I’m well aware of the many deficiencies in the NFL’s official team stats, (ie measuring gross yards vs yards per play, etc), however, be that as it may, there isn’t much difference between these two clubs
Item GB Rank, Pitt Rank, Diff, Total Dif
Offense 10, 12, GB+2, GB +2
Passing 5, 14, GB +9, GB +11
Rushing 24, 11, Pit +13, Pit +2
Scoring 10, 17 GB +7, GB +5
Defense 2, 1, GB+1, GB+6
Pass D 5, 12 GB +7, GB +13
Rush D 18, 1, Pit+17, Pit +4
Scoring D 23, 21 Pit +2, Pit +6
I’ve given it some thought. So, here’s what I want when Pittsburgh wins.
A copy of Red Dead Redemption for XBox360. New, used, don’t care. Whatever’s cheaper for you. I don’t drink anymore, so it’s something tangible and modestly priced that will suffice to keep me occupied for many, many hours.
A Terrible Towel with the score of the game on it, accompanied by a photograph of you holding it up in front of you and smiling. You will be able to order one shortly after the game from Steelers.com.
A 500-word or less essay on why the Pittsburgh Steelers are the best team in the last 40 years, to be submitted in this year’s March to the Super Bowl thread.
By my calculations, the game will cost no more than $30 and the Towel will go for around $7. Pretty cheap considering the original terms of the bet, as a bottle of decent bourbon goes for around $20. But what’s going to cost you more is your pride, choking it down the way you’re going to have to. That’s something that will cost you nothing and yet at the same time cost you everything.
Sounds … painful. Excellent choice of game (I really like it for my PS3), the Towel is fine (goes to a good cause), the smiling might be tough to pull off, but I’d just pretend it’s burning. Could I tweak the topic of the essay though? I could certainly write a 500 word essay praising the Steelers as one of the best franchises in the NFL, but best team in the last 40 years might be tough. But, as long as I don’t have to mention their fans, I could probably do it.
By the by, it’s currently snowing here and I’m heading to the airport in half an hour to try and get my ass to Dallas. It’s not snowing anymore there, at least, but I’m getting nervous. Still, it’s only a 10 hour drive to Dallas …
I see it as praise on both teams…snow in Dallas (a big middle finger to Dallas), which will put both the Packers and the Steelers right at home. Too bad the stadium is domed.
Really? WTH are you trying to say? Steelers have juiced players on their team? Yeah, they probably do have a few juiced players on their team (maybe none, maybe a handful, maybe 75%, I don’t know.) However, EVERY NFL team probably has some juiced players on their team (maybe none, maybe a handful, maybe 75%..I don’t know). The Packers? Probably have a few juiced players on their team…see the point? The Bengals probably have some juiced players on their team… If you’re going to throw out insults with implications like that, you may want to make sure there’s something to back it up.
No, I was referring to the Super Bowl wins they accumulated when the Steelers franchise wrote the book on Roids in the 1970’s…if they didn’t have those…no seven is possible…and I’m mostly just talking shit for the sake of it…
You mean when steroids were legal? (and to think only the Steelers used 'em is ridiculous).
Anyway, should be a great game. Hoping for #7, though the Packers have always been my NFC team of rooting, so if we should lose, at least it won’t be to a team I despise. Anyway, GO STEELERS!
I never said that…but there’s been a lot of speculation that a part of their success in those days was that they were using them widely before anyone else was.
