Where Can I get on the Next Bus?

If you haven't realized this already. I am a big Steelers fan. I guess the euphoria of last year's championship is finally wearing off because I haven't even been worried with their horrific start to the season. When they were 1-1, it was cool. I expected that. Then they were 1-2, shaky start but nothing to really worry about they had 13 weeks to start rolling right? Wrong. Since that point they have one just one more time and lost 4. That means that my team, the blue collar Steelers aren't playing blue collar ball. That means my passion for smothering defense and "smack you all around the head and neck" football hasn't had time to manifest itself this season. I mean my favorite college team, Syracuse, is playing like their former Big East league mates in North Philly the Temple Owls. When did Syracuse get so bad. I mean they had a QB that went #2 in the draft and after that it has been mostly downhill, isn't it usually the other way? Doesn't draft is the starting QB and he can't seem to link two wins together. The Temple Owls, a team I always hope plays good football but never does) are still the Temple Owls. My high school football team isn't even the best team in town...and to top all of that off, the Steelers are doing everything they did last season a little better but still losing. The only thing they aren't doing is protecting the football. This isn't Steelers football.

I think the reason they are turning the ball over so much is because everyone is out there trying to make BIG, HUGE, GIGANTIC plays because that is how they won the Super Bowl. Big Ben does this he only thing is that the big plays aren't what got them there. Smashing heads is what did it...I hope they find a good replacement for Cowher. I don't see the fire and he will retire to greener pastures like Bill Parcells did.


I guess that is why I have found the following past times to pre-occupy me during football season:


The Wire- Season 4

I admit, I stopped watching this story about urban decay during the second season. I only watched it on the ho-hum during the first season but it was gritty and really urban with some ground breaking characters. Who ever thought the most succesful stick up kid in B-More would be a homo.

Madden '07

If your real life team isn't winning but they have talent, you can learn to utilize this talent into a winning team. I play Madden online and I can turn the lowly Detroit Lions into a pretty good team with the talent they have in various areas. The days of Tecmo Bowl are over, you actually have to game plan a little bit more now, there are no sure fire bread and butter plays. Now you actually have to sit back and read the defense. With the amount of defensive and offensive audibles you can actually make every game feel new. Now if I could only find a way to stop tall TE's and WR's.

Hip Hop....

Nasty Nas said it was dead...And I have to agree. I'm only amused at which new over played "stereo-typical rapper" with a talent eclipsing ego will take the top position. Jay-Z and Nas headline Def Jam's always packed line up but I see Jay selling more than anyone because he controls the purse string in the promotion department. I don't think he will imitate his girl Beyonce and finance his own videos because he has no need to he can utilize OPM...

Due to recent inactivity this blog was posted very late...I love being right though. (Bill Cowher comment was on point)