Week 10: Pittsburgh Steelers ( 6 - 3 ) @ Cincinnati Bengals ( 6 - 2 )

• Ironman92

  

  Azubuike24;970118 wrote:I'd say a lot of that has to do with how good the other 2 have been in the past...not sure it really means the Bengals are destined, but I like your thinking.

  
  Yeah....since 1992 my alma mater has been around 8-2 every year while OSU has whipped up on most non-conference and non-Michigan Big Ten teams while the Steelers have been very good in many of those years....twice Pittsburgh had bye weeks to help avoid the rare 3 loss weekend.
• Non

  

  Bengals 24
  Steelers 20
  
  I think this is a pretty easy upset pick. Steelers are banged up coming off a heartbreaking loss. They're looking ahead to the bye next week.
  
  Bengals have a lot of positive momentum going. Steelers I think will regroup and finish strong but I don't see them bouncing back today. It would really surprise me.
• osu45804

  

  I see this game playing out in a few ways.... Bengals come out to hyped up & start extremely flat & can't get themselves out of a hole... The game being a very tight 13-10 defensive battle or one team just flat out has control over the the entire game... A win for Cincy would go a long way in determining if this team is playoff worthy or not... Who Dey
• Ironman92

  

  Non;970474 wrote:Bengals 24
  Steelers 20
  
  I think this is a pretty easy upset pick. Steelers are banged up coming off a heartbreaking loss. They're looking ahead to the bye next week.
  
  Bengals have a lot of positive momentum going. Steelers I think will regroup and finish strong but I don't see them bouncing back today. It would really surprise me.

  
  No way they are looking to the bye week before this game too much....Tomblin deserves more credit than that.
  
  
  This game will go a long way in the number of "Who Deys" you"ll hear till the New Year.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Non;970474 wrote:They're looking ahead to the bye next week.

  A huge game against a division rival, and you think they are looking ahead to the bye week. Are you rocks retarded brother?
• Non

  

  Ironman92;970555 wrote:No way they are looking to the bye week before this game too much....Tomblin deserves more credit than that.

  We'll see. This is a good test in that regard.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  I sure hope they aren't looking to the bye week.
• osu45804

  

  Sounds like Gresham will play... But Joe Reedy is saying he don't think Carlos Dunlap will play, that REALLY hurts..smh
• Non

  

  I could actually see this being a game where Ben gets sacked like 8 times and the Steelers look terrible. Bengals win impressively with the crowd all fired up.
  
  I think we're in for it today...I don't say that too often but I feel that way going in.
• osu45804

  

  Bengals inactives: TE D. Lee; CB A. Jones; WR R. Whalen; G C. Boling; DE C. Dunlap; LB D. Moch; S R. Sands
• THE4RINGZ

  

  I don't think this Steelers team loses to two Divisional opponents in a row. I like the Black and Gold in this one.
• gerb131

  

  Getting pumped for this one lets go Stripes.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  gerb131;970593 wrote:Getting pumped for this one lets go Stripes.

  Good call, rooting for the referee's in this one. They usually do fuck the Steelers over that's for sure. That is a safe bet.
• gerb131

  

  THE4RINGZ;970600 wrote:Good call, rooting for the referee's in this one. They usually do fuck the Steelers over that's for sure. That is a safe bet.

  Bravo. And its never too early for a Steelers fan to whine about officiating. Could have waited til noon.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  gerb131;970604 wrote:Bravo. And its never too early for a Steelers fan to whine about officiating. Could have waited til noon.

  I will start drinking about noon, wanted to see what whining was like sober for once.
• gerb131

  

  THE4RINGZ;970607 wrote:I will start drinking about noon, wanted to see what whining was like sober for once.

  I'm going to have a couple as well here in a few.
• Non

  

  In 2007, the Steelers were 7-2 and they went 3-4 in their last seven and then lost to Jacksonville in the Wild Card. They stumbled down the stretch that year.
  
  In 2008, they were 6-3 same as they are now, and went 6-1 in their last seven, then won three games in the postseason to win the Super Bowl.
  
  In 2009, they were 6-2 and then lost five in a row....they fell to 6-7 before winning their last three games to finish 9-7.
  
  In 2010, they were 6-3 and then went 6-1 in their last seven to finish 12-4...very similar to 2008...except they made the Super Bowl and lost.
  
  Very interesting pattern. We've seen the Steelers under Tomlin take a step forward or significant step back and it's happened right around this time in the season.
• Automatik

  

  CRUSH THAT GINGER, WIN THE GAME!
• Non

  

  Bill Leavy assigned to ref this game. Second time working a Steelers game this year. Also did Seattle and Pittsburgh.
• osu45804

  

  Sounds like the wind could play a major factor in this game... 20-30MPH winds with gusts up to 45MPH
• Non

  

  osu45804;970643 wrote:Sounds like the wind could play a major factor in this game... 20-30MPH winds with gusts up to 45MPH

  Probably advantage Bengals. Ben has struggled in windy games, for example the Cleveland Thursday night game a couple years ago.
  
  Suisham has been very shaky this season, as well.
• Terry_Tate

  

  LOL at the Steelers looking ahead to the bye week. Nice trying to reverse jinx the Steelers.
  
  Will be a very good game. Interested to see what Gruden has planned to attack the Steelers D. Hopefully the D line can wrap Ben up ans Dalton doesn't get rattled.
  
  Homer pick: 20-17 Bengals
• gerb131

  

  Why Ben is dangerous. Moves around finds Cotchery wide open for 6
• LJ

  

  Theae announcers are ROFL bad
  
  
  Btw Ben apparently is from Find-Lay Ohio
• Terry_Tate

  

  I hate Dan Fouts. Still think he's the main reason people think there was no foul on Miami when they played Ohio State in 2003.