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  • ggsimmonds
    Hall Of Fame
    • Jan 2009
    • 11235

    #61
    Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

    Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
    Lot of other fans would be doing the same thing if they were relying on their main rival to win so they can make the playoffs.

    So if GB needed the Bears to beat Seattle so I can continue to watch my team play football for another week, best believe I’ll be singing “Bear Down” until that clock hits zero and we’re in the playoffs. This is only if it was the ONLY way to make the playoffs at that point in the season.
    Exactly, nothing surprising about it. Then factor in the Ravens-Steelers rivalry and I really don’t see the hoopla over it.

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    • mestevo
      Gooney Goo Goo
      • Apr 2010
      • 19556

      #62
      Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

      Originally posted by ggsimmonds
      Exactly, nothing surprising about it. Then factor in the Ravens-Steelers rivalry and I really don’t see the hoopla over it.
      I think your attempt to try and minimize it is the only over dramatic thing I've seen about it.

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      • ggsimmonds
        Hall Of Fame
        • Jan 2009
        • 11235

        #63
        Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

        Originally posted by mestevo
        I think your attempt to try and minimize it is the only over dramatic thing I've seen about it.

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        Lol tell me what is so unthinkable or far fetched about it?

        Go ask a Steeler fan to list their 3 biggest rivals. Pretty sure they will say Ravens, Bengals, and Patriots in no particular order. Doubt too many will say Browns are public enemy number one.

        Edit: hey I’m not saying it’s over dramatic because it’s not exciting week 17 football. It absolutely is. I loved it. It’s over dramatic because the Steelers don’t hate the Browns that much. No one does, it’s the Browns lol.
        Last edited by ggsimmonds; 12-31-2018, 03:09 PM.

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        • kehlis
          Moderator
          • Jul 2008
          • 27738

          #64
          Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

          Originally posted by ggsimmonds
          Lol tell me what is so unthinkable or far fetched about it?

          Go ask a Steeler fan to list their 3 biggest rivals. Pretty sure they will say Ravens, Bengals, and Patriots in no particular order. Doubt too many will say Browns are public enemy number one.
          Steelers fans HATE the Browns. If they were good, it would be the number one rivalry...

          The mood in this town after they tied the Browns in week one was the worst I'd ever seen it.

          They pretty much could care less about the Bengals.

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          • TripleCrown9
            Keep the Faith
            • May 2010
            • 23714

            #65
            Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

            From what I can tell, the Steelers (I guess the fans mostly) don't really care much about Cincinnati.
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            • ggsimmonds
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              • Jan 2009
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              #66
              Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

              Originally posted by kehlis
              Steelers fans HATE the Browns. If they were good, it would be the number one rivalry...

              The mood in this town after they tied the Browns in week one was the worst I'd ever seen it.

              They pretty much could care less about the Bengals.
              Really? Coulda swore Burfict alone is one of the most hated people in pittsburgh

              I figured the mood was bad after that game because that game is one you expect to win. I don’t circle or make note of when Baltimore plays Cleveland, but when we lose to them it definitely stings more than other teams
              Last edited by ggsimmonds; 12-31-2018, 03:21 PM.

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              • kehlis
                Moderator
                • Jul 2008
                • 27738

                #67
                Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

                Originally posted by ggsimmonds
                Really? Coulda swore Burfict alone is one of the most hated people in pittsburgh

                I figured the mood was bad after that game because that game is one you expect to win. I don’t circle or make note of when Baltimore plays Cleveland, but when we lose to them it definitely stings more than other teams
                You're right about that, they HATE Burfict, but other than that they don't care much one way or the other about the Bengals as a whole.

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                • LambertandHam
                  All Star
                  • Jul 2010
                  • 8008

                  #68
                  Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

                  Originally posted by ggsimmonds
                  Lol tell me what is so unthinkable or far fetched about it?

                  Go ask a Steeler fan to list their 3 biggest rivals. Pretty sure they will say Ravens, Bengals, and Patriots in no particular order. Doubt too many will say Browns are public enemy number one.

                  Edit: hey I’m not saying it’s over dramatic because it’s not exciting week 17 football. It absolutely is. I loved it. It’s over dramatic because the Steelers don’t hate the Browns that much. No one does, it’s the Browns lol.
                  Steelers vs Ravens games are always a game to get up for, but I'd say the past couple years of Steelers vs Bengals has taken that top spot away. There doesn't seem to be that hard hitting anger when playing Baltimore recently.
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                  • ggsimmonds
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 11235

                    #69
                    Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

                    Originally posted by LambertandHam
                    Steelers vs Ravens games are always a game to get up for, but I'd say the past couple years of Steelers vs Bengals has taken that top spot away. There doesn't seem to be that hard hitting anger when playing Baltimore recently.
                    Yeah, does kinda seem that Ravens Steelers has grown too tame and dare I say it, respectful.

                    Think it was earlier this year or maybe last when they made a story out of the difference in the feel of the two different games. Baltimore being good, clean, football and Cincy being brutal and ugly like there is genuine bad blood.

                    Maybe have the Steelers rooting for the Bengals instead of the Browns. Local reporters wearing Burfict jerseys...now that'd be near unthinkable lol

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                    • slickdtc
                      Grayscale
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 17125

                      #70
                      Week 17 Discussion Thread

                      Geography favors PIT/CIN and PIT/CLE over PIT/BAL. The competitiveness of both teams for so long has made that rivalry into a rivalry. Now that Cincy has been pretty good for years (plus having a reputation of giving troubled players chances) has increased the bad blood in Bengals/Steelers games. But if Cleveland puts together a consistently good team, CLE/PIT could really heat up.
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                      • kehlis
                        Moderator
                        • Jul 2008
                        • 27738

                        #71
                        Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

                        Originally posted by slickdtc
                        Geography favors PIT/CIN and PIT/CLE over PIT/BAL. The competitiveness of both teams for so long has made that rivalry into a rivalry. Now that Cincy has been pretty good for years (plus having a reputation of giving troubled players chances) has increased the bad blood in Bengals/Steelers games. But if Cleveland puts together a consistently good team, CLE/PIT could really heat up.
                        Cincinnati is the furthest of the three cities from Pittsburgh.

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                        • ggsimmonds
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                          #72
                          Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

                          Originally posted by slickdtc
                          Geography favors PIT/CIN and PIT/CLE over PIT/BAL. The competitiveness of both teams for so long has made that rivalry into a rivalry. Now that Cincy has been pretty good for years (plus having a reputation of giving troubled players chances) has increased the bad blood in Bengals/Steelers games. But if Cleveland puts together a consistently good team, CLE/PIT could really heat up.
                          Definitely. But...Cleveland hasn’t been good in a while.
                          If we are talking about right now, I’m not buying that the Browns are one of Pittsburgh’s main rivals.

                          I expect that to change in the coming years though

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                          • kehlis
                            Moderator
                            • Jul 2008
                            • 27738

                            #73
                            Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

                            Originally posted by ggsimmonds
                            I’m not buying that the Browns are one of Pittsburgh’s main rivals.

                            Makes sense, don’t believe the Broncos fan with no agenda on that matter that lives in Pittsburgh. I definitely have no idea what I’m talking about.

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                            • TheMatrix31
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                              • Jul 2002
                              • 52928

                              #74
                              Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

                              Teams don't have to be good to have rivalries.

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                              • ggsimmonds
                                Hall Of Fame
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                                #75
                                Re: Week 17 Discussion Thread

                                Originally posted by kehlis
                                Makes sense, don’t believe the Broncos fan with no agenda on that matter that lives in Pittsburgh. I definitely have no idea what I’m talking about.
                                Honestly I think a lot of people are falling for an extreme case of recently bias. Every Steeler fan I know hates the Bengals much more than the Browns. They don’t care about the Bengals you say? Go back and google all the articles written before and after they played man.

                                Historically, it has been the Browns. Recently, it has been the Ravens. But the Bengals are on the prowl.

                                There is a link from the local paper discussing the matter

                                Yeah they dislike the Browns because they are a division rival. But it’s not the same level of animosity that exists with larger rivalries.

                                You know what this is? It’s a case of y’all disagreeing with my original post and now disagreeing with everything I say on the matter because that’s how the internet works. Browns bigger rivals than the Bengals...lol
                                Last edited by ggsimmonds; 01-02-2019, 03:14 AM.

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