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no what i'm implying is that browns fans are the 1st fans to start saying retarded stuff when they say they "hate" another team. seriously, how much thought did it take to come up with Roethlisfuck, get a life. you dont see REAL steelers fans playing games with players names, thats pretty much reserved for 3rd grade.
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ah, I see, so the bad apples in cleveland are evidence of the classless fans, but the bad apples in Pittsburgh aren't real fans.
buckeye fans must all be 3rd graders too, given the frequency of scUM, LLLLLoyd, Ann Arbor is a whore, etc.I don't like pittsburgh that much either, but seriously...
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buckalum01
They Call Me Assassin
Right after the part where Moses descended the mountain with the 12 commandments. Most people forget those last two:
"11. When the Browns/Bengals lose- it is everybody else's fault; they cheated. When they win it is because they are the GREATEST TEAM EVER!"
"12. Only observe the first half of the 11 commandment- because really those teams don't ever win."
I think I will jump on the Bengals bandwagon now. I mean they have, what is it now?- One (1) winning season in the last 15 years? They must be great. They only lose games because the other teams are full of cheaters. Their players are the greatest in the league.
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craigblitz
Juice, Full of Juice!!
What are you talking about... Ohh the injury suffered by Palmer. The injury that even his OWN TEAM says was a freak accident. You really need to let this go, this is football people get hurt.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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1/19/06
1/19/06
All hail Steeler nation
Thursday, January 19, 2006
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Repository FILE PHOTO SCOTT HECKEL HOPING TO BREAK THROUGH Steelers Coach Bill Cowher is 1-4 in AFC Championship games — all of them in Pittsburgh. The Steelers travel to Denver to face the Broncos in Sunday’s AFC title game.
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PITTSBURGH - It was vintage “Bus.” The kind whose fumes make Browns fans sick.
The Steelers led, 14-3, reached the Indianapolis 19-yard line, and stepped on the gas, such as what is left in Jerome Bettis’ tank.
The 5-foot-11, 255-pound pile-driver barged 7 yards, 1 yard, and 9 yards. Then he smashed into the end zone from the 1, standing up.
The resulting 18-point lead melted to 21-18, but when Pittsburgh had the ball 2 yards from another score with a minute left, the Colts seemed longer gone than Johnny Unitas.
After all, the Steelers had “The Bus.” They had the man who ranks fifth all-time with 13,662 rushing yards, 1,350 more than Jim Brown. They had the irresistible force behind 91 NFL rushing touchdowns, equal to Franco Harris.
Given the game flow, this one looked like a gimme.
It became a wreck.
Bettis fumbled, then held his breath until quarterback Ben Roethlisberger made a game-saving tackle of streaking Colts safety Nick Harper.
A fabulous career that might not make it to 2006 lived for another day, and an AFC title game at Denver.
“I forgot about it after 48 hours,” Bettis said Wednesday, during an interview he mostly smiled through. “I’m like a
cornerback who got burned. I forgot all about it.”
A month short of turning 34, which is like 64 for an NFL running back, Bettis wants something to remember.
He has played so long he was with the Rams when they were in Los Angeles. He has played so long he can recall running for a TD against Bill Belichick’s 1993 Cleveland Browns.
He has played long enough to rush for 907 yards in 13 games against Cleveland.
He hasn’t played in a Super Bowl.
“This game at Denver,” he said before practice, “isn’t emotional because it would get us to Detroit, and I’m from Detroit.
“It’s emotional because it’s an AFC Championship Game. I’ve been on the losing side in a few of these.
“Winning one ... that’s what’s driving me.”
Bettis rushed for 105 yards in the 1998 AFC title game. The Steelers lost to Denver, 24-21.
Coming off an injury, Bettis rushed just eight yards in the 2002 AFC final. New England beat the Steelers, 24-17.
Last January, Bettis rushed for 64 yards and a TD in the game that sent the AFC representative to a Super Bowl. New England won it, 41-27.
Stopping “The Bus” is easier than it was. He rushed for 368 yards in 12 regular-season games, well below his previous career low, 637 yards 10 years ago. His per-carry average was 3.3, dragging his career average down to 3.93.
The former workhorse now alternates with speed back Willie Parker.
Yet, at playoff time, his role remains vital to wielding the Steelers’ smash-mouth persona. His goal-line prowess seems undiminished. He has scored 26 touchdowns over the last two seasons, including four in the postseason.
“I don’t think he realizes how much of a role model he is,” said wideout Hines Ward, one of the team leaders. “He epitomizes what the Pittsburgh Steelers are about.”
In a recent playoff win at Cincinnati, he rushed 10 times for 52 yards and a touchdown.
Last weekend at Indianapolis, he rushed 16 times for 46 yards before losing that fumble. No doubt, he’ll be asked to slam into the Denver line that includes three starters who played for Cleveland last year.
“I’m not 28 any more,” Bettis said. “I can’t do what I did then.
“You try to be as smart, as rested, as ready as you can be. When the opportunity comes, you just do what you’ve naturally been blessed to do.
“You may not have what you had at 28, but you can still be good in one game.”
Could the Denver game be his last game?
“It will come down to health, quality of life, where I fit in,” Bettis said. “The organization has a path they’re going down. If our paths don’t cross, it doesn’t matter what I think.” Thus, “The Bus” is embracing this week’s road trip as if it might bring the ride of his life. Reach Repository sports writer Steve Doerschuk at (330) 580-8347 or e-mail: [email protected]
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love or hate the steelers, Bettis is one of those guys you have to like. He is a class act, and a hell of a good player. I really hope that he comes back to Pittsburgh next year as a RB coach, he has been a great mentor for Willie Parker, and if Pittsburgh drafts a RB (L. White, please, please, please) he would be a great person to teach a rookie the ins and outs of pro football.
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I would be surprised if he is RB's coach. Hoak is probably done if the Steelers win the SB. Bettis would make more money working on those pregame shows. He would instantly make CBS or ESPN better if he replaced somebodly like Sharpe/Esiason or Irvin/Young on those respective shows.
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bettis isn't worried about the money, he took a 1.5million paycut this year just to help them with cap room.
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