Super Bowl XLV: Pittsburgh Steelers vs Green Bay Packers

• Tiger2003

  

  
  
  Pouncey resting his ankle on Prime Times lap. Funny shit. Pouncey said it's 75-25 that he will play. I'll still wait till Sunday to believe it.
• Tiger2003

  

  Harrison is about to kill this chick from NFL Network.
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• Hb31187

  

  Tiger2003;660560 wrote:Chad Ochocinco picks the Steelers!

  so is that the dumb comment
• killer_ewok

  

  Jim Rome just criticized Goodell.
• Tiger2003

  

  Hb31187;660903 wrote:so is that the dumb comment

  
  Nope lol.
• Non

  

  Tiger2003;660656 wrote:Harrison is about to kill this chick from NFL Network.

  
  I was scared for that lady.
• Non

  

  For being ruled out about five times, Pouncey sure sounded optimistic about his chances of playing.
  
  By the way, I liked Berman surprisingly in that interview. Maybe they should switch it up and have him as the field reporter more often.
  
  Harrison I'd say was the best at media day with his comments about how he'll try not to step on anyone's toes and that they should put a pillow down to make the field less hard.
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• THE4RINGZ

  

  
• killer_ewok

  

  This is just an extremely special time to be a Steelers fan. It's easy to get used to this being that it's their 3rd Super Bowl trip in 6 years. But, I remember being a fan during the Mark Malone years, Bubby Brister, etc. and them being shitty some years and a decent team others. Then, I FINALLY got to see them make it to the Super Bowl and they lost to Dallas in Super Bowl XXX. O'Donnell's 2 picks STRAIGHT to Larry Brown. Gut-wrenching. Then all of those AFC Championship games and Denver and New England knocked them off. Hell, even the loss to the Chargers in the AFCCG at Three Rivers the year before they made it to the Super Bowl and lost to the Cowboys. And it took them 10 years to make it back and they won Super Bowl XL......
  
  I was on Cloud Nine remembering all of the past heartbreak and how thankful I was to witness them making it to the top. Then that Super Bowl "hangover" the next season. Then the Tomlin era began and that last-second loss to Jax on Wildcard weekend. Then making it back to the top after the Manning boys got their rings and to do it in such dramatic fashion. Incredible. Now, 2 years later they're back in it with another opportunity to win it.
  
  We're pretty spoiled but I don't appreciate it any less because it could be another 10, 15 or 20 years before they make it back. You just never know. This is one helluva run that they're in the midst of. Gotta enjoy it. This isn't the norm. I'd love to get used to it and think it's going to happen every other year....but I know better.
  
  Another random thought......about midway or so through the season.....I thought we might witness "Redemption Bowl" on 2-6-11. Big Ben vs. Michael Vick in the Super Bowl. Ben obviously made it and I began to think about Ray Lewis' journey nearly a decade ago. A murder charge hanging over his head and then one year later he's playing in the Super Bowl and he wins MVP. Instead of him doing the "I'm going to Disney World!" commercial like the MVP of the Super Bowl usually does.....Trent Dilfer was chosen to be in the commercial. Do you guys think that happens to Ben if the Steelers win and he's named the MVP? Somebody like Troy would get to do it in Ben's place probably, I think.
• Tiger2003

  

  
  
  
  Found this today I remember seeing it awhile ago has anyone ever seen this picture?
• rock_knutne

  killer_ewok;661346 wrote:This is just an extremely special time to be a Steelers fan. It's easy to get used to this being that it's their 3rd Super Bowl trip in 6 years. But, I remember being a fan during the Mark Malone years, Bubby Brister, etc. and them being shitty some years and a decent team others. Then, I FINALLY got to see them make it to the Super Bowl and they lost to Dallas in Super Bowl XXX. O'Donnell's 2 picks STRAIGHT to Larry Brown. Gut-wrenching. Then all of those AFC Championship games and Denver and New England knocked them off. Hell, even the loss to the Chargers in the AFCCG at Three Rivers the year before they made it to the Super Bowl and lost to the Cowboys. And it took them 10 years to make it back and they won Super Bowl XL......
  
  I was on Cloud Nine remembering all of the past heartbreak and how thankful I was to witness them making it to the top. Then that Super Bowl "hangover" the next season. Then the Tomlin era began and that last-second loss to Jax on Wildcard weekend. Then making it back to the top after the Manning boys got their rings and to do it in such dramatic fashion. Incredible. Now, 2 years later they're back in it with another opportunity to win it.
  
  We're pretty spoiled but I don't appreciate it any less because it could be another 10, 15 or 20 years before they make it back. You just never know. This is one helluva run that they're in the midst of. Gotta enjoy it. This isn't the norm. I'd love to get used to it and think it's going to happen every other year....but I know better.
  
  Another random thought......about midway or so through the season.....I thought we might witness "Redemption Bowl" on 2-6-11. Big Ben vs. Michael Vick in the Super Bowl. Ben obviously made it and I began to think about Ray Lewis' journey nearly a decade ago. A murder charge hanging over his head and then one year later he's playing in the Super Bowl and he wins MVP. Instead of him doing the "I'm going to Disney World!" commercial like the MVP of the Super Bowl usually does.....Trent Dilfer was chosen to be in the commercial. Do you guys think that happens to Ben if the Steelers win and he's named the MVP? Somebody like Troy would get to do it in Ben's place probably, I think.

  
  I would certainly hope not........Lewis copped a plea, Ben was never charged with a crime, big difference IMO. Then again, in today's ridiculously politically correct world and the urge for people to rush to judgement, it might make who ever's in charge of that decision think twice.
  
  BTW, I think we will see Ben play in another Super Bowl.......or two
• killer_ewok

  

  rock_knutne;661461 wrote:I would certainly hope not........Lewis copped a plea, Ben was never charged with a crime, big difference IMO. Then again, in today's ridiculously politically correct world and the urge for people to rush to judgement, it might make who ever's in charge of that decision think twice.
  
  BTW, I think we will see Ben play in another Super Bowl.......or two

  I sure hope we see him play in another Super Bowl or two and I think it's a realistic possibility but sure as hell isn't guaranteed. That's my point. Don't take it for granted. That's all.
  
  About the Ben-Ray Lewis thing......Disney might not care about whether Ben was charged or not.....they have the right to choose whose face they want tied to their product. Ben is still working on repairing his rep and I would be surprised if they chose Ben to be in their commercial if he's the Super Bowl MVP. It's one of those things.....that's just the way it is. Just a question though. I could care less which Steeler is in the Disney commercial....as long as one of them is because that means they won!
• rock_knutne

  killer_ewok;661515 wrote:I sure hope we see him play in another Super Bowl or two and I think it's a realistic possibility but sure as hell isn't guaranteed. That's my point. Don't take it for granted. That's all.
  
  About the Ben-Ray Lewis thing......Disney might not care about whether Ben was charged or not.....they have the right to choose whose face they want tied to their product. Ben is still working on repairing his rep and I would be surprised if they chose Ben to be in their commercial if he's the Super Bowl MVP. It's one of those things.....that's just the way it is. Just a question though. I could care less which Steeler is in the Disney commercial....as long as one of them is because that means they won!

  
  Amen brother.......amen!
• DeyDurkie5

  

  rock_knutne;661519 wrote:Amen brother.......amen!

  
  yeah brother!
• rock_knutne

  I can't believe no one is talking about Hines Ward, Ike Taylor and some other Steelers hitting a strip club their first night in Dallas:
  
  http://superbowlblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/01/steelers-visit-local-strip-clu.html
  
  This has been dominating sports talk here in Pittsburgh late yesterday and today. The article says the players jumped on stage with the strippers. It's their business what these guys do and going to a strip club isn't illegal but damn guys, trouble could be right around the corner and it's Super Bowl week. Hines denies going to the club.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  rock_knutne;662129 wrote:I can't believe no one is talking about Hines Ward, Ike Taylor and some other Steelers hitting a strip club their first night in Dallas:
  
  http://superbowlblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/01/steelers-visit-local-strip-clu.html
  
  This has been dominating sports talk here in Pittsburgh late yesterday and today. The article says the players jumped on stage with the strippers. It's their business what these guys do and going to a strip club isn't illegal but damn guys, trouble could be right around the corner and it's Super Bowl week. Hines denies going to the club.

  
  call their mommies rock, let them know what these bad boys did
• Automatik

  

  I don't care that they went to a strip club.
  
  Have you ever seen the documentary Cocaine Cowboys? A nice little quip in there about the Steelers of the 70s.
• Non

  

  If it was Saturday night then maybe there's some kind of issue but not Monday night, first day in Dallas, with six more days until gameday.
• Non

  

  Pouncey update
  
  no walking boot but it doesn't sound like he practiced
  
  I believe only one pool reporter is allowed to watch the Steelers practice and that's Peter King
• rock_knutne

  DeyDurkie5;662139 wrote:call their mommies rock, let them know what these bad boys did

  
• rock_knutne

  Automatik;662142 wrote:I don't care that they went to a strip club.
  
  Have you ever seen the documentary Cocaine Cowboys? A nice little quip in there about the Steelers of the 70s.

  Non;662199 wrote:If it was Saturday night then maybe there's some kind of issue but not Monday night, first day in Dallas, with six more days until gameday.

  
  I don't have a problem with it either but it's the Super Bowl........why even chance it or open yourself up to that kind of criticism.
• Raw Dawgin' it