From your previous predictions, it looks like you're trying to jinx 'em...

Looks like Indy fans are going to need that "Pill To Reduce Emotional Trauma" from the last thread.

The Steelers actually showed up with some game!

Very ballsy play going for it on 4th down.

Just when Manning has some momentum on his side, the game is paused for the kid's contest winners.

Polamalu!

Wish we had a guy like him.

Ha! Nice job by the NFL trying to fix the game.

Won't work.

Your Welcome.

That was some buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit..

Wow, how much did Manning pay the ref for that crap?

Still, ya gotta admit those were some nice passes in that drive!

who woke up the Colts?

Wow, the Colts might "win" this game.

Total f'in outrage.

This is becoming a real nailbiter.

Of course, why WEREN'T the Steelers blitzing last drive?

Beautiful blitz.

Ruined by a really preventable fumble.

Wtf from Bettis!?

HA!! it ain't over till it's over people.

If Pittsburgh loses this game, Bettis will be the Bill Buckner of the Steelers.

Yup. But the refs will have stolen this one.

If the Steelers lose this, I'm not sure if Bettis or that ref will be the bigger goat.

Why even run the ball?

I missed the call - what happened?

Because the Colts had all of their timeouts.

Hey, come on. Change the channel. Point Last Seen is playing on Lifetime TV right now. It's not like you haven't seen a baseball game before. Seen one, seen 'em all. Now, come on. Give me the remote.

Hey come on - the Steelers db only held on to the ball for about 5 minutes - that's no where long enough to establish a catch.

Sandy - heh.

Wow. That was a bad kick.

YES! That is justice. What's great, is that the Colt kicker likes to talk trash - but what a choke!

Polamalu cleanly picked Manning, did a roll, and caused himself to fumble with his own knee as he came up. Got his own ball. Initially (correctly) called a pick and fumble (and own recovery), then bizarrely overturned on replay. Manning then led a TD drive.

Doesn't matter anyway, Steelers win.

Btw -- how great is Roethlisberger?

Yikes. If the Colts had won under those circumstances, it would had been bad. Why do the morons keep calling time outs?

I've always said: don't bet against Bill Cowher. He might find out, hunt you down, and kill you with his scowl.

WOO HOO!

That is about the weirdest second half I have ever seen.

On to Denver!

It's all about the PANTHERS baby. Chicago has a classy organization BUT the Panthers are gonna give them an uberfloggin today.

Despite the best efforts of the refs, Steelers win....haha awesome game

Wow, what a game!
I was shocked to see Manning send the punting team off the field, granted it was a good call but isn't that a call for the head coach?

Yeah, I thought the same thing about Manning. He was absolutely right to go for it then, but it is quite unsettling to see that he's really in charge of the team more than Dungy.

I'm happy the Steelers won, but visions of a Broncos-Seahawks Super Bowl aren't exactly sending shivers down my spine.

IIRC Manning calls the plays. Unusual, but not unprecedented.

Effing Steelers. I was hoping for a Colts/Seahawks showdown. Then again, none of my teams I followed at the start of the season even made it to the playoffs.

Ugh. I can't stand Joe Buck.

I hate that the top Fox broadcast teams both have Cowturds.

Whoa. Less than a minute in and a touchdown.

Go John Fox go.

BOOOOOO-YAAAAAAH.

Was that the start of the game, or a bitchslap?

...don't bet against Bill Cowher. He might find out, hunt you down, and kill you with his scowl.

After immobilizing you with his spittle.

Holy Crap, what a bogus call on the interception!

So, are the refs going to try to screw the Panthers too?

BOOOOOOO-YAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

Another totally made up call.

League trying to fix both games today. Nice.

bullshit--bullshit

A Panthers/Steelers Superbowl would be ideal.

A Panthers/Steelers Superbowl would be ideal.

Brace yourself for disappointment. But I'm sure you'll get just as much enjoyment watching the Broncos.

I was rooting for the Steelers, but on the Palumalu non-pick, I can see the refs' reasoning.

By rule, IIRC, if the ball is knocked loose by hitting the ground in the process of catching it, it's incomplete. Although Palumalu rolled up with it, it was clear (to me) that the impact with the ground had taken away his control of it; it was only against his hand, not in his hand, like his hand was just with the ball as it was coming free.

So, ground caused loss of control in the process of catching it. Not a catch.

Although there need to be specific sorts of rules about this (because sometimes a team actually wants a "catch" ruled an incomplete, because the receiver subsequently fumbles it away to the other team), I'm kind of a big believer in the basic rule that if it's a catch, you demonstrate that BY HOLDING ON TO THE FRICKIN' BALL THROUGHOUT THE CATCH AND TACKLE, and if you don't, don't go whining about some technical analysis of precisely when you demonstrated possession.

So, ground caused loss of control in the process of catching it. Not a catch.

Are you blind? He had total control of the ball when he caught it and while he was rolling on the ground. His own knee knocked the ball loose while he was coming up, thereby creating the fumble that he recovered. They only showed this about 80 times on the replay.

Another total BS call for Chicago. The fix is definitely in.

His own knee knocked the ball loose while he was coming up, thereby creating the fumble that he recovered. They only showed this about 80 times on the replay.

If this ***ing game goes into overtime and delays the beginning of "24," I am going to be pissed.

"We now join '24', already in progress."

I would be in a killing mood if that happened.

24 will be pre-empted and will air already in progress. That's okay, though, it's not like every single minute in 24 is important or anything.

Idiots! I don't want commercials or your stupid postgame "analysis." Carolina won, the other team lost. Analysis over.

JUST START THE F**CKING SHOW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO START 8 MINUTES AGO!!!!

Y'all know I'm humble and would never sieze an opportunity to gloat. I blew it on the Patriots, they stunk. My other picks, however,....

A reminder of my earlier predictions:

Seattle beats Washington 30-13
New England crushes the Broncos 24-7
Colts lose to the Steelers 21-14
Carolina barely wins in Chicago 17-16

Easy, Slub, easy.

Sorry...breathe...breathe...

Have to ask myself, What Would Jack Bauer Do?

Probably shoot someone in the kneecaps and scream "THERE ISN'T ENOUGH TIME FOR PROTOCOL!"

Is this the most boring playoffs ever or whut?

I am soooooo sick of announcers giving us the tired old "Grossman's got the whole team behind him!" spiel.

I would prefer some frigging completed passes.

Hey Seattle, here's a hint: double-cover Smith.

I don't think so Dave, the only boring one for me this weekend was the Washington game. The 3 others could have gone either way in the 4th quarter.

Good to see the Pissburgh Cheaters get screwed by the refs. It's good for them to see what it's like. I'm tired of the NFL (No Fair League) playing favorites. Go Broncos, I guess.

I don't want that to be the last comment in this thread.

Big Ben!

How about this one? Joey Porter is correct, I wouldn't trust the refs. It's funny though, he doesn't feel that way when they give his team the bs calls.

May Jerome Bettis sit on Ken's face.

Actually Jerome seems like a pretty nice guy, though I've never met him. With that being said, and even though I've been going through a dry spell, I think my face and I will wait in hope that someone better will come a long and sit on it.

I think my face and I will wait in hope that someone better will come a long and sit on it.

The bad luck for you is that, right now, all the chicks are lining up instead for John Boulton's Moustache...