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Roethlisberger Passes For Career Best 316 Yards
ESPN.com ^ | 12/18/04 | Associated Press

Posted on 12/18/2004 3:42:18 PM PST by airborne

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -(AP) Eli Manning's best game as a pro wasn't enough to stop Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Roethlisberger threw for a career best 316 yards and threw four straight passes to set up Jerome Bettis' game winning 1 yard run with 4:57 left in the game, leading the Steelers to a 33-30 come from behind win over the New York Giants.

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KEYWORDS: bigben; football; steelers
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To: F16Fighter
Manning did well and used backup receivers to move the Giants.

Bettis did well, earned his moniker, "Bus".

The zebras sucked!

Congratulations Pittsburgh*

121 posted on 12/19/2004 11:02:25 AM PST by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
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To: landorepub

Oh, you're just jealous because FL doesn't have a team that's worth a crap this year.......

Though you're right about the weather/Colts. Cold won't be an issue, but I worry about frozen precipitation......


122 posted on 12/19/2004 11:03:17 AM PST by The Coopster
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To: F16Fighter

Saw the play, the reason he got called is that the other two guys that had a hold of Ben let go. It probably would have been excuses as momentum or not hearing the whistle if all three had dragged him down, but when two of three tacklers let go after the whistle the guy that doesn't let go will get called for roughing the passer 100% of the time.


123 posted on 12/19/2004 11:03:57 AM PST by discostu (mime is money)
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To: Matchett-PI

I'm also a Pittsburgh Native in New England. I proudly hang my Myron Cope "Terrible Towel". There are a surprising amount of Pittsburgh Natives here. When the steel industry went down the tubes years ago, lots of steel workers moved here to build submarines.


124 posted on 12/19/2004 11:12:10 AM PST by CTGOPPER (In a red town, in a blue county, in blue state of CT)
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To: CTGOPPER

Way to go!


125 posted on 12/19/2004 11:14:07 AM PST by Matchett-PI (Today's DemocRATS are either religious moral relativists, libertines or anarchists.)
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To: Petronski
That's not an admission, that's an excuse.

LOL!!!! You're a stubborn and great guy! I love your spirit.

Ben had nowhere to go. His feet were stuck, bodies were all intertwined, and one guy came in to knock all those guys over, Ben near the bottom. It really was just incidental........ but I'll take it.

The Rooneys have always been "close" with the NFL movers and shakers. ;-)

Anyhow I appreciate that you're sticking to your guns.

Go Stillers!

126 posted on 12/19/2004 11:29:00 AM PST by beyond the sea (Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? ....... Only after lights out.)
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To: F16Fighter; Petronski
The ALL-TIME NFL "dirtiest" player had to be Oakland Raid-ah Ben Davidson.

Maybe........ I'd say Conrad Dobler, St Louis mayhem man from the 70's. He was a sicko!

Got any suggestions, P.?

127 posted on 12/19/2004 11:32:28 AM PST by beyond the sea (Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? ....... Only after lights out.)
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To: BIGLOOK
The zebras sucked!

LOL.

That's why they wear stripes, everyone thinks they deserve to be behind bars.

128 posted on 12/19/2004 11:35:18 AM PST by beyond the sea (Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? ....... Only after lights out.)
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To: CTGOPPER; Matchett-PI
When the steel industry went down the tubes years ago, lots of steel workers moved here to build submarines.

Good, you can use a couple of those subs in that leaking monstrosity, THE BIG DIG.

;-)

129 posted on 12/19/2004 11:37:51 AM PST by beyond the sea (Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? ....... Only after lights out.)
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To: beyond the sea

Possible to probable might be a better description. Still, I don't understand why you would doom your team in midseason like that, all for sake of the "future."

It's not fair to the other hard-working players on the team, in my opinion.


130 posted on 12/19/2004 2:33:08 PM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: Zack Nguyen
It's not fair to the other hard-working players on the team, in my opinion.

You are completely right. Tiki (sp?) Barber was interviewed on TV before the game and this subject came up. He was very honest. He admitted that it was a little (at least) unfair to the older players.

By the way, Barber is one hell of a runner.

131 posted on 12/19/2004 2:35:59 PM PST by beyond the sea (Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? ....... Only after lights out.)
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To: beyond the sea; martin_fierro; Americanwolf; Terpfen; annyokie; xsmommy; Willie Green; ...
Today is the 32nd anniversary of the "Immaculate Reception"! 12/23/72!

Hopefully, this will be another year to remember!

132 posted on 12/23/2004 4:37:10 PM PST by airborne (God bless and keep our fallen heroes.)
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To: airborne

My middle son has an authentic toy Stillers football that was personally autographed by Franco and a "pitcher" also autographed, of Franco making the Immaculate Reception. He (son) even did a project for English class last year using said items.

Go Stillers!


133 posted on 12/23/2004 5:58:45 PM PST by annyokie (If the shoe fits, put 'em both on!)
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To: airborne; beyond the sea

I'm in the Burgh for Christmas & can't believe all the STILLER SPIRIT signs I'm seeing around town.


134 posted on 12/23/2004 8:30:39 PM PST by martin_fierro (Hines Ward is my son! OK, not really, but it'd be nice.)
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To: martin_fierro
When was younz here last? Did yah find a keg of Ahrn yet?

;-)

If younz need tickets to the game Sunday, check out the Consierge Desk at the Dahntahn Hilton Hotel......... ask for Audrey.......... she's cool.

Go Stillers.....yoi, double yoi!

135 posted on 12/24/2004 8:32:24 AM PST by beyond the sea (A man who says he can see through women is missing a lot.)
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To: carl in alaska
The Steelers will get a first-round bye because the Chargers play Indy at Indy next Sunday. The game will definitely not end in a tie because San Diego is going to pull a stunning upset and shock the Dolts at home. I'm down here in SD for the winter and the talk amongst informed drunks in the bars is that Coach Wade Phillips has been working on new blitzes and coverage packages that have NEVER been used by San Diego in the past. These will be blitzes and coverages that Peyton Manning has never seen from the Chargers and he will not be expecting them or know how to react (at least at first.) We're hoping he gets shook up real good in the first quarter.

Dolts? What a good sport.

Better eat your crow before it gets cold. The "Dolts" are for real.

136 posted on 12/27/2004 8:18:00 AM PST by The Coopster
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To: Petronski

I was completely unimpressed, once again, by Pittsburgh today. Big Ben looked awful. Their secondary played VERY soft in the 4th quarter.

The Steelers are one dimensional and very beatable. Whoever wins tomorrow's Colts/Pats game WILL be representing the AFC in the Super Bowl.


137 posted on 01/15/2005 5:51:36 PM PST by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength)
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