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!).
