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[AbercrombieBaseball]

I'm ready for some football too. I'm a Steelers fan so I'm hoping for a repeat of last year, but Big Ben hurt his thumb yesterday at camp. I'm also worried about our WRs since we lost Antwaan Randle El and now have two rookies (Willie Reid and Santonio Holmes, who has been arrested twice since we signed him) plus Cedrick Wilson, who I prefer as a #3 guy.

I did hear Willie Parker is having a good camp. Hopefully Duce Staley can run the ball in the endzone to replace The Bus.

Not worried about the defense as long as Troy Polamalu is around. This guy covers so much ground.

[Koopaslaya]

What do you think? I am a Browns fan. Ha.

[PaperLuigi]

Cowboys are the best. Well, not in skill, but they are my favorite team.

[Jman]

Ooh, the football speculation is flying about as much as the actual football out of a quarterback's hand.  The start of a new sports season is like Christmas, being that you hope you've been a good enough fan to able to see your team win the Super Bowl.  You also have trouble sleeping at night because you're wondering how your team will pan out in their next game. 

[AbercrombieBaseball]

Koopaslaya--nothing against you. But I do wish you the best of luck with Lee Suggs. Heard he failed a physical to void a trade.

Of course, we've got an injured Hines Ward right now. And Big Ben is questionable for the game with that thumb injury.

[Jman]

Heh, two Steelers fans that I now know.  We've got our own problem up here in Minnesota, which I addressed a couple of posts ago.

[Mr. Melee]

* Mr.Melee high-fives AbercrombieBaseball

Great choice of team. I just wish we weren't starting so rocky this year. I did not even know that Ben has gotten another injury after his horrific motorcycle accident. Now I hear Hines Ward is injured, and I am very displeased at knowing a former Buckeye (yes, my team:) has gotten arrested not just once, but twice. I am, however, confident in our rookies, as Cowher knows who to pick for a great team.

I wish I could get a picture of my Troy Polamalu shirt. I can, however, provide a link to a picture of the shirt on the Steelers' page. It is very similar to what ACB said.

I see my co-host is ready for the football season to begin! And, uh, Jman, Lizard Dude, and TBT, you do know that the Vikings' first game is against the Steelers, right? And you all know you are going to lose, right? Also, whenever I do a preview of my post, it says "null" at the top. Why is that?

[Jman]

Second game, and no, I don't think we're going to lose.  Then again, it's also preseason and thus, doesn't count.

[Mr. Melee]

Well, it's finally here! The start of football season is tonight at 8:00 P.M. Eastern! Watch as the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Miami Dolphins. It is immenent, however, that the victory will go to the Steelers. Watch anyways with a cold Barq's root beer and a full bowl of hot salsa and tortilla chips! If you listen closely, you can probably hear my Terrible Towel being waved...

[PaperLuigi]

Dude, I'll laugh at you if the Dolphins win. My dad and I have made another bet this season. It should be fun.

[Mr. Melee]

Well, after the first big controversy of the football season, Pittsburgh wins 28-17 over the 0-1 Miami Dolphins. I couldn't really tell if the foot counted as out of bounds or the dive counted as a touchdown. Even without it we would have won. Meh. We did win, though :D.

[PaperLuigi]

I just hope the Cowboys win big this season. They're my all time favorite team.

[bobman37]

Hate to change the subject, but there are 6 people left in the tennis U.S. Open. Who do you want to win it? I'm rooting for Roddick and Sharapova.

Men
Andy Roddick (USA)
Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Nikolay Davydenko (Russia)
Mikhail Youzhny (Russia)

Women
Maria Sharapova (Russia)
Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium)

[Mr. Melee]

Well, I'm satisfied. The Steelers won, Ohio State University won, great week so far.

I'm watching the not totally satisfying football games right now. Man, Trent Green got nailed! That was a hard hit, worse than the Panther's QB last year. Well, he's off the field. Probably suffered a severe concussion. Hope he's alright. In the mean time, I'm surprised that the Seahawks aren't up 52-0 right now. I guess the Lions are actually improving. However, that will not earn them a record of something better than 7-9.

[Jman]

Yeah, they'll lose every game like that because they can't score, at least not against the NFC champs, but the defense is there.  At least for one week.  I wouldn't be surprised if the Lions wind up with one of the better defenses in the NFL when it's all said and done.

Vikes are 1-0 after a grinder of a game on Monday.  Up next is Carolina, the same team that ended Daunte's career as a Viking.  But I have faith in Brad.  He looked sharp all preseason and again against Washington.