well ive said it too, i respect the steelers, hate them, but respect.

lol i have no problem looking like a jackass.
ive been posting in the sports section for a while now. and i dont think ive ever run my mouth like this and made such predictions. i dont know what made me do it now but its fun to change it up lol

Easy win for the Pats tonight, 28-3

Lets go Skins!

lol Yeah, it is cool to mix it up a little. 15 hours to game time... :thumbs:

Man, this definetly is the best time for football -- all the emotion.

Can't wait till the games tomorrow.

Definitly alot emotion. Its funny to think tommorrow with the Cincy and Pitsburgh game, The winner doesn't matter mufch to me. I'd like to see Cincy win, but I really think Pitsburgh is going to win it. Whoever looses, the whole town will be feeling the sting as their hopes and dreams are crushed untill next year. The winner's city will be celebrating as hope still stays alive! in a league with 32 teams, there can only be one winner in the end. Next week, I'm either giong to be depressed beyond beleif or happy as hell... However after the past season for Indianapolis, I really don't know how to deal with the Colts crashing and burning next week... I really want them to win!

i was at the game last night and it was incredible, the whole stadium was really into it. which is good to see after people were saying we werent taking jacksonville seriously.

the place was so loud. i was lucky enough to have my boss give me a chance to sit with him right under madden and michaels in the booth, about 25 rows from the field :).

for 200 bucks i got great seats, all i can eat, all i can drink (happened to be a lot and too much) and a pats win. love it

and the giants look terrible right now. love that too

nice trick play

to me it looks like kitna got real nervous after they lost the lead, he was afraid to throw anything that was slightly covered... you cant play scared

so my prediction was wrong, but who would have thought there would be no palmer?

i had no idea cincy's defensive backs were that bad. and they got no pressure most of the game so far.

oh well, if pitt goes on to win, and then beats indy, and the pats beat denver.... another home playoff game for us lol

yeah right Pitsburgh beat indy... they can't handle the noise of the crowd!

Pitt figured out how to win....take out Carson Palmer and therefore Chad Johnson!

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05336/615995.stm


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sho nuff brother..even with a paltry showing by our offense, a win is a win and that's all that counts...and hopefully our D will finally get the respect it deserves..one down, three more to go..

Exactly what I was reffering too...

Indy doesn't pipe in noise here... the RCA Dome is just loud! If Pitsburgh can't handle it, maybe they should join the NBA or something!

They probably did enhance the sound, probably not the reason they won, but come on, the league basically said "Eh, we're not going to look into it at all", and Indy said well, the leauges not going to charge us, so we're not going to explain the microphones.

If there was a legitimate reason for them don't you think they'd say something other than "We don't pipe in crowd noise", and make sure that thier season didn't have a taint to it HAD it gone 16-0?

Regardless I doubt this'll be an issue next weekend and it'll be a good game of football.

should be a good game... and the Fully rested and healthy Colts should prevail...

But I have to say today I was rooting on the Bengals for many reasons. Primarily because I hate pitsburgh... I have family around that area, but I really don't like the team at all... them and their fans an their "terrible towels". Not to mention they screwed us out of a superbowl 10 years ago! And I know a lot of it is the rivalry between the colts fans and the Pitsburgh fans in my family. I also wanted Cincy to win to guarentee that we play new england... paybacks a B***!

Anyway it should be a good game, Expect to hear lots of "manning to harrison TOUCHDOWN and of course "Rothlisberger SACKED!"

edit: if it was that loud wouldn't it of affected the colts ability to play as well?

when you have 60k people screaming thier lungs out inside a enclosed dome....it tends to be really loud

no it wouldnt have effected the colts as well, because the fans tend to be quiet while the offense is working, plus they would have turned off the mics if that is the actual case which it seems like it may be, why else are there mics?

no mics in denver for the pats this week, its just plain loud there

have fun watchin the game at home

I really don't believe the colts piped in noise here... Nor do I believe they used "illegal hits" to beat the worthless Tennesee Titans... When any team starts winning that much, accusations start to fly... oh yeah thats right there's also the "pass interference" BS from week 2 against the Jaguars... that receiver had no chance of catching that ball, so it wasn't pass interference.

So anyway when we beat pitsburgh next week, what excuse will everyone come up with?

After the Pats win I rooted on the Steelers yesterday against Cincy, and considering all the crap Cincy was putting out there, I don't think the Steelers capitalized on it as much as the Steelers of old would. I'm sorry, but I just don't think the Steelers have what it takes to beat the Colts this year. They are just so hot. I predict Pats over Denver, Indy over Pittsburg in the AFC. In the NFC... I dunno. If someone had a gun to my head, I would say Seattle and Carolina. But don't want to down the Skins fans on here....

...we'll just have to see this weekend!!

And and all, all I really have to say is let the best team (Indianapolis) win. :)

GO COLTS!

^^ I think it will be a damb good game. If that crazy samoan gets to Manning early then the Colts will be in trouble. But regardless this will be a good game.

^^ That crazy Samoan had better keep his head on straight. I could have gotten in my car, driven to Cincy, and taken a billy club to his face after he pulled that crap down on the goal line. The Bengals would have had a 4th and 6 and been forced to kick a field goal instead of getting a fresh set of downs for Palomalu's idiocy. Ok, so he would beat the living snot out of me, but I was still pretty mad. lol

Also, it seems people either love or hate the Steelers. There is no common ground. The Cincy radio stations and newspapers even called for a shunning of Pittsburgh. They declined selling Steelers fans tickets to the game. If a (412) or (724) area code came up on the caller ID at the ticket place, they wouldn't even pick up. That's just ridiculous.

The allegations concerning the microphones in Indy are pretty shady, but we just flat out lost that game. However, this game coming up is going to be different in my eyes. I have all the faith in the world in the Steelers, but the Colts are extremely strong. I was confident we could beat the Bengals (which happened), but we are going to have to play the best game of the season to beat the Colts.

Zac, where did you pull that quote from? "Whining like their quarterback did"? WTF??? If an NFL coach wants to be five years old, then that's stupid.

i heard it on espn this morning, checked espn.com and found the article..and i feel the same way u do about it

Honestly I think Cincinatti would of won had Carson Palmer not been hurt within the second play... I was just like "oh...sh*T!" After such an awesome play too.

I feel like Denver isn't as tough as people make them out to be, and I feel like New England will probably beat them... but I hope I'm wrong. I just hate for it to come between the Colts and the Pats to get to the superbowl... Indy proved they could beat New England, but the past couple years they Colts have seemed to break down to New England in the Playoffs. Peyton Manning was practically hitting receivers in the numbers last year, they couldn't catch the ball for Sh*t!

14-2 just don't mean a thing without a ring!

Worst argument ever.
It might affect thier ability to call coverage audiables, but usually thats done with hand signals anyway.

As someone else said, when do people get on thier feet and yell? When your teams on defense. When on offense the only time you cheer is after catch/run/first down/TD, etc, not during the huddle/play-calls.

Add in whoever said turn the mics off for our offense also.

And if the mics were legit, Why were they there?

As I said though, don't think it had much to do with the loss, non the less, it's illegal by NFL rules.

i havent read all of this post to get me up to topic, but i would like to give a big HAHA to chad johnson. way to put up 40 points and get into a shoot out with indy. your the man chad, your the man.

id like to see how good any of the leagues best WRs in the league do with a nervous kitna throwing to them.

chad is still amazing. and before the game he went around to all the tailgaters and said hi and shook hands.

ive tailgated many a times, and if brady or branch or givens came out to shake my hand while i tailgated i would probably **** my pants

i think that is awesome too, i always said that players should come out and chill with the fans for a little bit before the game...thats about the only thing i can think of that i like about him lol

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And being the homer that I am, I wish it was LA.

I was honestly waiting for someone to say something about this. I completely disagree. Look at Kitna's numbers... 24 of 40, 197 yards, 60% completion, one TD and two INT's. Sure, the two INT's weren't very good, but he still stepped in and played VERY well for the circumstances. One player, I don't care how good he is, doesn't dictate a TEAM'S performance. I am very confident that if Ben went out (again) that Charlie Batch would have stepped in there and the Steelers still would have won the game. The Bengals actually had 41 more passing yards than Pittsburgh. Take away the 66-yarder Palmer threw when he got hurt, Kitna still stayed up there with Ben's numbers. However, the Steelers' defense shut down the Bengal's run game (84 yards) and a lot of the special teams plays. Those have nothing to do with the quarterback. Also, the Bengals had the ball longer in total time of possession. The Steelers were just more efficient. I will agree Kitna looked nervous at times, but he still put up good numbers and led the team well. Had Carson Palmer been in there, I think it would have been a little closer, but the Steelers still would have wanted the game more.

I think what Chad Johnson did before the game was awesome, too. I mean, the guy makes millions and would never have to interact with fans at all if he didn't want to. He doesn't get paid to please the fans. But, he still went out there with the tailgaters and had some fun. Ben's done that before along with a couple other Pittsburgh players like Hines Ward. It's really great to see the players be so thankful and down to earth with their fans. Love or hate Chad Johnson, you gotta respect the man for doing that.

I'd give anything to see Ben go down on an illegal hit to the knees. Come on Sweeney!!!!

well i watched the game and kitna played scared and timid the whole second half, your WRs wont have a good game with a QB like that. i have a feeling most of his completions were in the first half and early 3rd quarter

i never said chad wasnt an awesome wr or anything like that. i just wanted to mention that he will be watching the super bowl this year from his couch like the rest of us. good for him shaking everyones hands and tailgating. perhaps he has more class than i thought. but he still looks like an a*s in my eyes. and he should stick to the wr job because he isnt very physhic.

I like the guy, personally he cracks me up...

I remember when they were playing the colts, and right after Manning through a pass to Wayne and scored a touchdown within one play, Palmer through one to Johnson and Jounson went nuts! Running around acting crazy, then he went up to this Hot Bengal Cheerleader, and proposed to her, lol. Then he held up sign that said something about TO

I don't think he's intentionally trying to be an A** I think he's just having fun! Thats cool as hell that he went out there and tailgated with the fans.

But yeah I like Palmer, and Johnson, and really after the game with the colts I have gained respect for the squad. Oh yeah..and they do have the best looking uniforms in the NFL, I gotta admit. Those tigerstripes are just cool!

oh yes i forgot one more thing

"who gonna beat them bengles?"

perhaps more time should have been spent on watching game film, instead of making a film. now i know what your gonna say so dont, " well if palmer wouldnt have gotten hurt. . ." yes but he did. an no one on this earth knows what would have happened had he played the whole game. so its really a dumb argument.

personally i just like to see teams/players that are full of themselves go down. thats just me. say what you will i will always think its funny.

thats fine and all, but chad works as hard as anyone else does, he just likes being in the spotlight. there are plenty of people who are full of themselves in the NFL that display it in a pompous or negative way.

which is why i like the type of character chad displays.

he could just walk around like peyton and burress or keyshawn and some others with a pout on his face, or looking around like its everyone elses fault everytime a play doesnt go the right way.

note: mannings just may be a look, but he does it almost everytime a pass is incomplete. funny to watch

^^ I've noticed Manning's face, too. Like a lost puppy that just had his bone stolen. The guy's a great quarterback, but he wears his emotions on his sleeve way too much. Ben does this every once and a while, too, but he's been in the league 2 years. Peyton's been in it 7-8 years and he's still doing it...

chad johnson chad johnson yada yada yada...gimme my boy santana any day...more production and less antics..

Yeah Peyton works harder than most players in the NFL, so its no wonder he's upset when things don't go hes way... on his days off he watches films and study's the game... he's one of the hardest working players in the league, and a perfectionist. He makes occasional mistakes, but most of the time it ISN'T his fault when things doin't go his way.