Funny you should mention that. Heinz Field is known for wreaking havoc on kickers. The first year they opened it, even our (old) kicker had a hard time. I think there's some sort of crazy wind thing going on there -- especially in the open end-zone.

The funny thing about last night was that there was no wind. The Jets kicker just choked -- twice -- in the closed end-zone! Our kicker has made something like 18 field goals in a row (both home and away) and last night he came through for us in the open end-zone.

Here's an article from one of our newspapers about both kicker's game last night:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05016/443273.stm

Thanks jtxc for the congrats. Good luck today against the Colts! See you next week in the 'burgh!!

 

Well Rudy as I said before I had a feeling our teams would meet again. Too bad the Jets screwed us once again, home field is a HUGE advantage. The two best teams in the NFL will play it out on Sunday.

Gotta love how the Pats allowed crybaby Manning NO TD's! Get that terrible towel ready Rudy........."The Patriots are coming"......"The Patriots are coming"!

 

YES WE WON ! We MASSACERED them.

 

You're right jtxc -- the best two teams in the NFL will be playing each other next week. Whoever wins deserves to win the Super Bowl!

I'd say good luck next week but I won't....it should be fun!

 

The topic of an all Pennsylvania Super Bowl came up in another thread so I thought I'd have a little fun here:

A guy from Philadelphia dies and is sent to Hell. He had been a horrible man his entire life. The devil puts him to work breaking up rocks with a sledgehammer. To make it worse he cranks up the temperature and the humidity. After a couple of days, the devil checks in on h is victim to see if he is suffering adequately.

The devil is aghast as the Philadelphian is happily swinging his hammer and whistling a happy tune. The devil walks up to him and says, "I don't understand this. I've turned the heat way up, it's humid and you're crushing rocks; why are you so happy?"

The Philadelphian, with a big smile, looks at the devil and replies, "This is great! It reminds me of August in Philadelphia. Hot, humid, a good place to work. It reminds me of home. This is fantastic!"

The devil, extremely perplexed, walks away to ponder the Philadelphian's remark. Then he decides to drop the temperature, send down a driving rain and torrential wind. Soon, Hell is a wet, muddy mess. Walking in mud up to his knees with dust blowing into his eyes, the Philadelphian is happily slogging through the mud pushing a wheelbarrow full of crushed rocks.

Again, the devil asks how he can be happy in such conditions. The Philadelphian replies, "This is great! Just like April in Philadelphia. It reminds me of working out in the yard with spring planting!"

The devil is now completely baffled but more determined to make the Philadelphian suffer. He makes the temperature plummet. Suddenly Hell is blanketed in snow and ice. Confident that this will surely make the Philadelphian unhappy, the devil checks in on him. He is again aghast at what he sees.

The Philadelphian is dancing, singing, and twirling his sledgehammer as he cavorts in glee.

"How can you be so happy? Don't you know its 40 below zero!?" screams the devil.

Jumping up and down the Philadelphian throws a snowball at the devil and yells, "Hell has frozen over!! This means the Eagles won the Super Bowl!"

 

Funny Rudy I was going to offer some good luck to you also, but I figured the Steelers used all of theirs up in Saturdays game

 

You got that right!

 

Offense wins games, defense wins championships...



Go Steelers, go Steelers...

 

Offense wins games, defense wins championships...



Go Steelers, go Steelers...
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So the Pat's don't play good defense? I hope the Steelers think the same.

I personaly think it will be the hardest hitting game of the year

 

I think the Steelers defense is better, I didn't say the Pats don't play good defense.
Definately one of the best games of the season.