Former Steelers great Jerome Bettis showed up in the latest Papa John pizza commercial on Sunday that was a promo for the Super Bowl XLVI Coin Toss Experience. Peyton Manning also has a cameo as the referee that pokes fun of the Thanksgiving coin toss debacle against the Detroit Lions back on on November 26, 1998. The Benstonium crew already has a Ace Ventura spoof out of the missed kick by Billy Cundiff in the AFC Championship game. This time it is "Laces out, Sam", instead of "Laces out, Dan." This of course would make Cundiff, Ray Finkle and Sam Koch, Dan Marino. Too funny. Speaking Read more [...]
The transcript from the Mike Tomlin conference call with the Jacksonville media yesterday is up and you see why Tomlin got aggravated with the line of questioning and eventually hung up on the phone call. Ben Roethlisberger joined the Mike and Mike show this morning to update the status of his injured foot and recount his 5 touchdown performance against the Titans this past Sunday. Roethlisberger makes sure to stand up for the offensive line play as well. The Steelers take on the Jaguars this Sunday at Heinz Field and you can watch the Jack Del Rio press conference from Wednesday as he preps Read more [...]
Hines Ward and dance partner Kym Johnson continue to roll on Dancing with the Stars as they earned a first-place finish last night with a 27 out of 30. The Steelers 2011 regular season schedule will be released later tonight around 7 eastern time. Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs admitted that safety Troy Polamalu is the best of the 2003 draft class in his opinion. Tom Waddle and Jamie Dukes of the NFL Network however both voted for Texans receiver Andre Johnson instead. [flv:http://ll.video.nfl.com/films/s2011/nfl-total-access/offseason/110415_nfln_nflta_2003_draft_recap_700k.mp4 480 368] Gerry Read more [...]
Another day, another development in the Ben Roethlisberger story. The The 20-year-old female student who accused Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her will now meet with investigators, according to one of her attorneys. This is the same woman who yesterday was reported as being uncooperative in getting interviewed again by the authorities. She certainly isn't helping her case as of late. Kelly Naqi of ESPN, reports another part of the he said, she said story. This story revolves around one of the men in Ben's entourage, guarding the door to the bathroom and not letting a friend of the accuser Read more [...]
Steelers GM and Director of Football Operations Kevin Colbert sat down with Bob Labriola from Steelers.com for part one of a candid interview. It looks as if the Steelers will be able to keep executive and salary cap guru, Omar Khan, as Green Bay Packers director of football operations John Schneider has been chosen as the new general manager of the Seattle Seahawks, league and team sources said. Even though the Steelers will keep Khan, defensive back coach Ray Horton could be the next defensive coordinator of the University of Houston after interviewing with the school last Friday. Read more [...]