By Bob Smizik | Tuesday, 12:30 a.m. Almost anything can happen in competitive athletic competition, and that’s particularly true in the National Football League. Which means it’s possible any number of things could occur that would ruin the Steelers chances of returning to the Super Bowl...
By Bob Smizik | Friday, 5:30 p.m. Who would have thought, say, 10 weeks ago that the high probability of keeping the team’s offensive line together for another season would be greeted with massive sighs of relief across the Steeler Nation? But that’s the case today. The widely ridiculed group...
By Bob Smizik | Posted at 10:05 a.m. Mike Tomlin says he wants no talk of repeat, but with all due respect to the coach that’s the subject today. Under any circumstances it is difficult to repeat as Super Bowl champion. One injury, one off-year by a key player or a couple of bad bounces can turn...
By Bob Smizik | Posted at 10:20 a.m. There's an old football adage that goes something like this: ``It all starts with the offensive line.'' The champions of Super Bowl XLIII disproved that, winning the title with a patchwork O line that never truly distinguished itself but which produced...
By Bob Smizik | Posted at 10:51 p.m. The script was familiar but yet unfamiliar. It was familiar in that Ben Roethlisberger was leading another come-from-behind victory, and this one on the biggest stage of American sports -- the Super Bowl. What was unfamiliar was that instead of bailing out a sluggish...
10:09 p.m.: Double wow. Double yoi. Greatest Super Bowl finish ever? Certainly for the Steelers. Break open that 6 Pack now. 10:02 p.m.: Good call by McAulay: Holmes "toes" were in bounds. A freeze frame in NFL history, let alone the Super Bowl. With 35 seconds left? On what could be the game...