The Shut Out in Dress Rehearsal – Pre-season game #3

In a shut out, the Steelers topped the Bills 17-0 in the third pre-season game.  The dress rehearsal showed why the Steelers defense has been ranked number one the last two seasons when James Farrior intercepted a pass and returned 22-yards for a defensive touchdown.  The first points on the board.
Amazingly enough, the offensive line [...]

Getting closer to 53: pre-season penalties don’t make for a check in the W column

Despite the rain, and the overall loss, a good time was had by the Steelergurl Family at FedEx field last night.  For the most part Redskins fans did not harass us…and likely because it was about 50/50 black and gold to burgandy and gold. As I stated in my post yesterday, the Redskins handed out [...]

Bring your terrible towel day “Hey Dan iilii”

So, word on the street is that Big Dan – in fear of SteelerNation taking over the lovely FedEx field, especially in pre-season when Redskins fans will pass on attneding – is going to be giving away the Redskins version of the towel.  Now, I find that just a little crazy.
So Steeler Nation, bring your [...]

Who makes the cut? Pre-season game #1

On a beautiful Thursday night in Pittsburgh, I was able to take Steelerboy (my 13-year-old son) to his first ever NFL game to see the Steelers play the Cardinals in the first pre-season game of the year.
This is a great time of year – where we gear up for regular season play – but also [...]

Repeat X 3

Some say its impossible to repeat a Super Bowl Championship.  Is it?
I’m no statistical genius, my parents will attest, but there have been just 43 Super Bowls and there have been 7 teams to repeat…and the Steelers have repeated twice out of those seven.  No team, however,  has won three in a row. So what [...]

Tweet, Tweet, Tweeting from the sidelines

There’s been a ton of talk lately about tweeting and the NFL – from what the rules are to almost “censorship.”  But let’s stand back and take a look at what’s really important:
First, every NFL player should realize they are a public figure and using twitter, or any other form of social media, is part [...]

Training Camp Opening Weekend: Overview

So after a 4+ hour drive to Latrobe early Saturday morning, “Steelerboy” and I drove through the beautiful campus of St. Vincent’s to sit through 2 hours of Steelers practice.  Opening weekend means lots of stretching and basic runs but not a lot of hard hitting – in fact, not even in full pads.
Never the [...]