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The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby steelersyerface » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:37 pm

:subngtowl:


incase yinz havent seen this...we have to beat baltimore
denver has to lose in philly
jagoffs have to lose in new england
and the jets have to lose to the colts

and thats it
we would be in control of our own destiny after that....and im convinced all those things will happen
and with a healthy troy
i wouldnt wanna see the steelers in january

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Jeemie » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:57 pm

steelersyerface wrote::subngtowl:


incase yinz havent seen this...we have to beat baltimore
denver has to lose in philly
jagoffs have to lose in new england
and the jets have to lose to the colts

and thats it
we would be in control of our own destiny after that....and im convinced all those things will happen
and with a healthy troy
i wouldnt wanna see the steelers in january


Nope- that's not it.

For the Steelers to have a "win and in" game against Miami, Houston must also lose to the Dolphins this week.

Otherwise week 17 will still be a "win and get help" situation- the "help" being that either Houston has to lose their finale to New England, Baltimore has to lose to Oakland, or Tennessee and Houston both have to finish 9-7.

So also be rooting tomorrow night for the Titans to win!

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby PGHeaven » Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:17 pm

Why do we want the Tits to win?? Seems to me we want the Tits out - am I missing something?

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby BigE » Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:36 pm

The titans getting to 9-7 doesn't matter, we own the tiebreaker over them.

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Jeemie » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:30 pm

PGHeaven wrote:Why do we want the Tits to win?? Seems to me we want the Tits out - am I missing something?


If the Texans go 9-7, the Titans need to go 9-7.

The Steelers lose out in tiebreakers to the Texans, but the Titans do not.

Since, in any multi-team tie for the wildcard, the first tiebreakers to get broken are ties within division teams, we need the Titans to eliminate the Texans for us.

Then, we can return the favor and eliminate the Titans.

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby stillgoingstrong » Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:03 am

PGHeaven wrote:am I missing something?


yeah a brain. how long you been watching football and you still don't understand how tiebreakers work?
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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby AzSTILLERS1989 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:40 pm

Alll starts with beating the ravens on sunday....


LETS GO STEELERS!!!!!!!! :sucope:
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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Steelhope » Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:33 pm

Great avatar face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
steelersyerface wrote::subngtowl:


incase yinz havent seen this...we have to beat baltimore
denver has to lose in philly
jagoffs have to lose in new england
and the jets have to lose to the colts

and thats it
we would be in control of our own destiny after that....and im convinced all those things will happen
and with a healthy troy
i wouldnt wanna see the steelers in january

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Lake37 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:47 pm

Jeemie wrote:
PGHeaven wrote:
The Steelers lose out in tiebreakers to the Texans, but the Titans do not.


Why do we lose out on the tiebreaker over Texans? Common games?

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby steelersyerface » Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:04 pm

actually we hold tie breakers with houston if we win out
jeemie is misinformed

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby madmoney125 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:56 pm

Well I really don't know the exact specifics, but one less 9-7 teams is one less team we have to worry about. Period. So lets go Dolphins. We can take care of them ourselves.

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Jeemie » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:40 pm

steelersyerface wrote:actually we hold tie breakers with houston if we win out
jeemie is misinformed


No- I am not.

Steelers lose out in common games (head-to-head tiebreaker does not apply, and both Pittsburgh and Houston would have 6-6 conference records if they won out).

Houston is 3-1 against Cincy, Oakland, and Tennessee.

The Steelers are 1-3 against those teams.

So now we are huge Dolphins' fans this week.

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Lake37 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:53 pm

Jeemie wrote:
steelersyerface wrote:actually we hold tie breakers with houston if we win out
jeemie is misinformed


No- I am not.

Steelers lose out in common games (head-to-head tiebreaker does not apply, and both Pittsburgh and Houston would have 6-6 conference records if they won out).

Houston is 3-1 against Cincy, Oakland, and Tennessee.

The Steelers are 1-3 against those teams.

So now we are huge Dolphins' fans this week.


Would that apply as four common games though? I understand that we each would have played four games against those combo of teams, but it's not really a sample of four common games. I don't know that that would be classified under the four common games, but I could be wrong.

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Lake37 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:58 pm

And there would be a fourth common opponent by the end of the year, which would be the Dolphins. If we both were to win out they would be 4-1 against this group of four teams (Bengals, Dolphins, Oakland, Titans) and we would be 2-3.

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Jeemie » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:02 am

Lake37 wrote:
Jeemie wrote:
steelersyerface wrote:actually we hold tie breakers with houston if we win out
jeemie is misinformed


No- I am not.

Steelers lose out in common games (head-to-head tiebreaker does not apply, and both Pittsburgh and Houston would have 6-6 conference records if they won out).

Houston is 3-1 against Cincy, Oakland, and Tennessee.

The Steelers are 1-3 against those teams.

So now we are huge Dolphins' fans this week.


Would that apply as four common games though? I understand that we each would have played four games against those combo of teams, but it's not really a sample of four common games. I don't know that that would be classified under the four common games, but I could be wrong.


I forgot to mention the Dolphins- if the Texans and Steelers win out, that will be four common opponents...and the Texans will win, 4-1 to 2-3.

Edit- I see you realized this as I was posting!

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Lake37 » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:09 am

Updated standings on nfl.com have the Texans at #7 in the AFC. So for us to control our own destiny in week 17 we need...

1) To beat the Ravens
2) NE beat Jacksonville
3) Dolphins beat Texans
4) Indy beat NY Jets

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Jeemie » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:17 am

Lake37 wrote:Updated standings on nfl.com have the Texans at #7 in the AFC. So for us to control our own destiny in week 17 we need...

1) To beat the Ravens
2) NE beat Jacksonville
3) Dolphins beat Texans
4) Indy beat NY Jets


5) Eagles also need to beat the Broncos.

We need a multi-team tie for both wildcard slots to have a chance. We can't have Denver at 9-6 and control our own destiny.

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby Lake37 » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:30 am

Jeemie wrote:
Lake37 wrote:Updated standings on nfl.com have the Texans at #7 in the AFC. So for us to control our own destiny in week 17 we need...

1) To beat the Ravens
2) NE beat Jacksonville
3) Dolphins beat Texans
4) Indy beat NY Jets


5) Eagles also need to beat the Broncos.

We need a multi-team tie for both wildcard slots to have a chance. We can't have Denver at 9-6 and control our own destiny.


Right, I forgot that one.

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Re: The Steelers will control their own destiny for the playoffs

Postby PGHeaven » Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:47 am

stillgoingstrong wrote:
PGHeaven wrote:am I missing something?


yeah a brain. how long you been watching football and you still don't understand how tiebreakers work?


As everyone reading this thread can discern. The thread libertards who obviously all hail from Moscow west of the Rockies - are enraged that I have brought Danny Boy Rooney - the Obama ass smoocher - to task for his humiliating Obama ass licking on the Super Bowl podium. They can not hide their shrill displeasure as the growing tide of Anti Obamanomics and Anti Obama social engineering now finds its way onto the board, despite their feeble attempts at censure on a freedom of speech, yea verily, a DONT TREAD ON ME AND MY STEELERS board

Since that grotesque display of affection there has been a super bowl hangover of epic proportion. The Steelers have lost their hunger (except for cheeseburgers) and desire and Momlin has possibly lost the ear of most players as they dream of hot tubs and golf courses instead of studying film and practicing technique

The ensuing Lassez Fairre attitude is best exemplified by the palatial living arrangement being enjoyed by Danny Boy Rooney - whose absence - by the way - is NOT the cause of our decline - but rather just another example of "to the victor goes the spoils" type of behavior that is endemic at the Steelers organiztion in 2009 and may I add, the inhabitants of the welfare state in the USA.

So while we endure the obangaesque menstruations of the board libertards, remembering how they used to kiss the teachers ass in high school and now apparently middle school as well, and their haughty pompous use of high brow terminology, and their fruitcake use of sylogisms their condescending brandishment of Euclides and their laughable references to Socrates - we watch with the hope that a new attitude prevails. A hard hat mentality. A take no prisoners mentality. Instead of the gruesome tedious liberal homosexual pissant philosophy that threatens to emasculate our cherished Steelers.

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