On Inauguration Weekend, Let’s Put Unity Aside and Hit Each Other in the Mouth
For all the readers who hate my onslaught of homerism on KSK and want to see me get my comeuppance, today may be your lucky day. Because there is no ending to the Steelers season that could be more embarrassing and soul-crushing than losing a fourth straight AFC Title Game at home to the shithead Ravens. 0-16 wouldn’t be as bad. Losing the Super Bowl, while immensely disappointing and painful, wouldn’t be as bad. Ravens fans can explain a loss away by saying where they got was a lot further than a rookie quarterback and a rookie head coach should have taken them. Steelers fans have no such fallback. Well, they can always complain that that Palamuuluu guy wasn’t totally healthy.
But with great risk comes great reward. The Steelers can go 3-0 this season over a hated rival and 2-0 against them in the playoffs. For all the talk of how promising Flacco looks, Ray-Ray, Terrell Suggs and Bart Scott are all free agents this year. Their best receiver, Derrick Mason, turned 35 yesterday (Why weren’t Ravens fans celebrating his birthday? Quick guess: He’s not white). This could be the Ravens’ best chance for a while.
I’d love to be here to live blog it for you (that’s a lie) but I have to brave the crowds in D.C. to hit the bar on the Hill. So enjoy the bloodbath in open thread form. And, hey, the only home win in an AFC Championship Game in the Cowher era did come against a Harbaugh brother.
Why is Phil Simms the only guy in that booth still doing the headline games?
Tags: FEARSOME RAVENS FANS, hate, hines wald is stirr me favolite steerel, Homerism, i'm gay for lamarr woodley james harrison and dick enberg, open thread, xmas ape
January 18th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
TAKE THAT YOU FUCKING EAGLES BITCHES.
Ahem. I mean. Alright Cards!
God must be pleased.
January 18th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
So is that it for Reid and McNabb?
And yes, the Arizona Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl = change you can believe in!
January 18th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Liveblogging going on in my house. Everyone but Ape is invited!
January 18th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Blimp! Blimp! Blimp!
Also, haha!, fuck the Eagles.
January 18th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
fuck the Steelers…
January 18th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Steve Tasker…grow some titss
January 18th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
January 18th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
“I rook forward to hearing the good nieuws! You will not just beat them, but scratch them! Good nieuws!”
January 18th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Loving the Clay Davis pic
January 18th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Hines no smirre.
January 18th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Fieldgoalkakke
January 18th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
+1000 for giving us Clay Davis’ campaign poster. That needs to be available for purchase!
January 18th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Satchel Paige warming up in the pen.
January 18th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
i love how the Ravens just forgot Mcgahee sucks and Mclain is a pretty solid 3rd down back
January 18th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
…And they’re warming up Byron Leftwich…
I’m sure he’ll do fine against the Ravens. Right?
At least if they lose with Leftwich they have a little bit of an excuse.
January 18th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
13-0.
This isn’t going very well.
Why isn’t Paul McGuire dead?
January 18th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Good Nieuws! Everyone in China knows that! Good nieuws!
January 18th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Ballgame.
January 18th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
That’s perfect! I’m going to start calling my dick ‘The Pylon!’
January 18th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Holmes get’s redemption, and thousands of unsuspecting editors have nightmares of inadequacy with their unfiltered google image search
January 18th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
That’s perfect! I’m going to start calling my dick ‘The Pylon!’
I prefer Vlad the Impaler
January 18th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Live blog at WWPJD’s pad.
http://wwpurplejd.blogspot.com/
January 18th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Hines Wald…
Hult knee.
No smirre.
Doesn’t matter at this point though. You couldn’t pull a TD out of Bert Flacco’s ass with a toe truck right now..
January 18th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Best line of the halftime show from Marino: “Baltimore’s seconday is a little banged up”.
Corrected comment: “Baltimore’s secondary now only exists in theory”.
Only way Baltimore pulls out a win? Go Untouchables. They put one of our corners on the bench? We put their Quarterback on the stretcher.
That’s the Baltimore way.
And why the frag did Katie Couric cut her hair off again?
January 18th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
MY REG! MY REG! MY REG! MY REG! MY REG!
OH MY REG! IT HURT! IT HURT!
LAVEN PRAYEL, YOU BIG ASSHORE!
NO SMIRRE! NO SMIRRE!
OH MY REG!
January 18th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
WWPJD:what a rude and abrupt ending
January 18th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Over here for a bit til the live blog starts again?
January 18th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
It sounded like Windows was making his comp restart.
Blame Microsoft. And the Jonas Brothers.
/Fuck those guys
January 18th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
liveblog back up!
January 18th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
KSK doesn’t care if you cheat on her with another liveblog, as long as you come home.
January 18th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
“Hele re go Steerels,Hele re go”
January 18th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Steelers are fags.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Ryan Clark just committed a murder-suicide
January 18th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I hope McGahee’s okay… that guy’s got seven families to think about
January 18th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I really thought we would go all season without seeing this…
January 18th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
What the fuck is Sims talking about? No such thing as helmet to helmet when you’re tackling a ball carrier? Bullshit! He led with his shoulders? What the fuck? He led with his fucking head!
January 18th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
It was a dirty hit.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Ray Ray is upset about this loss. Sheeeeeeeit
January 18th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Dirty hit?
You’re a pussy.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
longest game everkakke is finally over. Super Bowl 43- A sunday of indifference
January 18th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Well, that was incredibly soul sucking.
No question, though. Clean win. Congrats to the Steelers. Good luck with Jesus Warner in two weeks.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I expect a quiet week from the people who like to troll Ape.
Even getting the benefit of the calls and some horrendous mistakes by the Steelers, the Ravens still are the Ravens and have no offense. Flacco is incredible!
January 18th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
big ups to WWPJD. nicely done.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
@SKC
Howie Long- So Willis,thats a nice cart youre riding on. If you like fucking men. Whats that? a neckbrace? looks like a huge Maxi Pad to me.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
+at least 100 WWPJD
thanks for making that game tolerable. you might be needed in two weeks as well if KSK wont do the Liveblogkakke
January 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Hey haters, YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE BALL-LICKERS!!!!!
January 18th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Maybe his voice is hoarse from yelling, but that sounded like Tomlin just thugged it up a bit for that
January 18th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
@2 port
solid!drawing a goddamn blank tho! what movie?
January 18th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
“Rex Grossman’s Mother Says:
January 18th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Dirty hit?
You’re a pussy.”
What do you get when you mix a dirtbag city with a good football franchise? Steelers fans.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Christ, I had no idea what hosting a liveblogkkake entailed, much respect for the gay mafia. If they don’t do a super bowl blog then you know where to find me. Good times tonight, prepare for an Ape vs. Leitch FlaWa for the next two weeks.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Cardinals are fucked. The refs will give the Steelers another Super Bowl.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Boycott ChristmasApe week starts now.
This is the worst SuperBowl.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Einhorn is Akers……Akers is Einhorn…
January 18th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
don’t let the kicker kick you in the head Arizona. They’ll call you for roughing the kicker.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Sal, didja ever in a million years think that we could get both games right? We’re so awesome.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Cardinals vs the fucking stealers!!?? Who the fuck am I suppose to root for? My head is hurting just thinking about it! I think I’m gonna puke
January 18th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
@seahawk Matt:
I’ll be rooting for great commercials to talk about at the water cooler next Monday. Wait? Two weeks? Jeez, it is always so long before the Superbowls?
January 18th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
@seahawk matt:
you could act like the superbowl isnt happening and proceed to anticipation of the draft?you guys should be picking fairly high up this year! Lots to be excited about!
January 18th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Matt — that’s called getting your shit pushed in too far. Take a few aspirin and call me in the morning.
XOXO,
Matt Hasselfail, QB, Seattle Sucks
(Hey, we share the same douchebag name!! Yay!)
January 18th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Shocked that a certain caveman isn’t in here being whiney…
January 18th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Hey, hey, I see Bill Simmons posted above! Billy, you been reading this site? Take notes.
January 18th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Oh man, I love those cats (for example: everyone I work with, my family) that don’t follow sports but watch the Super Bowl – crying out for ‘pass interference’ on every passing play ’cause it’s the only penalty they know~
It’s like people who watch the World Series and say stuff like ‘look at that sinkerball!’ at a change-up. Good times!
January 19th, 2009 at 12:03 am
how does ed reed fit his chinstrap over that ratty beard
January 19th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Maybe Tomlin could shank Wisenhunt pregame over who sucked whose dick for the stealers job. That could work. Or maybe every stealer fan could profess that they are the greatest fans ever and wave their stupid yellow towels all fucking day long while cardinal fans can say how warner is a hall of famer even though most of them didn’t even realise they had a football team three weeks ago. And yes this is just a bitter rant so fuck off!
January 19th, 2009 at 12:51 am
@:chris johnson as a second language
That would be Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
January 19th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Phil Simms and those Refs can smoke my big fat cock… I know you all hate the Steelers. So much so that it must be advancing your status both personally and prefessionally somehow, but you have to admit that the game atrociously officiated and called the way only Simms can call it…
January 21st, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Wait, you mean the game where Kordell Stewart caught a pass after running out of bounds on his own and running back in again?
Yeah, that really counted as an “honest win.”
On the other hand, had the Colts gone to the Super Bowl that year we probably wouldn’t have wound up with Manning a couple years later.
March 20th, 2009 at 11:35 am
joe is cute but nick is HOT i like nick j more than you so put it in a jucie box and suck it