Annual Gridiron Taste & Talent Fashion Show

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
and the PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Annual GRIDIRON Taste & Talent

Friday, September 26, 2008 ~ 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Heinz History Center and Sports Museum

Honoring Steelers Fullback Carey Davis

For more information, visit The Steelers webpage and The Boys & Girls Club webpage.

Parker / Woodley / Hines - AWESOME!!

What an awesome touchdown by Willie Parker to start the second quarter!!

And just a few seconds ago -- an interception by Lamar Woodley!!

Hines -- TOUCHDOWN!!!

SUPERBOWL, anyone?? (OK - I won't jinx it, but they recently gave a statistic that teams winning their kickoff game are twice as likely to get to the post-season)!!

HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!!

Brady Injured

[STATUS UPDATE] it's been reported that Brady suffered a knee injury is likely to return.

New England Patriots QB, Tom Brady, limped off the field as he was accompanied to the locker room. Brady was hurt after the Patriots second drive today against the Chiefs.

No word as to the current situation but Matt Cassel is warming up.

[UPDATE] Pittsburgh radio coverage announcer, Ellis Cannon, reported that a blog posted you could "hear a pin drop" in the stadium after the play when Brady got hurt and was holding his knee.

From the fanhouse:

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, the reigning NFL MVP, limped off the field in the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Brady remained on the turf after he was hit in the left leg by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard. There was no immediate announcement on his injury or his status.

Brady had completed a 26-yard pass to Randy Moss, who fumbled the ball away when he was tackled.

Tomlin is PUMPED!!

I am LOVIN' Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin's attitude and motivation today!!

It began the minute he led the Steelers onto the field before kickoff and continues as the Steelers stopped the Texans from completing a first down. They cut to video of Tomlin pumping his fist and saying "let's go!" as they headed to a commercial break.

The Steelers should feed off of this (for crying out loud - I'M feeding off of it)!!!

And the ruling that they stopped Houston now stands which is a HUGE motivation factor to the Steelers as well -- this should be a good game!!

HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!!

Less than Half-Hour Until Game Time!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
KICKOFF @ 1:00 PM




Series History Series History: Series began in 2002
Overall: Series tied 1-1
At Pittsburgh: Houston leads 1-0
At Houston: Pittsburgh leads 1-0
Neutral Sites: n/a
Last Regular-Season Meeting: Sept. 18, 2005 (in Houston) Pittsburgh 27, Houston 7
Postseason Series: n/a





Pittsburgh is 1-1 all-time against the Houston Texans...Houston won the first-ever meeting between the teams 24-6 on Dec. 8, 2002, at Heinz Field...the six points were the least the Steelers scored in 2002...Pittsburgh came back to even the series on Sept. 18, 2005 when they defeated the Texans 27-7 at Reliant Stadium in Houston...in that game RB Willie Parker had 25 rushes for 111 yards and one touchdown...S Troy Polamalu tied an NFL single game record for a safety by registering three sacks.

Bouchette Dazzles with Football Knowledge

Yesterday on the Steelers Q&A with Ed Bouchette post, Bouchette explained the reasoning behind the 53-man roster (why 53?).

Bouchette explained that it's "arbitrary" and that 53 was just a compromise between the players union and management agreed on since the union wanted more and management wanted less.

He goes on to say that the limit used to be 45 or 47 in the 1980's and that players placed on injured reserve didn't count against the roster (and could return in 6 weeks), so you'd have teams making up injuries to keep players without the risk of another team claiming them.

The league finally put a stop to this by expanding the roster and limiting the number of players who could dress to 45 and gave all teams an even playing field, so to speak.

To read the actual post, visit the PPG.

Just Because!

The reason why I posted this picture (courtesy of "One for the Other Thumb" blog) - just because I think it's an awesome picture!!

Hamburger, anyone?!

this pictures is either REAL or a really super-awesome Photoshop jobber!!