# The 14th Annual Steelers March to the Super Bowl Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 8, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315 "2016-09-08T02:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/101 "2017-01-21T15:32:21Z")
Steelers would never release pressure studiously. They would do it in a manly way, and studious doesn’t sound manly at all. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/102 "2017-01-22T16:22:12Z")
A Patriots fan pulled the fire alarm at 3 a.m. today at the Steelers’ hotel. My God, even the fans cheat. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/103 "2017-01-22T20:09:38Z")
Saving time by making your excuses \*before \*the game? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/104 "2017-01-22T21:25:19Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > A Patriots fan pulled the fire alarm at 3 a.m. today at the Steelers’ hotel. My God, even the fans cheat. You’d think by now they’d figure out a way to make it a little harder for an idiot fan to do this kind of thing so easily, seems to happen more than it should. New England had it happen to them twice before the superbowl vs Seattle. Would be a relatively minor expense for a team to hire some extra security to prevent it. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/105 "2017-01-22T21:59:33Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > You’d think by now they’d figure out a way to make it a little harder for an idiot fan to do this kind of thing so easily, seems to happen more than it should. New England had it happen to them twice before the superbowl vs Seattle. Would be a relatively minor expense for a team to hire some extra security to prevent it. Given that ANY fire alarm ANYWHERE inside the hotel will produce this response (most likely), that seems difficult to do. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/106 "2017-01-22T22:02:04Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Given that ANY fire alarm ANYWHERE inside the hotel will produce this response (most likely), that seems difficult to do. Not to mention the fact that fire alarms are accessible for a very good reason. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/107 "2017-01-22T22:15:47Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Saving time by making your excuses \*before \*the game? 😉 And if it had been a Steeler fan waking the Patriots? Your partisanship is showing. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/108 "2017-01-22T22:16:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > And if it had been a Steeler fan waking the Patriots? He’d be blaming Roger Goodell. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/109 "2017-01-23T00:15:05Z")
Early indications not good for the Steelers. I hope that at least they avoid the Packers’ fate of getting the treatment a baby gives a diaper. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/110 "2017-01-23T00:42:22Z")
Not a good start, but there’s still lots of time. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/111 "2017-01-23T01:09:32Z")
17-9 at the half. Worrisome, especially with Bell now hurt and the failure at the goal line, but it’s far from over. They can still do this. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/112 "2017-01-23T01:44:18Z")
At least Steelers aren’t going down without a fight. Patriots are slightly better, and of course helped by the special set of rules that applies to them. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/113 "2017-01-23T01:56:03Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > At least Steelers aren’t going down without a fight. Patriots are slightly better, and of course helped by the special set of rules that applies to them. It’s the Steelers with the personal foul and most recent arrest. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/114 "2017-01-23T01:58:18Z")
You would think that 15 years would be more than enough time to learn that you can’t beat Tom Brady with a zone defense. And yet… ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/115 "2017-01-23T02:11:54Z")
Brady is a better QB than Roethlisberger, but not by some incredible margin. I don’t know what it would take for the Steelers to beat these Patriots, other than better coaching. This is not a call for Tomlin’s head - Steelers had a great season. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/116 "2017-01-23T02:17:26Z")
So close, yet so far. Good season. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/117 "2017-01-23T02:23:03Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > . . . since Tom Brady owns Pittsburgh, or so I’ve been told . . . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/118 "2017-01-23T02:23:24Z")
Brady is a better QB by an insurmountable margin. At least he had that knee injury in 2008, otherwise the Steelers wouldn’t have won the Super Bowl that year. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/119 "2017-01-23T03:09:06Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > But Pittsburgh has a date with New England yet again, and if they play anywhere near as bad as they did yesterday Pittsburgh has this. Ben isn’t Osweiler, and while the defense isn’t as good as Houston’s it’s still pretty good. Pressure on Brady and any offense at all gives them a good shot. Ah well, I’m sure it felt nice to dream. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315/120 "2017-01-23T03:09:50Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > At least Steelers aren’t going down without a fight. Patriots are slightly better, **and of course helped by the special set of rules that applies to them**. HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAA. Irony. This “special offciating” applies to the Steelers too, EXCEPT when they play the darling Tom Brady. Make no mistake, the refs didn’t matter in this game. The patsies WAXED the Stillers as much as the Falcons destroyed the Packers. Hopefully it’s a competitive Superbowl. All but the divisional playoff games have been blowouts so far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315.md?page=7)