NO SUSHI IN DONORA

 

 

 

 

NO SUSHI IN DONORA�.

no playoffs either

By Swissvale72

 

 

Day after Christmas, no Steeler football to look forward to.� Started writing yesterday, glad I waited until today to finish.

 

Maybe it�s best the Steelers lost on Sunday.� Last night�s game would have made me insane otherwise, with the Jets winning late, Miami forgoing a 4^th & 1 that would have put them in position to win, choosing the �safer� route by tying the game�..then losing anyway.

 

How many of you, like me, were watching, unsure of how you wanted it to end.� Should we root for Miami, giving the Steelers the opportunity to knock the Bungals from the playoff pic themselves, or the Jets, because a Jets loss would be just too hard to take.� A Jets loss would have meant that all of this weekend�s pieces to the playoff puzzle had fallen neatly into place, with the exception of our own game.� We had choked on the only bite of the elephant that we had control over�..Bear Bryant would�ve had this team ready though.� See ya Bill, thanks for bringing us One for The Thumb�.could�ve certainly happened earlier, wish you had followed The Bus with the retirement speech on the podium in Detroit.

 

Should we be surprised?� Last 3 weeks, Steelers had beaten scrap heap teams, all playing with their second QBs.� Barely beat the scrap heap Browns in Cleveland.� Wanted to believe that our team was rising, wanted to believe that �nobody would want to face US in the playoffs.�� Truth is, the 2006 Pittsburgh Steelers edition would strike fear into the hearts of no one.

 

Ravens game�.what an abysmal performance. Very first play�.busted play�.never got any better.� Ben misses a wide-open Santonio early on a play that could have gone for big yardage.� Allow the Ravens, of all teams, to pass all over us, have to bear McNair and his Alcorn A & M bullshit.� Hope did end with the FWP fumble.� FWP, and Ben though, in my estimation, draw a pass�..they did bring us a Super Bowl win�.pass is now used up though.� And how, for Pete�s sake (�.who the fuck is Pete, anyway?), do we end up with the duo of Najeh Davenport and Sean Morey returning kicks.� Morey, the brainy Ivy Leaguer�.stupid fuck picks up a kickoff that�s heading out of bounds and steps out himself at the 8�costing us 32 yards� I swear, at the exact same time on my upper TV, the Jags� Maurice Jones-Drew, a rookie, carefully watches a similar kick go out of bounds inside the 5, giving his team the ball on the 40.

 

Suffering right now from a different version of PEIS (Post-Euphoric Inconsolable Syndrome).� One year ago, the Steelers had gained control of their own destiny.� Those games beyond their control had gone their way, AND they had taken care of their own business.� They awaited a New Year�s Day matchup with the Detroit Lions, knowing that a win would thrust them into the playoffs.� Then, the glorious playoff run.

 

 

I might need to take a break from articles for awhile�.shut myself in a room, pull the blinds,� would come out for GroundHog Day, but that�s pre-Super Bowl, too damn early.�

 

Closing notes for this 2006 campaign:

Stocking of Christmas Cheer for:

Mill�..continuing to give me the opportunity to feed my addiction

InkedSports�.great pics, great prizes, making Trivia fun (pox on anyone that criticizes this guy)

GBall8man, ChiTraderRob�great tailgates

SignPlax�.cynical, but always knew he hoped he was wrong

Plaxicoiswacked�..holding down the fort in the Canadian hinterlands

Still it�.all superlatives

 

 

Cup of Wrath for:

Anybody, anybody��that calls attention, via a smiley face, to their being �right� , when being right is connected with a negative result for our Steelers, latest example being FWP�s fumble on Sunday. ��BE right�.DON�T delight!!

 

Giving thanks for�.growing up in Western Pennsylvania, Mon Valley in particular.� Some argument as to what constitutes �Mon Valley.�� Let�s settle it this way.� If you could stand on a hillside in your town as a kid, see the barges of coal moving down the Monongahela River�.you�re Mon Valley.� Anyway�.best place in the world to grow up, rooting for the best team, along with the best fans.

 

My recurring incredible San Diego dream�.I keep having it, but with a Pittsburgh interlude.

 

See yinz in �07.