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[pitt]

Samo za prijatelja chea :D:D

Steelers defeat Chargers, 24-22, in a fantastic finish
Monday, October 10, 2005

By Teresa Varley
Steelers.com
Monday Night Football is all about excitement and there was plenty of that as the Steelers defeated the San Diego Chargers, 24-22, on a Jeff Reed 40-yard field goal in the closing seconds of the game.
The Steelers jumped out to a 14-0 lead, and then the Chargers rattled off 16 unanswered points. The teams then exchanged touchdowns in the fourth quarter, before Reed came on to win the game and improve the Steelers record to 3-1.
“It was a classic football game,” said head coach Bill Cowher. “Those are two good football teams that played out there tonight. We are fortunate we had the football last.”
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger went out of the game on the final drive with a left knee injury. Roethlisberger was 17 for 26 for 225 yards and one touchdown before suffering the injury, of which the extent is not known.
Running back Jerome Bettis returned for his first game of the season and had 17 carries for 54 yards and a touchdown, and also converted on several key third downs late in the game.

“I feel great. I feel fresh,” said Bettis. “And officially I am back.”
Wide receiver Hines Ward, who played despite a hamstring injury, had six receptions for 83 yards and knew what a dog fight it was.
“We did what we had to do,” said Ward. “We fought hard. Everyone went out there and made plays. We found a way to win.”
One of the keys for the Steelers defense was shutting down LaDainian Tomlinson and they were able to hold him to 62 yards on 18 carries. Quarterback Drew Brees completed 20 of 35 passes for 219 yards, one touchdown and one interception.
The game started out as a defensive struggle as neither team was able to do anything on their first two possessions.
The Steelers were driving on their third possession with Jerome Bettis getting in the action for the first time this season. Bettis caught a 16-yard pass from Roethlisberger and then had a four-yard run. On first-and-10 from the Chargers 31-yard line Bettis had an 11-yard run, but it was called back after Jeff Hartings was flagged for holding. Shawne Merriman sacked Roethlisberger on the next play, he fumbled and Randall Godfrey recovered it, ending the drive.
The defense held on the Chargers next drive and gave Roethlisberger a chance to shake off the turnover. The Steelers started on their own 16, but were backed up to the 11-yard line after an illegal formation penalty. The Steelers then benefited from the official’s flags as a 20-yard pass interference call gave them the ball at their own 36-yard line.
Roethlisberger hit Ward for a 12-yard pass, and then two short runs by Bettis gave them third down on the Chargers 47-yard line. Roethlisberger hit Ward again, and he went down at the 33-yard line, but appeared untouched and took it into the end zone for an apparent touchdown. The Chargers challenged the call, and the touchdown was overturned, ruling Ward down.
The Steelers were unfazed by the call and on the next play Antwaan Randle El pulled in a 21-yard reception. Roethlisberger then capped the drive with a seven-yard touchdown run, giving the Steelers a 7-0 lead.
Drew Brees got the Chargers offense moving, but James Harrison put a stop to it with an interception and a 25-yard return. A personal foul penalty tacked on 15 more yards, giving the Steelers the ball at the Chargers 41-yard line. The offense went to work and had to pound it in from the goal line, with Bettis scoring his first touchdown of the season on a one-yard run to give the Steelers a 14-0 lead.
But the Chargers came back quick when Darren Sproles returned the kickoff 48 yards to the Steelers 47-yard line. Four plays later Brees hit Antonio Gates for an 11-yard touchdown, closing the gap to 14-7 at the half.
The Chargers kept their momentum going in the second half. After not scoring on their first drive of the second half, then Nate Keading hit field goals of 32, 34 and 41 yards on the next three possessions, giving the Chargers a 16-14 lead and rattling off 16 unanswered points.
It wouldn’t take long for the Steelers to swing things back their way, though. Quincy Morgan returned the kickoff 37 yards to the Steelers 38-yard line, giving them good field possession. Roethlisberger hit Ward for a 33-yard gain, and then went right back to him for a 13-yard completion. He then hit Heath Miller with a 16-yard touchdown pass, taking back the lead at 21-16.
As quick as the Steelers answered, the Chargers came fighting right back. Sproles had a 31-yard kickoff return and then Brees and Tomlinson went to work. They capped the 62-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run by Tomlinson. The Chargers went for two, but the attempt failed, giving San Diego a 22-21 lead.
But the Steelers wouldn’t quit. They got the ball back at their own 38-yard line with 4:36 remaining in the game. Bettis converted two huge third-and-one conversions, but late in the drive Roethlisberger went off with a left leg injury. Charlie Batch came in and handed off to Bettis, setting Reed up for his 40-yard field goal, giving the Steelers the 24-22 win.

[pitt]

ma da su mi one coors twins ne bih se ja bunio....a vjerujem ni ti :D:D

[water]

here we go

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[NeKi_LiK]

Ekipni sport sa loptom u kome pola igrača tima odigra čitavu sezonu, (neki čak i karijeru završe) a da tu loptu ne dotaknu...

Samo u Americi

[pitt]

Sports Illustrated :D Troy Polamalu



What distinguishes Polamalu -- aside from the hair -- is the multitude of roles he plays in the Steelers' defense. At times he ambles to the line of scrimmage, then sprints back before the snap to become a third cornerback. Other times he'll jog up from his safety spot to become a fifth linebacker. But his most exotic role is as a pass-rushing end, in essence giving Pittsburgh a 4-4 formation; he'll even occasionally execute a stunt with a defensive lineman. In a Sept. 18 victory over the Houston Texans, Polamalu came at quarterback David Carr from all angles, tying an NFL record for a safety with three sacks. Only linebackers Porter and Clark Haggans have more for the Steelers this season.

The 2004 Pro Bowler's play at the line compels opposing coaches to pay special attention to him in their game plan, often using motion and shifts to force him to stay deep, where he has a tendency to bite on play-action. "If you don't know where he is, he'll kill you," says Patriots coach Bill Belichick. "He's all over the field." The Packers got a firsthand look on Sunday, when Polamalu made six tackles and recovered two fumbles, returning one for a 77-yard touchdown in a 20-10 Steelers victory.

Polamalu so effectively masks his intentions that keeping track of him is a challenge. The quirkiest disguise is when he moves up, faking a blitz, then turns his back to the offense as if he's about to return to the secondary. At the snap Polamalu will suddenly whirl back around and rush the quarterback. "The thing that puts teeth into those moves is the fact that he can [do so many things]," says Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau. "So when he's at the line of scrimmage, the offense has to say, 'He may be coming.' If he turns his back to go deep, they're saying, 'Oh, no, he's going deep.' And then he wheels from that and blitzes. So you're dealing with the element of surprise."

Polamalu's frantic movement and ravenous appetite for ballcarriers earned him the nickname Tasmanian Devil from fellow starting safety Chris Hope last season. "It goes with the way his hair goes all over the place and the way he runs," Hope says. "He's always into something. If you look at our film, he's always diving, scratching, clawing under a pile. He's always full speed, going 125 mile per hour."

Once the whistle blows, though, Polamalu appears to be the most serene person on the field. He often helps up an opponent he just walloped, then saunters back to the huddle, head down, saying a silent prayer. He hardly chats with teammates and never talks trash. Porter has heard the safety curse on the field only twice, both times shocking his teammates.

Defensive end Kimo Von Oelhoffen noticed Polamalu's idiosyncrasies during the safety's first NFL preseason game, in 2003. "I love to watch him," says Von Oelhoffen, a 12-year veteran. "He [just] smiles between plays. Then it's Bing! Bing! Bing! He's all over the place."

[...]

Polamalu grew up in Santa Ana, Calif., the youngest of five children (he has a brother and three older sisters) in a household headed by his divorced mother, Suila. During the summer of 1989, when Troy was eight, the family took a trip to klix Tenmile, Ore., where his Uncle Salu and Aunt Shelley lived with their three sons, one of whom, Joe Polamalu, played football at Oregon State. Troy was struck by the pastoral setting. "This was a complete contrast to my life in L.A.," Polamalu says. "I saw horses in the field, sheep, cows, beautiful green trees. I'm thinking: Dang, this is awesome."

After a week Suila was ready to drive back to California, but Troy asked to stay behind for a while. His mother agreed, and when she called a few days later, Troy cried and pleaded for more time. Realizing that rural Oregon was a better environment for her child, Suila allowed him to remain with his aunt, uncle and cousins. Troy grew into a star running back and defensive back at nearby Douglas High in Winston, and didn't return to Southern California until 1999, as a highly prized freshman for the USC Trojans. At USC, Polamalu embraced his Samoan heritage, joining Polynesian dance clubs and learning the Samoan language from friends. After his freshman year he took his first trip to American Samoa to visit his mother, who had moved there in 1996 after remarrying.

Success in football was also part of his heritage. His brother, Kaio Aumua, played at Texas-El Paso; his cousin Nicky Sualua was a tailback for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys; and Troy's uncle Kennedy Pola played fullback at USC from 1982 to '85 and is now the running backs coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Polamalu maintained the family tradition at USC, where he was a two-time All-America and one of three finalists for the 2002 Thorpe Award.

It was at USC, too, that he had his last haircut -- in 2000, when as a sophomore he was told to do so by a coach. Polamalu's mane is now so long that it obscures the name on the back of his jersey, revealing only the first and last letters, but he has no plans to cut it again unless his wife, Theodora, insists. "It's a part of you," he says. "It just feels like an appendage. I guess I'd save a lot of money on shampoo and conditioner, rubber bands.... "

In the same issue, Peter King has a related story on the number of young defensive players making a big impact this season:


[...]The most accomplished of the young bunch, and certainly the most recognizable, may be Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, who in just three seasons has become a force in the league, ranging all over the field, hair flowing as he delivers game-changing plays.

[NeKi_LiK]

Aaaa Troy Pola u malu ... vazda sam se pitao kako se Slash zove i kakva mu je faca ...

Nego pitt jedno pitanje tehničke prirode ... jesu li kacige u NFLu uvijek iste ili kao kod dresova postoji domaća i gostujuća kaciga ?

[pitt]

Iste men se cini, mada nikad nisam ni obracao paznju

Domace


GOstujuce:

[pitt]

evo ti slasha u akciji :D ne bi ga prepoznao kako je miran i normalan momak izvan terena



al jedan je hines :D

[NeKi_LiK]

A čupaju li ga ?

Izgleda da je OBN kupio prava za prenos NFL-a pa bi se moglo pomalo to pratiti ...

[pitt]

Taman :D
Mogo bi gledati kako smo sjebali mrski nam Cleveland sinoc :D

[pitt]

i nize no sto mislis :D Sljedece ljeto imam box seats za Pirates (baseball) :D

[water]

Ja ne znam je li to nedostatak koncentracije koji dodje sa godinama ali ja se okilavim dok odgledam poneku tekmu Euro lige (te bi trebale biti najbolje, nedaj mi Boze da moram sjediti kroz naprimjer Celik-Siroki), ali za Steelerse tri i po sata prodju dok si reko keks cak i sa svim prekidima. Meni su sega ovi pseudo nadmeni komentari kao football je papanski sport koji se uporno provlace ovdje. Ja zaista neznam nijedan drugi sport u kome SVAKI potez i SVAKA igra (play?) ima znacenje. U nogometu mozes otici 10 minuta u halu nisis nista propustio, da ne poredim sa drugim sportovima.

GO Steelers!

[pitt]

Ma seha je operisan od sporta (jedino umj. klizanje gleda) :D

[karanana]

Eh ljudi, sinoc je na OBN-u debitovao prenos NFL utakmice izmedju St. Louisa i Seattle-a. Interesuju me reakcije na sport od vas koji ga rijetko ili nikako gledate ili pratite. Sta mislite, moze li ovaj sport pobuditi vece interesovanje raje u Bosni? Ja obozavam sport ali sam zivio u SAD-u i pratio ga vise od 11 godina. Ali kako se raji "pocetnicima" cini ovaj sport? Imam osjecaj da ce se raja zaliti da je prespor, da ima previse time-outa i prekida.

[karanana]

i nize no sto mislis :D Sljedece ljeto imam box seats za Pirates (baseball) :D

U jebote, imas karte za Pirates-e? Jak je to tim, jaci od Yankeesa, veliki favorit za World Series.

[water]

Eh ljudi, sinoc je na OBN-u debitovao prenos NFL utakmice izmedju St. Louisa i Seattle-a. Interesuju me reakcije na sport od vas koji ga rijetko ili nikako gledate ili pratite. Sta mislite, moze li ovaj sport pobuditi vece interesovanje raje u Bosni? Ja obozavam sport ali sam zivio u SAD-u i pratio ga vise od 11 godina. Ali kako se raji "pocetnicima" cini ovaj sport? Imam osjecaj da ce se raja zaliti da je prespor, da ima previse time-outa i prekida.

Ustvari ukoliko se U Sarajevu prikazuje bez reklamnih prekida nema teorije da bi mogao da se ucin prespor; ali realno gledajuci s obzirom da je "americki" sport rekao bih da je unaprijed osudjen na propast. Usprkos puno para koje je NFL ulozio u NFL Europe, cini mi se da nikada nije zazivio u Evropi. Takodje mi se cini da je NFL skoro pa odustao od tog trzista i da se koncentrise na Juznu Ameriku i Japan.

Nesto zamisljam veliki sarajevski derbi ili jos bolje tekmu izmedju Bosne i SCG kada bosanski heroj linebacker spuca kacigom srpskog quaterbacka ni onesvjesti ga, dok Horde zla i manijaci se vesele na tribinama, a sve po propisima ili u najgorem slucaju 15 yard penalty. Joj meraka. Pa mi reci da football ne bi bio popularan kod nas. (Moram priznati da ne bih nista imao protiv da licno dozivim takav jedan trenutak, ali nemojte mi to uzeti za zlo)

[pitt]

i nize no sto mislis :D Sljedece ljeto imam box seats za Pirates (baseball) :D

U jebote, imas karte za Pirates-e? Jak je to tim, jaci od Yankeesa, veliki favorit za World Series.

Ma jok bolan zajebavam se :D
nema te droge sto bi me na to sranje natjerala da odem Fudbal, hokej, college fudbal i kosarka samo :D

Steelers, Penguines i Panthers :D

[karanana]

CUBS

[water]

i nize no sto mislis :D Sljedece ljeto imam box seats za Pirates (baseball) :D

U jebote, imas karte za Pirates-e? Jak je to tim, jaci od Yankeesa, veliki favorit za World Series.

Ma jok bolan zajebavam se :D
nema te droge sto bi me na to sranje natjerala da odem Fudbal, hokej, college fudbal i kosarka samo :D

Steelers, Penguines i Panthers :D

HA! HA!
Bio je jedan takav zajeban sto je isto to govorio. Al ozeni se sa Amerikankom, djeca (Bosnian-Americans) podjose u skolu, prvo T-ball onda softball i stat ti ja znam, next thing you know, nadje se na stadionu sa djecom i zenom pjevajuci: Take me out to a ball game, take me out...Gimme some peanuts and cracker jacks...
Nikad ne reci nikad
P.S.
Zato pazi lafcino da ne napravis istu gresku kao doticni gospodin.

[pitt]

Gluho bilo.....ne vezi mi suhvu :D
Da pocnem ja odmah gledat imal gdje kakav minivan jeftino :D

[water]

ili station wagon, koliko toliko te vadi (audi ili volvo posebno ovi crossover modeli), pozuri sad je 2005 rasprodaja