I am so embarrassed about the condition of Heinz Field tonight. Doesn't it rain in other cities? Why is our field always one of the worst in the NFL? It's a brand new stadium. I understand Pitt plays 5 games there. I just can't figure out why they can't get it right.
The second quarter is only half over and I've now seen the Peyton Manning Sony commercial 3 times. T-H-R-E-E times. You know what Peyton...I use it to hit the Mute button.
Why is Larry Foote doing Joey's kick after tackles? Shouldn't they be boys?
I don't think we're going to learn anything about our team tonight, win or lose. The field is so bad, it's like they're playing on skates and the field is made of marbles.
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What an exciting game! It's not everyday you can watch a 0-0 tie through 59:40 of a game. In fact, it's never happened in my lifetime and I'm celebrating 53 on Saturday!
And that's not sarcasm. I thoroughly enjoyed watching last nights game. When you know that points, any points, will win the game you have to hang on every play like never before. It was funny, sloppy, and gut-wrenching. Old school.
I'm not embarrassed about the Heinz Field surface. Considering what they old guys played on, what's the difference? It's what sets football apart from baseball. Every field does not need to be manicured and perfect as a Hollywood set (although the TV networks and the NFL would have you believe it so). The new surface was a waste of money. How much worse could the chewed up Heinz Field grass have really been? Pitt and WPIAL games aside why waste the money? To paint a Steeler logo in the center (which can't be done while Pitt still has games to play there)?
Can't make any judgements about the progress of the team but I know one thing. When there's heavy rain, a thunderstorm, a hurricane or just nasty weather in general, I want Ben Roethlisberger taking the snaps for my team. I would never go against him under foul conditions.
The kicking game for both teams was better than a trip to the circus. Punts landing and sticking to the ground were hilarious. And those horrid FG attempts, more laughs than a barrel full of naked monkeys!
If you saw last nights game it was one for the ages. Not sure it'll end up on ESPN Classic but it was a classic nonetheless. One you can tell your grandchildren about. About "the way they used to play" football!
I think PennDot takes care of Heinz Field - I really do.
I love watching games in bad weather! It's much more dramatic and alot more fun when teams have to deal with the elements. It's Steeler football and how football should be played! Nothing is worse than teams that play on "fake grass". You couldn't really tell much about either team's progress last night except that Miami's offense sucks beyond belief. Still their defense isn't half bad. As far as the score, who cares? I don't care if we win by 1 or 100, stats, or how many yards we gain or give up. All I care about is that it goes in the books as a win! I'll take that everytime:-)
I was happy to see Willie get some yards last night despite the field conditions although Davenport is disappointing me lately. I'm like c'mon break a freaking tackle man!!! Just once!!! I thought Ben played well again. Right now he's playing with alot of confidence and that's great to see. No doubt Ben is the man. We are gonna either sink or swim with him.
Our offense has been out of sync a bit but I have a feeling it's gonna explode Sunday night against the Bengals. We're due to explode and Cincinatti is the perfect team to do it against. BTW any info on whether Santonio and or Troy will be back for the Bengals game?
P.S. Can't help it, I still love Porter;-)
Did everyone see that punt that instead of bouncing, just "stuck" in the ground?!
LOL!
Ohh and I was glad to see that the Dolphins are still striving for perfection...
Our offense appears out of synch now because our offensive line is playing terrible. To get any worse, at the snap of the ball they would have to turn around and tackle Ben or Willie themselves!
I don't think Santonio or Troy will be ready until the Patriots game but who knows? There's more bullshit in NFL injury reports than in the whole state of Texas. And lots of bulls live in Texas. Until they move to Chicago and either become Chicago Bulls or Filet Mignons.
I thought Max Starks filled in well at LT for Marvel. The wet field really helped Max. All he had to do was put himself between Jason Taylor and Ben most times. On a good field Jason Taylor eats Max's lunch and makes sweet love to his mama while tasting her Chunky Soup on his way to sacking Big Ben.
And another thing. All you guys who read and post here need to be voting Silverback to the Pro Bowl. The dude is playing incredible. Fan, can you post a link or something where you go to do that, please??
I know this is a late comment but I just happened to come across this site.
The reason Pgh. field is always a mess.
The Rooney's still have thier communion money, that's why!
Upon further sniffing by the Dog, it has become evident that a large degree of the problem with Heinz Field's field is that the playing surface is actually BELOW the river levels of both the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers!!
Even a Dog knows there's no place for water to drain when it's already below water... duh.
Eileen/Francine- Was Cold Mountain the book better than Cold Mountain the movie? I sure as hell hope so.
ok, stilladog, a little friendly banter for ya (stress the word friendly here!!!!)
first of all, nobody can control the weather
oh, but can they?
doesn't Ben have a direct connection with God? (You know how I hate that finger pointing crap and yeah, I know about his college coach, bla bla bla)
I was even questioning them postponing the game for the weather...why do that when God will protect Ben and the team.
Did you notice him pointing to the heavens when Jeff Reed kicked the field goal? I guess God works through Ben to assist Reed.
Actually, it was. When they were making the movie, I thought, how and the hell are they going to bring these strange characters to life. They didn't. The movie sucked.
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