PITTSBURGH STEELERS VS. ARIZONA CARDINALS
6:00PM ET - NBC
Posted on 02/01/2009 8:39:21 AM PST by mainepatsfan
PITTSBURGH STEELERS VS. ARIZONA CARDINALS
6:00PM ET - NBC
I love the way you got pics up of Gen. Petraeus, however no FReeper responses. Hmmmm.....
I was most pleasantly surprised to see he was there, made my day yesterday.
I agree with the other posters, I don’t remember that ever being called in the pros. In fact, I don’t remember seeing any 3’rd and 1 or 4’th and 1 where there isn’t assistance. It’s usually three or four offensive players pushing the ball carrier forward while three or four defensive players are pushing the ball carrier backwards. Instead of a tug-of-war, its more of a push-of-war with the ball carrier being sandwiched in the middle. On the first drive of the SB, it looked like the O-lineman initially slowed Bens momentum forward by running into him.
Besides paying off the refs, it also helps if you use your first-round pick on a franchise QB who isn't a basket-case and suicide risk. But then again, if I played in Nashville, I would be a suicide risk too. So you know . . . chicken - egg.
Do you mean Whisenhunt or Russ Grimm? Whisenhut had already taken himself out of the running for the Steeler job before any decision was made.
Here's the timeline.
The Whiz went for the sure thing, (and probably a better pay check than he could have had with the Steelers) so he was not 'passed over' in Pittsburgh. Russ Grimm, an O-line coach was 'passed over' for a guy who had already been on O-coordinator. Tomlin became the Steelers head coach on January 22, 2007.
Russ Grimm went to Arizona with Whizenhut where he is still the O-line coach.
Please tell us how that works. You say "THEY" want the Steelers to win (and the Steelers win a lot) but they seldom cover the spread. The winning bet yesterday was Arizona with 7. If you bet the Steelers, you lost!
If the officials are gaming like that NBA refs did, logic would say they must be doing it against the Steelers, not for them.
Or is this some cosmic conspiracy that we need some X-Files types to decipher?
I would think from a pure marketing standpoint, THEY would want Cinderella to win, not the same old ugly stepsister.
The Steelers already sell out all of their home games and probably 99% of their road games. They have for the last 35 years. Win or lose, that won't change. There ain't much more money to be made off the Steelers. They are maxed.
Now if the Cards had won, maybe they start a streak of home sell-outs. Maybe they create a bunch on new NFL fans out in the desert instead of just the hom-hum following they have had since they have been there. Maybe Cardnials gear starts flying off the shelves. Maybe they even start getting a national/international fan base like the Steelers have. There is lots of revenue growth potential with the Cards and little in the way for growth for the Steelers.
But, don't let logic get in the way of a good conspiracy theory especially if it serves as a cover for being a sore loser.
“I would think from a pure marketing standpoint, THEY would want Cinderella to win, not the same old ugly stepsister.
“The Steelers already sell out all of their home games and probably 99% of their road games. They have for the last 35 years. Win or lose, that won’t change. There ain’t much more money to be made off the Steelers. They are maxed.”
Come now. Surely you understand this.
Cards have few fans (per se). They wouldn’t sell any merchandise.
Meanwhile, a`la that silly NFL commercial, Steeler fans are numerous AND nutso and buy everything they can.
It’s not just about seats, it’s about merchandise. That sells even to people who never park their butts in a stadium seat.
The NFL, the referees, the mob and space aliens are all in cahoots for the merchandising revenue!
Oh my...somebody doth protest too much...
See it really is a Steeler Nation ;)
Happiness is watching an entire Super Bowl without once hearing, seeing, or smelling Keith Olberdork.
I didn't notice it so I don't know. I'd have to see the play. Was that the 100 yard run back?
That's exactly why THEY should want the Cards to win.
Everybody loves a Cinderella story and a Champion Cards team would inspire a whole generation of new fans out in the Southwest just as it did in Western PA 35 years ago when a team that had never won anything and had never sold out a game suddenly won it all! It was a great story and a perfect marketing gimmick.
The Cards have all the ingredients to be that great story that creates lifelong fans. If I were the un-named THEY (who has the power to fix games at will) I would fix it so the Cards won, not the Steelers.
Win or lose, the Stelers are going to sell that merchandise. The outcome of the game does not matter from that standpoint. The Steelers can and did go 25 years without winning a Super Bowl yet they remained in the top three in the league in merchandise sales entire time.
But if the Cards had won, overall merchandise sales are going to go way up, and THEY would make more money.
Somehow I don’t think the Steelers were huge until it was clear over several seasons they were actually GOOD rather than the garbage they’d always been.
Yes, alot of us love underdogs, but I’d still gamble that won’t add up to the overweening devotion to the Steelers.
Which correlates to why it’s going downhill.
;-)
BTW, the “They” is NFL. THEY are the group that sells all that stuff.
Also, ALL NFL clothing-type merchandise is instructed to be cold-washed, and turned inside out.
-—”...use your first-round pick on a franchise QB who isn’t a basket-case and suicide risk...”-—
Heck, he’s not really a Fisher QB anyway - he wants to actually make an impact on the game as opposed to just managing the clock.
Plus, you have no idea how bad the homer-ism is in Tennessee. Young could prove to be the greatest QB in NFL history, and 60% of the fans in Tennessee will still hate him because the Titans picked him instead of Jay Cutler.
Young will never get a fair shake in Tennessee, just because he’s not Jay Cutler.
Just like MLB wants the Devil Rays to win, and not the Yankees....
(rolling eyes)
The NFL is stock-laden with ex-Steelers and ex-Steelers coaches in their ranks, especially their officials.
Every member of the broadcast crew has Steelers connections, including everyone who did the Super Bowl (Bettis, Cowher, Dungy, etc.).
They (most of the NFL) would sell their collective souls to make sure the Steelers win one every few years. Marketing goes through the roof, and money is made - everyone’s happy.
But I'm sure they're just the luckiest team in the world - you know - just happening to get all those ridiculous calls in their favor against unmarketable Seattle and Arizona......
I will be here to remind you when someone finally tells all - it's only a matter of time. There will be much gnashing of teeth when the truth comes out. I will enjoy hearing the excuse-making.
I noticed that! I also noted that if Fitzgerald had not done that, WR Steve Breaston, #15 might have knocked Harrison out of bounds before the goal line preventing the touchdown.
I thought Harrison should have gotten the MVP.
Face it, this one is too fishy - especially after the Seattle game - to pretend everyone is seeing black helicopters anymore.
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