After yesterday’s games, I have zero desire to discuss football. I am certainly not looking forward to the Super Bowl in thirteen days between the perennial winners (often aided by the zebras—as one could see in last night’s Chiefs-Bills contest) and the most disgusting city in the union (Philadelphia). Will I watch the game? Yes,… Read more

My apologies for the later entry today—to be perfectly honest, I completely forgot that it was Monday until I remembered I have to go to work tomorrow.  Much like how I will feel tomorrow morning when I wake up, the state of Pittsburgh sports has been absolutely miserable of late. That is not an exaggeration.… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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,… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more