Archive for January, 2009

Super Warning: Don’t Take Arizona Lightly

Posted on January 23, 2009. Filed under: Jerome Bettis Show: Between The Uprights, Pittsburgh Steelers |

The Steelers are 12-4. They’re playing an upstart team in the Super Bowl that went 9-7 in the regular season, a team that was not expected to make it this far. But I’m not talking about the Arizona Cardinals. I’m talking about the 1979 Steelers and the 1979 Los Angeles Rams.
The playoffs [...]

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AFC Championship Memories

Posted on January 15, 2009. Filed under: Jerome Bettis Show: Between The Uprights, Pittsburgh Steelers |

As a football fan I feel pretty fortunate. I’ve been watching Steelers football for 30 years now, and this will be the 10th AFC Championship game for me personally as a fan. Some have been thrilling, some have been crushing.
The first year I started watching the black and gold was 1978, at the [...]

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Separating Playoff Contenders from Pretenders

Posted on January 3, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized |

OK-For the record, in week 10 I made the following picks for the playoffs:
AFC
Division Winners: Jets, Steelers, Titans, Broncos
Wildcards: Ravens, Patriots
NFC
Division Winners: Giants, Packers, Panthers, Cardinals
Wildcards: Redskins, Buccaneers
Shows how much I know…6/10…..
But what of the REAL playoffs?
Wildcard weekend kicks off Saturday, with a matchup you thought you’d never see in the playoffs, and one you [...]

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