Obviously I was pleased with the first half, especially the running, but there is a lot of game left.
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Obviously I was pleased with the first half, especially the running, but there is a lot of game left.
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BruceFromOhio
Very unfortunate performance by the Jets.
Its like rooting for a side in Orcs vs Urucs.
These hills will be covered with orcs by nightfall.
cathyx
It’s not fair that the Steelers have an advantage of being used to playing in the cold weather.
Mary G
The photo of Tunch brought much luck. Lily and Rosie would help for the second half.
ETA – Max also.
burnspbesq
I’ve already seen one improbable second half comeback today (Duke women’s basketball trailed NC State by 20 with 18 minutes to go, and won), so I’m not giving up hope. But I am heavily into expectation management.
morzer
@Mary G:
I expect to see a white cat the size of an elephant bound onto the field and devour Sanchez with one gulp if things get close.
Comrade Javamanphil
If these guys keep falling down all the time, the amount of stoppage time added on will be unbearable.
stuckinred
@burnspbesq: The Bear comeback was pretty good too!
Cacti
@efgoldman:
Rapistberger will probably retire with more rings than Brady.
Tim
I’m loving the thought of a Packers – Steelers Super Bowl in the Cowboy’s home stadium.
My first memories of football are watching the Steelers win a wildcard game then beat the Cowboys in the Super Bowl.
Zifnab
Oh shits! What a catch!
Omnes Omnibus
@Comrade Javamanphil: You are doing this on purpose, aren’t you?
Polar Bear Squares
Think that’s a wrap. Can’t beat the Steelers if you can’t run and all they’re doing is running.
I will say this though .. It never amazes how whenever there is close controversial call in a Pittsburgh game they almost always get the call to go in their favor. The Sanchez fumble for example. Or, you know, the last two Super Bowls they played in.
But I’m totally not bitter. Lol.
Congrats, John. Glad someone has something to cheer about.
burnspbesq
@Comrade Javamanphil:
Slip the fourth official a Benjamin and see if he’ll keep the stoppage time down to two minutes.
Mark S.
Roughing the kicker. Goddamn it.
Cacti
So, if Tomlin goes to his second SB in 4 years, can we all agree that Bill Cowher was overrated, and probably kept the Steelers from winning more than 1 during his tenure?
MikeJ
@Comrade Javamanphil: And who can understand this weird “offside” rule? If I can’t understand it, they should get rid of it.
freelancer
Feck.
Rommie
Uh oh – Tunch better start stretching
handy
Bobbleburger is keeping the Jets in this.
Poopyman
Jeezus tits! The Steelers are trying to make this real close, aren’t they?
Cacti
@efgoldman:
No snark. The chin lost the AFC championship 4 times at home.
CT
Positively Favrean play by #7 on that throw.
morzer
Sanchez is making some truly boneheaded throws over the middle.
Violet
Hey, when did the Jets get to 10? I went to take a shower and guess I missed that.
handy
@efgoldman:
And the Jets can’t make him pay for it.
stuckinred
@Violet: You are a hoot.
Captain Goto
Just. JEEEZ.
C’mon Stillers. BUCKLE DAHN.
BruceFromOhio
@efgoldman: So Sanchez, hurt, in the cold is like Payton, home in the dome.
Umm, let’s see, uh, no.
Tom Levenson
I cannot even begin to tell you how much it pains me to say this, but Go Steelers.
My enemy’s enemy is my … well, not friend, but tolerated implement of divine justice.
MoeLarryAndJesus
@Cacti:
Absolutely. Patriots fans used to laugh at Cowher and his ineptitude. He was almost as bad as Herm Edwards.
handy
Phil Simms. Dear God make it stop.
Andy K
@handy:
It is times like these that I’m glad that I can’t pick up the local CBS station with my rabbit ears. Listening to James Lofton on the radio is fine by me.
Violet
Ratburger’s name is coming off his jersey.
Omnes Omnibus
@Andy K: I met Lofton and his wife at a Bucks game back when he was with GB.
morzer
@Tom Levenson:
I did tell you that the Jets were my instrument for the destruction of the Patsies, and now the Steelers shall in turn suppress the Jets.
So it is written, so shall it be!
Damned at Random
first sack of Ben tonight is late in third quarter. Most teams get him 4 or 5 times, a good defense will take him down 7 times. I’m trying to keep some perspective.
Who the fuck woke up the Jets?
Just Some Fuckhead
Jesus, 93 was held by two Steelers and still got through.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
Jets’ D stiffens, 4th quarter comeback coming, Steelers soon limp.
BruceFromOhio
I like this backwards drive the Stiller OC has put together. Jolly well done, lads!
morzer
@Violet:
I wonder if I should take a hot bath and see if the Jets can get to 20?
Just Some Fuckhead
U been scarce, BL.
Poopyman
@Damned at Random:
The Steelers. Dumbasses. Let’s see some adjustments, people!
Violet
@morzer:
I really did go take a shower at halftime. By the time I got back to the game they were at 10. Maybe you should give the bath a try!
geg6
It is fucking cold. That is all.
Comrade Javamanphil
@geg6: negative 10 here. (Or minus 23 if I wish to maintain my euro-liberal fascist persona) You?
BruceFromOhio
@geg6: That it is, down 12 degrees since the sun set. 2 above now, looking for 2 below later.
Poopyman
It does not make me feel good that the Jets are picking up huge chunks of yardage at a time.
Comrade Javamanphil
@MikeJ: Exactly. I hardly need all of these built in bathroom and beer breaks. Play on, I say!
Violet
@geg6:
It’s warm here today. I was in short sleeves today while working in the yard. It should turn cold here again tonight though.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@Just Some Fuckhead:
I’ve been lurking, enjoying the entertainment. I’ve been focusing my writing time on an historical novel I’ve been meaning to write.
But thanks for noticing.
the idler
Jets not quitting…beads of sweat forming on forehead…
Just Some Fuckhead
Good to see the Steelers can still break all the rules and not get called for it.
stuckinred
Great hit but it sure was helmet to helmet.
Mary G
O/T Cute cat story
Andy K
@Omnes Omnibus:
Lofton wasn’t the first Packer I idolized- that would be John Brockington- but he’s the Packer whom I, as a kid, idolized the most.
stuckinred
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: The Jets score here and you can read some hysterical writing!
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
Big First Down. If the Jets cash this in its anyone’s game.
Stillwater
Jets score, it’s a new ball….
whoooops.
stuckinred
ray nitschke
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@stuckinred: I do like puns, that made me do a giggle.
stuckinred
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: Just tryin to keep it loose up in here!
asiangrrlMN
Cwaaaaaaaaaaap. Come on, D!
That’s what I’m fucking talking about!
Just Some Fuckhead
I took out the trash and the Jets scored 10 points. Hopefully they can take out the trash now.
morzer
Anyone else see a huge furry white form moving ominously along the sidelines, with fiery eyes fixed on Sanchez?
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
Awful third down and goal call, paid for on 4th down.
Stillwater
Horrible play calling on that sequence
Andy K
@stuckinred:
Well, sure- you’re old, dude. Omnes and I are youngsters in our mid-40’s.
stuckinred
On December 17, 1972, the 10-3 Green Bay Packers travelled to New Orleans to play the 1-11-1 Saints at Tulane Stadium for Nitschke’s last regular season game of his career. The Packers down 30-20 with only a few seconds on the clock, victory outside of their grasp, put their legendary linebacker into the game and passed the ball to him for the only pass reception of his career. Everyone in the stadium (including Saints sideline players), realizing the honor taking place before them, stood to their feet and applauded as the pass nestled safely in this hero’s massive arms. The Saints defense, many of whom grew up idolizing this giant of the game, refused to tackle him. They formed a wedge and after a 34-yard return simply forced him out of bounds.
morzer
@Stillwater:
Unimpressive, for sure.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@stuckinred: Up in the hizzy? With the mizzy? Stiller fans in a tizzy.
(I have no idea why I’m typing in verse right now.)
Tom Levenson
OK all you actual Steelers fans. Exhale.
Omnes Omnibus
@Andy K: He was very cool. He was at the game with his wife and obviously did not want to be bothered. His wife noticed that my brother who was around 8 at the time was almost quivering with excitement, so she poked Lofton and had him turn around and say hello to the kid. He then signed a couple of autographs, made polite conversation, and then turned around and watched the game. Needless to say, we had really good seats at that game.
stuckinred
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: avoiding what you should be doing, obviously
Tom Levenson
@morzer: Like I need the reminder.
Feu;
handy
Wow.
stuckinred
@Tom Levenson: Right
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
Ruh-roh, that’s not good for Pittsburgh’s blood pressure.
asiangrrlMN
@efgoldman: Shut up! Look what you just did!
@morzer: Tunchie not there.
freelancer
@Tom Levenson:
Yeah Right.
Gravenstone
Some rather suspect play calling there at the goal line. Although, with the Jets D amping up on the last Steelers possession, maybe they can get a safety.
Okay, so the D had nothing to do with that, but still, Safety!
Captain Goto
SH*************T!!
morzer
And the Steelers hand over a safety…. Tunch is definitely lashing his tail.
LT
Someone forgot to switch the safety off.
Pigs & Spiders
I can’t handle this.
Poopyman
Well ….. shit.
Tom Levenson
@freelancer: I’m sorry. Did something happen as I typed?
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@stuckinred: Indeed. The only chore I have left this evening is sleep.
stuckinred
Oh, what happens now, do the jets get the ball???? Dumb fucks.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
You never know where Tunch is, until it’s too late….
Andy K
@stuckinred:
I remember listening to that! Gary Bender was the PBP guy for the Pack back then, IIRC.
Stillwater
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: Is you’re historical novel a rhymer?
John O
I want the Steelers. I hate the Jets, except when I was a kid who loved Namath.
So they need to try to stop throwing the game away.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@LT: oh no you d’int!!
stuckinred
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: I wish it was not such a chore for me.
Damned at Random
Could we please just once have a Steeler blowout in post season?
Do they do this to keep the ratings up?
Yutsano
@Tom Levenson: Or not. I think Ben just wants to keep things interesting now.
LT
Are people talking about james Lofton as anything other than a Buffalo Bill?
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@Stillwater: No. I think it was that last glass of wine that put on the edge of goofy.
freelancer
Okay, WTF that looked like a punt instead of a kickoff. I haz a confuse.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@freelancer: A safety is restarted with a “free” kick, meaning the kicking team cannot use a tee.
stuckinred
@freelancer: We had this conversation last week. You can do either.
MoeLarryAndJesus
All of a sudden it’s white knuckle time for Tunch.
Do cats have knuckles?
morzer
And now Sanchez has dived into the back of Mangold’s left leg… dangerous job being center in this league.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: This is true. Tunchie is everywhere.
Cole! You still breathing? Post pics of more Stiller animals! That’s what we need.
Gravenstone
@freelancer: Free kick. That’s what happens when a safety is scored, the team that got the safety also receives the ensuing kick.
stuckinred
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich:
What’s the word?
Thunderbird
What’s the price?
Forty twice. . .
booyah
morzer
@MoeLarryAndJesus:
White paw time maybe. But then, Tunch always has white paws… hmmm….
freelancer
@stuckinred:
Ahhh, I’ll try to remember that.
@Gravenstone:
I got that part, I was just not aware of the free kick.
Thanks.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@stuckinred: Insomnia? Bummer man. Reading usually does it for me, I hope my luck holds out as I coast toward 50.
stuckinred
@MoeLarryAndJesus: Knuckleheads have cats.
Jay C
Jeez, it’s like two different teams took the field tonite: a hot one and a lame one: and they changed uniforms at halftime…
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@stuckinred: Props to ya, yo.
stuckinred
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich:
Saturday night I raise a little harm. . .
Stillwater
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: Given your handle, I’m wondering: does your novel take place in Rushah!
stuckinred
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: I hesitated since I’ve been straight and narrow for 17 year but, what the fuck, it’s just a jingle.
LT
Cat’s have knuckles.
I smallerized the print. I dont’ know how.
John O
Rex Ryan gets Best Halftime Speech award.
Jeebus. It’s a nightmare, and I’m a Bears fan.
stuckinred
@Jay C: Your first NFL game huh?
Rommie
Tick Tick Tick Jets – moar speed!
Andy K
@LT:
His truly great years were with the Packers, where he was not only the #1 receiver, but for those first few years (until we got John Jefferson) he was the only WR of note on the team. He and healthy Lynn Dickey could be keyed-on by opposing defenses during Lofton’s first few years, and he still put up great numbers.
Not that he wasn’t great in Buffalo, but he was the #2 receiver, and the team also had a helluva running game w/Thurman Thomas.
stuckinred
Sweet play, did Sanchez audible that? Nice
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@Stillwater: Nah, I’m just riffing on DougJ’s new moniker.
asiangrrlMN
Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Rommie
What – go for two! Morons!
4jkb4ia
This all happened because I turned off the TV.
Andy K
@Jay C:
Yeah, sorta like last week’s Stillers-Ravens game.
LT
Ga ga ga GAME.
morzer
You have to wonder what the score would be if the jets had played this way in the first half, when they were, frankly, wretched.
Yutsano
@Rommie: Four minutes is an eternity in professional football. Unless the Stillers score again. Then it’s pretty much ovah.
stuckinred
@Rommie: Por Que?
anonymous
Mark couldn’t have taken any more time on the drive? Jesus.
ChockFullO'Nuts
Fookin Jets. Steelers are goin’ soft here.
Jets in the big game? There ain’t no justice.
Jay C
@Rommie:
Why? they’d still be down 4 – Jets need a TD in any event – of course, assuming the Stillers don;t score
Andy K
@Rommie:
Why? A field goal would still get them nowhere. That’s a decision they can make on their next TD, if there is one.
Rommie
@Yutsano: NY was farting around a bit but they scored quick enough. Not going for two was silly, but not fatal.
anonymous
This game is over. Steelers might as well make room for the 7th.
LT
2 gives them nothing.
stuckinred
@Rommie: What are you talking about?
asiangrrlMN
WTF go for two? What difference would it have made?
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
Second down.
Rommie
Because if it’s 24-20 and NY scores, PIT can’t win with a FG. If they miss the 2, it’s 24-18 and they can still win with a TD. No reason NOT to go for two there.
EDIT: Basically, down by 5 or 6 doesn’t matter. Down by 4 could matter. It’s not a huge deal.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: And now we play the clock management game. Which IIRC the last time Rex Ryan was in this position he had massive fail.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: They have instituted a 4 point field goal and only told Rommie. Help me Rommie help help me Rommie. ..
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@asiangrrlMN: A Stiller field goal would not put the game out of reach while the extra point did nothing for them.
John O
@Andy K:
This and thank you. Sheesh.
ChockFullO'Nuts
@morzer:
I think you meant “Wretched, they were.”
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
2 plus a touchdown and conversion means that a Steeler FG can only tie, not win the game.
anonymous
DAGGER!
Andy K
@Rommie:
No, it wasn’t. If their D holds, they can still win it with a TD…Or with two field goals! They miss the two-point try, they only have the TD option.
handy
That catch was big.
James E Powell
Steelers’ first down pretty much ends it
freelancer
@stuckinred:
lawls.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
Big First Down.
handy
@Andy K:
Somebody wasn’t reading the cheat sheet very carefully on that Jets sideline.
4jkb4ia
That Sanchez fumble is the game right now.
LT
@Rommie:
Nutsoid. You have IF-itis.
Three-nineteen
Bottom line, neither looks invincible. Go Pack!
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: Bwahahahahahaha! You funny.
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: I guess. But if the Stillers get a FG, the Jets can still tie it. It’s too much–oooh, Troy Polamalu. Yum.
@Comrade Javamanphil: I’m in the “Who the hell knows?” camp. As for the beard–cut it. Trim it. Always.
GO, STILLERS!
4jkb4ia
What are they doing using their last TO? The Steelers can’t run the football for 2 minutes?
Comrade Javamanphil
@asiangrrlMN: Some say you should take the easy point if the situation warrants and the extra point gets you no closer to tying with a field goal, while others say you should always go for two regardless of how risky it is. Who knows which side is right? Next up, does refusing to shave your beard make you streakier?
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
“I expect the Steelers will run the football.”
Please tell me they are NOT paying that guy more for announcing one game than I make in a year.
stuckinred
And if they went for two and the Steelers picked it or recovered a fumble and ran it back . . .
morzer
@Comrade Javamanphil:
Asiangrrl’s beard suits her IMHO.
4jkb4ia
Match point Dolgopolov against Soderling. Who was this guy?
Andy K
@Rommie:
You save that decision for the next TD. If there’s so little time left that the Steelers can’t possibly set up for an FG, they kick after the TD that makes it 26-24, or they go for two if there are like 15 seconds or more left on the clock after that TD.
Jay C
@4jkb4ia:
IIJM, or was that “Sanchez fumble” more of a “questionable call”?
Looked to me like a blocked pass…..
stuckinred
Violet
I just went to empty the dishwasher and. . .
Stillwater
Rommie’s right: Jets gained nothing by going for one, but would have prevented a possible Stiller tie on a field goal if the jets could possible take the lead with a TD if they successfully converted the deuce. Possibly.
LT
And if they didn’t make the two and fumbled and a goat ran on the field…
handy
Ball game.
freelancer
1st Down!
Comrade Kevin
That first down should be it
LT
howthefuck
stuckinred
@LT: Cheeseburger Cheeseburger Cheeseburger
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
Unbelievable! I will eat my hat. I could not believe they called that play, much less pull it off like that.
Stillers deserve the win.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@LT: ….they’d have to keep R’berger from raping it.
Jay C
Oh well……
handy
Stillers-Paykers. Should be good.
Persia
@Yutsano: And history repeats itself.
PTirebiter
I don’t think anyone can say Ryan wasn’t out-coached. Should be a helluva Superbowl.
asiangrrlMN
That was WAY too close for comfort. Now, the big question–Pack or the Stillers?
Tom Levenson
Good job Steelers. Now may I be the first to say, Go Packers!
Seanly
I was about to kvetch on the Steelers trying to lose this one. Nice 3rd down play by Big Ben & Brown to cement the win.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@Andy K: Yes, this is a good point. Don’t go for two until you make the last score.
BruceFromOhio
I shall enjoy watching Rodgers pick apart the Steelers secondary in fourteen wretched days.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Pack, of course.
robertdsc-PowerBook
Go fuck yourself, Rex. Go fuck yourself. Talk is cheap. Shut up and win something before you shoot your fat mouth off.
freelancer
Here we go...
Poopyman
Why do they always do this too me?
DS
I can’t wait to hear how great Rapistberger is for the next two weeks.
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
@asiangrrlMN: Packers 20-10.
Chup
I like the Rooneys, but the fact that Rapistberger gets to go back to the SB really rankles. Maybe the crazed Visogoth wearing #52 for the Pack will knock his f’ing head off.
Omnes Omnibus
Both games looked like they were on the way to being blow outs, and then not so much.
morzer
@Tom Levenson:
Sometimes, for an MIT boy, you seem really quite intelligent.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: I’m going with the minority and say Pack. Plus if I play my cards right I might get OO’s wife to share her bourek recipe with me. :)
Joe Bauers
Yay, Rapistberger. Steelers vs. Packers. Oh well, root for that giant scoreboard in Dallas to fall on the field and kill everybody.
Tom Levenson
@morzer: Nah. Just an illusion.
Andy K
@Chup:
That’s third generation NFL Neanderthal- the most evolved Neanderthal- to you, bub!
Mr Stagger Lee
I remember as a kid when the Steelers ruled, a Super Bowl in fantasy land against Lombardi’s Packers. This is an old school Super Bowl between two of the NFL’s most storied clubs. NOW ESPN YOU PUNKS CRY OUT YOUR EYES THE J-E-T-S Jets jets jets got beat. CRY LIKE A GIRL MIKE GREENBERG!!!!
BAWAHAHAHA!
Bootlegger Bootleggerovich
Sleepy. I’m going to bed. ‘Nite Juicers.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: I dunno. The Stillers are my number two team. They’re like the steady boyfriend who is loyal, sweet, and thoughtful. He’s a little timid in the sack, but willing to learn. The Pack is like the weekend fling. Sure he’s great in the sack and hawt-sexy to boot, but he also drinks the last bit of soy milk from the carton and puts it back in the fridge.
@Yutsano: Ooooooh! Nom nom nom.
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: Your prediction? I’m deciding for whom I’m going to root.
BruceFromOhio
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: 23-14 for the cheese head win.
4jkb4ia
@Jay C:
I accept that it was a fumble. The arm did not clearly go forward.
Bitter as it is, congratulations, John. This is worse than last year because the Jets only played one half and were not clearly beaten by one player.
Poopyman
Somebody better check on Cole. He could be lying on the floor with a blue face and Tunch giving him mouth to mouth.
I hope there’s a video of that.
handy
@robertdsc-PowerBook:
Despite the trash talk, overall it was a clean game. I think officials set the tone in the beginning, making a few key close calls.
And Roethlisberger was huge on that 3rd down conversion. He’s not flashy, he doesn’t get compared much to the greats, but damned if he doesn’t get it done more often than not.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Well, when you put it like that….
BruceFromOhio
@asiangrrlMN:
Perhaps you’d feel differently caught in a city street with a bunch of his drunken fans after a win.
Chup
@Andy K: Actually, I went back and changed it to Visogoth — that’s closer to reality. And I know all about the Matthews fambly — I’ve lived in Texas all my life and remember Bruce’s exploits very well.
Go Pack!!
Andy K
@Mr Stagger Lee:
Nah, that game was played earlier today. The Bears had a rich history before 1970, the Steelers…not so much. The most notable thing about the pre-’70 Steelers was the Steagles mash up with Philly during WWII.
Omnes Omnibus
@Tom Levenson:
@morzer:
Gabba gabba, we accept you, we accept you one of us.
Sarcastro
Yay, the rapist one!
BruceFromOhio
@Joe Bauers: LOL. The look on Jerry Jones face would be totally worth it.
Yutsano
So when do pitchers and catchers report again?
Mr Stagger Lee
@BruceFromOhio: As a Browns fan I concur, because 7 trophies is just too much. Hey Packer fans make sure there is no refs from Pittsburgh in that game. Seahawk fans are still bitter.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
You see, to me, the Steelers are like matoko_chan, while the Packers are like some quiet, intelligent, surprisingly sexy girl you might run into at the Applebee’s salad-bar…
burnspbesq
Crud.
Yutsano
@Mr Stagger Lee:
A little astrology note: Seattle is ruled by Scorpio. That means we do bitter like no one else. Witness the eternal still-lingering hatred for Pay Fraud.
asiangrrlMN
@BruceFromOhio: This is true. The ‘friends’ of the steady boyfriend are loud and obnoxious, but so are the ‘friends’ of the fling.
@morzer: Damn. You really know how to kill a mood, don’t you?
I have two weeks to make up my mind. I will think it over.
@Yutsano: Very soon, I think. Another year of the Twins making it to the playoffs only to be decimated by the Yanks in the first round. Whee.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: She’s ex-Romanian, not Algerian. A sour cherry tart recipe might be found if everyone is well behaved and I have access to the desktop computer.
Poopyman
In other news, sad news, Jack LaLanne died today from complications from pneumonia. He was 96.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Hey, I didn’t even mention her primal scent! I haven’t got going yet….
asiangrrlMN
@Bootlegger Bootleggerovich: Night! Sleep well.
@morzer: ARGH! No mas!
morzer
@Yutsano:
You mean Ophiuchus, don’t you?
Omnes Omnibus
@morzer: You are kind of a weird dude, aren’t you?
BruceFromOhio
“… and thank you for dodging any felony busts for assault so we can have bang-up teevee ratings tonight …”
SixStringFanatic
@Andy K: 1970 was forty years ago now and 1970 itself was the fiftieth anniversary of the league’s founding. One could argue that the greatness of the Steelers over the last forty years equals the greatness of the Packers over the fifty years before that. Thus, in early 2011, this is a Super Bowl match-up of two of the NFL’s most storied clubs.
And the possibility of the Steelers winning a Super Bowl in the Cowboys’ home stadium is a nice finishing touch on the whole dream.
BruceFromOhio
@Omnes Omnibus: It *is* a bit odd, but actually fairly accurate.
BobS
@PTirebiter: Ryan wasn’t outcoached. The Jets made the halftime adjustments they needed to and had the Steelers on their heels for nearly 30 minutes. However, that was bad clock management on the final Jets drive, particularly the failure of their players to find the sidelines and stop the clock.
Ron
That second half made the game a lot scarier than one where your team takes a 24-0 lead early is supposed to be.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: Bourek is a big eastern European dish as well, at least among those who incorporate phyllo in their diets. I’m not entirely certain if Romania counts there or not. I do know it came up because of the Ottoman Empire.
BruceFromOhio
@SixStringFanatic: And the possibility of the Steelers winning a Super Bowl in the Cowboys’ home stadium is a nice finishing touch on the whole dream.
Here’s the nightmare: Steelers fans possessing the same obnoxious entitlement as the typical Yankees fans. Go Pack!
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: Romanians make it very clear that they were never a part of the Ottoman Empire. The principalities that now make up Romania paid tribute to the Ottomans, but were not a part of the empire. It is a big thing, as is being Latins not Slavs.
2liberal
Go Packers!
Rex: STFU !!
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: Which is probably why I couldn’t find anything on teh Google either. At least not from Romania anyway. Bulgaria though is famous for it, as is Greece. And I knew that Romanian is a descendant of Latin like French and Spanish, and they are quite proud of that fact. So mea culpa on the bourek, but a sour cherry tart sounds intriguing.
morzer
@Omnes Omnibus:
Creative, yes.. weird.. not as yet, but I have ambitions.
Andy K
@SixStringFanatic:
Well, other than the fact that I was arguing for Chicago as the second most storied franchise over Pittsburgh, I’d say that you’d have a point if you weren’t talking about a Steelers franchise who have only two distinctly different championship eras- the Noll era of the ’70s and the Cowher/Tomlinson teams of this era- compared to the Packers and Bears…You can break the Pack down into the pre-championship game, running era, featuring Johnny Blood, “Iron” Mike Michalske, Lavvie Dilweg..Onto the passing era of the mid-’30s to mid-’40s, featuring Don Hutson, Arnie Herber, Clarke Hinkle (running in the early part of that era) and Tony Canadeo (later featured runner)…Then the Lombardi Era…Then the Favre/Holmgren Era, and now the Rodgers/Woodson/McCarthy Era. And the Steelers aren’t known for any great innovators of the game having been associated with their team, like Halas, who introduced the T-Formation, or Don Hutson, who literally invented the concept of receivers’ routes.
The problem with pro football- and I think some of us have discussed this here before- is that the history of the pre-’58 NFL is viewed in much the same way as the history of pre-American League baseball. That is, the fandom-at-large tends to have heard of, say, Dutch Clark of the Lions the same way they’ve heard of King Kelly or Wee Willie Keeler, but they aren’t sure what, exactly, those guys did.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: Remind me and I will see if I can find the English language version of the recipe to post on a food thread sometime.
Andy K
@Yutsano:
And they’ve got HUGE eyes. Or at least all of the Romanians I’ve met have, making it easy to say, “Hey, you’re from Romania, not Italy, right?”
Omnes Omnibus
@Andy K: Weird. Not something I have noticed. Now I will have to look for it.
Andy K
@Omnes Omnibus:
Really? Think Nadia.
I worked with a Romanian guy for a few years, an dnot only he and his family, but every one of his pals from the small Romanian community around here had eyes like a Precious Moments character.
Omnes Omnibus
@Andy K: I just went and looked at some pics from EuroTrip 2010 and you might be correct.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: I am watching a rerun of Bourdain’s show right now. He is in Turkey, eating bourek. Coincidence?
Andy K
@Omnes Omnibus:
You can use me as your excuse when you’re wife asks why you’re staring at her so oddly.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: Since I don’t believe in coincidence, now I wonder. I do know that the dish itself looks amazing when I saw a Bulgarian putting it together.
Omnes Omnibus
@Andy K: She’s used to it by now.