We ROCKED 'em!

STEEEEEELERRRRRS!

I seem to have a knack for picking the hot team in the NFL whenever I get into it.

Back when I started waching football, I picked the Bills. Yes, they lost 5 Super Bowls, but it still takes a great team to get there that many times!

After the suffering of Buffalo, a few years later when in high school, I picked the New England Patriots. I bought a Drew Bledsoe jersey and saw them go to the Bowl to lose to the Packers. I casually supported them afterwards and ultimately they won with Brady at the helm (though everyone forgets that Drew took them to the first Super Bowl with an inspired performance in the AFC final that year!).

Now, at the behest of my brother, I throw my support towards the Steelers, and what happens? Not only do they JUST squeak into the playoffs, they knock out the offensive juggernaut that is the Cincinnati Bengals (Who dey? Who cares! They're golfing now!). And now they pull of a HUGE upset, knocking of the famous Colts, who were picked by everyone and their mothers to win it all.

I'm not saying the Steelers will win it all, but for once they weren't unfortunate enough to have bad breaks lead to blowing the game. Watching the game at Shoeless Joe's with Jamie was fun-dastic, with the 4th quarter being real fun to watch (especially seing the fat Steeler fan in front having mild heart attacks every few minutes).

Yes, of COURSE I feel a bit bad for Tony Dungy. I've always thought of him as a class act from his days in Tampa Bay when he built that crazy defence. At the same time, seeing the cocky Payton Manning lose once again, this time because of his "stupid drunk kicker", was poetic justice. If you have seen the post-game interviews, he STILL whined about his teams offensive line being a bit weak. This dude needs a pacifier. He should be lucky they blew the Polamalu INT call, cuz otherwise they would have had NO chance to come back. And since when is a QB allowed to send the punting unit back!

Anyhow, thought I'd rant a bit on football. The other game was kinda sucky as my NFC team (the Bears) lost to the Panthers. I'll admit, I like them because of their tough-as-nails defence, which obviously blew it today, but is still fun to watch. Plus, I have family in Chicago, so that might be the one real vague connection I have to an NFL city, so I'll take it. Oh, and it's always a good laugh when the brother and I joke about Conan's masturbating Bear and comparing it to the team!

That's it for now. Who would have thought a Roethlisberger figure would lead me into a fan base including the likes of Snoop Dogg, Seymour Butts, and G-Unit!!!