# The Khadaji Memorial Steelers March to the Super Bowl Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 5, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126 "2013-09-05T23:39:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/381 "2013-12-29T20:45:57Z")
I’m starting to think: “Go Chiefs”! ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/382 "2013-12-29T21:21:56Z")
Whatever happens in SD, at least the Ravens won’t get in. We can all agree on that. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/383 "2013-12-29T22:00:51Z")
Let’s Go KC’s Scrubs!! ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/384 "2013-12-30T00:16:49Z")
KC misses the field goal that would have won in regulation. I want to punch everything. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/385 "2013-12-30T00:44:41Z")
Welp, that was closer than I would have ever dreamed. I feel like I should take it back when I said the Steelers were ‘dead but still warm.’ Sorry, Steelers fans. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/386 "2013-12-30T00:45:34Z")
Well, allmost. But when you have to root for the Bengals, Jets and Chiefs in order for your team to make the playoffs, you don’t really deserve to be in them. Still, much better finish of the year than I expected mid-season… ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/387 "2013-12-30T01:41:04Z")
> [@davidw](#): > > KC misses the field goal that would have won in regulation. I want to punch everything. Clearly, they were trying to lose. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [December 30, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/388 "2013-12-30T01:44:35Z")
Now I know how Bills fans have felt for the last 22 years. I have a name for my pain, and it is Ryan Succop. It almost happened, but thanks to a Shankapotamus Rex from a guy who does nothing but kick footballs for a living it came up short. Anyway, congratulations to the Chargers. I would have liked to have seen what happened had 20 of 22 starters not been sitting on the sideline watching, but thanks to a Herculean effort from the Chiefs’ backups it was Right. There. So, with the Steelers now officially and irrevocably out of the playoffs, we can close the door on this thread. As bad as the season started, it ended with a truly excellent team missing literally by inches. Thanks for not giving up, the fans certainly didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/389 "2013-12-30T01:47:36Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Now I know how Bills fans have felt for the last 22 years. I have a name for my pain, and it is Ryan Succop. It almost happened, but thanks to a Shankapotamus Rex from a guy who does nothing but kick footballs for a living it came up short. > > Anyway, congratulations to the Chargers. I would have liked to have seen what happened had 20 of 22 starters not been sitting on the sideline watching, but thanks to a Herculean effort from the Chiefs’ backups it was Right. There. > > So, with the Steelers now officially and irrevocably out of the playoffs, we can close the door on this thread. As bad as the season started, it ended with a truly excellent team missing literally by inches. Thanks for not giving up, the fans certainly didn’t. Would you care to comment on your earlier post about the difference of “dumping a game” when you’re the Chiefs and “dumping a game” when you’re the Steelers? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/390 "2013-12-30T02:21:09Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Now I know how Bills fans have felt for the last 22 years. I have a name for my pain, and it is Ryan Succop. It almost happened, but thanks to a Shankapotamus Rex from a guy who does nothing but kick footballs for a living it came up short. > > Anyway, congratulations to the Chargers. I would have liked to have seen what happened had 20 of 22 starters not been sitting on the sideline watching, but thanks to a Herculean effort from the Chiefs’ backups it was Right. There. > > So, with the Steelers now officially and irrevocably out of the playoffs, we can close the door on this thread. As bad as the season started, it ended with a truly excellent team missing literally by inches. Thanks for not giving up, the fans certainly didn’t. Are you kidding? Yeah, that kick sucked, and Succop is on my short list of people I’d like to see given an atomic wedgie (or something). But you can’t honestly compare his wide right to Scott Norwood’s. That wide right changed the lives of so many people. The Bills could have been one of the truly dominant dynasties in history. Instead, they lose that game, go on to lose three more super bowls and never win one. That miss also turned bill Parcells into a HOF coach, who shouldn’t have a Super Bowl ring from that year if only Norwood’s kick found home. Ryan Succop missed a kick to help put a Steeler team in the playoffs. A team which, if it didn’t lose some truly pathetic games during the season wouldn’t have depended on Succup to make the kick in the first place. Bills fans have a pain that no Steeler fan can imagine. I don’t care if you are the worlds biggest Steeler fan. You will wake up tomorrow and the Steelers still have 6 rings. I think you are being a bit over the top here. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/391 "2013-12-30T16:23:03Z")
I have to say I’m amused that finally a referring fuckup actually went against the Steelers for once - it just had to do so by being from a game where the Steelers weren’t playing. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/392 "2013-12-30T18:48:16Z")
As soon as the refs didn’t review the OT 4th down fumble and spot, I knew that Goodell was not going to let us in the playoffs. And now this… > **[NFL admits refs missed penalty on Chargers](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/10214659)** > > The NFL has acknowledged that the playoff-bound San Diego Chargers should have been penalized on the final play of regulation in Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/393 "2013-12-30T18:49:31Z")
BTW, I will add that the Succop miss was just bad luck. But calls simply were not going to go KC’s way. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/394 "2013-12-30T18:53:42Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > If they play their second string, but actually try to win, it won’t be nearly as shameful as what the Colts did in 2007. The final game of the season, the Colts played Tennessee in a game where, if Tennesee won, they’d be in the playoffs. Division rivals. > > The Colts started Jim Sorgi and a variety of second and third stringers. That’s pretty bullshitty right there, but let’s ignore that for a moment. They also deliberately did not make an effort to win. They were down by 4 points and gave the ball back to the Titans with a little bit over 2 minutes left in the game with 2 (IIRC) of their timeouts. So they can use the two minute warning and timeouts to get the ball back with somewhere around a minute to play down by 4. > > The Titans knelt the ball rather than trying to get a first down. What the fuck is that? How do you kneel in a situation where a first down wins the game but no first down gives the opposing team the ball back down by 4 points? > > Because the Colts somehow indicated that they wouldn’t use their time outs. That they were deliberately losing, to their own division rival. Tennessee ran the clock out by kneeling the ball and the Colts never called their last time outs. They conceded the game. At a post-game press conference, Tony Dungy bragged about winning a division that had 3 playoff teams. After he’d just given a free playoff birth by not even playing the fucking game with his division rival. > > That piece of shit franchise lucked into drafting two once in a generation QB prospects, so their fair weather housewife fans will still show up. Fuck them. They deserve nothing but failure. Most gutless organization in the league. We shall never forgive or forget the disgrace they should have suffered by sneaking out of Baltimore in the middle of the night. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/395 "2013-12-30T18:57:00Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > As soon as the refs didn’t review the OT 4th down fumble and spot, I knew that Goodell was not going to let us in the playoffs. And now this… > > [NFL admits referees missed penalty on San Diego Chargers at end of regulation vs. Kansas City Chiefs - ESPN](http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=10214659) I hope you are joking… ---
**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:** [December 30, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/396 "2013-12-30T19:14:48Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > As soon as the refs didn’t review the OT 4th down fumble and spot, I knew that Goodell was not going to let us in the playoffs. This sort of conspiracy theorizing is pathetic. Pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/397 "2013-12-30T19:21:13Z")
Is there seriously a _Steelers_ fan complaining that the NFL is conspiring against them? Are you off your meds? Your owners practically run the league. The NFL kisses more Steeler ass than it does any other franchise. > [@SenorBeef](#): > > If they play their second string, but actually try to win, it won’t be nearly as shameful as what the Colts did in 2007. The 2007 Colts _earned_ the right to mail it in for the last few weeks of the season. Anyway, they were promptly smote by the football gods. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/398 "2013-12-30T20:33:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Is there seriously a _Steelers_ fan complaining that the NFL is conspiring against them? Are you off your meds? Your owners practically run the league. The NFL kisses more Steeler ass than it does any other franchise. So it’s only possible for the league to conspire for the Steelers, and not against them. Now I get it.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/399 "2013-12-30T21:22:24Z")
It’s _possible_ for the league to conspire against whoever it likes. It’s not _plausible_ that the league conspired against the Steelers. I don’t think the league has ever conspired _for_ the Steelers, either, at least not on the field\* - it’s just that if they had a general policy of doing that, the Steelers would be the last team suffering from it. \*All evidence from Super Bowl XL to the contrary. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 31, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126/400 "2013-12-31T05:16:53Z")
Yeah Steelers, that Succop kick was what kept you out of the playoffs…not losing to teams like Oakland and Minnesota or anything… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khadaji-memorial-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/668126.md?page=21)