Sunday, November 9, 2008

Here we go...

Frustrating loss for the Steelers today.

Everything seemed to bounce the right way for the colts with a tipped pass going for a touchdown (btw...the most used phrase used during a Steeler broadcast? "In front of Ike Taylor") and another tipped ball completed for a first down.

Add in some untimely Big Ben INTs and it added up to a game the Steelers could have won bu did not.

So now they find themselves tied for first place with the Baltimore Ravens and holding the tie-breaker at this point.

I have two complaints about the game:

1) Bruce Arians calls an awful game. He mixes everything perfectly for about two drives a game...the rest of the time he has a knack for calling the exact wrong play.

2) I spent the better part of 30 minutes explaining to my guests during the game that the left tackle of the Colts was regularly tackling our DE. Yet ZERO holding penalties were called on the Colts.

The inconsistency of calls (especially holding) is very frustrating for me. It seems like certain teams never get called and holding only gets called during plays that go for positive yardage...even if the hold had nothing to do with the play.

But this loss falls on the Steelers who played fairly well despite their injury situation.

They are in the middle of a tough stretch and a win today would have been great...but they are professionals and need to shake it off and get ready for next Sunday!

GO STEELERS!!

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