Yeah, the Steelers could have beaten the Patriots. But they didn't. Not even close.
Things didn't look hopeless in the first half, which the Steelers left trailing only by four points. But the second half was another story. The Patriots doubled their points total, while the Steelers failed to score at all.
It definitely seemed that Patriots were taking it to Steelers safety Anthony Smith (he of the infamous "guarantee"), especially on a 63-yd touchdown pass to Randy Moss and a Brady-Moss-Brady-Gaffney flea flicker play for a touchdown.
And so the Pats are still unbeaten. And with their next two game against the Jets and Miami (seriously??? do the football gods hate the rest of us), they've got a great chance to go for their perfect regular season in week 17 against the Giants.
(I'm crossing my fingers that the Colts can knock them out in the playoffs!)
Box Score
Monday, December 10, 2007
football: Steelers embarassed by Patriots
Friday, December 7, 2007
football: Are the Patriots their own league now?
Has anyone else noticed, on ESPN, that the New England Patriots now have their own category on the ticker at the bottom of the screen?
You know, the categories that usually say "NFL" or "MLB."
As much as I personally dislike the Patriots, I understand that they're the biggest story in sports right now. So I can understand showing ticker stories with the latest updates about their season.
But those updates should still appear under "NFL," like ever other NFL story, score and update on the ticker.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
football: Unbeaten but not unbeatable
Can you believe how close the Baltimore Ravens came to knocking off the undefeated New England Patriots last night? I don't know which is more unbelievable: that they were that close to beating them and held a lead, or that they manged not beat them in the last minute of the game.
Of course, I'm one to talk. I never believed Pitt could beat WVU this weekend either (should have kept my mouth shut on that one!).
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
football: Late Field Goal Earns Steelers a "Thrilling" Victory
Oh. My. Goodness. Could that game have been any more painful to watch? The Pittsburgh Steelers avoided setting the record for the first NFL game to go into overtime scoreless by kicking a field goal with seconds left to beat the still winless Miami Dolphins 3-0. The score came on the first drive of the game to make it inside of the red zone (the Dolphins made it to the 20 yd line once, only to take a delay of game penalty on their field goal attempt).
Granted, you can't really blame the awfulness of this game on either team. The heavy rains and a layer of new sod (put in place after Friday's four WPIAL high school championship games and a Pitt football game on Saturday) coupled to create laughable field conditions. And Heinz Field isn't exactly known for its great field. Most of the paint came off with the tarp, so players probably just didn't know exactly where that red zone was anyway. Mud and divots covered the field, and the grounds crew apparently used what Joey Porter (back in Pittsburgh in a Dolphins uniform) described as "cat litter" to attempt to absorb some of the moisture.
I think my favorite part of the game was when a ball, punted by the Dolphins in the thrid quarter, plopped down into the mud and went no where. Kind of like the game.
