Super Bowl XL Rematch
by crushedoptimist on Oct 5, 2007 2:05 PM PDT
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I've struggled with this ever since knowing the Steelers were on the schedule for this season. Would I care about needing to win this game, on the road, because it was the first time we were going up against the Steelers since that horrible January day when many awful things happened?
Without recapping the angst (I'm sure we've all had enough of that)... I've tried to approach this week's battle as just another game (an important game between two contenders, but another game nonetheless), but at the end of the day, I really really want to beat these guys. I want to take them behind the woodshed and go all "Brock Samson" on them.
Yes, nothing is going to take away the fact that they are World Champions, and they did deserve the title, especially with the road they had to take to get to the game. And with Jerome Bettis now retired, most of my feeling doesn't really have a target. Did anyone know that he's from Detroit? Anyone?
I know John Morgan's stayed away from it, probably for good reason, and if I was still blogging, I probably would be trying to keep it all professional as well. I'm just curious if I'm the only fan out there struggling with "it's just another game" syndrome.
Perhaps we're trying to avoid that talk since it is a difficult game on the road and chances are decently good that we will lose, so getting the trash talk going sets us up for a bit of a fall. And if we recall, Steeler fans trash talk is only beaten by Texas A&M trash talk for the sheer inanity. So avoiding that is a good thing.
At the end of the day, whether or not it is healing, I think I know this. A win tomorrow would be the most satisfying of the season so far.
Go Hawks.
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The game was played February 5
Both of these teams are different than the ones that went to superbowl. So I really just look at it as another game.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 5, 2007 2:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And proofreading strikes again...
by crushedoptimist on Oct 5, 2007 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want the Hawks to win and not get hurt.
I don't have any special enmity for the Steelers or Steelers' fans, they had no part in what happened in Super Bowl XL. In a way, I pitied them, the officiating no doubt cheapened their victory. I still don't know why what happened at Super Bowl XL happened and, yes, I felt cheated after watching the game. I don't think the NFL fixed the Super Bowl. If you think about it rationally, what could possibly motivate the NFL to so risk its credibility? The more storied franchise? The more populous fan base? The Bus? It just doesn't make sense.
Sorry about the slow posting today, I'm just feeling sorta slow and stupid right now. Writing, as it almost never is, feels like slog. But I'll get something up shortly. Thanks for the patience.
by John Morgan on Oct 5, 2007 2:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd love to crush them.
My appetite for revenge is paltry compared to my desire for team excellence in general.
by sammy on Oct 5, 2007 2:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Agree...
by crushedoptimist on Oct 5, 2007 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm over the whole Super Bowl thing
This is a game between two contenders, and for that I'm excited.
by Phildopip on Oct 5, 2007 2:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Um, slight difference
Steelers? First ever Super Bowl, very winnable, almost top-5-day-in-life sort of thing.
You don't "get over" that. You live with it, and you move on with life, love, laughter, all that good stuff. You don't forget it.
by Eegah on Oct 5, 2007 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't say that I forgot about it.
by Phildopip on Oct 5, 2007 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who said anything about ruling lives?
Geez, cut down the personal attacks, will you? "It's stupid and pointless not to be (over the Super Bowl thing)." It rules people's lives?
We think about it more this week because we're playing the Steelers. The author of the post questioned whether it was "just another game". That's it. End of story.
by Eegah on Oct 5, 2007 4:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
n/s
How is that a personal attack?
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 5, 2007 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right.
by Phildopip on Oct 5, 2007 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That I completely understand
by Eegah on Oct 5, 2007 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bothered? Yep!
As such, like John Morgan wrote, there's definitely a bit more of a rivalry attached to a Steelers game now, and that's awesome. Too often we are relegated to "that team in the Northwest" status, and I like having more teams that playing against means something.
So now beating the Steelers will always mean just a little bit more, and hopefully that begins on Sunday.
by crushedoptimist on Oct 5, 2007 10:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rivalry is something Seattle sports is missing.
PC Thugs take flight! What I'm about to say is insensitive.
...refer to the Minnesota Vikings as the Viqueens and Green Bay as the Fudge Packers. They genuinely despise Brett Favre. It's cool, not so much the homophobia, but the joy earnest rivalry adds to being a sports fan. Watching the White Sox win the World Series was almost as bad to them as that heartbreaking playoff loss against the Marlins in 2003.
So, yeah, I don't feel like a bad fan when I call Pitt the Stealers. I feel like a fan. It's not rational to hate a bunch of strangers because where they work/live, but it's not rational to devote my life to a bunch of strangers who wear the hometown blue. It's not rational, it's passion.
So fuck the Stealers. I hope we give Big Ben's face motorcycle flashbacks on Sunday.
by John Morgan on Oct 6, 2007 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steelers
Anyway, it was a cool game that the 'Hawks won against a nationally prominent team with loads of success.
The 'Hawks knocked Terry Bradshaw out of the game. That is a memory that visits me often when I am listening to Bradshaw's inane "analysis" on TV. Where is Jacob Green (or whomever got to Terry) when you need him?
So, yeah, it's great that the 'Hawks have what could be considered a rivalry (at least from our side) against a storied team like the Steelers.
And all those seasons of crapola Seahawks play would make it all the more enjoyable to see Lofa bust Willie Parker in the chops and/or Rock flying-belly-slam (new verb?) Big Ben. Ours is a franchise that almost left Seattle, and now we're competing in a meaningful way with the big boys. Let's enjoy it while we can.
Three hours of irrationality on Sunday. That's what the NFL is all about!
Go Seahawks.
by jeager on Oct 6, 2007 10:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's only a game and it was played two years ago.
What's nice about it is the screen shots that really drive home the points made.
I thought I was over it, but viewing the above site I realize there's still some bitterness. Actually, I never subscribed to the conspiracy/it's rigged theory and still don't. But
the one sided ness (is that a word) of the whole affair is almost out of the realm of possibility for just getting bad breaks.
Yes Seattle could have played better. Our tight end couldn't catch. Clock management was atrocious (coach). Tom Rouen forgot how to punt. But those things should not detract from the FACT that with fair officiating we would have won - convincingly. BTW I feel as strongly about the Raiders getting jobbed in '01 to the Patriots (tuck rule). In my book (and only my book matters to me - guess I'm crazy) Patriots aren't the Superbowl winners of the '01 Superbowl and either are the Steelers the '05 SB XL winners.
by Harrison on Oct 6, 2007 3:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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