Don't Pick Us!

Hey Yinzers,

So the steelers are banged up knocked down and after last night they are 4-1 heading into the bye week. Well kiss it. I know I know everyone picked the Jax to beat us including alot of Pittsburgh People. When will people realize that the Steelers this year are really good. There are alot of things that we have to address though:

1. O-Line: the Oline is holding on by a thread, But I will take it! This is why you draft 2 and 3 deep at pro positions. If they were not good in this league they would not be on our roster.

2. Keep Ben from Fetal position: this goes with the first thing about the O line- wake up pick up blocks and give him time in the pocket. No more Alan Faneca references please.

3. Keep Jeff Reed from hurting himself. Last night it was reported late that Jeff reed while warming up on the sidelines injured himself- we will find out today the extent of the injury. This is the most significant injury. Reed is the best and most consistent steeler we have on many levels. Please hope for a fast recovery.

Penguins Hockey

The Pens opened the 2008- 2009 season in Stockholm Sweden , great. Thanks for letting us not see all of the games on VS. Because of wacky scheduling and ( my work schedule) I didn't get to see one ounce of Pens hockey this weekend. Give me a break. We split the series 1-1 with the Ottawa Crybabies. Pens next game is Saturday at the Igloo vs the Devils.

Gamecocks

Ok , Who let this team in? A team that doesn't give up , a Team that came back twice- give me a break. Chris Smelley looked magnificent in the big win over OLE miss this weekend. For a team that has been ridiculed all over town this weekend - way to go out and outplay, out coach and out - win another sub par team. This win is big for alot of reasons, first of all Ole Miss was coming off of beating Florida. We on the other hand are trying to put the season back together one game at a time. - This week we go into Lexington and I hope we kick Rich Brooks and those kitty kats. Man I hate KY.

Other Big winners this weekend:

Penn State: 6-0

Mizzou: First win in Nebraska since Electricity

Pitt: Pulling out a huge win on Thursday over South Florida

Have a great Monday!

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Farewell Coach!

Hey Yinzers,

So Paul Newman died on Saturday, I was never a huge P Newman fan but I will always remember him as Player Coach Redge Dunlop of the Charleston Chiefs In the movie SLAP SHOT. This is one of my favorite movies of all time- He will be terribly missed:



This is one of the finest sports interviews of all time.....go to the box and feel shame, ya know then you get free. ......



College
What a weekend in College football, USC goes down, Georgia goes down and ECU is done. The South Carolina Gamecocks had an open scrimmage vs the Blazers of UAB on Saturday. All Carolina did was get ready for next week against Ole Miss in front of 91,000 fans. Oh by the way Ole Miss beat Mormon Myer with a blocked feild goal- and basically put 4-0 Vanderbilt in the lead of the conference. Ridiculous.

Penn State
Joe pa does it again , for the first time in a very long time Penn State is 5-0 , along with Michigan knocking off Wisconsin on Saturday, the Nitiany Lions are looking pretty damn good in the Big 10 conference. As long as they show up they can do it this season. Great White out game- on Saturday.

Well I hope that gets everyone off to a great start of the week, I will have a full NFL run down for you on Tuesday after the Steelers play tonight vs the ravens.

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Goodbye Olympics!

Hey Yinzers,

Goodbye China, Goodbye friends and Goodbye Olympics! After the news being saturated with Micheal Phelps and Olympic fever it is finally over.

The NFL is gearing up for a large weekend of pre-season football: the Steelers are playing the Minnesota Vikings at 8pm on CBS. I am looking forward to see whom is going to make the team. I believe that our offense is pretty much set , but our Defense that we hinge our lives on is still not looking impressive. But the Heckler called me and gave me reassurance that Dick Lebou Never shows what kind of plan he has for the 2008 season.............



So I have gone back to college for the three hundredth year in a row, and the University of South Carolina Athletics has implemented a new ticketing system and it is a bust. Tickets went on computer last night for students at midnight, but of course the request for tickets - the actual website was to clogged with every freshman in the county trying to get tickets. Then after you request you have to go back and claim your tickets with in three days, if you do not complete this process a total of 5 times in your College career you are kicked off the system- dumb.
What happened to sleeping outside in the rain and the cold, drinking having fun missing class etc- for games. So now kids are even more sissy than ever lets stay at home and log on to the computer at midnight. - double dumb.

Look at real waiting for tickets that is an event !

Paternoville

So IN MSM death Match News The Second combatant in the final Four is the Huxtables




This is why the Huxtables why win the death tournament:

• Rudy is a cyborg



• Theo is a slacker - and has no career



• Cliff is wearing a Kevlar sweater



• the rest of the cast is great with weapons



• Jello pudding nough said
  

Tell us why the Huxtables will continue to dominate here is how they got to finals:

• The Sievers


• Uncle Sam


• Santa clause
  

So with that Being said Vote for either Bigfoot or The Huxtables all weekend long with your scenarios and the best one wins.

Have a great weekend, Have fun but be safe out there!

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Vacation Friday!

Hey Yinzers,

So I decided to take a few days for myself and am actually writing this from a bungalow from a water front resort wondering why the Steelers looked really flat last night. I had a great time with the Brognano clan from Pittsburgh as we watched the steelers game at Oscars bar and eatery. We even met a local Pittsburgh Celebrity- find out Monday to see whom it was!

I have decided as usual that the Pittsburgh Steeler fan base is out of control. There were over 400 steeler fans in full get-up at Oscars , we had to arrive at 5 o'clock just to get a seat.The Steeler Nation even on Vacation has their priorities straight as an arrow.

As for the First team , Great pass and catch( touchdown ) from Ben To Sanintono Holmes last night. We struck early and then the Scrubs came in . Final score was 24-21 Bills. I do not think that welcoming the Bills to Toronto is a good thing. With the way that the NBA is looking to expand worldwide , I want to keep Football home. I want it here in the states- I think it is great that worldwide that there are Steeler blogs and sites but I want it to stay right where it is- in the USA.

I met allot of great people last night and when we can get the Pictures uploaded on Monday I will recap the whole experience.

I got really sun burnt yesterday , the worst i have ever been. Umm Alex can I have things that are bright Red for a 1000.

As for my football calendar for this year is starting to fill up, Like I said before I will be in Penn State for the season opener vs. Coastal Carolina. Hanging with the Brognano brothers I learned of the rich tradition and the insanity before every game. Remember the Fans, not the players make the sport experience. THE PENN STATE EXPERIENCE

Two days before my venture to Penn State I will be at the Home opener for the Carolina gamecocks, as NIxheckler wrote we lost the in court battle to Southern Cal for the Rights to be called SC- dumb. Who Cares. Even off the field we loose again.

In Huge Olympics news , Micheal Phelps is defiantly one of the best athletes of the century, i have heard on allot of news programs that he is not. How come? Is it because that swimming is not a Main stream sport. think about it. he has more medals than any Olympian in history , his medal count even outweighs Mexico and India lifetime.

We will continue with the results and the final couple match ups of the MSM death tournament and start getting into full swing for the College and Pro football season.

Have a great and safe weekend! Wear Sunscreen........

Burnt NIX