Zach’s Stadium
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Special Sunday Edition – Rated R for Language
Yesterday got off to a bad enough start when Pitt’s men’s basketball team dropped its second-consecutive game in conference play, falling 82-78 at home to Louisville. That loss occurred, in large part, due to a complete inability to grab defensive rebounds, as the Cardinals grabbed 14 offensive boards, many of them timely, allowing them to…
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You Stupid Idiots!
With the game being Saturday night, I thought having an extra day to process the outcome—and how the Steelers arrived at such a mind-numbing result—would help me see things in a more objective, perhaps even more positive light. To say that that is not the case would be a colossal understatement. I do not think…
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Same Old, Same Old
I do not think that there was a better microcosm of the Steelers’ performance over their previous three games than their committing of an illegal shift infraction with two seconds remaining in the game, down 29-10 to the Kansas City Chiefs at home on Christmas Day, from the Chiefs’ 8 yard-line, and electing to let…
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Happy Festivus!
In the span of six days, the Steelers have gone from 10-3 to 10-5. They lost games to the Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens on the road, the latter of which was a chance to clinch the AFC North and a home playoff game. Now, to win the North, Pittsburgh’s likeliest path is to beat…
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“Ugly” Does Not Begin to Describe It
21 plays. 88 yards. Ten minutes and twenty-nine seconds. That is how the Steelers-Eagles game ended yesterday evening after the Steelers opted to punt the ball to the Eagles on a 4th-and-7 from their own 46. Philadelphia, starting from their own three, would utilize the entire clock, never to relinquish the ball back to Pittsburgh,…
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GEEEEOOOORRRRGE!
Before we get into today’s entry, there are a couple items I want to address in the world of sports. Juan Soto signed a 15 years, $765 million deal with the New York Mets last night—unfortunately, the Pirates’ hypothetical offer of 765 years, $15 million was not quite enough to convince one of the hottest…
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What Just Happened?
As Russell Wilson took the final knee to solidify the Steelers’ 44-38 victory over the division rival Bengals in Cincinnati, I admit that I was still in shock. The Steelers’ offense—which, despite the team’s now 9-3 record, had been inconsistent at best entering Sunday’s contest—was responsible for thirty-seven points, tied for the most points the…
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Out-Played and Out-Coached
Zach greets Mike Tomlin, Arthur Smith, and Teryl Austin at the Steelers’ Practice Facility, 2024, colorized. Four days later, you would think that a loss in the elements to a division rival would no longer sting—especially with the Steelers sitting at 8-3, a game ahead of the Baltimore Ravens (who play the Chargers tonight on…
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Football is Weird
And…exhale. Do me a favor: inhale and exhale again, because that Steelers-Ravens game was nothing short of physically miserable until Najee Harris inched his way past the line-to-gain for the game-clinching first down in the 18-16 victory. The NFL never ceases to amaze me, to puzzle me, to inexplicably exhibit the same Achilles heels for…
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“You Say the Hill’s Too Steep to Climb…”
Photo taken by yours truly at the David Gilmour concert at Madison Square Garden, November 9th, 2024 When Russell Wilson perfectly executed a hard count with 1:02 remaining yesterday to draw Washington defensive lineman Johnny Newton offsides on 4th and 1 at midfield and seal a 28-27 victory over the 7-2 Commanders, a sigh of…