by pittsburghbeautiful | | Pitt Panthers Football, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
Can’t think of a good reason to reflect on the Steelers’ loss to Baltimore, entirely predictable, their late-season demise, or anyone’s individual season (do you really want me to rant about Juju, James Conner or the lame Duck?) Nor can I think of a good reason to...
by pittsburghbeautiful | | Pitt Panthers Football, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
It’s not over, but isn’t it? Didn’t the season effectively come to an end on the turf of MetLife Stadium against the New York Jets? Yes, those Jets. Didn’t it end about six minutes into the game when you realized that stubbornness in coaching more often leads to...
by pittsburghbeautiful | | Pitt Panthers Football, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
In the wake of Devlin Hodges’ okay performance against the Browns, some pundits and fans clamored for offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner to unleash the Duck and let him wing it all over the field. And that is exactly how you lose football games. I get the urge to...
by pittsburghbeautiful | | Pitt Panthers Football, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
Let me just get this off my chest before I move on to the Steelers: Pitt should be ashamed of its effort at Virginia Tech last Saturday. In the fog and filthy air of Blacksburg, Va., and on a field that looked like a transplant from 1978, brownish splotches and all,...
by pittsburghbeautiful | | Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports
I’m tired of Bob Nutting. Tired of him being tired of the narrative that spending more money on the Major League roster does not translate into a winning formula in Major League Baseball. He’s wrong. From 2013 – 2019, teams that spent above the league average...
by pittsburghbeautiful | | Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
Football was fun again, yesterday, and the Steelers’ defense is to thank. The Steelers clawed their way back into the AFC playoff picture with a mildly surprising but not shocking 26-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts at Heinz Field for their third straight win and...