Super Bowl Preview or simply Keystone dreaming
If Pittsburgh and Philadelphia was a Super Bowl preview, the Steelers have some significant ground to make up if we want an entertaining rematch.Sunday proved two things.One, the Eagles are undeniably Super Bowl contenders and, dare I say, NFC favorites…
Misstep after misstep
College football is such a great sport. It is the number one thing that gets me past summer ending. I arrange our Saturdays around all the big games each week. Heck, I will eat something I don’t even want just so I don’t have to leave the house in the…
Will it matter who you play?
For years, college basketball would arrive at March parsing all the numbers, particularly schedule strength. College basketball has the benefit of a 30 game schedule and a 68 team field for their postseason tournament. That aside, time and time again the…
A Black and Gold midseason report
The Steelers had the week off to basque in the glory of a 6-2 start to the season, first place in the AFC North, and most importantly the uncovering of an actual professional quarterback.
With the schedule the Steelers were dealt by the NFL, who must…
A game to silence the critics
I live in Penn State country. Right in the heart. Ninety percent of my friends are Nittany Lions fans. Ninety percent of my co-workers are Nittany Lions fans. Ninety percent of my neighbors are Penn State fans.
Ninety percent of those friends, neighbors…
Can Unconventional Win?
Unconventional.
In the NFL that could describe a team in 2024 that tries to win with a defense first mentality.
The Steelers continue to attempt winning in this unconventional manner.
Pittsburgh has always prided itself on its “Steel Curtain” defense…
Ah, Saturdays have meaning again
In the spring and summer Saturdays feel like Wednesdays and Thursdays and, truly, any other day of the week. Well, except for the whole go to work thing.
Then September hits.
Now Saturdays have meaning again.
It is time to plan your day accordingly.…
Golden
Okay, so I know what I wrote in my Final Thought a week ago.
I still stand by those words. I liked the Olympics far better when it was pure(or as close as we get) amateurism. No NBA players. No NHL players. No PGA or LPGA players. Just amateurs.
That…
Pirates prove a point
The Pittsburgh Pirates proved my point this past week.
I didn’t want them to do any such thing. I wish they wouldn’t have done that thing. As one of the exasperated, frustrated, irritated longstanding fans of the Pittsburgh baseball club, I desperately…
