Mood:  amorous

Okay, so I was going through the old entries and I realized (besides I'm crazy as all outdoors) that November 7, 2004 was the day I officially gave my heart to Ben Roethlisberger (and the Pittsburgh Steelers); well it was the day they ended New England's 21-game winning streak and NOBODY gave them a chance. I remember they were saying that the Steelers had a nice little streak of their own going (I believe it was 6 or 7 games), but big, bad New England was coming to town and no team, especially with a rookie quarterback, was going to beat them. Technically, I was still feeling the Jags a bit, but I'll credit this date because it was the second time I saw Ben and really noticed that he would be something special. So, I dedicate Tony Toni Tone's Anniversary to him.

I can't believe it's been 3 years (well, four seasons). I also can't believe it took this long to pinpoint the date, but I don't really look through the past entries much unless I'm looking for something specific. I wanted to update more, but I've been in a right state lately, hopefully I can overcome it. I don't want to spend too much of this entry talking shop, but I do want to say that the Steelers are 6-2 after beating the Bungles 24-13. Then they CRUSHED the Ratbirds in prime-time on Monday Night Football, the night when they were celebrating the 75th anniversary all-time team 38-7! We scored 35 of those points in the FIRST HALF!!! Ben, my Ben-Ben, Big Ben Roethlisberger threw FIVE (5) TOUCHDOWNS in the first half! A feat accomplished by one other quarterback this year, who shall remain nameless (hint: ugh). He also achieved the second perfect passer rating of his career Monday night. So for the season Ben has 20 touchdowns (career high) to only 6 interceptions, has a passer rating of 111.9, he's second only to some guy. I know it's only the halfway point of the season, but who would have thought he would have more touchdowns and a better passer rating than Peyton Manning (14, 100.8 respectively) this far into the season, Manning does have less interceptions though (4). Especially after last year when Ben had 23 interceptions to only 18 touchdowns (previous career high), as ESPN kept reminding me this off-season.

So far the Steelers are 3-0 in our division and hopefully we can make that 4-0 in the AFC North and a 7-2 record over all when we face the Browns at home. The thing is these aren't the same Browns we faced in week 1, since then, they are averaging like over 30 points a game (about 28 if you include the first week). It could be intersting, and it also brings my 3-game viewing streak to an end.

With that, I wish Ben and myself a happy anniversary, and to treat myself...

I'm uspet that no one has screen-caps of when Ben arrived at the stadium Monday night. He had on this suit (and it wasn't pinstriped!), OMG... It made me want to rip off all my clothes. I know, I have issues.


Here we go, Steelers! Beat those Brownies! Again!

I'm phasing.