Pittsburgh Steelers ground New York Jets; Will face Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV

by Kev H on Jan 23, 2011 9:54 PM CST in Game Recap

Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers rode a dominant running game, and held off a late-game comeback attempt by Mark Sanchez and the Jets, for the right to fight the NFC Champion Green Bay Packers in Dallas in two weeks. This will be the third Super Bowl for the Steelers in the ten years. Is a dynasty brewing?

Who will Bears fans cheer for? A controversial AFC team, or the hated rivals from the North? The Bears may be out of it, but WCG will continue to bring the best to you. Stick around for interesting things coming up for the site. Here's to a wild 2010 season.

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Go Steelers !!!!! Gotta go for those ....

… guys seeing as my best friend is a Steeler fan & he was pullin hard for us today !

" Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. " ~
Mike Tyson

by MidWayMonster54 on Jan 23, 2011 9:56 PM CST reply actions

Packers open as 2 point favorites

I really don’t know why. Big Ben is going to tear them up.

by baseballguru589 on Jan 23, 2011 10:06 PM CST reply actions

Cheer for?

No one. I won’t be watching. I can catch all the funny commericals online the next day and that way I avoid the horror of Buck/Aikman telling me that Rodgers is the best player ever (someone on ESPN this week said he was a mix of Marino, Young and Montana. While I already had the stomach flu)

Meaningful football is over. And may not come back for a long time. Very annoying day.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 10:07 PM CST reply actions

he did play awful today.

and bears might have exposed some of his weakness. He also look pretty frustrated eventually in fourth quarter I think Steeler will try to exploit from todays game.

by Man G on Jan 23, 2011 10:09 PM CST up reply actions

The bears know him nearly as well as the packers do.

I’m sure they’ll try but they’re had to match up to and he’s hard to blitz.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 10:11 PM CST up reply actions

OK I got cut off.

You repeatedly questioned Cutler’s toughness in the in game thread. Did you not? I’m fairly sure it was you but I’m not attacking you, just questioning your line of attack in another thread. Got it??? Cause I don’t but Kev said some things and I got all fuzzy…..

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 10:35 PM CST up reply actions

I believe she pasted Chris Harris' twitter feed.

Allie has, in fact, questioned Cutler. Chris Harris, in fact, does not.

If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?

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by Kev H on Jan 23, 2011 10:42 PM CST up reply actions

yes

all true

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 10:48 PM CST up reply actions

I did question it in the moment

b/c it was so sudden, and said that it would make me feel better if they showed him arguing.

So yes. I did in th emoment. But as more facts have come out, I know that Jay isn’t a wimp.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 10:43 PM CST up reply actions

Ok

Guys, listen. I’m on OUR side. I think. But Allie was questioning Cutler and than defending him against other posters. I said I do the SAME THING. My point was we can ALL be hypocritical. And we (meaning you j/k) can call people out for it. I guess I’m actually VERY upset by the way that our fans posted overall. The trolls rolled in and out and things got ugly. But let my favorites try their best to remain pure in my in game threads.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 10:49 PM CST up reply actions

I was during the game

but now that more facts are in that opinion is no longer valid. Right? I mean, when the news first came down, him being out was weird. (and being called questionable still weirds me out, if he can’t go just call him out). But now that we know more (and have all had a few hours to catch our breath) logic should prevail.

So, sorry if I’ve been hypocritical today. But opinions need to evolve as facts develop.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 10:51 PM CST up reply actions

Agreed. Totally. 100%

It is just that, occasionally, during the threads, we can all get hypocritical. Let’s all own up to it. I actually want to do a complete post on it, but I’m scared to call out the regulars on it. I might make enemies. Sometimes I don’t like being a contributing writer. I just want to be a fan.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 10:56 PM CST up reply actions

Call me out

You can use me as an example. Today was not a banner day for me. The voice of reason I was not.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 10:57 PM CST up reply actions

I love you

Don’t tell my wife. I was typing out “uts” on my post of “guts” below when your post came across. I probably won’t make it my next post, but in the future I think we all (me included) need to do better in the in game thread. Although I think we all do better than anyone else out there.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 11:01 PM CST up reply actions

Part of the problem is that

what makes the game threads so enjoyable is the emotion. We all feel it. As long as things go fine, its fun and games. But when they go bad, we all go a little mad. Which would be fine, probably, but then the trolls roll in. And it goes from an upset group to angry mob.

Today wasn’t pretty.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 11:04 PM CST up reply actions

Oddly though it was waaaaaay better than the Eagles thread ever was.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 11:09 PM CST up reply actions

I can tell you right now

that we probably would have a serious problem on our hands if you did that.

If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?

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by Kev H on Jan 23, 2011 11:12 PM CST up reply actions

As in, the regulars would revolt.

Not you and me personally.

If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?

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by Kev H on Jan 23, 2011 11:12 PM CST up reply actions

Might be worth it

on a quiet day in March.

Poking irritable people with pointy sticks is fun!

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 11:16 PM CST up reply actions

I like serious problems

but I get ya boss. How are you doing on my in game thread? Not much humor in this weeks. I was thinking on taking over the in game threads completely during the off season and making my own etiquette section. I know, mind my own business.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 11:18 PM CST up reply actions

Well, I've made it through two.

And to be perfectly honest, you might not even want to do one. Not much humor to be found, just a lot of bitternetss.

If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?

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by Kev H on Jan 23, 2011 11:19 PM CST up reply actions

bitterness. I don't know what bitternetss are.

If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?

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by Kev H on Jan 23, 2011 11:19 PM CST up reply actions

I'll get a brief one,

Because of Allie and other regulars. But it will be brief. This is a sad Bears in game thread. But who can we blame….. CUTLER!!!! j/k……

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 11:22 PM CST up reply actions

I feel like I should explain this more fully:

Ignoring this game, there is nothing in my history of watching Jay to make me think of him as a wimp. We’ve had numerous indicators of him as a tough guy: on scrambles, on taking hits after plays, on trying to block, on everything.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jan 23, 2011 10:57 PM CST up reply actions

I'm also probably very disappointed in the fact that I felt

the need to flag many posters I like today. This wasn’t a great in game thread. But thanks for taking part.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 11:05 PM CST up reply actions

Oh

And posters got absolutely crucified today for questioning Cutlers guts.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 23, 2011 10:58 PM CST up reply actions

Steelers

The Steelers don’t really play the Bears type of defense though and they don’t change their identity even when they’re completely mismatched. Take the Steelers/Pats game from the regular season for example.

by Nojus on Jan 24, 2011 1:53 AM CST up reply actions

I'll watch the super bowl but not rooting for anyone

I only root for the Bears and don’t root against anyone.

. "Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental."
--Doug Plank

by ed_brown on Jan 23, 2011 10:43 PM CST up reply actions

I really want packers to lose

how can a bears fan actually want them to win???

by Man G on Jan 23, 2011 10:07 PM CST reply actions

I'm not rooting for anyone

I’m just hoping to see a good game.

And I hope the stage explodes while the Black Eyed Peas are preforming.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

by JoeCB1991 on Jan 23, 2011 10:15 PM CST reply actions

Sounds like two very reasonable requests.

Jay Cutler is our quarterback, baby! Please pass the nitroglycerin tablets.

by juperee on Jan 24, 2011 7:57 AM CST up reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bquB9hXvebc

by Patriotbball5460 on Jan 23, 2011 10:29 PM CST reply actions

Before I was a Bears fan

I was a Steelers fan for a few years… I’ll be cheering them on.

I can’t imagine any Bears fan in their right mind that would be cheering for Green Bay.

If you go in the bathroom, turn off the lights, and say "Da Coach" 5 times while facing the mirror... Ditka will appear and slap the wussy right out of you.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Jan 23, 2011 10:41 PM CST reply actions 2 recs

rec'd

. "Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental."
--Doug Plank

by ed_brown on Jan 23, 2011 10:44 PM CST up reply actions

I doubt I'll watch the Superbowl

My feelings about the Packers are most definitely quite clear. (insert explictive here)

But I don’t care for the Steelers either. They aren’t the same club as when Bradshaw / Harris / Green used to play. I was a big Steelers fan as a kid but the current crowd (with the exception of Troy Polamalu) turn my stomach.

by TheotherDane on Jan 23, 2011 11:10 PM CST reply actions

The Steelers will destroy the Packers.

"That's life, that's what all the people say.
You're riding high in April,
Shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune,
When I'm back on top, back on top in June."
- Big boy Frankie

by lexmarklover on Jan 23, 2011 11:10 PM CST reply actions

I really can't stand either team.

Another year of watching without any cheering interest for me.

We can build a new tomorrow, today

by daffodil on Jan 23, 2011 11:32 PM CST reply actions

Kev?

This will be the third Super Bowl for the Steelers in the ten years. Is a dynasty brewing?

Don’t you mean 3rd in 6 years? If they win, gotta be considered a dynasty.

I know New England won 3 in 4 years and were the first repeat champs since the Broncos, which presently seems like an impossible task, but 3 wins in 6 years is pretty impressive as well, especially if they go 3-0 while New England lost their 4th chance at a Super Bowl win in 7 years at the time. Sheesh the Patriots are good…

by PaulieK14 on Jan 24, 2011 12:18 AM CST reply actions

dynasties aren't considered

they are obvious.

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by Gibbon Jockey on Jan 24, 2011 3:05 AM CST up reply actions

Technically

I’m still right.

If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?

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by Kev H on Jan 24, 2011 6:52 AM CST up reply actions

i feel sick to my stomach.

We opened the game and played very poorly. The D stepped it up but it took Haine to get the offense going? Maybe we can finally get ri of Collins and hopefully shore up the Lines.

by chiguy8506 on Jan 24, 2011 1:23 AM CST reply actions

This game

just made me sick. the poor time management, the first down conversion timeout killer…again.

Why Todd ‘interception’ Collins was ever #2 blows me away. Why the Bears only play one half of football confuses me.

Superman wears an Urlacher Jersey under his costume

by BearNecessities on Jan 24, 2011 2:56 AM CST reply actions

I agree and feel the same way now

sick, disgusted, need i say more

by chiguy8506 on Jan 24, 2011 2:57 AM CST up reply actions

kinda summed up the seasin tho, playin football in the 2nd half

by BOBdaBEAR on Jan 24, 2011 5:59 AM CST up reply actions

Thank Goodness the two most obnoxious fan

bases go toe-to-toe.

Steeler fan could give Yankee fan a run for the money.

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by Gibbon Jockey on Jan 24, 2011 3:04 AM CST reply actions

I dunno.

There are several fan bases I would rank as more obnoxious than the Packers.

If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?

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by Kev H on Jan 24, 2011 6:53 AM CST up reply actions

I'd throw us in that mix.

But I still love we.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 24, 2011 9:00 AM CST up reply actions

Philadelphia fans and Raiders fans?

I have to think those fan bases are worse.

I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.

State high point count: 3/50

GREEN BAY PACKERS, 2010 NFC CHAMPIONS!

by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 24, 2011 7:02 AM CST up reply actions

Go pack go

I really hate the Steelers.

I don't remember Space Mountain being so nauseating.

by ifuwannacrownem on Jan 24, 2011 7:32 AM CST reply actions

SCREW THE PACK!

I hate that team more than anything else in this world – with the exception of terrorism and parking tickets – and the only pleasure I can possibly get out of football now is watching Rodgers get anally eviscerated by James Harrison.

Call me bitter, but I could watch the Pack lose ALL DAY.

by NorthSideBearsFan on Jan 24, 2011 7:38 AM CST up reply actions

I'll probably revert to my usual stance of rooting for whoever's on D at the moment

…when I can’t really cheer for either team.

What I do hope for is a reasonably well-matched and exciting game, but I have a feeling it will be a blowout by the Steelers.

Jay Cutler is our quarterback, baby! Please pass the nitroglycerin tablets.

by juperee on Jan 24, 2011 7:55 AM CST reply actions

I had a co-worker ask this morning how it felt to have my quarterback quit on his team.

So, when’s the injury report come out or do I have to use up all my sick leave?

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Jan 24, 2011 9:00 AM CST reply actions

Da Bears

for life.

"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year." - Walter Payton

Editor for WindyCityGridiron.com

by Ashley Czuba on Jan 24, 2011 8:58 PM CST reply actions