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  • Ben Roethlisberger’s Unlikely Namesake is … a Cow? See Why

    Ben Roethlisberger’s Unlikely Namesake is … a Cow? See Why

    Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has an unlikely newborn namesake.

    And no, it’s not a strapping baby boy born to a die-hard Steelers fan.

    Instead, a cow born with an interesting pattern on its head, which reminded the calf’s owners of their favorite team’s quarterback, was named “Baby Ben.”

    “Hey Steelers fans — does our new little addition remind you of anyone?” Vale Wood Farms in Loretto, Penn., wrote on its Facebook page. “Say hello to Baby Ben! We know which team he’ll be rooting for on Sunday.”

    So here’s the deal. Roethlisberger wears No. 7 on his jersey and “Baby Ben” has a very obvious No. 7 marked on its forehead.

    At least it’s an udderly original name instead of a something more obvious like “Lucky.”

    Post by Vale Wood Farms.

    Carissa Itle-Westrick, director of business development for the family-owned farm, said she hopes Roethlisberger won’t mind.

    “Baby Ben is awfully cute, so hopefully Big Ben won’t mind sharing his namesake,” said Itle-Westrick.

    The farm says it plans to display the calf when it opens its pumpkin patch for business next month.

    That cow is so stinkin’ cute.

  • Pittsburgh Steelers Win, Miss Playoffs Thanks To The Result Of Another Game

    The Pittsburgh Steelers had all of the odds against them to make the playoffs coming into week 17. However, they did win their game, and almost everything else happened in order for them to make the playoffs.

    In order to make the playoffs, the Steelers needed to win their game, and they also needed the Ravens, Dolphins and Chargers to all lose. The Steelers got their part done when beating the Cleveland Browns 20-7, and watched as the remaining results came in.

    As unlikely as a scenario as that may sound, everything went their way in the first three match-ups, although the Chiefs were unable to put away the Chargers, and the final piece of the puzzle was not able to be completed.

    Realistically, with the way the Pittsburgh Steelers started the 2013 season, there was no reason that they should have been in the post-season.

    However, teams are capable of turning a season around, and after starting the year out 0-4, unlike some other teams, the Steelers were able to have a positive season and at least get to 8-8 after week 17 concluded.

    The Cowboys also suffered another crushing loss last night, which sent the Philadelphia Eagles to the playoffs instead.

    Ben Roethlisberger, the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, attempts to stay positive about a disappointing season when saying “We are going to build on this. I think we have put together a good foundation.”

    Fans and everyone involved with the Pittsburgh Steelers team were rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Chargers in order to give them a spot in the NFL playoffs this year. However, things did not go their way, and the Chargers ended up going to overtime to beat the Chiefs.

    The result of the game between the Chiefs and Chargers has also created a great amount of controversy for fans, as it was stated by the NFL in a statement today that the Chargers should have been penalized for an illegal formation on a missed 41-yard field goal attempt by Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop with four seconds left in regulation.

    If Succop would have been able to make that kick, then the Chiefs would have won the game, giving the Chargers a record of 8-8, and sending the Pittsburgh Steelers to the playoffs. Instead, the Chargers were able to win in overtime, and prevented the Steelers from playing in the post-season, clinching a playoff berth for themselves instead.

    The Pittsburgh Steelers will be one of the teams in the AFC left out of the playoffs again, and will be forced to watch from home as the other teams fight for a spot in the Super Bowl. The Steelers had gone 6-2 in their last 8 games, but after starting the season 2-6, they did not do enough to make the playoffs this year.

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  • Ben Roethlisberger Ready For A Trade?

    Ben Roethlisberger has been a big part of the Steelers franchise for a while now, and due to the team cutting veteran players because of salary caps, it’s been rumored that Roethlisberger will be the next to go. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the quarterback has been increasingly unhappy with where he is, anyway.

    “Ben Roethlisberger is not happy,” Rapoport said. “[He’s] incredibly frustrated with the direction the franchise is headed.”

    Rapoport also reported that the Steelers might trade Roethlisberger if they thought they might be able to replace him with a “franchise quarterback”, but he shot down that rumor last week.

    “I want to stay. My family wants to stay. I want to finish my career here. I’ve always said that,” Roethlisberger said. “I hope that’s very clear to everybody. When someone is a source and they’re unnamed, they have an agenda, and that agenda is not winning football games and not helping this team. And whoever the agenda is coming from, they’re not helping us. They’re hurting us. There’s no way it’s coming from in the building because, if it is, they would come talk to me. I think my résumé speaks for itself on what I’ve done in the past — winning championships and football games.”

    After the team’s win over Buffalo last week, the quarterback said that the rumors that are flying around about him are “Completely unacceptable. One of the most BS stories I’ve ever heard.”

    The quarterback is on track to have his best season yet, with career highs in both yards and completions if he keeps up the pace. During Sunday’s game against the Lions, Roethlisberger came in late in the game with crucial throws to ensure their 37-27 victory.

    “He did a good job,” Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch said. “Big Ben keeps plays alive and he did what he does best.”

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  • Ben Roethlisberger Struggling This Season

    Steelers heartbreak happened for the second time this season when the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers with a final score of Steelers 21 and Bengals 23. The dismal season to-date for Ben Roethlisberger becomes obvious when considering his plays thus far, which include having passed only 442 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for the total of the two games. That’s an average of one-for-one with only two games into the season.

    When battling the Bengals in the second game of the season for the Steelers, Roethlisberger passed 251 yards and made one touchdown. Fans should not be too disheartened with Roethlisberger’s performance just yet since he has the reputation for putting on the heat when the pressure rises. The video recap of the Steelers and Bengals showdown on Monday night proves how close the two teams competed for the win.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzjxGwj2Y_E

    Though only two games into the season, fans have started voicing concerns that Ben Roethlisberger is being viewed as a caricature of himself where his skills and hype are disproportionate to the observable performances and expectations placed upon his broad shoulders. However, the season is just starting and the famous quarterback still has time to prove himself before being subjected to another potential discarding. Whether the Steelers will redeem themselves this season is anyone’s guess; however, in the meantime people are all too happy to comment on the potential outcomes for the season.

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  • Pittsburgh Steelers “No Time To Panic” Says QB

    Fall is in the air and football is here. This is good news for fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers even though the beginning has proven to be a rocky process. In the first home-opener loss in eleven years, the Pittsburgh Steelers were defeated by Tennessee with a score of 16-9.

    When asked whether the disappointing start to the 2013 season was confidence-threatening Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said, “No, it’s not confidence-threatening. We expect to win every game no matter who we are playing or where we are playing so we obviously had high expectations going into that game, but this is the NFL and on any given Sunday if you don’t play very well then you’re going to get beat.”

    Ben Roethlisberger has been sacked five times, but remains encouraging about the talents and prospects for the team. He spoke about the 2013 season in hopeful optimism even though a loss happened early in the season. “We lost a game in week one. Yeah, we didn’t play very well at all on offense, but there’s no time to panic right now. Let’s get ready to bounce back,” said Roethlisberger.

    Members of the team are ready to prove themselves this season regardless of the loss early in the season, and fans are eager and excited to watch the team play some football this season.

    Everyone can’t be a fan though, and some within the Twittersphere remain skeptical about the team as well as people who support the team.

    [Image Via Wikimedia Commons And Video Via YouTube]

  • ESPN Graphic Typo Calls Roethlisberger A Drunk

    Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it’s easy to make an error which will later be construed as a colossal screw-up. ESPN is now apologizing for such an error after an unfortunate typo on their ticker.

    The graphic labeled Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as “Drink And Drunk” on “Monday Night Countdown”, a term which was likely meant to be “dink and dunk” (a term which has been used to describe his playing style). For almost any other player, the mistake wouldn’t have been so glaring, but Roethlisberger has a history of alcohol abuse which landed him a four-game suspension a couple of years ago.

    “Earlier in the show we had a graphic error in the rundown,” show host Chris Berman said. “We apologize for the mistake. Not sure how it happened. It won’t happen again.”

    Berman is under fire for what some are calling a “vague” apology, and Twitter lit up like a Christmas tree after the incident.

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