Doubt removed: Steelers simply looking Super
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Two weeks ago, the NFL was as certain and predictable as a German train schedule. All you needed to do was page ahead to February to see which two trains were going to meet at the Super Bowl station.
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The Ravens are the only team this season to have beaten the 13-1 Pittsburgh Steelers. They will likely have to do so again if they hope to make the playoffs this season.
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1. In a dominating 20-7 win Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field, the Pittsburgh Steelers ran roughshod over the Baltimore Ravens to manufacture their 13th consecutive win of the season and cripple the visitors&#39; playoff hopes.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers got some extra motivation when odds were released for the AFC championship game: They were 3-point underdogs to New England despite having the NFL's best record, despite being at home and despite having beaten the Patriots.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are so good that they ended Buffalo's playoff hopes with their backups. Fourth-string running back Willie Parker had 102 yards rushing and backup linebacker James Harrison returned a fumble 18 yards for a touchdown, helping seal the Steelers' 29-24 win over Buffalo on Sunday. The Steelers won their 14th straight to match the record set by Miami in 1972 and became just the fourth team in NFL history to finish 15-1.
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PITTSBURGH - The Steelers couldn't have designed a more Pittsburgh-perfect day for an important December home game. They received everything a warm-weather opponent wouldn't want: snow, swirling winds, chilly temperatures, and a marshy field.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are anticipating a fresh start. The Steelers used a combination of good fortune and resourcefulness to edge the New York Jets, 20-17, in overtime Saturday and will meet the Patriots at Heinz Field Sunday.
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Ben Roethlisberger threw for 183 yards and two touchdowns to help the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-3, knocking off the National Football League&#39;s last undefeated team.
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Any chance the Pittsburgh Steelers had of returning to the Super Bowl was seemingly laid to rest by the Baltimore Ravens, who are in the midst of their own title run.
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Even during seasons when the Steelers haven't won as many games as some thought they should have, there has been little doubt about coach Bill Cowher's future.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have never had a season like this, even during the days of Franco and Mean Joe. A 15-1 record. A 14-game winning streak. A star quarterback who still hasn't lost an NFL game. Still, it's not nearly enough for a team that finally feels ready to win the prize that has eluded one of the NFL's most successful franchises for a quarter-century.
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PITTSBURGH - Just a month ago, they had been billed as "the Steelers of the South," a compliment of the highest order, for the Jacksonville Jaguars were anointed a band of helmeted chaps with grit and iron chins, the famed makeup of men who've worn the black and gold in this town for decades.
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What a difference a week makes. Two debates. Two games. Two wins. The Yankees sure are looking tough. A week ago the Boston Red Sox looked like world beaters, or at least Yankee-beaters.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have never had a season like this, even during the days of Franco and Mean Joe. A 15-1 record. A 14-game winning streak. A star quarterback who still hasn't lost an NFL game.
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Perhaps the Buffalo Bills should wear their charging buffalo logo on just one side of their helmets this week. It would be a fitting homage to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Big Ben is back. Wearing protective padding around his midsection, Ben Roethlisberger returned to the Pittsburgh Steelers lineup Monday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars &#151; barely two weeks after having surgery to remove his appendix.
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PITTSBURGH, United States : Pittsburgh became the clear Super Bowl title favorites here after knocking a National Football League powerhouse from the ranks of the undefeated for the second week in a row.