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Steelers Open Thread

by John Cole|  October 20, 20148:32 pm| 80 Comments

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  1. 1.

    ulee

    October 20, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    Men running around a field with a ball making a million dollars a game then going home and hitting their wives, and suckers sitting home and cheering them on. We’ll see how they do.

  2. 2.

    jake the antisoshul soshulist

    October 20, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    Maybe the WVU magic will cross the state line.

  3. 3.

    Suffern ACE

    October 20, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    Yep. I need 5 touchdowns and 450 yards from Rothlessberger or I’m doomed. Doomed to the humiliation of losing to the 0-6 doormat in the work fantasy league.

  4. 4.

    The Dangerman

    October 20, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    Steelers haven’t lost at home on Monday night for something like 23 years; I’m thinking that one goes down tonight. Along with Big Ben. A lot. Sorry.

  5. 5.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 20, 2014 at 8:46 pm

    Do you put Steve on that ugly yellow and black blanket, like you used to with Tunch, while watching your favorite team? BTW could you put up a photo of Tunch sometime. I miss the floofy white kitteh.

  6. 6.

    Howard Beale IV

    October 20, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    I’ms amazed the Lions came from behind yesterday. And they get to play at Wembly this weekend.

  7. 7.

    Judi

    October 20, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    Packers and Aaron Rodgers rule!!!!

  8. 8.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    @Judi: Damn right.

  9. 9.

    Schlemazel

    October 20, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    @Judi:
    rule?
    Three footballs for the left coast under the sky,
    Seven for the East in their halls of stone,
    Nine for fly-over land doomed to die,
    One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne at 345 Park Ave
    In the Land of New York where the Shadows lie.
    One football to rule them all, One football to find them,
    One football to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
    In the Land of Wisconsin where the Shadows lie.

  10. 10.

    Howard Beale IV

    October 20, 2014 at 9:06 pm

    Here’s 10 minutes of Carol Burnett – Bust Ups, Bloopers & Blunders

  11. 11.

    burnspbesq

    October 20, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    For a mediocre team, the Steelers sure do seem to be on in the evening a lot.

  12. 12.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    @Schlemazel: I have difficulties seeing either Mike McCarthy or Ted Thompson as Sauron.

  13. 13.

    JPL

    October 20, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: He was a cool cat!

    I’m still awed about the money raised after his sad passing. I like to think that he is still cheering for the Steelers.

  14. 14.

    Schlemazel

    October 20, 2014 at 9:22 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    No, that would be Mr, Goodell. All those other guys would be Nazgul. 32 of ’em at least.

  15. 15.

    Tree With Water

    October 20, 2014 at 9:23 pm

    Did I see right? Did a Steeler just come running off the field spewing as he went? Gruden said he was sick, and let it go at that. If he was spewing, it’s the first time I can recall ever having seen such a thing.

  16. 16.

    RobertDSC-iPhone 4

    October 20, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    @Tree With Water: see the movie Any Given Sunday? Steamin’ Willie Beamon had a habit of puking on the field.

  17. 17.

    Schlemazel

    October 20, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    @Tree With Water:
    I have seen it a dozen times at least.I assume its the body rejecting all that speed and/or pain killers. I suppose it could be nerves.

  18. 18.

    Machine

    October 20, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    Need at least 25 points from Foster else the wife wins this week’s matchup. She’s playing Houston defense but started Peyton this week so I’m in the hole already.

    In the meantime I’ll just run my crank down ulee’s throat for major yardage.

  19. 19.

    JCJ

    October 20, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    @Tree With Water:

    Ever see this revolting picture of Cade McNown while he was quarterbacking UCLA?

    http://www.ebay.ca/itm/CADE-MCNOWN-8×10-Famous-PUKING-Photo-College-Football-QB-Legend-UCLA-BRUINS-/131058102489

    I would have thought quarterbacking the Chicago Bears would have caused him to puke more.

  20. 20.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    @RobertDSC-iPhone 4: When I ran the 400 back many years ago, I puked after just about every race. Cross the finish line, head into the infield, and spew. Never happened after I switched to the 800.

  21. 21.

    Roger Moore

    October 20, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    @Tree With Water:

    Did a Steeler just come running off the field spewing as he went?

    Don’t worry; it’s just Ebola.

  22. 22.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    @Roger Moore: Quarantine the Steelers!

  23. 23.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Cole Approved Quarantine ™ !

  24. 24.

    raven

    October 20, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    Seth Moulton underplays military service

    In the interview, Moulton asked that the Globe not describe him as a hero. “Look,’’ he said, “we served our country, and we served the guys next to us. And it’s not something to brag about.’

  25. 25.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    @Corner Stone: Of course, it’s only common sense, Unless, of course, the Steelers are a bunch of assholes….

  26. 26.

    Violet

    October 20, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Aren’t the Steelers playing the Texans? Dallas is in Texas. Therefore Ebola.

  27. 27.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    Nice holding.

  28. 28.

    raven

    October 20, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    McNabb puked all the time during games. I remember him hurling and throwing a TD against the Hokies when he was at the Cuze.

  29. 29.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    NO!@!!

  30. 30.

    Tree With Water

    October 20, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    @Schlemazel: A dozen times? No kidding. I’ve been watching NFL games more or less religiously for 40-plus years, and for years prior to that albeit with a child’s attention span. So help me, tonight was the first time I ever saw a guy get sick like that.

    It’s like a particular scene in the Errol Flynn movie, Santa Fe. The camera is focused on a cowboy town’s main street, when suddenly a horse standing in the forefront of the shot unloads a dump onto the street, as horses will do. I’ve darn near seen every western ever made, but had never seen that happen before, either. Or ever again for that matter.

  31. 31.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 9:42 pm

    Brutal, that WR was out of bounds.

  32. 32.

    JPL

    October 20, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    @raven: I saw that earlier on the Maddowblog and linked to the entire article. Gotta say, I got choked up.

  33. 33.

    Machine

    October 20, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    Goddamned Foster.

  34. 34.

    raven

    October 20, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    @efgoldman: Braun was a peactime Marine. . . like Zell.

  35. 35.

    JPL

    October 20, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    @efgoldman: haha.. We have politicians in the South. I do think that Carter and Nunn are decent candidates and good people though.

  36. 36.

    JCJ

    October 20, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    Um, what just happened to the Texans?

  37. 37.

    ursine

    October 20, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    24 points in three minutes? Incredible. 20 minutes ago Chuckie was about fellating Watts, but I haven’t heard a word about him since. Enjoy.

  38. 38.

    NotMax

    October 20, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    Don’t know nuthin’ ’bout football, but always cottoned to the antics and legends of whipsmart Johnny Blood, the Vagabond Halfback (also dubbed “The Magnificent Screwball”) whenever an article popped up about him.

    Both McNally and Hanson knew the custom of the day was for college players to dabble in pro football under such assumed names as Smith or Jones. Young McNally varied the routine. He spotted a theatre marquee billing Rudolph Valentino in the film “Blood and Sand” and immediately picked Blood as his name and
    induced Hanson to switch his to Sand. From that day forward, Johnny signed all documents Johnny Blood. Source (.pdf)

    Plus just plain like the name of one of the teams for which he played: the Pottsville Maroons.

  39. 39.

    Gin & Tonic

    October 20, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    @efgoldman: Can we lend them a certain mayoral candidate?

  40. 40.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    @NotMax: Green Bay would have retired his number if he had stayed with just one. He is an inaugural member of the Packer Hall of Fame and is on the Ring of Honor at Lambeau.

  41. 41.

    Howard Beale IV

    October 20, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    Latest reports say designer Oscar de la Renta has passed away.

  42. 42.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    @Howard Beale IV: The only de la Renta item I ever owned was a sky blue tie with pink stripes. It was a nice tie – usually worn with light gray pants, a blue or pink shirt, and a blue blazer (early to mid 80s – worked well in the Spring).

  43. 43.

    p.a.

    October 20, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    @efgoldman: The one with the (D) has the Manhattan Institute seal of approval :-P

  44. 44.

    Schlemazel

    October 20, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    @Tree With Water:
    For a number of years I was an emergency responder at the Metrodump for Vikings games. Saw a lot of shit they do not show on TV. That stopped when we moved to Florida.

  45. 45.

    ulee

    October 20, 2014 at 10:22 pm

    Everyone knows a george harrison lick. Fuck the footballers.

  46. 46.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 10:23 pm

    @ulee: Let people enjoy what they enjoy. If it isn’t your thing, that’s fine. You don’t catch me bitching on gamer threads.

  47. 47.

    Damned at Random

    October 20, 2014 at 10:26 pm

    @Tree With Water:
    That would have been a natural for Blazing Saddles. Missed opportunity

  48. 48.

    p.a.

    October 20, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    @efgoldman: Have you noticed how many Chinese restaurants have Fung signs outside? Maybe that could be a growth demographic for Republicans. Until the Geriatric Oddball Party brings up Quemoy and Matsu. Or are restauranteurs Chaing Nationalists?

  49. 49.

    Gin & Tonic

    October 20, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    @efgoldman: You could vote for Bob Healey.

  50. 50.

    Steeplejack

    October 20, 2014 at 10:38 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    When I was on the swimming team in high school, I always puked after the 200-meter individual medley, which was always the first event of the (all day Saturday) meets. I was fine the rest of the day—several more individual events and some relays—but that first race was the perfect storm of nerves and sudden extreme effort. Always made it to the locker room, at least.

  51. 51.

    Arclite

    October 20, 2014 at 10:43 pm

    Man, some guy in the UK got convicted for having cartoons depicting child porn. As gross as that is, is it illegal? In the US, seems like the first amendment would protect that.

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 10:45 pm

    @Steeplejack: Well, making it ti the locker room is more important around the pool. At the track, it wasn’t a huge thing. I was happy, though, when my coach pulled me aside and said, ” Hey, you run cross country, but you do track as a sprinter…. Why don’t we try you in the 800? Just stay with the distance guys, and try to sprint past them at the end.”

  53. 53.

    ulee

    October 20, 2014 at 10:45 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I agree. We are doing what we can shoobedoowop. But if you want money for minds that hate…

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 10:46 pm

    @Arclite: Yeah, it would be protected under the 1st Amendment here.

  55. 55.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    October 20, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    Just saw a commercial for tonight’s local news. Nasty.

    Election fliers with lynching photo appear in Cumberland County

  56. 56.

    Steeplejack

    October 20, 2014 at 10:49 pm

    I caught the Steelers’ little scoring spurt there right before halftime. Houston has gone lifeless in the second half. Yawn.

    Baseball is almost forgotten. Both of the league series ended so quickly that there is a semi-abnormal gap before the World Series. I had to check the ESPN site to see when it starts (tomorrow night). Don’t care about either team, but I’ll probably check the games to see if they’re interesting. After the Nats and the Orioles got excused from further participation, I’m just glad the Cardinals didn’t get in. Dunno why, but I dislike them almost as much as the Yankees. There’s nothing specifically awful about them; they’re just so bland and corporate and red.

    Now spooling The Blacklist on the DVR for uninterrupted viewing. That is all.

  57. 57.

    Elizabelle

    October 20, 2014 at 10:50 pm

    @Howard Beale IV: Lovely man.

    I have his recipe for black bean soup somewhere. Will post it if I find it. RIP.

  58. 58.

    Arclite

    October 20, 2014 at 10:53 pm

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism:

    Just saw a commercial for tonight’s local news. Nasty.

    Election fliers with lynching photo appear in Cumberland County

    What the ever loving fuck? Who would do something like that? I thought we were done with all that.

  59. 59.

    Steeplejack

    October 20, 2014 at 10:56 pm

    @Arclite:

    Racist freaks getting their (anonymous) racist freak on.

  60. 60.

    burnspbesq

    October 20, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    Since there is no other open thread currently, I will post this cautionary tale for early adopters here.

    If you have upgraded to Yosemite, and use Safari to access your Gmail account, beware. I have my Gmail account set to use two-factor authentication on both my work and personal laptops. Somehow, the combination of Yosemite and Safari hacked my Gmail account and set my personal laptop to “trusted,” which turns off two-factor authentication. It took me a fair amount of rooting around to find the source of the problem.

    Also, all of a sudden in Firefox, the “keep me signed in” checkbox on the Gmail login screen is defaulting to checked.

    Sheesh. This is some nasty, out-of-bounds shit, Apple.

  61. 61.

    Violet

    October 20, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    Pimping the vote for Karen in GA’s Iggy. He’s adorable. You don’t have to sign up–just click Vote. He’s being treated for heartworm so they could all use a little pick me up.

  62. 62.

    burnspbesq

    October 20, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    @Arclite:

    I thought we were done with all that.

    Did you, now.

    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/question-of-lynching-lingers-around-hanging-death-of-black-nc-high-school-football-player/

  63. 63.

    Elizabelle

    October 20, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    @Violet:

    Iggy at 522.

    The dog is putting up numbers.

  64. 64.

    Elizabelle

    October 20, 2014 at 11:09 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    And here I think Yosemite is just this beloved Western park.

    The horror.

  65. 65.

    Violet

    October 20, 2014 at 11:11 pm

    @Elizabelle: Karein in GA reported in a previous thread today that she saw a dog that had over 1000 votes. So Iggy has a way to go. She said you can vote from various devices–I voted once by phone and once by computer today. Maybe even different browsers but I’m not sure. If they check IP addresses that may not work.

  66. 66.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    @Violet: I missed the beginning of this Iggy thing. What’s going on?

  67. 67.

    burnspbesq

    October 20, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    The next iteration of OS X should be called Salton Sea, or someplace equally dystopian.

  68. 68.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    Are you fucking stupid?

  69. 69.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 11:17 pm

    Just take all the starters out. Morons.

  70. 70.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 11:18 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Kinda took me by surprise
    I didn’t know what to do
    I just looked her in her eyes
    And I said, “No, are you?”

    Prince, Uptown.

  71. 71.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    Hey, Bill O’Brien. This game is over. Take every starter out. Moron.

  72. 72.

    burnspbesq

    October 20, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    Given the severity of his injury, it’s pretty amazing that Paul George is even walking at three months, much less shooting jump shots.

    http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11736937/paul-george-indiana-pacers-shooting-jumpers

  73. 73.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    He should be fucking tossed out of this game. That was blatant.

  74. 74.

    Violet

    October 20, 2014 at 11:33 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: It’s a pet photo contest run by Publix, a supermarket chain in the southeast. Karen in GA entered her schnauzer Iggy. You can vote for Iggy just by clicking through the link in my comment and hitting Vote. You don’t have to sign up or give an email address.

    Poor Iggy tested positive for heartworms and the treatment requires he stay calm for a month. That’s tough for a young dog and they’ve had to trade off who is staying with him to keep and eye on him day and night. Exhausting. The winner of the contest gets a $750 gift card to Publix. There are runner up prizes too. They could use that to offset some of the heartworm treatment expenses.

    I’m good at pimping votes so I decided to do my part and help remind people.

  75. 75.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    @Violet: Link?

  76. 76.

    Corner Stone

    October 20, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    Oh well. Always 2015, I guess.

  77. 77.

    Slaughter

    October 20, 2014 at 11:40 pm

    @Tree With Water: I saw Drew Pearson do that (I think on a Thanksgiving Day game). He caught a pass, went out of bounds, then splork… All on camera.

  78. 78.

    Violet

    October 20, 2014 at 11:41 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Vote for Iggy here.

  79. 79.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 20, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    @Violet: Done. On the next thread.

  80. 80.

    Violet

    October 20, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Great! Thanks!

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