You May Be Asking Yourself,

"Is there any hope?" The short answer is, Yes! This team still holds all the cards when it comes to the playoffs and that 6th seed. If we win out, we get that 6th seed. No one stands in our way besides ourselves. The bad news is the Steelers like kicking their self in the face.

Can we play 8 quarters of mistake free football? We can, but thats a tall order for a team that has been plagued with injuries and turnovers. After the type of ball we've been playing and to still control our own destiny is nothing short of a miracle.

I think its setting us up for the best season turn around in Super Bowl history. Even better than 2005.

Kicking themselves in the face is putting it mildly! You are right, they control their own destiny even after the crapfest of the last month. The big difference between this team and the one from '05 is that in '05 we were coming off a bitter loss at home to Cincinnati and then reeled off 4 straight. This team has lost 4 of 5 and is stumbling to the finish. But they CAN right the ship and get in!

Hell, if the Steelers win the next two and the Ravens lose the next two (vs. NY Giants and Cincinnati), the Steelers will win the division!!!

[QUOTE=Slapstick;538867]Hell, if the Steelers win the next two and the Ravens lose the next two (vs. NY Giants and Cincinnati), the Steelers will win the division!!![/QUOTE]

I dont think we can win the division because we'll both be 9-7, both will be 4-2 in the division, but the Ravens have the tie breaker in conference wins.....they'd be 8-4 in conference play and we would be 6-6......right?

I think only Cinci has a chance at the division, not us.

[QUOTE=SteelCrazy;538872]I dont think we can win the division because we'll both be 9-7, both will be 4-2 in the division, but the Ravens have the tie breaker in conference wins.....they'd be 8-4 in conference play and we would be 6-6......right?[/QUOTE]

If the Steelers win the next two and the Ravens lose the next two, it will create a three-way tie for the division...in such a three-way tie, they look at the best total record in games among the three teams...

In this case, the Steelers would be 3-1, the Ravens 2-2 and the Bengals 1-3...

[URL]http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures[/URL]

[QUOTE][h=1]TO BREAK A TIE WITHIN A DIVISION[/h]If, at the end of the regular season, two or more clubs in the same division finish with identical won-lost-tied percentages, the following steps will be taken until a champion is determined


[h=2]Three or More Clubs[/h](Note: If two clubs remain tied after third or other clubs are eliminated during any step, tie breaker reverts to step 1 of the two-club format).


[LIST=1][*]Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games among the clubs).[/QUOTE][/LIST]

"You may be asking yourself - how did I get here?
You may ask yourself - how do I work this?
You may ask yourself - where is that large automobile?"

:)

[QUOTE=NW Steeler;538852]Kicking themselves in the face is putting it mildly! You are right, they control their own destiny even after the crapfest of the last month. The big difference between this team and the one from '05 is that in '05 we were coming off a bitter loss at home to Cincinnati and then reeled off 4 straight. This team has lost 4 of 5 and is stumbling to the finish. But they CAN right the ship and get in![/QUOTE]

This season reminds me of the 2009 season all over again :(

[QUOTE=skyhawk;539009]"You may be asking yourself - how did I get here?
You may ask yourself - how do I work this?
You may ask yourself - where is that large automobile?"

:)[/QUOTE]

You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house
You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife

[QUOTE=flippy;539011]You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house
You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife[/QUOTE]

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Pappy

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Same as it ever was...

Did you guys realize one of the Talking Heads Was a chick? How did I miss that?

[IMG]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/6004915/Talking+Heads+talkingheads+001.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=flippy;539021]Did you guys realize one of the Talking Heads Was a chick? How did I miss that?

[IMG]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/6004915/Talking+Heads+talkingheads+001.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Tina Weymouth, man! You were probably too busy scouting open Kennywoods to notice...;)

[QUOTE=Slapstick;539072]Tina Weymouth, man! You were probably too busy scouting open Kennywoods to notice...:wink:[/QUOTE]

Every other pic I found of them, she had short hair and looked like a guy.

I dont remember the chick in the music video. Just some spastic guy. I went and double checked and she's nowhere to be found.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU[/url]

David Byrne is spastic? :p

[IMG]http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/308873_o.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/267688_o.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/18714_o.gif[/IMG]

how did my important thought provoking thread get taken over by the talking heads?

[QUOTE=SteelCrazy;539173]how did my important thought provoking thread get taken over by the talking heads?[/QUOTE]

You may ask yourself, what is happening to this thread?
You may ask yourself, where does this thread lead to?
You may ask yourself, are these hijacking posters right, or are they wrong?
You may say to yourself, my god, what have they done?

[QUOTE=SteelCrazy;539173]how did my important thought provoking thread get taken over by the talking heads?[/QUOTE]

ESPN used to involve thought provoking sports conversation...then it got taken over by the talking heads. :p

[QUOTE=RuthlessBurgher;539193]ESPN used to involve thought provoking sports conversation...then it got taken over by the talking heads. :p[/QUOTE]

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was

[QUOTE=SteelCrazy;539173]how did my important thought provoking thread get taken over by the talking heads?[/QUOTE]

go listen to the song Once in a Lifetime and you'll understand just how relevant it is to this thread and your thoughts. You are having a complete David Byrne moment in this thread.

if i ever title a thread, "All right, stop, collaborate, and listen.." about our 3-4 Defensive challenges, feel free to turn it into a Rob Van Winkle discussion.

[QUOTE=hawaiiansteel;539174]You may ask yourself, what is happening to this thread?
You may ask yourself, where does this thread lead to?
You may ask yourself, are these hijacking posters right, or are they wrong?
You may say to yourself, my god, what have they done?[/QUOTE]

hawaiian gets it. it's not about the destination, but rather the journey. it really doesn't matter what you ask yourself, the answer is always the same. and the answer is for you to decide. same as it ever was brother.

Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumpin' overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire

[QUOTE=SteelCrazy;539217]Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumpin' overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire[/QUOTE]


All wet hey you might need a raincoat
Shape down Dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house

:-P
Pappy

[QUOTE=SteelCrazy;539217]Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumpin' overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire[/QUOTE]

This video has the chick. But she is only in very briefly and you'd never know she was a chick based on how she looks:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM[/url]

Now you're on to something. Hopefully the Steelers can burn down the house and start fresh against Cincy.

You may tell yourself all sorts of things, but burn them down.

This is a secret message we're putting out there for Burn Wallace.

Burn Down the House Wally.

You may tell yourself, these aren't my beautiful hands.
You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful concentration.
You may ask yourself, where is my large contract?
You may ask yourself, how do I earn it?

The answer....Burning down the house. (aka Wally in the EndZone)

It was once upon a place, sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work said, "Baby what did you except?"
Gonna burst into flame, go ahead

Burning down the house


Clearly the talking heads are sending a signal to Burn. Burn Wally Burn. And when you Burn it all down. If you have the courage to Burn it all down, you're gonna come in first place. David Byrne said it. Burn and Byrne. Coincidence? I think not.

Tomlin tried to say
Unleash Hell so it would burn.
Burn is our Savior

With all this Talking Heads conversation, I'm surprised no one make a "Road to Nowhere" reference regarding our playoff chances. ;)

[QUOTE=RuthlessBurgher;539242]With all this Talking Heads conversation, I'm surprised no one make a "Road to Nowhere" reference regarding our playoff chances. ;)[/QUOTE]

That's just a call to action:

"There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby, it's all right"

They're referring to the SuperBowl in NO.


Once we win, then we can listen to "City of Dreams"[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]
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[QUOTE=flippy;539246]That's just a call to action:

"There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby, it's all right"

They're referring to the SuperBowl in NO.


Once we win, then we can listen to "City of Dreams"[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]
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[/QUOTE]

Perhaps the recent Ben-Haley squabbles in the media can be summed up with "They can tell you what to do, but they'll make a fool of you, and it's all right, baby it's all right"