If there is one thing to be said about the Steelers, it's this: Ben Roethlisberger is a fighter. This might be more easily said since he is the leader of a potent offense, but he is a fighter (as opposed to being a hapless Safety on a depleted defense).
Five hundred plus yards must have been scoffed at after we first drafted Ben due to the fact that Steelers have traditionally been a run-first team. It also might have scared people back in '04 because in 2003 the Steelers went 6-10 from being a pass-first team with Tommy Maddox.
The fact of the matter though, is that Roethlisberger is at the caliber of a Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, and if the Steelers want to continue to win, they must depend on the passing game to set up the run and not vice versa.
Some plays that need to be brought back to fruition: The RB screen (With Roethlisberger's pump-fake this is a perfect set-up), Gadget plays of any kind and More crossing patterns with Holmes and Wallace.
Draft Needs: Ndamukong Suh as a viable trade upwards in the draft to replace the aging and often ineffective Hampton, O-lineman and more O-lineman, a shut-down corner, 3-7th round backup QB to replace Batch, etc.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Things I am not a fan of...
-Quoting song lyrics in any sort of social network status, the song in all likelihood does not relate to you, nor was it probably used in the right context
-While on the topic of social networking status's writing that your getting drunk or high, especially if your under the age of 21 is especially annoying. Chances are though, that person usually has one or more underages
-Spiders
-People who don't read, or think that is stupid to do so
-People who like to argue about politics (are you really going to change the other person's mind? Lets be honest here)
-Freshman who get on the bus to go one stop (in reality it takes the bus longer to get there than it would have if said person would have walked the two blocks)
-Rowing crew
-Stories involving vampires and teenagers, and those who obsess over their fictitious characters
-People who are fans of other sports teams, especially from Philadelphia. This is not because of a PSU rivalry, it is because when your football team has zero rings, and your other teams are chronic underachievers, you earn no right to brag or to talk trash on other teams. Case in point, I would not brag about the steelers at such a point in time as now.
-Arguing in general
-Beer
-Blaming things on being drunk
-Sex and the City
-Not being able to find things
-Things left unsaid
-Not saying what you really think (however I'm perfectly okay with doing this myself, I prefer to come off as completely average and boring)
-People complaining about homework, studying, or work in general (at this point you signed up for whatever it is you are doing, tough shit for you)
-People with underdeveloped tastes in music, books, or pop culture. People should never half-ass anything and shame on anyone who does
-While on the topic of social networking status's writing that your getting drunk or high, especially if your under the age of 21 is especially annoying. Chances are though, that person usually has one or more underages
-Spiders
-People who don't read, or think that is stupid to do so
-People who like to argue about politics (are you really going to change the other person's mind? Lets be honest here)
-Freshman who get on the bus to go one stop (in reality it takes the bus longer to get there than it would have if said person would have walked the two blocks)
-Rowing crew
-Stories involving vampires and teenagers, and those who obsess over their fictitious characters
-People who are fans of other sports teams, especially from Philadelphia. This is not because of a PSU rivalry, it is because when your football team has zero rings, and your other teams are chronic underachievers, you earn no right to brag or to talk trash on other teams. Case in point, I would not brag about the steelers at such a point in time as now.
-Arguing in general
-Beer
-Blaming things on being drunk
-Sex and the City
-Not being able to find things
-Things left unsaid
-Not saying what you really think (however I'm perfectly okay with doing this myself, I prefer to come off as completely average and boring)
-People complaining about homework, studying, or work in general (at this point you signed up for whatever it is you are doing, tough shit for you)
-People with underdeveloped tastes in music, books, or pop culture. People should never half-ass anything and shame on anyone who does
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Stop Getting Invested
I've taken a new approach.
It's worked with the Steelers and Penguins, and it's going to work with Penn State. It's my last year here, and when I graduate this strategy will be implemented to a further extent. It's this:
let go of the obsession over football.
stop caring about wins and losses. PSU is never going to be a world-beater at football and that's the way the football universe works. The Steelers on the other hand....they never seem to let me down. The Penguins do, but all is forgiven the few years after a championship. Hopefully we can make it down to Arizona and get a nice change or scenery so I don't have to freeze to death after yelling for no reason all day.
Update:
The Steelers have been swept by the Bengals for the regular season. This really comes down to them losing the AFC north, however, being an almost-22-year-old adult has let me let this go already.
Part 2:
The Penguins are good again scoring 11 points in their last two games. This is all without half the starting lineup. Knock on wood.
It's worked with the Steelers and Penguins, and it's going to work with Penn State. It's my last year here, and when I graduate this strategy will be implemented to a further extent. It's this:
let go of the obsession over football.
stop caring about wins and losses. PSU is never going to be a world-beater at football and that's the way the football universe works. The Steelers on the other hand....they never seem to let me down. The Penguins do, but all is forgiven the few years after a championship. Hopefully we can make it down to Arizona and get a nice change or scenery so I don't have to freeze to death after yelling for no reason all day.
Update:
The Steelers have been swept by the Bengals for the regular season. This really comes down to them losing the AFC north, however, being an almost-22-year-old adult has let me let this go already.
Part 2:
The Penguins are good again scoring 11 points in their last two games. This is all without half the starting lineup. Knock on wood.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The New Kindle
The newest kindle is awesome. No two ways about that. Anyone who complains about it is either a) an asshat who claims "I don't read" or b) Has bigger issues. Not only is it saving me over five dollars a book, it makes it easier to read with bigger font and saves me shipping costs. Also it saves me lugging around an extra pound or two per book. I've flown through the three of four books I've read and it has almost swayed my opinion of electronic readers.
My English 202a teacher yesterday decided to single it out saying that it would destroy libraries. Really? The Ipod may have gotten rid of CD's, but libraries will adapt. They always have, and not everyone will like the idea of a kindle. It's much harder to fathom than music. Isn't everything moving in that direction anyhow? Newspapers and blogs are people's main source of information and those are both mainly online now. It was the next eventual step, and its only going to grow.
My English 202a teacher yesterday decided to single it out saying that it would destroy libraries. Really? The Ipod may have gotten rid of CD's, but libraries will adapt. They always have, and not everyone will like the idea of a kindle. It's much harder to fathom than music. Isn't everything moving in that direction anyhow? Newspapers and blogs are people's main source of information and those are both mainly online now. It was the next eventual step, and its only going to grow.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Books I've Read: The Definitive List
Animorphs Series
The Giver
Gathering Blue
Bridge to Teribithia
The Red Badge of Courage
Tom Sawyer
The Pearl
Of Mice and Men
The Grapes of Wrath
East of Eden
A Beautiful Mind
The Night Trilogy (Night, Dawn Day)
Enemy at the Gates
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
Band of Brothers
Pearl Harbor
The Killer Angels
Gods and Generals
Friday Night Lights
The Blind Side
Zeitoun
Chuck Palanhuik:
Fight Club
Survivor
Invisible Monsters
Snuff
Choke
Lullaby
Diary
Rant
Pygmy
Chuck Klosterman
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Fargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
Downtown Owl: A Novel
Eating the Dinosaur
I Am America (And So Can You!)
My Custom Van
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Hunter Thompson
The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s.
Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream
Better than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
Glue
Porno
Tweak
A Million Little Pieces
My Friend Leonard
Bright Shiny Morning
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Enders Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Children of Men
Red Dragon
Hannibal
The Lion in Autumn
High Fidelity
Redwall:
Redwall
Mossflower
Martin the Warrior
Mattimeo
Salamandastron
Outcast of Redwall
The Bellmaker
Pearls of Lutra
The Long Patrol
The Legend of Luke
Lord Brocktree
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Ghosts of Pittsburgh
Into the Wild
Into Thin Air
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
The Last Lecture
The Audacity of Hope
Atmospheric Disturbances
All the Pretty Horses
The Road
My Lobotomy
The Cider House Rules
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
A Clockwork Orange
Native Son
Kurt Vonnegut:
Slaughterhouse-Five
Cat's Cradle
Breakfast of Champions
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Player Piano
Jailbird
Armageddon in Retrospect
Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Magician's Nephew
The Horse and His Boy
The Last Battle
Harry Potter:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Book of Joe
This is Where I Leave You
Gone, Baby, Gone
A Drink Before the War
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Perks of being a Wallflower
The Sex Lives of Cannibals
Getting Stoned With the Savages
Lost on Planet China
Running With Scissors
Dry
A Wolf at the Table
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Life of Pi
Brave New World
1984
Animal Farm
The Catcher in the Rye
The 9/11 Commission Report
The Great Gatsby
Lone Survivor
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Things they Carried
Watchmen
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hatchet
The Perfect Mile
Seabiscuit
The Perfect Storm
Holes
Frankenstein
The Crucible
Oil!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
My Booky Wook
The Good Soldiers
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Dexter in the Dark
Dexter by Design
Dexter is Delicious
American Psycho
The Forever War
The Jungle
Crazy for the Storm
House of Leaves
Shame
Flyboys
Flowers for Algernon
Catch 22
Under The Dome
Columbine
The Hemingway Patrols
Juliet, Naked
Less Than Zero
A Farewell to Arms
How to Talk to a Widower
What is the What
They Poured Fire on us from the Sky
War
A Confederacy of Dunes
Big Sur
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
The Lost Dogs
Alice in Wonderland
You Shall Know Our Velocity
The Enchantress of Florence
Born to Run
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Water for Elephants
Methland
The Giver
Gathering Blue
Bridge to Teribithia
The Red Badge of Courage
Tom Sawyer
The Pearl
Of Mice and Men
The Grapes of Wrath
East of Eden
A Beautiful Mind
The Night Trilogy (Night, Dawn Day)
Enemy at the Gates
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
Band of Brothers
Pearl Harbor
The Killer Angels
Gods and Generals
Friday Night Lights
The Blind Side
Zeitoun
Chuck Palanhuik:
Fight Club
Survivor
Invisible Monsters
Snuff
Choke
Lullaby
Diary
Rant
Pygmy
Chuck Klosterman
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Fargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
Downtown Owl: A Novel
Eating the Dinosaur
I Am America (And So Can You!)
My Custom Van
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Hunter Thompson
The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s.
Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream
Better than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
Glue
Porno
Tweak
A Million Little Pieces
My Friend Leonard
Bright Shiny Morning
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Enders Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Children of Men
Red Dragon
Hannibal
The Lion in Autumn
High Fidelity
Redwall:
Redwall
Mossflower
Martin the Warrior
Mattimeo
Salamandastron
Outcast of Redwall
The Bellmaker
Pearls of Lutra
The Long Patrol
The Legend of Luke
Lord Brocktree
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Ghosts of Pittsburgh
Into the Wild
Into Thin Air
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
The Last Lecture
The Audacity of Hope
Atmospheric Disturbances
All the Pretty Horses
The Road
My Lobotomy
The Cider House Rules
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
A Clockwork Orange
Native Son
Kurt Vonnegut:
Slaughterhouse-Five
Cat's Cradle
Breakfast of Champions
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Player Piano
Jailbird
Armageddon in Retrospect
Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Magician's Nephew
The Horse and His Boy
The Last Battle
Harry Potter:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Book of Joe
This is Where I Leave You
Gone, Baby, Gone
A Drink Before the War
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Perks of being a Wallflower
The Sex Lives of Cannibals
Getting Stoned With the Savages
Lost on Planet China
Running With Scissors
Dry
A Wolf at the Table
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Life of Pi
Brave New World
1984
Animal Farm
The Catcher in the Rye
The 9/11 Commission Report
The Great Gatsby
Lone Survivor
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Things they Carried
Watchmen
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hatchet
The Perfect Mile
Seabiscuit
The Perfect Storm
Holes
Frankenstein
The Crucible
Oil!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
My Booky Wook
The Good Soldiers
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Dexter in the Dark
Dexter by Design
Dexter is Delicious
American Psycho
The Forever War
The Jungle
Crazy for the Storm
House of Leaves
Shame
Flyboys
Flowers for Algernon
Catch 22
Under The Dome
Columbine
The Hemingway Patrols
Juliet, Naked
Less Than Zero
A Farewell to Arms
How to Talk to a Widower
What is the What
They Poured Fire on us from the Sky
War
A Confederacy of Dunes
Big Sur
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
The Lost Dogs
Alice in Wonderland
You Shall Know Our Velocity
The Enchantress of Florence
Born to Run
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Water for Elephants
Methland
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