chance to pick up the 1st down, which they did.
Coaches get really trigger-happy about this stuff, as though you get the bonus challenge awarded as soon as you win the first one. You still have to win the 2nd challenge to earn the 3rd.
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: I also reffed basketball (a sport I like more than football) & I think I was just better at it as I never had the problems that I had in football (even with the big frat rivalry games).
wmd
@Andy K:
He needs to drink. Surely he has something to lift his spirits.
Bucky
I’m confused. I thought it was always the officials fault when Pittsburgh loses?
#Wouldyoulikesomewhinewiththatcheese?
James E Powell
@The Dangerman:
How would having another challenge have helped the Steelers?
The Dangerman
@Paul in KY:
I tried my hand at reffing basketball (company league); hard as hell to do. I’ve played well more than my fair share, but put the whistle in my mouth and I sucked.
morzer
Any comments on the rumor that the Steelers are going to switch uniforms during the break and come out with NFL-approved floppy shoes and red noses?
The Dangerman
@James E Powell:
Well, on the Mendenhall fumble, if it had been a bad call, they would have had no challenges; as it was, it was a clear fumble (thankfully for the refs).
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: I ran the UGA intramural league in 84-86 and I was amazed. They let the frats bring kegs to the games and couldn’t understand the problems they were having with brawls, idiots. That was when the drinking age was 18.
johnny walker
@Paul in KY: The Pillsbury Throwboy? He’s now the QB coach at his old high school, and! he’s set to take over as GM of the Northern Kentucky River Monsters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Lorenzen#Post-Football_Career
CaseyL
@LT: @JPL:
I really hate to bring this up, because the Seahawks’ upset win was last week (an eternity in football playoff time) and I have no idea how they’ll do tomorrow against Chicago… but during the wild card game the ‘Hawks were down by 10 points twice, and they managed to regroup and come back each time.
At the risk of having to eat my words within the next 24 hours, I think the mark of a real championship team is the ability to dust themselves off and stand up again after being knocked around.
Stillwater
@Bucky: I’ve been making that argument since the score was 7-0. Not getting the love. I mean, according to first principles, the only way the Stillers lose is if activist refs jigger the system against them.
Andy K
@The Dangerman:
Heh.
Imagine being the lone ref on the ice back in the day in the NHL. There’s a reason fighting was such a big part of the game in the old days: If you were getting slashed and speared every shift outside of the ref’s view, you had to penalize the slashers and spearers in some way.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
I can only respond with my best Blue Steel look.
Also too, Zoolander 2 is apparently a go.
Stillwater
@johnny walker: The Steelers are gonna have to win this game old school, baby! Without challenges, decided on the field!
KG
@James E Powell: you don’t know that there won’t be another missed call that is bigger in the second half… say, Ed Reed trapping a pass but it being called an interception that gets returned for a touchdown?
stuckinred
@The Dangerman: People just don’t understand how you can be screened and how things are different from different angles. These guys are so good it’s insane but we focus on the stuff that we see with the benefit of slow mo and replay. I don’t think the challenge system has stopped the bitching at all. I guess it’s as much as human aspect of the game as officiating.
morzer
@Stillwater:
Are they old school enough to field an actual like NFL team after the break?
MoeLarryAndJesus
@johnny walker:
“Due to Lorenzen’s considerable girth, he has been given a collection of nicknames, which include:”Jumbo Giant”, “Fat Jared”, “Quarter(got)back”, “QBese”,[5][6] “Hefty Lefty”,[7] “The Pillsbury Throwboy”,[8] “J.Load”,[9] “Round Mound of Touchdown”, “Tubby Gunslinger”,[9][10]”BBQ (Big Beautiful Quarterback)”[11] “Battleship Lorenzen”,[12] “Butterball”,[13] “Lord Of The Ring-Dings”,[14] and “He Ate Me”.[15]”
That’s a lot of nicknames.
Paul in KY
@The Dangerman: It’s tough too (as you know). When you see a foul you have to blow it right then, but if you blow it for a non-foul, then that means a stoppage & re-inbounding & players looking at you like you’re an idiot, etc. etc.
Sports where evryone moves all around the playing surface are hard. I never had any problems reffing softball (except for when I was behind the plate, calling the balls/strikes). It seems anyone standing in a 30 degree arc behind home plate seems to think they were in better position than you to judge whether it was a ball or strike. Go figure…
Stillwater
@morzer: lolapalooza!
Andy K
@CaseyL:
I recall being at a playoff game played inside of a snow globe, in which the Seahawks got a 14-point lead in the first two minutes of the game, and ended up being lapped a few times.
That was pretty awesome.
johnny walker
@CaseyL: Well that’s part of it, but that’s also a sportscaster cliche. “Grit” and whatnot. Another mark of a championship team is that they’re generally really good at at least one thing. For the Seahawks that’s… Leon Washington returning kicks maybe? They just don’t have any other strong points.
Read in FO‘s NFC division round preview that the Bears are #1 at stuffing runs and the Seahawks are #32 at preventing their runs from being stuffed. Given that Roman Harper does not play for the Bears this does not bode well for Seattle. They did beat the Bears earlier in the season, but Mike Martz still had his head buried up his ass at that point. They’ve finally adjusted the offense to account for the terrible offensive line and underwhelming receivers, and the defense has come on big-time.
Nicole
@stuckinred: I wasn’t clear.
Today, of course, there is no chance of cutting away. Though I’m suspecting the locals are still very displeased, but for a different reason.
KG
@morzer:
Whoever is greenlighting that need to have an intervention, or they need their meds adjusted.
Stillwater
@morzer: Challenges were the creation of liberal left-coast NFL progressive elites. They don’t need no stinkin challenges.
But they better take off the clown shoes.
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: Holy shit. I wouldn’t have reffed any of them if they’d been allowed to openly bring kegs. The $2 I was getting per game (in 77 – 81) wasn’t enough to endanger my life.
Nothing like reffing games & having drunken assholes shout out ‘We know where you live, Paul in KY’ (and they did).
Ah, good times…
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Softball was by far the worst. Fucking idiots that were not even close to being athletes. That’s why I instituted the mat in softball. The damn ball hit the mat it was a strike if it didn’t it wasn’t. I also put an 1 and 1 count in slow pitch. Swing the goddamn bat! No wonder I gave up after 20 years and went into another field.
JPL
During halftime the analysts said green bay will prevail. Now they used Ray Lewis and leader in the same sentence. I think it’s going to be a good day for the Falcons. These guys are idiots.
Paul in KY
@johnny walker: Thanks for checking. His HS, Fort Thomas Highlands, is a major power in KY football. Only the 2 catholic powers (Trinity & St. X) take football more seriously.
morzer
@Stillwater:
Don’t forget that we only have challenges because of George Soros and his evil machinations.
stuckinred
@JPL: DING!
Paul in KY
@MoeLarryAndJesus: I used to call him ‘Jabba the Lorenzen’,
I was always pissed that he wouldn’t get in shape.
The Dangerman
@Paul in KY:
That and the speed of basketball is tough; football is fast, too, but not the same. I never had problems with baseball (can’t recall ever reffing football).
stuckinred
@The Dangerman: And hoop with a 2 man crew is really rough.
Paul in KY
@johnny walker: If Mr. Lynch continues his Jim Brown impression, they’ll have a pretty good ground game.
Stillwater
Gaaaahhhh!
stuckinred
Where’s that superman pose?
Andy K
@johnny walker:
Roman Harper is not too good, but you can’t put the responsibility for defending the run on a safety. Blame the Saints’ front seven.
Pivotal recovery for the Stillers?
JPL
Hopefully John’s watching.
Moonbatting Average
Did that turnover wake Cole up? Or is he still in the fetal position?
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: Great idea. Back when I was doing it (and I was a lowly peon ref) we didn’t have the technilogical advances like this ‘mat’ you speak of.
I like the start with a 1-1 count too. Also.
sherifffruitfly
WE’RE BACK IN IT BITCHES!!!! WOOOOOOOT
CaseyL
There! See how fast things can turn around?
Punchy
Steelers still in this…..
brad
Something happen? I was dozing.
LikeableInMyOwnWay
Alriiiiiiiiiight. This is more like it.
johnny walker
Man, Flacco really stares his main read down huh?
@Paul in KY: I had actually looked him up pretty recently. Giants played the Packers in 07. Can’t remember if it was a blowout or Eli got hurt but Lorenzen came in at some point, and I perhaps understandably went, “I must know more about this guy!” Saw a Lorenzen reference a month or two ago and wondered what he’d gotten up to.
@Paul in KY: Big if. He’s at 3.5 yards/att on the part of the season he’s spent with the Hawks, and he was at 3.7/att in that game before the monster run. It was a beastly stiff-arm he gave to Joey Porter and some hard running in general, but that was also really, realllllly bad tackling by the Saints. Lynch has a reputation for showing up when he wants to, so maybe he’s finally turning it on for the playoffs. But I want to see more than 1 good play before I’d buy that.
If he takes it to the Bears that’d be highly persuasive, given the quality of their defense.
harlana
GOOOO PACKERS!! WOOHOOOO!!
Omnes Omnibus
@stuckinred: Rugby… larger field than football, 15 players a side, one ref.
morzer
@Omnes Omnibus:
Touchline judges also too.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: Never saw the movie. Had to Google it.
Whoa, Nellie. This is a GAME again. You still watching, Cole?
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Yea, I was a trailblazer, we used breakaway bases too so people wouldn’t break their ankles sliding. I also had this insane idea that kid’s sports should emphasize skill acquisition at appropriate levels. That was not always an easy sell. I finally gave up.
Omnes Omnibus
@harlana: I see nothing in this statement with which I can disagree in any way (unless it was snark, in which case someone just made my list).
Paul in KY
@Omnes Omnibus: But aren’t these ‘rugby’ guys all sticklers for fair play & sportsmanship & unfailingly polite as well?
frosty
@stuckinred: I pitched a slow-pitch game with a ref who called ’em like that. If it didn’t bounce on the plate it was a ball. I walked in 4 runs before I got the range right.
Came in handy years later when I was playing bocce with a bunch of Frenchies. I dialed in the slow-pitch motion and beat ’em at their own game.
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: Good on ya for trying.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
You wouldn’t like it. I’m certain of that.
Omnes Omnibus
@morzer: Yeah, but they aren’t refs.
stuckinred
@Omnes Omnibus: I’m a “social member” of the Georgia RFC but the rods on my spine made that sport a bad choice for me. Then I got sober and that was it!
morzer
Flacco really has to learn to throw the damn ball away sometimes.
Stillwater
Steeler D Rising Up!!
asiangrrlMN
@Omnes Omnibus: You’re keeping a list and checking it twice…I may have to root for the Falcons just to give you apoplexy.
And, I can’t believe I’m watching the same two teams as in the first half. ::Adopts officious voice:: This is why they play the game, folks.
@Andy K: You know me that well, do ya? Yeah, I’m not big on screwball comedies.
johnny walker
@Andy K: That wasn’t my point. 3 of Hasselbeck’s 4 TDs came by going after Harper. I was saying that since the Bears have a great run D and you can’t count on Hasselbeck having anywhere near the game he had with Harper in coverage, etc. etc.
Andy K
@Omnes Omnibus:
Hey, did you see my halftime link for Cole? I was thinking of you.
The Dangerman
Raven O looks kinda shaky now; time to pop the top on a new one and watch this for a while.
stuckinred
@frosty: Did they place a mat with a V cut in it against the plate like this? Just the plate is a very small target.
morzer
@Omnes Omnibus:
They carry out a lot of the functions of a referee, so it’s really pretty much technical quibbling to argue that they aren’t referees. They certainly do most of the things that the zebras do, when you look at their role in running the games.
auntie beak
y’know, i’m a die-hard pats fan, but i always liked the steelers second best, even before i met and married my western pennsylvania boy. but in 10+ years of marriage i have grown to absolutely love the stillers. again, second only to my boys in red, white, and blue (it kind of dims my joy when we beat them.) so, go, stillers!
and you can call me auntie-jarvis green-ellis.
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Here’s a pic of me in the dugout, 73. Green hat.
Paul in KY
@johnny walker: That might have been the best stiff arm I’ve ever seen.
Back in the day Walter Payton was dreaded for his stiff arm. He would use it like a club.
Stillwater
wha hapn to that great tacklin?
(Stillers!)
johnny walker
You know I’m getting the impression that Reed and Ward don’t like each other very much.
Bucky
I will be despondent if the Pats or Steelers win the whole things again. It’s clearly happening.
#thefansareworsethantheteams
Omnes Omnibus
@Paul in KY: I found, during my playing days, that one could more or less set one’s level. If you do it to someone, you don’t complain if someone does it to you. I had a tendency to collar tackle; if someone pulled me down by the collar, I kept my mouth shut. The game self-polices. Sort of like hockey, fighters fight and you know who is who.
morzer
Ravens seem a bit back on their heels suddenly. And Flacco really has to learn when to throw the ball away. He’s eating sacks and wasting yards by hanging on to it.
johnny walker
(Ward blocks Reed in the back.)
Dierdorf: “Nothing wrong with that, he’s blocking downfield!”
I guess Dan Dierdorf is referring to a different version of the NFL Rulebook.
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: Cool! You look like a young John Brown.
I couldn’t grow that beard in 10 years.
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Lemme put it this way: I think I know your film tastes well enough to know what you won’t like. I wouldn’t bother to ever recommend it to you.
It isn’t a screwball comedy. It’s modern American LCD satire. It’s got a few chuckle-worthy moments.
stuckinred
@Omnes Omnibus: That was the position I took in a high level flag league in Urbana. We had ex-college and high school players rec league refs. After an especially nasty game I had to get between an ex-Big-10 tackle and a ref that he was pissed at. He screamed at me “we play every Sunday without these goddamn refs and we don’t have any of this”. I took that to the rec board and we disbanded the league.
Omnes Omnibus
@Andy K: Saw it; might need it.
@morzer: But I like technical quibbling. Also, at the club level, when I played (20 years ago) teams provided the tough judges and they just marked where the ball went out for line outs, etc.
johnny walker
@morzer: Pocket presence is not his strong suit. Sometimes you can even catch him turning his head and looking to see if there’s a rusher behind him. This is not how we make plays downfield.
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Only took me 4, came home in 69 high, tight and shaved and didn’t do it again for 7 years! Fuck the Army.
Paul in KY
@Omnes Omnibus: The only thing I knew about rugby, prior to watching it on TV, was that they would sometimes do this thing called an ‘elephant walk’ (this was in college when I learned this).
After it was described to me, I didn’t want to play rugby. Now I know more about it & enjoy watching a good international match (say New Zealand – Australia would be a great one).
morzer
Remarkable number of penalties being accumulated in this game. Can’t help wondering whether a full-scale brawl wouldn’t eventuate if it weren’t for activist zebras.
Moonbatting Average
I see that this is devolving into the snooze/punt/penalty-fest that I was expecting. Ah well, at least it was interesting for a while.
johnny walker
Is that a sweet junior high playoff moustache on Flacco or what? Maybe his upper lip could ask to borrow some follicles from the spot between his eyebrows.
morzer
@Paul in KY:
New Zealand South Africa might be a good one too, depending on the year.
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: I’ve read a bit about your Vietnam experiences. Glad you made it home OK.
I was going to go in the Army, but 1/2 way through ROTC I saw the light & switched to USAF.
johnny walker
Official overthrown ball of the Joe Flacco Football League.
MoeLarryAndJesus
One dumbass throw by Flacco.
morzer
Flacco’s really doing his best to repay the Steelers and their first-half generosity. This is starting to look like a pretty bad day for Joe-boy.
Moonbatting Average
Well, ok, I stand corrected almost immediately
nitpicker
Hope you’re still awake, John.
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Hell yes, TDY all the way! You live anywhere near Berea?
All Black Haka
Svensker
Did the teams change uniforms or something?
The Dangerman
Missed FG in 1st looking big right now.
PTirebiter
Damn. It looks like the Steelers just weren’t dialed in to their new time-release amphetamines. Definitely a different team.
Omnes Omnibus
@Paul in KY: There are some interesting social customs on some teams. Both teams for which I played were comparatively socially acceptable. Little nudity, occasional “quarter-horse” races (completely optional, I never partook), lots of drinking, and much drunken singing.
stuckinred
Golly this is the first NFL game I have ever seen where momentum changed! Amazing I tells ya.
johnny walker
This is why I’m tired of hearing about how Flacco is “4-2” in the playoffs, and the first QB to “win” a game in his first 3 years. The Chiefs game last week was the first good playoff game of Flacco’s career. The running game handled the Pats almost singlehandedly last year, and making the AFC Championship game the year before was rushing & defense.
Similarly last week Aaron Rodgers “won” the game with like 180 yards throwing, only to have the football pundits declare that he’s a legit top-5 QB now that he’s “won” a playoff game. Last year against the Cards he “lost” a game in which he threw for over 400 yards and put up 40-something points.
QB Wins are a stupid stat. In other news, Trent Dilfer has more rings than Dan Marino and thus is clearly the better QB.
morzer
Gotta say, you’d think anything which hid Roethlisberger’s face, even partially, would be a major aesthetic improvement – and yet that beard makes him look even more repellent.
Strange indeed.
Pooh
Oh ye John Cole of little faith.
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: I live about 50 miles, give or take, from Berea. Cool little town, stuck in some very red portions of Kentucky (well, just about all of rural Kentucky is sadly red to one degree or another these days).
sherifffruitfly
Should be be looking for Coles’ “Dewey Wins!” headline next?
(snicker)
wmd
Wonder if Cole is awake for this.
stuckinred
@Omnes Omnibus: That don’t sound like the Blind Pigs of Athens!
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Old girlfriend is there. One of my best pals from HS and the nam is in Louisa.
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: I love the All Black. P.S. I am impressed that you know the movie Japanese Story and that you like it. I thought I was the only one.
And, huzzah! Another TD by the Stillers! We are all tied up, bay-bee.
Holy shit! Another turnover. WTF?
Moonbatting Average
We need Cole to wake up so the Steelers can start playing like crap again
Omnes Omnibus
@stuckinred: Appleton Rugby Club and Fort Sill RFC.
johnny walker
@wmd: I think Cole was going for the reverse jinx. If so it worked.
Stillwater
Fumble!!!
morzer
Dear God, this game really is a huge kludge-fest for sure.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: We thought it was wonderful, I mean obviously not a happy ending but what a rich story. And then there was The Kids are Alright last night. Wish we had watched the Who version!
Epicurus
Wow, are these really the same two teams? Yikes, must have been some half-time speech in the Pittsburgh locker room.
Epicurus
Wow, are these really the same two teams? Yikes, must have been some half-time speech in the Pittsburgh locker room.
MoeLarryAndJesus
This is why they play the second half.
frosty
@stuckinred: Nope, just the plate. I’d never seen a ref do that before. The other batters just quit even trying to swing until I finally managed to start bouncing them off the plate.
And the arc on the ball had to be over the batter’s head, too. All-in-all, great training for bocce.
stuckinred
@Omnes Omnibus: Red Leg Rugby!
morzer
@Epicurus:
Dare we imagine what was said in the Baltimore locker room?
stuckinred
@frosty: 8ft minimun, should be 12 ft max. Back in the day the max was unlimited, that was a trip to try to hit.
Moonbatting Average
This reminds me of the football game in M.A.S.H.
joe from Lowell
Ha ha ha!
Check this out.
Gateway Pundit doesn’t know what closed captioning is. He thinks it’s a Kenyan plot.
Jc
Why did the center pass the ball to his own ass?
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: I just don’t know anyone else who’s ever seen it, and it’s one of my top five movies.
This game is so freaking weird.
@joe from Lowell: The thread below this one is about that as well. Gateway Pundit is a dumbass.
@stuckinred: I happened to see Siskel and Ebert (I think it was Siskel) and was immediately intrigued. I love Toni Colette, and the Japanese guy was cute. I like seeing movies with Asian people in the main roles.
Moonbatting Average
@morzer: They were gulping Quaalude smoothies, apparently
Paul in KY
@Omnes Omnibus: I would assume that the elephant walk thing was optional probably.
They were also known as epic drinkers.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: We try to watch all movies that don’t have stupid fucking monsters and shit. Ever see Red Firecracker Green Firecracker?
morzer
@Jc:
Just being a cudlip, I guess.
God knows what the 4th quarter is going to bring at this rate. They might as well give extra points for comedic disaster value.
johnny walker
@joe from Lowell: My favorite part is the person in the comments who explains that while that *is* in fact closed captioning, the point stands because some of the people in the crowd probably didn’t realize that and treated it like an applause sign anyway.
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: I had a girlfriend from Louisa (for awhile). Her name was Sara (no ‘h’).
morzer
I suppose the good news is that both sides only have 15 minutes left to humiliate themselves and lose the game in an embarrassing way.
Omnes Omnibus
@Paul in KY: Sometimes the deviant behavior was not optional. Epic drinking sounds about right.
Has someone called Cole to wake him up?
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Rat cross the river from Ft Gay! Ricky Scaggs is from there too.
Andy K
@johnny walker:
Yes, because everyone who was there took their eyes off the stage and watched the service on tv. Jebus…
Jc
Morzer,
You can’t ‘getto the other side’ using your ass as a conduit, is all I’m saying.
But this game is really sloppy.
johnny walker
Tomlin going for it on 4th and 1? Smart. At this point he only has the O-Line for a short passing game. Take the chance to go up by 7 while you have it, ‘cuz it’s going to be hard to get back across midfield if your starters can’t get back in.
johnny walker
@Andy K: Well, they simultaneously think that *and* that there was no need to caption the applause because “anyone can just look around and see that people are applauding.”
morzer
@Jc:
I thought you were saying something along those lines. I guess the guy thought the ball was safer between his ass-cheeks than in Flacco’s nervous, hot little hands.
frosty
@stuckinred: Yeah, I remember trying to arc it high and drop it straight down on the batter, too. This was all college intramural and low-key company league stuff.
Andy K
@johnny walker:
Deep in the Ravens’ end of the field? Good call, even if they hadn’t made it. B-more’s offense has been nonexistent today. Tomlin figures, correctly, that he can win a game based on field position.
stuckinred
The Dangerman
Has the Ravens center been cut yet?
Barb (formerly Gex)
@johnny walker: When you look at the world through stupid tinted glasses…
Andy K
@johnny walker:
If you’re ever looking for a way to get to China on the cheap, just hire a few wingnuts. No one digs deeper holes faster.
Jc
Morzer,
Given flacco play in 3rd quarter, I guess I can’t blame the center’s line of thinking.
MoeLarryAndJesus
Keisel’s beard has it’s own beard.
morzer
Looks like the Ravens have totally lost the plot on offense here.
Barb (formerly Gex)
I have no idea why they let the teams have a 53 man roster, but then declare some inactive. Just let them all be active. They’ll have to do that kind of thing if they want an 18 game season anyhow. No reason Pittsburgh should have two O-linemen on the field but not dressed.
The Dangerman
Yo, Flacco, out of the pocket you can throw it into stands; just sayin’…
MoeLarryAndJesus
It’s a small thing but that was a great little return by Randle-El.
Andy K
Man, James Harrison steps it up in the playoffs, doesn’t he? Not that he doesn’t play at altitude in the regular season. I predict the HoF yellow jacket in his future.
Omnes Omnibus
@MoeLarryAndJesus: How old is that guy?
Andy K
@Omnes Omnibus:
31.
Jc
3 turnovers, 2 sacks, negative 4 yards – worst playoff quarter offense ever?
Stillwater
@morzer: Flaccopolypse!
MoeLarryAndJesus
@Andy K:
It does seem like he’s been around forever.
Redshirt
Update: Tunch “Feed” poster in possession; preparations for mounting have begun – cardboard backing. It’s such a nice poster, I don’t want to ruin it, so I might wrap it in seran wrap, if that looks ok.
Hope the NAZI Pats security doesn’t take it.
I’m sitting in the home endzone, upper right from the goal posts. There’s a standing section about 5 rows behind me – the McDonalds is about 300 feet away, in the center.
Hope my friend’s crazy brother lets me bring it. Pats security policy is: If anyone gets kicked out of a game, all the season ticket holders associated with that ticket lose their game – even if they are not attending the game.
Draconian. I’m petrified to do anything there.
stuckinred
@Andy K: Hoosier Quarterback
MoeLarryAndJesus
Holding. Someone revive Cole.
Andy K
Bullet dodged.
stuckinred
@Redshirt: Don’t chance it.
John O
Gee, it’s a shame the Steelers don’t get any calls.
Mark S.
That didn’t look like a hold.
Andy K
@stuckinred:
Aww, leave the guy alone.
; )
morzer
Dear God, is it possible that we can see even more bungling by these two teams? Holding to nullify a great return! Bah! Also too pah!
stuckinred
@Andy K: Steelers would be better of if he scored. Pound the rock and eat the clock!
Andy K
@John O:
THIS!
BruceFromOhio
@John O: Yeah its a shame the refs so obviously have it out for PGH.
MoeLarryAndJesus
How many heart attacks would OT cause?
Paul in KY
@stuckinred: Wow! Feel sorry for the guy. Obviously under alot of mental strain.
stuckinred
Ya’ll can quit woofin on Flacco.
Jc
Bad call, and then bad catch – that was ravens Td
BruceFromOhio
@MoeLarryAndJesus: That’s giving the Ravens D a *lot* of credit.
The Dangerman
@Mark S.:
Wrong camera angle, but … hard to say. Steelers are verrrry lucky.
morzer
I get the feeling this game will be decided by the next clusterfuck by one of these.. memorable … teams.
Paul in KY
@Redshirt: Could you cover the actual poster with a ‘Go Pats’ or something innocuous to get it past security & then unveil the real poster once you are safely in your seats?
IMO, if they think it is an ad for Balloon Juice, they’ll probably confiscate it.
stuckinred
@Paul in KY: Yea and when the wingnuts get wind of it cue the choir!
MoeLarryAndJesus
@BruceFromOhio:
Maybe, but BOTH offenses are playing like shit.
I can’t see either of these teams beating the Patriots in Foxboro.
stuckinred
@MoeLarryAndJesus: Has nothing to do with the defenses does it?
BruceFromOhio
@morzer: Meh, I’m thinking 3:00 and two timeouts from the 35 is enough for Mr Sexual Assault & Co. to put it away.
Andy K
Time to head to the Packers bar. See y’all in a bit.
stuckinred
@BruceFromOhio: See if the no challenge comes into play.
morzer
After this sorry display of ineptitude, you almost want the NFL to intervene, dismiss both these lame teams, and allow one of the losers from the next three games to replace them.
stuckinred
@Andy K: Go Birds!
Omnes Omnibus
@MoeLarryAndJesus: Maybe they are saving their offense for next week.
BruceFromOhio
@MoeLarryAndJesus:
I can’t see either of these teams beating the Patriots in Foxboro.
That’s what has kept me from taking this charlie foxtrot seriously, though nothing warms the cackles of my coal-black heart like the crushing of Pittsburgh hopes.
stuckinred
That’s who you go to in the clutch.
Omnes Omnibus
@Andy K: Go! Pack! Go!
stuckinred
@morzer: They don’t ask how, they ask how many.
morzer
@BruceFromOhio:
Not so sure that Putzburgh won’t manage to turn it over triumphantly.
BruceFromOhio
@stuckinred: … or if we get a chance to see the new OT playoff rules in action.
morzer
@stuckinred:
True, but after this atrocity of a game, you have to wonder whether they should revisit that particular policy.
Stillwater
Now that was … like … huge.
MoeLarryAndJesus
@stuckinred:
Sure, but it’s not just the defenses.
Meanwhile, game over on that big pass play. See you Steelers fans next week from lovely Massachusetts!
LT
holyfuckingshit. that’s why we watch football
auntie beak
did anyone doubt this would be a TYPICAL ravens/steelers game, about to be decided by 3 freak’n points?
The Dangerman
Ass snap followed by Hail Ben pulled out the ass; starnge game.
Mark S.
Great pass by the rapist.
James E Powell
That was a total choke by the Ravens defensive coordinator. You beat Ben by putting pressure on him.
MoeLarryAndJesus
@Omnes Omnibus:
It probably would take two weeks of offense from either of these teams to beat GRONKOWSKI and Co.
BruceFromOhio
OK, so that’s what I get for talking out loud about crushing hopes. Henceforth such things stay unwritten.
ETA: And the Ravens defense throws it away with a holding penalty. Game over.
stuckinred
El dumb!
Stillwater
Does the probowl also have the, uhh, best cheerleaders? Just wonderin.
stuckinred
El dumber
martha
@Omnes Omnibus: I’ll second that remark. Getting anxious. Sigh.
morzer
And Mount Cody contributes another bungle.
LT
D holding? Uh, wow.
John O
Nope, no breaks for the Steelers in THIS game cuz of the zebras.
stuckinred
@morzer: Roll Tide
LT
I hope someone woke Cole up.
Jc
What the heck was that holding call?
stuckinred
I wanna see the new OT rules in action.
Omnes Omnibus
@martha: I have a good feeling, but, of course, that and $3.50 will get you a small latte at the Sundance Theater.
stuckinred
Cheap shot costs them on the kickoff dumb ass fucker. That is not the first time that clown has done that this game.
Mark S.
That penalty will help. Of course, it’s not like Baltimore has shown any prowess on offense.
martha
@Omnes Omnibus: I do too, but I can’t tell my husband that–I don’t want to jinx things.
stuckinred
@Mark S.: Like a mousess!
MoeLarryAndJesus
Does Kemoeatu suffer from brain damage?
The Dangerman
WTF? Squib kick?
Rommie
wow – i don’t think you squib kick there
Mark S.
Well shit, they only need 20 yards. I hate squib kicks.
ETA: Great defense–by the WR. And a sack. God they’re pathetic.
stuckinred
@MoeLarryAndJesus: He will when they give him a blanket party with entrentching tools!
FormerSwingVoter
@MoeLarryAndJesus:
Big Ben might be able to pull it off. He can prey upon their young, vulnerable defense!
Stillwater
@The Dangerman: Might as well just kicked it out of bounds.
MoeLarryAndJesus
They had minute and a half. Why throw two bombs?
Omnes Omnibus
@martha: I might need to get Otto, our Build-a-Bear stuffed dog in Packer gear that we bought in Lake Forest, IL, from our office to watch the game with me. I do what I have to do.
morzer
And Joe Schmoe goes down again! Honestly, there are tortoises that make more forward progress in 15 minutes!
stuckinred
And everyone was worried about the Steeler Oline!
BruceFromOhio
@MoeLarryAndJesus: SERIOUSLY. Total shit play calling.
cathyx
I think someone should wake John up and watch the game.
Kristine
Cole couldn’t be sleeping through this, could he?
sherifffruitfly
WE WIN!!!!!!!!
stuckinred
@BruceFromOhio: All he had to do was catch the fucking ball.
Mark S.
Stone hands!
MoeLarryAndJesus
@FormerSwingVoter:
Yeah, that worked so well when they played earlier in the year. In Pittsburgh.
Game over! Bring it on!
(Don’t worry, the Jets will not be a problem.)
Svensker
@MoeLarryAndJesus:
Yeah. Dumb.
Morbo
Damn, how much did Housh bet on the Steelers?
Moonbatting Average
Well, game OVA. Enjoy losing to the Pats, Steelah fans, you barely won at home against Checkdown Flacco.
stuckinred
Aite Falcons lets whip the shit out of the candy-ass fucking packers!
The Dangerman
@BruceFromOhio:
Or QB’ing.
Steelers give it to you at the 48 (a gaffe) and you gaffe it back. Ugly.
BruceFromOhio
Suicide watch on Ravens receiver corps, and see you all in Massachusetts.
mr. whipple
Craven meltdown!
IronyAbounds
Fuck the Steelers, and fuck the dumbass Ravens. Joe Flacco is the dumbest, crappiest QB on a playoff team that I can ever remember. I hate fucking football.
The worst part is that neither of those shitbag teams can beat the asshole Patriots. Just another crappy year in the NFL.
Paul in KY
@MoeLarryAndJesus: Hope you’re not putting your foot in your mouth with that prediction.
sjw
Had ’em all the way, John. :)
morzer
Well, both sides tried mighty hard to lose this game, and neither deserved to win it, but somehow the Putzburgher putrescence was slightly less incompetent than the Ravens rabble.
cathyx
We need a Steelers won open thread.
Scarshapedstar
Congrats, Steelers! And FUCK DA FAILCONS
sherifffruitfly
Hey ravens fans: U MAD???
hahahaah! <3 smacktalk
stuckinred
@cathyx: No, we need a FALCONS thread!!!
BruceFromOhio
@The Dangerman @stuckinred: No, I’m sorry, you got 1:30+, a time out, at the opponents 48, you do NOT start throwing bombs. Work the sides with 8-12 yard passes, get the ball out to beat the blitz. Steelers blitz is legendary, and to keep accuracy for the deep ball you MUST hold the line, and that just has not been happening today.
No, that was some seriously shit-ass picks from the playbook, and that falls squarely on the Ravens OC.
MoeLarryAndJesus
So I turn the channel for the other game and that asshole Frank Caliendo is on. Sheesh. Does anyone with a brain think he’s funny?
Omnes Omnibus
Since we are at 500+ comments, is there a chance for a Packer thread?
asiangrrlMN
Wow. That was, um, just, um…wow.
@Omnes Omnibus: FALCONS thread, you mean? Bwahahahahaha.
James E Powell
Flacco showed all day that he is not a top of the line QB.
I can’t stand the Steelers in general or Big Ben in particular, but watch that throw on 3rd & 19 again. That is a QB.
I am disappointed that I did not get to see the new overtime rules in action.
Cacti
Wow.
What a bed shit by Flacco in the second half.
Dude just isn’t a big game QB.
Andy K
Go! Pack! Go!
JWL
Just how much money does the Rooney family kick back in order to insure that big calls in close games break their way?
asiangrrlMN
New sports thread up top. Bring it, bitchez.
@Andy K: Is that really where you wanted that link to go?
Mark S.
@MoeLarryAndJesus:
That guy’s still on? Is he the son of some Fox executive?
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
And there I was remembering you in your Clay Matthews jersey with the bottle of scotch….
Andy K
@Cacti:
That offense doesn’t call for a big game QB, but for a big game RB. Ray Rice carried 12 times for 32 yards, McGahhee was 4 carries for 4 yards.
Cacti
@Andy K:
Even a game manager QB has to take care of the ball.
2 of those 3 turnovers were all Flacco.
MoeLarryAndJesus
@Mark S.:
He must have film of a Fox exec killing a hooker.
Also, Joe Buck has had his ears and eyebrows re-pointed. He’s a fucking elf.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: I’m just messing with OO. I’m all about the Pack.
Paul in KY
@MoeLarryAndJesus: I think he’s trying to appeal to Taylor Swift (I’m one of your race, you must breed with me).
The Raven
And here we have the religious view:
http://killingthebuddha.com/ktblog/steelersravens-playoff-religion-update/
The corvid team lost that one!