Pittsburgh, oh wait, Sixburgh, is having it’s victory celebration today through the dirty run down streets of downtown.   All the Steel Mills on the Allegheny are taking an extended lunch break and all the coal mines on the outskirts of town have the day off.  Oh the joy!  Anyways, Kissing Suzy Kolber scored us a live picture of todays events from closer than the helicopter picture that we have above.  Check it out after the jump

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Listen up!  This is ya boy Jamie Dukes here liiiiiiive in TAMPA, FLORIDA, where the weather COULDN’T BE BETTER.  Bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-but lets talk about the real reason we’re here, SUPER BOWL FO. TY. THREE.

When I take a look at this Cardinals team, it reminds ME of when I played for the Cardinals way back in the day!  It has nothing to do with the current team but at least I didn’t GET CUT!  I NEVER GOT CUT!  Now, Michael Strahan and I were talkin about his Subway campaign and I axed him for a free sandwich.  YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?  He’s gonna give me a COUPON.  A COUPON?  I CAN’T EAT A COUPON!  AHEE HEE HEE.  Anyways, this Cardinals team looks a lot like the GIANTS of last year.  Now, I never said the Giants were gonna win tha SUPA BOW last year, but YOU KNOW HOW THAT ENDED!  Larry Fitzgerald is a man POSSESSED right now, ok?  He’s playin as good as I used to play when I was with that team!  Ahaaaaa haaa haa, I’m just messin’ of course.

The Steelehs are as physical.  of.  a.  team.  as I have ever seen.  That defense, WHOOOOOOOOOH, and I DONT EVEN HAVE TO PLAY AGAINST ‘EM!  AHEE HEE HEE.  An-an-an-an-an-and here’s the thing about the Steelers that most people don’t know; they blitz ALL. NIGHT.  They get in yo face and smack ya in the mouth, YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN?  The key for the Steelehs is to get after Kurt Warner and knock. him. down.  On top of that, Ben Rofflesberger needs to play…LIKE A CHAMPION, BASICALLY.  He NEEDS to LEAD this team even without a healthy Hines Ward or a capable offensive line.

N-n-n-no-now I’m off to enjoy a concert from the BOSS, Bruce Springsteen and hit up a BUFFET, if you know what i mean.  Aheee heee heee.

This is what Pittsburgh is all about; a team headed to the biggest game of the year representing a city that epitomizes blue collar.  The Steelers play hard-nosed football, winning the battle in the trenches.  They are a team with few stars and many guys who punch the clock everyday without much recognition.  But such is life in the blue collar city of Pittsburgh.

Steelers football is all about grinding it out on the ground.  It’s about the hogs up front digging in and getting dirt under their fingers.  It’s about bringing the lunch pail to work every day and executing.  Sure, they may dial up the big play every once and a while to Santonio Holmes, but you don’t find a streak of priceless coal every time you strike the axe.

The aspect of the Steelers that sets them apart from other teams is their hard-headed defense.  James Harrison has been a monster all season long, taking the pick to the wall of opposing teams offensive lines and coming back with a sack of quarterback coal.  Troy Polamalu is the anvil of the defense; the cornerstone that plays through injuries and holds the Blitzburgh factory together.  There’s no time for a day off.  Not in Pittsburgh.  Not in the Steel City.

When the Steelers take the field two weeks from now, expect to see the same dominance you’ve seen all year.  This is Blitzburgh, a team built around defense and execution of the basics.  This is a team that takes the fight to the other team for 60 minutes.  Finesse is for gays; this is Pittsburgh Steelers football.  They’ll punch you in the mouth until you beg for mercy.

Wow, what a weekend of conference championship football that was. And what a Super Bowl we have! In one corner, Kurt Warner, a man who you can’t help but root for. The Cinderella Arizona Cardinals are in the Super Bowl, but they’ll have a stern test in the Pittsburgh Steelers. Get ready, Kurt. With two weeks to gameplan, we can be assured that defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau is going to DIAL IT UP and GET AFTER Warner.

The Steelers are going for their 6th Super Bowl championship. You know what that means? That those rings won 30 years ago will undoubtably help them against the Cardinals and Warner, who have NEVER played in a BIG GAME like this one. Nevermind the fact that this is Warner’s third Super Bowl, my point stands. How is Larry Fitzgerald going to get open when LeBeau decides to BRING THE HEAT on Warner? This ain’t the Big East, SON! It’ the SUPER BOWL! 

For the last week, I promised viewers that Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson would FLIP THE SWITCH and UNLEASH THE FURY on Warner. How did he respond? Well, considering he makes the quickest reads of any quarterback in football and considering his decision making is superior to any quarterback in the playoffs, he did well. But THIS IS DIFFERENT. This is DICK LEBEAU’S DEFENSE. You know what Dick Lebeau likes to do? That’s right, BRING NINE.

So let the hype begin, it’s going to be a fun two weeks of rehashing old storylines and breaking down an early-season 2007 matchup between the teams. Listen, I love me some Kurt Warner. I love his leadership and his undying faith. But in two weeks time, he’s going to wish he was back BAGGING GROCERIES because LeBeau and Steelers are going to unleash TEN PLAGUES all over Warner. I like the STEELERS. BIG. 

This weeks’ matchup should be a good one with the Steelers and Ravens meeting in what can be categorized as a backyard brawl.  There’s been plenty of smack talk flying both ways and we’re going to capitalize on it.  So join us!  Kickoff at 5:30 pm PST.

In this episode we take a look at the AFC North, one of the more interesting divisions in the NFL.  We discuss the oft-arrested and troubled Cincinnati Bengals and of course make fun of them.  We predict good things for both the Browns and the Steelers, and decide the Ravens really don’t have a place in the conversation.

Hosts: Kevin, Rich, Ryan

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