just what the doctor ordered.
after two completely frustrating nailbiters, i have to thank Anthony Smith (who?) for lighting the spark under the powder keg with his guarantee of a Pittsburgh victory. Bill Belichick's post-game thoughts on Smith's guarantee? “We’ve played a lot better safeties than him, I’ll tell you that.”
it was close in the first half. the two teams actually seemed pretty evenly matched. and as much as i like "He's Not a Coach Anymore" Cowher, i have to admit i was starting to raise an eyebrow at all his going on & on about "we" are going to do this and "we" look good doing that. while he was on the air during the halftime broadcast. he knows he's not part of the "we" anymore, right?
but what he daydreamed about during halftime turned out to be nothing more than, well, exactly that: daydreams. the Patriots came out & pretty much leveled the Steelers during the second half. Pittsburgh never scored again after leaving the field at the end of the second quarter.
34-17, New England.
13-0 for the season.
anyone else with a guarantee? i wouldn't mind seeing the Patrtios got into the last three games just as fired up.
c'mon... anyone?
someone on the Jets have some trash to talk, maybe?
perhaps someone on the Dolphins wants to declare their sole win for the season will take place in New England?
Eli have some confidence he'd like to share with us about what will happen Week 17?
don't misunderstand. i'm not at all being cocky. i just know that good things happen with the Patriots get angry. they save it for the field & then spend 60 minutes ramming those words down the throat of their opponent. channeled anger has served them well.
three games left in the regular season. and somehow, i would be shocked if we don't see the starters out there for the vast majority of remaining 180 minutes.
2 with their own thoughts:
Just found your blog, it's awesome to find another Sox/Patriots fan here in blog land! Looking forward to seeing our guys kick some NY ass this weekend as well. Are you able to see all the games? We just send our paychecks to DirecTV and get the football and baseball packages so that we don't miss any games. It's amazing how those teams are such a big part of our lives, whether we like it or not, no matter where we live. That time between Patriots and Red Sox seasons seems like a year in itself, although I expect this year it won't be as long, after we win the SuperBowl!
I have gotten to see a fair number of Patriots games on tv, thanks to the "and oh" part of the Partiots record. And the few that aren't televised, I can just head up to Disney's Boardwalk & watch it at ESPN Club where they show every game. As for the Sox, I watch online mostly (the MLBtv package). I actually prefer that since I get a lot of Remy & Don that way. When they play Tampa & I get stuck with the local announcers, or when they are on FOX with Buck & McCarver, I have been known to switch to the radio broadcast online & let Castiglione announce while the tv is on mute. ;-) I am not looking forward to the days between the Super Bowl & the beginning of Spring Training though... Thank God MLBtv lets you pick up the Spring Training games too! I start getting my Sox fix ASAP! ;-)
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