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21 Oct

Stillers 356\Fantasy Football

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 – 10:40 am

Steelers talk with Ken Laird. Stillers 365 brought to you by Mr. Rooter Plumbing with 24\7 Emergency Service, by Mr. Magic Car Wash at any of these five great locations- Brentwood, Castle Shannon, Banksville Road, Upper St. Clair and Bridgeville, And By Garland Insurance- At Nationwide. Plus Fantasy Football talk with Jeff Erickson of Rotowire.

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Steelers kicker Chris Boswell was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his Week 6 performance against the Arizona Cardinals, it was announced today.

In Boswell’s second career game, he made all four field goal attempts (47, 48, 51 and 28) and his lone extra point attempt in the Steelers’ 25-13 victory vs. Arizona at Heinz Field. He became the first Steelers kicker since Shaun Suisham (10/20/13 vs. Baltimore) to make four field goals in a game.

Boswell is a perfect 5-for-5 on field goals and 4-of-4 on extra points in two games this season after signing with the Steelers on October 3, 2015. This marks the first time he was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.

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20 Oct

Video Replay for MMA Judges?

published in category: Wrestling Reality on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 – 3:40 pm


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20 Oct

Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania?

published in category: Wrestling Reality on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 – 2:16 pm


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20 Oct

Slow start for Pens could be blip on radar by Jed Robins

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 – 12:58 pm

Just a week ago the Penguins had started the season 0-3-0 and the sky was falling on the Penguins promising season. Unexpected goalies made the Penguins look like they were shooting at a brick wall. When the team was supposed to be one of the most talented teams especially for their offense. Then the Penguins made a few moves most notably sending down veteran players and calling up younger players and the Penguins looked different. Sidney Crosby also decided it was a good time to start shooting. Though he has yet to register a point on the season it does help to open up the offense. There are many issues with the Penguins but most of them are fixable.

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The team was blown up after last year’s struggles down the stretch and in the playoffs. The issue here is that even with all the changes to the team, this year’s team looked a lot like the team that was struggling last year. This year’s team though has arguably the best top two lines in all of the NHL. It makes sense that fans were uneasy watching them look stagnant against two teams that failed to make the playoffs last year, in Arizona and Dallas.
Last year the team started off with a 23-9-5 record through the first three months. They were satisfied with their play and often overlooked their weaknesses because it didn’t make a difference. Then other teams started to figure out the Penguins weaknesses and they exploited them. This year they are not coming out of the gates a little slower. It may be beneficial to the team over the course of a full season. Now they can see what their weakness are now and fix them now before they become bad habits.
It is too early to call for the firing of Mike Johnston, even if he does sometimes seem lost behind the bench. His rookie year started out with a very hot start and if it hadn’t been for injuries and mismanagement of the salary cap then last year’s Penguin team could have made a lot of noise in the playoffs. It does become apparent that sometimes he is a young coach with little experience. One that was hired to really just let Crosby and Malkin play. Coaching is an issue but not one that needs to change anytime soon.
Crosby has been the Captain of the Penguins since 2007-08 season. He is a tremendous player with amazing talent. He has been quoted as saying,
“…in this jersey, I promise to play for the logo on the front and not the name on the back.”
This is admirable and any fan wants to hear this. However, sometimes I think Crosby needs to be a little selfish. It seems that he would rather pass then shot. This makes for a great center and captain, but the team needs him to get his shots up to be a better team. Just putting the shot on the goal can often make it easy for his line mates, Kessel and Kunitz, to put the rebound in the back of the net. Teams know how important his success is tied to the Penguins success. That is why they try and get under his skin and put players on him just to disrupt his flow to the game.

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Lastly, this team has a lot of new players on it. They have added a lot of different pieces to the puzzle. The preseason was longer but often didn’t have the same players on the same lines. They also wanted to see what their younger players looked like. It made it difficult for the team to be able to trust each other. In their last two wins, it seemed like the lines were getting more comfortable with each other. The season is long and just because they have started slow is no reason to throw in the towel. This team has the talent to be a dangerous team. That could make a deep playoff run. A little slow start may be forgotten once the calendar turns over.

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20 Oct

Pitt vs. Penn State through talk, again

published in category: College Sports, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 – 12:39 pm

Steelers getting too much credit for wins? Pens getting too much heat this early in season? Pitt Coach Pat Narduzzi takes a shot at Penn State and Guy Junker is not happy about it.

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Mark Kaboly joins us to talk about Landry Jones vs. KC, what will Steelers do for backup QB this week? Plus hear from Antonio Brown on his recent gripes about not getting ball and what Tomlin had to say to him about it.

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20 Oct

Enjoy the Moment Steelers by Tim Benz

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 – 8:38 am

Anyone else remember that tweet Steeler linebacker Vince Williams sent out the day that the Steelers signed Mike Vick? That tweet where Vince said “What the hell are we doing signing this washed up, has-been dog killer?! We’ve got Landry already and he’s awesome.”

Yeah. I don’t remember it either. Know why?

Because it never happened, that’s why!

You know what tweet he did send Sunday night though? This one: “So now y’all Landry fans but in the preseason y’all wanted his head #Wishywashy”

Right, Vince. We’re wishy washy. Not that I ever would have thought to approach a back-up inside linebacker with a question about a quarterback, but if I had asked Williams for a comment about Vick…how do you think that conversation would have gone? Would it have been:

ME…”Vince, what do you think about the team signing Mike Vick?”
Vince…”Dude, I got no idea. The front office has no clue what it is sitting on with this Landry Jones guy. He just needs a chance in a regular season game. Don’t pay attention to his preseason performance.”

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Or, do you think it would have gone this way?

ME…”Vince, what do you think about the team signing Mike Vick?”
Vince…”Pfft! You kidding me? It’s great. It’s Mike Vick, man! This guy is an all timer. I used to have his poster on the wall and if you played as the Falcons in Madden ‘02 you couldn’t stop him. I had his his jersey…his cleats…his wrist bands…”

Because that’s how most of the young Steelers spoke about Vick when he was signed. But now I’m supposed to believe ace personnel evaluator Vince Williams knew all along that Landry Jones was the modern day incarnation of Tommy Maddox in 2002?

Please.

And Williams wasn’t alone. “You know what? I wasn’t surprised, and I don’t think anybody should be surprised,” opined offensive lineman David Decastro.

We shouldn’t be surprised that Landry-Freaking-Jones was 8-12 with 168 yards and two TD’s against a top 10 defense? If I’m not allowed to be surprised at that, what’s allowed to surprise me?! Pigs with wings? Duquesne hoops going to the Final 4 this year? The Pirates acquiring Jake Arrieta in the offseason? Sidney Crosby scoring a goal?

Well, fellas, guess who else was surprised by Landry on Sunday. Kevin Colbert. And Mike Tomlin. And the rest of the offensive coaches. And anyone else in management who felt the need to put up with the crap storm that was generated by signing Vick. Because they would have rather had an aging, convicted prisoner quarterbacking their team than Jones. They saw all the games we in the dumb ass media and the fans saw. And they watched the practices even more closely. Yet when Bruce Gradkowski got hurt, your bosses couldn’t sign a wilting shell of what used to be Mike Vick fast enough. They were so petrified of letting Landry Jones play, they alienated part of their fan base in an effort to bring in a shadow of Vick because he was still deemed to be a better option.

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But, I get it. It’s those of us in the public who are stupid, right? Your team had it figured out the whole time.

And the “how do you like us now” drum beating didn’t stop at Landry’s door step. Anyone catch Mike Mitchell after the game?

“No one gives us respect,” safety Mike Mitchell told the Tribune Review after his interception clinched the Steelers’ fourth win Sunday. “We’re going to take it by force.”

I’ll cut Mitchell a little slack here. He only got here a season ago. He wasn’t in Western Pa. for about 30 years of Steeler fans falling all over themselves to absolve the sainted defense of blame and shift it onto whatever quarterback was in uniform on a given Sunday. Or whatever offensive coordinator was in the press box.

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But, again, anyone who saw this defense last year…or in this year’s preseason…or vs. New England… has every right under the sun to be surprised that it is a top 10 unit so far. Before week two began this team couldn’t tackle, couldn’t cover, couldn’t get off on third down, couldn’t get the ball back, and rarely pressured the passer. The only thing MORE surprising than the Steeler defensive success…. is Landry Jones’.

It’s a reflex for athletes to default to the “no one gave us a chance” card. Feel free to insert a Hines Ward reference here. But there is a less-than-fine-line between using that as motivation, and extreme intellectual dishonesty. These Steeler players are guilty of the latter.

The unforeseen is OK in sports. It really is. It’s part of the fun. That’s a major reason why we are interested. Anyone who watches sports long enough does so because they’ve seen enough of it to know that expecting the unexpected is part of the pay off. 1980 Lake Placid. Birdstone in the Belmont. NC State over Phi Slama Jama….

…and Landry freaking Jones’ morphing into Johnny Unitas for a day. So I beseech these Steelers, don’t rob your fans of the right to bask in the enjoyment of a fun surprise by disingenuously puffing out your chest in the hope of projecting a “we had it all the way” persona. Don’t look down on the media for describing a Cinderella tale to your fans because your want to play the role of snide, know it all stepsister.

Enjoy the moment, Steelers. This team is actually turning into quite a fun story. Don’t ruin it.

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19 Oct

Steelers Defense better now that LeBeau is gone?

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday, October 19th, 2015 – 12:36 pm

James Harrison is the Defensive Player of the Week, he forced a big fumble and talked about the resurgent defense after the game. Brought to you by Frank Walker Law.

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Rob Rossi joins the guys to talk about the Steelers defense looking Super? How good can this team be when Ben gets back? Pens Coach Mike Johnston on the hot seat?

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Steelers beat Arizona. Defense holds down #1 offense, Landry Jones comes in to save the day, hooking up with Martavis Bryant for two touchdowns. Brought to you by Relax the Back, Duffys Beer in Pleasant Hills and Invisible Fence Brand.

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19 Oct

Pitt #25 in AP Poll

published in category: College Sports on Monday, October 19th, 2015 – 12:28 pm

Pitt is now 5-1, 3-0 in the ACC, first place in Coastal Division, #25 in the country. Chris Peak on covering the win at Georgia Tech, defense stepping up in second half. Tyler Boyd with huge game.

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Off to its best start in six years, Pitt broke into the new Associated Press Top 25 rankings released today.

The Panthers entered the poll at No. 25 following their stirring 31-28 victory at Georgia Tech. Pitt is now 5-1 under first-year head coach Pat Narduzzi, its best start since the 2009 season. The Panthers are 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and own first place in the Coastal Division.

Pitt’s lone loss came at Iowa, ranked No. 12 with a 7-0 record this week. The Hawkeyes kicked a 57-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Panthers.

This week’s poll marks Pitt’s first in-season appearance in the AP Top 25 since the 2009 season. The Panthers finished No. 15 that year with a 10-3 record.

Pitt was No. 15 in the AP’s 2010 preseason poll but fell out following an opening loss and had not been ranked since.

Pitt will play its fifth road game in seven weeks when it travels to Syracuse (3-3, 1-1) this Saturday, October 24. The game will be nationally televised by ESPNU and kick off at noon. -from Pitt PR Staff.

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