2017 Pittsburgh Steelers Thread

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed May 24, 2017 9:41 pm

Rubber City

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed May 24, 2017 9:44 pm

In my day we played on the indoor/outdoor carpet with special "turf cleats", ripped all the skin of our bodies, and had it get infected with sand. Not this fake grass rubber ball nonsense.

#oldman

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu May 25, 2017 8:50 am

Strangest surfaces I have played organized sports on:

A carpet for a basketball game
In Morgantown there's an indoor sports arena that had a rubber floor where I played soccer a few times. Ball bounced like crazy.

Postby **LITT** » Wed May 31, 2017 8:32 am

havent the steelers been doing stuff? any word on how this crop of rookies is shaping up?

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed May 31, 2017 9:12 am

Strangest surfaces I have played organized sports on:

A carpet for a basketball game
In Morgantown there's an indoor sports arena that had a rubber floor where I played soccer a few times. Ball bounced like crazy.

I played in soccer tournaments at the Shell Building as well in Morgantown. Fun mix of outdoor/indoor action on that field.

Postby **columbia** » Wed May 31, 2017 9:13 am

I loved indoor soccer.
#MIMHHSgymthings

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed May 31, 2017 9:27 am

Strangest surfaces I have played organized sports on:

A carpet for a basketball game
In Morgantown there's an indoor sports arena that had a rubber floor where I played soccer a few times. Ball bounced like crazy.
I played in soccer tournaments at the Shell Building as well in Morgantown. Fun mix of outdoor/indoor action on that field.

I remember there being a strange mix of outdoor/indoor rules as well. Wasn't the "field" the size of an indoor but goals the size of outdoor? And instead of a throw in from out of bounds, you got an indirect kick from the spot where it went out?

There was one game, right before ours, where a goalie came out to play the ball. Didn't see what happened, but heard that he suffered a compound fracture of his tibia or femur bone. Nasty stuff.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed May 31, 2017 9:36 am

Strangest surfaces I have played organized sports on:

A carpet for a basketball game
In Morgantown there's an indoor sports arena that had a rubber floor where I played soccer a few times. Ball bounced like crazy.
I played in soccer tournaments at the Shell Building as well in Morgantown. Fun mix of outdoor/indoor action on that field.
I remember there being a strange mix of outdoor/indoor rules as well. Wasn't the "field" the size of an indoor but goals the size of outdoor? And instead of a throw in from out of bounds, you got an indirect kick from the spot where it went out?

There was one game, right before ours, where a goalie came out to play the ball. Didn't see what happened, but heard that he suffered a compound fracture of his tibia or femur bone. Nasty stuff.

Yep, the field was 70 yards long and used 8x24 goals, with the indoor rules on out of bounds. The field was almost like a wrestling map substance.

The best indoor tourney I ever played in was at Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia. Played in their basketball arena and used goals that were 4ft high and 24ft wide.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed May 31, 2017 9:47 am

havent the steelers been doing stuff? any word on how this crop of rookies is shaping up?

best shape of their lives

Postby **blackjack68** » Wed May 31, 2017 2:06 pm

THE standard doesn't change...

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed May 31, 2017 2:36 pm

Obviously

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 3:40 pm

James Harrison was PED tested again, third time since March. He's not pleased.

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Fri Jun 09, 2017 1:30 pm

https://twitter.com/WizardOfBoz09/statu ... 8830927872

Postby **meow** » Fri Jun 09, 2017 6:51 pm

They don't kick you out without warning you approximately 7,000 times

Postby **MR25** » Fri Jun 09, 2017 7:03 pm

Yeah. Highly doubt he got kicked out for just banging on the glass

Postby **blackjack68** » Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:07 am

Maybe he destroyed a paper towel dispenser.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:59 am

Maybe he destroyed a paper towel dispenser.

#lowhangingfruit

Postby **blackjack68** » Sun Jun 11, 2017 11:35 am

Maybe he destroyed a paper towel dispenser.
#lowhangingfruit

Slow pitch over the plate.

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Wed Jun 14, 2017 12:43 pm

https://twitter.com/steelers/status/874997381103841281

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:20 pm

Most prolific RB in WPIAL history gets cut for a RB from Mercyhurst. Ha.

Postby **slappybrown** » Thu Jun 15, 2017 12:48 am

https://twitter.com/xmasape/status/875127419988049920

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 5:49 pm

This is what passes for "news" in June:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/1968 ... o-hometown

The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback says he intends to list Findlay as his hometown in the team's 2017 media guide. From 2010-16, Roethlisberger listed Cory Rawson, Ohio, as his birthplace. Before then, it was Findlay.

Upon induction into the Hancock County sports hall of fame on April 22, Roethlisberger addressed the frayed relationship with his hometown based on criticism from some locals around 2010, when he faced a sexual assault allegation in Georgia but wasn't charged.

"It hurt me very much. It really made me resent this town," said Roethlisberger of the comments. "I would like to take this moment to say I'm sorry to the hundreds of thousands of supporters I've had from day one here that I let a few bad words said from people cloud my love that you have always had for me."

Postby **dodint** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 6:20 pm

Well, glad that's settled.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:46 am

http://www.steelers.com/news/asked-and- ... 3472560be0

@slappybrown

If Grimble can become more consistent, starting with catching the football, maybe he makes a run at the top of the depth chart.

Labriola thinks that Grimble could be the starter.

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:49 am

Does he have any competition though with Green gone