One of those Wow games – Steelers beat Browns 31-28 November 11, 2007
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With apologies to Kope, this was one of those games. First place in the AFC North was on the line, and for a time, it looked like the Browns were going to forge a 1st place tie, but then the 2nd half had to be played…
Mid-Season – can the Pats complete the perfect season? November 8, 2007
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The New England Patriots have seared through the competition, finding themselves with a 9-0 record at their bye week, with 7 games left: at Buffalo (4-4), vs. Philadelphia (3-5), at Baltimore (4-4), vs Pittsburgh (6-2), vs. Jets (1-8), vs Miami (0-8), and at Giants (6-2).
How likely is it they can run the table?
PSU can’t crack the coaches… 1 vote short this week September 18, 2006
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PSU crushed 1-AA Youngstown State on Saturday, 37-3, in a fill-in game after 1-A Louisiana Tech backed out at the last minute (last Spring) due to a scheduling conflict. YSU gave them some fits in the passing game, but PSU found a running game, rushing for near 400 yards. The game was scoreless after the 1st Quarter, but saw PSU score 20 in the 2nd quarter and 10 more in the third, before their backup quarterback tacked on the last 7 late in the 4th quarter on a run.
PSU was 25 in the AP last week, and moved up to 24 this week, ahead of Boise State as the new 25. The Coaches, as the USAToday poll (ESPN pulled its association and now uses the AP in its broadcasts), saw PSU as the first in the list of others receiving votes after the loss at Notre Dame. This week finds them in the same spot, 1 stinking vote behind new 25th place team Boise State.
Exasperating to lose in "extra 0:52" September 26, 2005
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THIS JUST IN: NFL admits 60:52 was played, and instead of scoring with 0:01 left, NE actually scored 0:51 after regulation should have ended. The NFL won’t change the outcome, of course, but NE could not (and did not) drive down into field goal range in only the 0:29 they should have had left.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2173143
An NFL press release is admits as such this evening, and cane be viewed at this link: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/8895637
original draft below
Off the heels of Penn State’s exasperating win yesterday, New England’s place-kicker Adam Vinatieri did it again, kicking a field goal with 0:01 left to go up 23-20 over the host Steelers. While the Patriots’ #4 won it, the game was a back and forth defensive battle. Either team had the opportunity to take a 10 or 14 point lead early on, but both defenses arose to the challenge.
The loss snapped the Steelers’ 16 game regular season winning streak, and QB Ben Roethlisberger’s personal 15-0 start as a starter. Ben threw no picks, and drove down to tie the game with less than 2 minutes remaining, but the Steelers scored too soon, leaving New England with 1;31 to go.
NE got a good kickoff return, to start on their own 37. NE had burned all of their timeouts previously, so they turned to Tom Brady, who completed 3 big passes on the drive, and on two of them, his receivers were able to get open fast (the rush was coming, knocking Brady down on two of the plays), catch the ball, avoid a tackle or two, gain the first down, and get out of bounds. (SEE ABOVE ABOUT THE EXTRA 0:52)
When both teams deserve to lose… September 22, 2005
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Monday night’s late card on the Monday Night Football lineup was the Washington Redskins at the Dallas Cowboys. Throughout most of the game, the Skins could not get a thing going offensively, while Dallas was stifling on defense. With 56 minutes down of 60, things changed on a dime. Dallas was up 13-0, and had the Skins down to a 4th and 13 do or die situation, with 3:46 to go in the game.
All of a sudden, the Washington Quarterback, Mark Brunell (formerly of the Jacksonville Jaguars) bought enough time to heave a long pass that was caught by Santana Moss. Moss broke a tackle and was quickly in the end-zone, score 13-7. Skins kick off to Dallas, trusting their defense to get it done. All Dallas needed was a first down or two, again, to seal the game. They could not.
The way Washington played for the first 56 minutes, they deserved to have lost. The way Dallas played in the last four minutes, when they could have clinched the game on several occaisions, they also deserved to have lost.
So given that both teams then deserved to have lost, and a tie was not possible due to Dallas’s previous scoring combination, the equities then weigh against Dallas in my mind, mostly due to being a Steeler fan (Dallas, Pittsburgh & Washington were in the same division in the 60s prior to the NFL-AFL merger), and that Washington was due. I still think Joe Gibbs should have stayed in NASCAR, but nice to see a nice guy win.
P$U doesn’t need donations when… September 8, 2005
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they charge a full price ticket for a 15-month old who doesnt even occupy a seat…
On the field, Paterno got win #344 against a fiesty South Florida team out of the big east. PSU was up 17-0 late in the 2nd quarter, when, inexplicably, PSU called a timeout with 8 seconds left in the half. USF was lining up for a field goal, they had no timeouts left, and would have kicked save PSU calling timeout. The stoppage led USF to run a play, which ended up being a fade route in the far left corner of the endzone for a Touchdown. While PSU never was in jeapordy of losing, that blunder at the end of the first half seemed to take wind off of the sails.
All told, the experience a mixed one. Nice to get back up for a game, but between the ticketing hassles and the subpar offensive performance, we would have done just as well watching it on Gameplan at home.
