I watched the Steeler game yesterday.  Being an emotional person, I nearly lost my voice yelling at the coaches, the players and the officials.  The Steelers only won 11-10.  Ok, so a win is a win.  But, why does it have to be like this?

Upon further review this morning, numbers say the Steelers crushed San Diego.  Ben Roethlisberger was 31-41 for 308 yards and no interceptions.  Willie Parker rushed for 115 yards.  They recorded 4 sacks.  Hines Ward had 124 yards receiving.  Matt Spaeth caught six passes.  11-10???

Bruce Ariens continues to catch my wrath almost weekly.  I don't like his play calling.  4th and one at the goal line.  A plunge comes up short.  First of all, I might just refer to the emporer, the great Chas Noll for advice...GET THE POINTS!!!

Meanwhile, on WVAM, I was listening to the game while watching it on TV.  Tunch Ilkin went on about going for the touchdown instead of the field goal.  Since the series of plays resulted in a Steeler safety, Tunch declared the move was a good one.  I'm not a math genious, but how is two points better than three?  Add in the huge punt from San Diego and a penalty and the Steelers wound up at their own 6 or thereabouts.  But, the whole day was like that.

I think the officials were trying to even up with the Chargers.  If you'll remember, San Diego was on the wrong end of some bad calls in the first two or three weeks of the season.

I particular, the pass interference penalty against Ike Taylor at the goal line was awful.  Hines Ward's last hold was terrible.  The last score was admittedly a legal score, but the officials just talked about it and left the field.  I couldn't begin to estimate how many gamblers lost money on the game.  The spread was 4.  Starts to look like someone's on the take.

7-3 shouldn't feel like this.  The Bengals are up next.  I hate saying this, but Cincy shouldn't be much trouble this Thursday.  The Steelers will probably find a way to make it a trying quest.  Something the Eagles should have done is tell themeselves that it's the NFL and anyone can win.  If the mind is in the right place, the Bengals should be just what's for dinner on Thursday night.  Oh, and by the way Eagles, go ahead and beat Baltimore.

I watched the Penguins on Saturday and it appears that they're getting their act together.  But, they do start awfully slow.  Buffalo is a good team and had the Pens on the run for a good portion of Saturday's game.  But, the tide turned about midway through the third and they finally put a team away in regulation.  Watching the Penguins play is enjoyable and at this point, every game is entertaining.