Steelers take on Obama
May 21, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl
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Ben faded back into the pocket and Barack Obama rushed him from the right defensive end position.
Obama, referring to Pittsburgh as Six-Burgh in honor of the Steelers’ sixth Super bowl victory in February, conducted what he called the most unique visit by a championship team to the White House.
The Steelers players and coaches joined the President and others, including Pennsylvania Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey, in assembling 3,000 USO care packages that will be sent to the troops overseas.
Obama also joked about being a Bears fan, and come to think of it, he is from Illinois.
Meanwhile in this wacky world we live in Big Ben had to deny having skin cancer.
Ben Roethlisberger does not have cancer, and neither does he have a Facebook page.
“There’s no truth to it. I don’t have any of that stuff,” the Steelers quarterback proclaimed yesterday.
“That stuff” are accounts on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and any other social networking Web sites. Roethlisberger said he does not use them, including the one under his name that proclaimed he had skin cancer.
“I had a bunch of people ask me about it. Obviously it’s not true,” Roethlisberger said after yesterday’s spring practice. “We had to go on our Web site to let them know I don’t have an account. There’s nothing going on.”
No Cancer for Big Ben Roethlisberger
The Steelers have to be happy that there are no motorcycle accidents in Big Ben’s life right now and especially no cancer. Take it from a cancer survivor (me, the Squibster), you do not want to have any kind of cancer.
This is the kind of off season the Steelers hoped for.
Photo source Newscom
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A Super Bowl in London would be Super
May 10, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under NFL Football, Super Bowl
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Now settle down there and think it through. Are you going to be in the stadium where they hold the Super Bowl? Probably not, face facts.
So why not have the Super Bowl in London. It would be cool and if you did get tickets, then you could make a trip out of it as well.
Kurt Warner asks 'You want me to play where?'
The NFL needs to think of its future expansion anyway.
The league is as popular as ever, as evidenced by the 39 million people who watched the draft last month. Yes, that’s right, more people watched the annual selection meeting of college players than they did playoff action or marquee matchups in the other big American professional sports. How much more popular can the NFL get in the United States?
The room for growth and expansion is across the pond, and Commissioner Roger Goodell and company realize that. Baseball and basketball have grown exponentially internationally over the last 20 years, with the increase in competitions like the World Baseball Classic and the Olympics as proof of that. If those sports can catch on elsewhere, why not attempt to spread the word about our most popular and exciting diversion? And with the real product, not the old NFL Europe model.
Oh, and if you get tickets to the London Super Bowl and you have an extra one, there is this guy that writes blogs and goes by the moniker Squibster and loves football and is forced to root for the Lions and would just love to go.
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Ben Roethlisberger on David Letterman show
February 16, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Arizona Cardinals, Ben Roethlisberger, NFL Football, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl, youtube
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Ben Roethlisberger is really funny and non-assuming on the David Letterman show.
Big Ben describes the big pass to Santonio Holmes to win the Super Bowl.
Watch this YouTube.
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Steeler fans get Coke zero
February 2, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under NFL Football, NFL Playoffs, Super Bowl, youtube
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Here is a YouTube of the Coke Zero commercial shown during the Super Bowl.
Troy Polamalu does a nice job in this commercial and the Coke guys are fun as always, but the ripping off the guy’s shirt to imitate the ripping off of a jersey didn’t do it for me.
What do you think?
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Giants won’t win division or Super Bowl
September 5, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Eli Manning, New York Giants, Super Bowl
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Eli Manning says, “Quote, quote, we will to win it all!”
There.
Had to say it. Someone had to say it and it might as well be you, because now the anti-Squibster e-mails will pour in.
As fans we can be very stubborn or at least this fan can be very stubborn. Just because a team wins the Super Bowl does not make them the best team. It does make them the Champions and that is important, because that is what all the players play for, to be Champions.
But let’s face it; did you think the Giants were going to win it all?
Hey, listen up; they were very impressive last year.
The Giants finished 10-6, and became NFC Champions after defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, and Green Bay Packers in the NFC Playoffs. They set the record for most consecutive road wins (which currently stands at 11 after the 2007-2008 postseason).
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Beating the Bucs, Cowboys, and Packers was impressive enough, but then they went on to beat the unbeatable Patriots, thus changing their name to the beaten Patriots.
And that was last year’s stuff.
Winning has a way of making you fat and happy and repeating is tough. Things change, too. There is no Strahan, for one. The Cowboys look tougher on paper, for another.
Yeah, yeah, they beat the Washington Redskins. So what. The ‘Skins are going through the new coach adjustment with some minor problems at the QB spot. Then again, maybe New York has some minor problems at the QB spot.
“It was a great opening to the season,” said Manning, who completed 19 of 35 for 216 yards and an interception. “There was a lot of emotion, a lot of excitement. You could feel it in the crowd. It was great to see Michael holding the trophy.
Almost that entire yardage was to Plax with 10 catches and 133 yards. Maybe the next team ought to guard Plax.
Anyway, you Giant fans can send your ‘Squibster is crazy’ comments now.
Photo: Newscom
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Top 7 Coaches to be fired in 2008
February 15, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Adrian Peterson, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Coach Rod Marinelli, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, GM Matt Millen, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, NFL Football, NFL Playoffs, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Offensive Coordinator Mike Martz, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Ok, where is the Top Ten?
Sorry, Squibster is a little under the weather and in danger of being fired by the wife after a tough Valentines evening.
She took it well, but who knows.
Anyway, the USA Today Sports Staff in their Sports Scope article highlighted 6 coaches on the hot seat.
Ok, where is the Top Seven?
Your gallivanting author added the seventh. My comments will be in italics.
1. Brad Childress:
A five-game winning streak down the stretch may have saved him from the ax this offseason. But Childress must hope that stud RB Adrian Peterson can propel this team to the postseason or that his investment in Tarvaris Jackson as the starting QB doesn’t becoming his undoing. source
Jackson has a lot to show to become a good enough QB to take the Vikings to victory. Peterson is awesome, but so was Barry Sanders. Can a running back carry a team to anything more than a .500 record in today’s pass happy league?
2. Jon Gruden:
The win in Super Bowl XXXVII seems like so long ago. Gruden led the Bucs through the weak NFC South this season, but their playoff flop to the Giants exposed the team as a pretender. The heat will turn up significantly if this team doesn’t look like a Super Bowl contender next season.
Gruden’s job seems a little safer, because they did reach the playoffs with a weak team in a weak division, but so much more was expected out of Gruden when he came to Tampa Bay.
3. John Fox
The USA Today writers mention a weakening team needing a good draft and maybe a replacement for Delhomme at QB.
Fox is in big trouble, with only a very weak division to save him. North Carolina competes with the Saints, Bucs, and Falcons.
4. Mike Nolan
The USA Today writers mention that Nolan lost control of the team and the respect of his QB, Alex Smith.
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Patriots - Questions and Answers
February 7, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Eli Manning, NFL Football, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Randy Moss, Super Bowl, Tom Brady
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Tom Brady - an Answer not a Question
The season ended as an incomplete for the New England Patriots.
Maybe even viewed as a failure in the short run. Although in time it will be viewed as a great season that just fell a little bit short.
Now the loss of the Super Bowl brings up a number of questions for the Patriots. It is always this way after the end of the season for all teams, but maybe this is more important for the almost unbeatable Patriots.
Questions
Maybe the biggest question is Spygate.
The Patriots stand accused of flouting the rules as far back as Super Bowl XXXVI, when they won their first championship — and those charges came after Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., decided he needed some answers about the NFL’s handling of this season’s controversy, when New England was caught taping the New York Jets’ defensive signals in Week 1.
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After Spygate, there are multiple personnel decisions to make.
Randy Moss will be a free agent.
Asante Samuel will be a free agent.
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Giants Super Bowl victory most watched
February 5, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Eli Manning, NFL Playoffs, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Randy Moss, Super Bowl, Tom Brady
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Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, and Harry Morgan - How do you like the uniforms?
Quick quiz: If the Giants Super Bowl victory was the most watched Super Bowl ever and it was only the second most watched show ever, then what was the most watched show?
Are you trying to figure it out?
Well, even if you knew the answer, you might be trying to figure it out.
Here is a hint.
It involves Alan Alda (West Wing, Same Time Next Year).
You younger ones are probably saying Alan who?
And yet, Alan Alda played the part of quarterback George Plimpton in the movie Paper Lion about the Detroit Lions. This is a true story.
George was not really the quarterback. The Detroit Lions agreed to let 36 year old George Plimpton come into training camp as the 3rd string quarterback. They told no one he was actually a writer. Once he struggled to take a hike the secret was out.
The most watched show
It had a cast of characters named Hawkeye, Radar, BJ, and Hot Lips.
It had to do with a war in Korea. Did you know we fought a war in Korea?
It followed a famous movie with an incredible cast featuring Donald Sutherland (Klute, his son does 24), Elliott Gould (Oceans 12, 13), Tom Skerritt (Top Gun), Sally Kellerman (That’s Life), Robert Duvall (Second Hand Lions), and Rene Auberjonois (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Boston Legal).
Give up?
The 97.5 million viewers who saw the New York Giants’ last-minute win over the New England Patriots made it the most-watched Super Bowl ever and second biggest event in American television history.
Only the “MASH” series finale in 1983, with 106 million viewers, was seen by more people, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. Sunday’s game eclipsed the previous Super Bowl record of 94.08 million, set when Dallas defeated Pittsburgh in 1996. source
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Super Bowl Commercials 2008
February 4, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under NFL Football, Super Bowl
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There were many commercials that made me laugh during the Super Bowl.
There were even a few commercials that made me remember the product.
There was even one or two that were just fun to watch.
But let’s face it, after the Victoria Secrets commercial, you knew where you were shopping for Valentine’s Day.
After that commercial, it was hard to even remember the rest of them.
You can watch them all right here..
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Why Patriots will win Super Bowl
February 3, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Eli Manning, NFL Playoffs, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Predictions, Randy Moss, Super Bowl, Tom Brady
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Wes Welker is often open when the pressure is on Tom Brady
Looking around the net, it seems obvious that everyone is picking the Patriots to win the Super Bowl.
Time to get to work and break it down.
Foxsports.com had all 11 sports analysts pick the game and 10 out of 11 picked the New England Patriots to triumph.
Interestingly enough, they list the game as Giants vs. Patriots, maybe an alphabet thing or something.
My pick is the Patriots, as well.
But geez, nothing would make me happier than being wrong. My wife says that being wrong is pretty much easy for me. Maybe she is picking the Giants.
Wait, maybe she is on to something. If we could figure out how the Giants could win, maybe we would know why most of the world thinks the Patriots will win.
Does that make any sort of convoluted sense?
For today’s expert we turn to Michael David Smith of Fox Sports.com. Michael will give us 5 keys for the Giants to win this game.
Your intrepid author’s comments will be in italics.
1. Eli Manning has to continue his mistake-free playoff run
After a regular season in which he threw 20 interceptions in 16 games, Manning has zero interceptions in three playoff games. Manning is making wise decisions — including throwing the ball away and taking sacks when nothing is open — in a way that he too often failed to do during the regular season and, for that matter, during his entire NFL career. source
Ok, this one is obvious. Tom Brady is a way better QB than Eli Manning. Eli has to stay out of his own way for the Giants to win. Add in that Tom Brady has to have a rare off game.
2. The Giants’ running game must produce
…the good news for the Giants is they have a weapon at their disposal that they lacked the first time they played the Patriots. Rookie running back Ahmad Bradshaw, a speedy, shifty runner who has been the Giants’ leading rusher during the playoffs, was injured and missed the regular-season matchup. A couple of big plays from Bradshaw — along with some tough runs from starting running back Brandon Jacobs — could turn the game in the Giants’ favor.
The running game made the difference in the frigid Green Bay game. At minus 24 degrees wind chill it may have been ok for Brett Favre, but his receivers could not hold on to the ball. Problem with that is the weather in Arizona will not be minus 24 degree wind chill. Still, if the Giants have any hope of moving the ball on offense, the running game will be paramount.
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