THE PITTSBURGH Sports CHATTER

[SilvioDante]

Roeth had the benefit of:

A: Being white (I don't care what the fuck you say, if a black dude has a white girl in that bathroom, he's going to jail)
B: Getting caught (I get the feeling that had this set for another day or two...payments could have been made...and we wouldn't have heard a thing about it (you know...like shit that happens probably EVERY weekend with regards to NFL players).

I don't think it was to his benefit to be white on this...

I was firmly on the side of cutting/trading him after this whole debacle, and I still stand by that. It's gonna take more than 6 months of "good behavior" to prove to me that he is a changed person. But, and I could be wrong, has anybody in the history of the NFL be suspended for as long a Ben without being charged with a crime? The Nevada accuser is certifiably insane and the Georgia woman "thinks" she may or may not have wanted to have sex with Ben but was too drunk to be sure. (Remember gang, she was "DTF" that night according to her name tag) Hardly rock solid cases, yet 6 games (cut to 4 I know) for being a millionaire with a hard on that likes beer.

Blacks were attacking the NFL after the whole Vick thing, crying racism, even though he committed a FELONY!!! The suspension was the NFL's way of saying "We will suspend white guys like Ben just like we suspended Vick and Pac Man, damn the proof!"

[Bob_R]

Really? How so?

See post #3012

[POJO_Risin]

Well...Pouncey is out, and while it's likely to get downplayed a bit...

I think it's going to be a HUGE deal. Roeth is likely the most capable QB at moving away from the rush, but if that fat fucker Raji is pouring up the middle, and that big-goofy-girl-looking bastard coming around from the outside, Roeth could be in some trouble...

and I'm just saying, and I know a couple have man-love for Mendenhall, but running the ball just got a bit more difficult...

Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders just got that much more important...

[chefcraig]

Well...Pouncey is out, and while it's likely to get downplayed a bit...

I hear ya, POJ. Believe me, I know what it means to lose a talented center, as when Dwight Stephenson went down (and never recovered), the Dolphins were a completely changed team. I was reading up on the subject, and was astounded to learn the Steelers have only had 4-5 guys ever play the position, yet every one of 'em was an All Pro.

[POJO_Risin]

Maybe over the past 40 years:

Webster
Dawson
Hartings

all all-pros

followed by:

Sean Mahan (horrid)
Justin Hartwig (not horrid, nor that good, but often needed help)

followed by:

Maurkice Pouncey (all pro)

hopefully, this is an injury (and a broken ankle and high ankle sprain is that injury) that he comes back from 100% next season...

and perhaps with his brother pushing for a job on the line as well...

[SilvioDante]

Nice!!!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Christ, this will be another lonnnnnnnnnnnng week....

[DlocRoth]

Nice!!!

Yo, is that Hootie? You know... from the Blowfish?

[POJO_Risin]

which one?

[DlocRoth]

Ha! Dude on the right looks like that fake ass gangsta from Naughty by Nature.

[POJO_Risin]

Hootie and Trech!!!!

I'd buy that fucking album...

"Give a little love, and some OPPppp...."

[TFM_Dale]

http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/roethlisbergers-promise-to-change%2C17354/

Following accusations of sexual assault and his NFL suspension, contrite quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has vowed to mend his ways. Here's how:

Try not to just talk about himself when forcing himself on drunk women

Shall always stop short of sexual assault by holding up around sexual misconduct

If he does go out to bar, he will absolutely make sure to tell everyone he's Jay Cutler

Put any young woman who's had too much to drink into taxi and while helping her into backseat just feel her up a little

Every time he has an urge to drink and screw random women, will just drink and ride his motorcycle instead

Admit to himself it's time to start killing them afterward, wrapping their bodies in chicken wire, and tossing them on the outgoing tide

Work on throwing mechanics to become so good that no one will care how sleazy he is

Find out why that one nice girl in Georgia hasn't called him back

[kwame k]

The old saying.....they can forgive anything as long as you're winning.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I'm kinda proud of myself that I've "matured" enough not to take these losses poorly, like I used to....

Shit, the '90/'91/'92 (especially the '92) Bucco losses in the NLCS, Super Bowl XXX loss.... I took those losses hard....

But in the last few years, the Cup loss in '08, and now this.... Meh, as I told my son last night, there's always next year....

Pitchers and catchers in two weeks for the Buccos !!! Hehehehehe.... I crack myself up sometimes....

Some SB notes:

- Hopefully this finally puts to rest the horribly overrated Steelers CB's.... Taylor and Gay are both free agents..... There are reports that the Steelers have started negotiations with Taylor, which I hate..... Gay should be fucking gone, last night was yet another example of his horrible play.....

- Draft pick #1 needs to be OT, round 2 should be CB, or maybe another O-lineman if they can go CB in free agency....

- Ben didn't look sharp, and not even talking about the INT's.... He had a sure TD to Wallace in the corner that he had a bad throw... He was throwing high a lot.... I'm not going to blame it all on him, because the "vaunted" defense got shredded....

[chefcraig]

I'm kinda proud of myself that I've "matured" enough not to take these losses poorly, like I used to...

- Ben didn't look sharp, and not even talking about the INT's.... He had a sure TD to Wallace in the corner that he had a bad throw... He was throwing high a lot.... I'm not going to blame it all on him, because the "vaunted" defense got shredded....

The thing is, it's easier to accept a loss when you have an inherent culture of winning, as it cushions the loss by the belief that either your team was in the thick of things, or had/has the potential for greater things. It is far worse for folks that never seem to get close, as years of going nowhere steadily take their toll until you get to the point that you just don't care anymore. Currently, I'm that way with the Dolphins. I stopped getting season tickets years ago, and am so apathetic now that even if they did get a play off victory, I'd see it as an act of prolonging the inevitable loss.

I've the deepest respect for fans that stick with a losing team year after year, achieving little if anything other than shattered hopes. In a way, I believe we all do to an extent, as explains our sympathies toward Cinderella teams like the Saints last year. You want to see the underdog win, because you can relate to it through your own team's struggles. On that level, perhaps sport really does work as a metaphor for life itself.