Field of Screams (of Frustration)
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Best. Entry title. EVER!!!!

It perfectly describes what the Steelers and the Dolphins were forced to play on last night in that, too strange to describe game. The final score was THREE to ZERO.  I didn't even need a hyphen or at least a -teen at the end of that. The game was scoreless for 59 minutes and 43 seconds; thank God for Jeff Reed (Skippy!!!) coming through with 17 seconds left to go in the entire game. It was disgraceful. I couldn't even watch the game, I left the tape running and spent the entire time refreshing the pages at the Steelers Fever Forums, which was the best way to spend it, IMO. The hugest story was the field, I mean, why were they forced to play on that thing. I mean, what if, God forbid, Ben's foot got stuck in that slop and he twisted his knee and the rest of our season is shot to hell because the owner doesn't want to invest in field turf. It's been rumored in the Steelers community that the Rooney family looks down on it, but when they allow high schools and the Pitt Panthers to play their home games at Heinz Field (respectively) on natural grass that looks terrible by the end of October, then you need to invest in something that's durable and long lasting. I know, the high school and college games are the reason they were able to build a new stadium, but last night should have the embarrassing wake up call they needed to rectify that. If anything, think of your franchise quarterback (or any of the starters, like they were really feeling the loss of Santonio last night), but the Steelers finally have a quality quarterback since the days of Terry Bradshaw, but Ben has yet to finish an entire season behind center, let's not let something like the ground underneath his feet be the reason why he can't make this his first entire season starting. I was trying to find a picture of when the Dolphins punted the ball to the Steelers and the ball stuck in the mud like a lawn dart. No such luck, but a very funny visual.

Glad we got the win and all, but when facing a now 0-11 team, you expect it to be better than that. From the score you can gather that Ben didn't throw a touchdown, but he added another interception (picked off by Joey Porter, by the by), bringing his total to 9. Next week, Pittsburgh hosts the Bungles, so that means it's time to BEAT SOME BUNGLE ASS!!!! I mean, the last two seasons the Steelers/Bungles have split the series with the visiting team winning. I won't settle for that, we must DESTROY them!!! We need to get something going just for the momentum for what we have after that. Especially since they've been struggling against crap teams. Well, Monday they were moving the ball pretty well, especially Hines, would come up with a great first down catch, then there would be a stupid holding call and that would set them up in third and long that they couldn't convert, and we'd have to punt the ball away.  It was so exasperating. I have to say, the defense was AWESOME!!! If it weren't for them, I swear, the Dolphins would have won their first game of the season. Looking back, I'm sorry I failed to mention their stellar play in the Ravens game a few weeks ago. Forgive me D! But my estrogen levels peak to the very highest when it comes to the quarterback and all thoughts about anything else fly out the window. Besides, I think I'm usually stumping for him to get some recognition. The Steelers have the number one defense (a second shutout really helped), and nobody can disagree with that, especially when you have statistics to back it up and the Beast Man known as James Harrison b.k.a. Silverback. Here we go Steelers!!!! CRUSH THOSE BUNGLES BECAUSE THEY SUCK!!!!  

To update about that photo from the last entry, it was from CMT's celebration of Hank Williams, Jr. His favorite football team is the Steelers and they were attempting to honor him by "singing" Are You Ready for Some Football? When I was looking at the screenshots, the descriptions kept saying "thank goodness there's no sound." I didn't think it could be that bad, but it was worse! They can't sing for hell! They didn't even attempt to learn the words! Of course I recorded it, but I don't know if I'll be listening to it again, it was that bloody awful. I hope this football thing works out for them because they won't be on American Idol anytime soon. The funniest part was that Cedric Wilson started it off by himself and he knew the most words, the rest of the guys had other teammates with them and stumbled through the song. What was so funny was that Ced had this look that said, "These guys are holding me back, I'm going solo!" Silly Steelers.

I still really loathe New England.

I won't elaborate too much at this moment, mostly because I have yet to formulate any type of a plan, but I need to get out of the New Year's Eve plans with Ashley, just to save myself the humiliation. More on this next entry, if I remember.

Thanksgiving went okay, very little drama. We also didn't stay but a couple of hours.

There really is no smooth transition for this next bit.

It is a sad time for the NFL, Redskins' Safety Sean Taylor lost his life after being shot by an intruder in his home in Florida. I couldn't figure out why he wasn't with the team after losing to Tampa Bay, but I didn't know he was out with an injury for the game. One of the things I don't understand is why wasn't security beefed up at his house. Someone, don't know if it was the same person or not, had already broken into his house 8 days before he was shot. No one knows all the details, but I would think that there would be extra security on the house. It's still really tragic, I mean, he had his problems, and was one of many who had the not so sparkling reputation of being a player from "Da U", but he was turning his life around. I know it's terrible when a parent has to bury their child, but I feel the worst for his one-year old daughter. She will never get to know him.

R.I.P. to one hell of a player.

I'm phasing.