Archive for December, 2008

Wild Cards:  Road Warriors Poised To Upset Can you believe it?  All four wildcard teams are favored.  That’s each pair in each conference. “I’ve never seen anything like that,” said Mike Seba, a senior oddsmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants. Vegas Likes the Titans and Giants for Super Bowl XLIII The favored Giants are 2-1 to win with... »

It’s official, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense is in a groove rut.  After taking a lead the boys on the offensive side of the ball got their shovels, started digging and didn’t stop.  At the end they were staring up from a 31-14 hole. One hopes they find their way out before the next meaningful game,... »

Once again the Steelers game promises to be the Game of the Week in the NFL.  Since Thanksgiving weekend the Steelers have played at New England, versus Dallas and at Baltimore consecutively.  Each game received the top announcing crew for the respective network and this week will be no different as Jim Nantz and... »

Do the Steelers really want home field? Everyone in the NFL wants to be home for the playoffs, but there’s one AFC team where the home-field factor actually has been a disadvantage … and you’re looking at it. Four times in the past 16 years, the Steelers had home-field advantage entering the playoffs — 1992, 1994,... »

The NFL officials finally got one correct! Hurray! They failed to call it right against San Diego, taking away a touchdown to give the world a freak: the first 11-10 score in NFL history. They’ve thrown penalty flags against Steeler players only to apologize for their mistakes later in the week. But on the third down... »

Shooting down the Ravens to reach 11-3 has the Steelers in a good position before  heading into the playoffs.  Next, they face the 12-2 Tennessee Titans in a showdown for the number one seed in the AFC. The Titans will be missing two stars on their defensive line, Kyle Vanden Bosch and... »

The Steelers arrived in Baltimore as the underdog.  They left as AFC North Champions. The game was originally scheduled for 1p.m. Eastern.  But talk of bounties, thuggery, the Ravens’ cocky defense, the Steelers’ Number One Defense, the “rookie wunderkind” at quarterback and a division title in the balance helped propel this matchup to CBS’s premier... »