Hey everybody!
Can I ask you to help me with my Halloween costume this year? — Benjamin, Jr.
This is one of those tough decisions a guy has to make, and I need Steeler Nation’s opinion because I just can’t make up my mind:
So, should I go trick or treating as my favorite comic book super hero, Spiderman?
Or, should I go as Olaf the Snowman from one of my favorite movies, “Frozen”?
Can you email Miss Erin at bigben7website@gmail.com and let her know which one you’d choose? (She’s a lot better at counting that high).
She’ll keep this on the home page and then tell me which costume won (you’ve got ’til next week to let her know) and I’ll have my dad take a photo of me in the winner on Halloween night so you guys can see it!!
(I’m just hoping my mom doesn’t see this post AND ME riding a bike in the house or both me and dad are gonna be in big trouble! Keep that part between us, okay?)
Week 6: Steelers 25, Cardinals 13
Congratulations to Landry Jones, Steelers Digest Player of the Week!
“Landry’s been watching Ben for a long time. He knows the offense like the back of his hand…it was really like Ben’s little brother out there. It kind of brought us back like, ‘Dang, Landry has really got this.'” — Le’Veon Bell, post-game.
Landry Jones re-entered the game in the third quarter, following a brief stint in the second quarter, and finished the game completing 8-of-12 passes for 168 yards with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 149.3 in his NFL debut.
You can read more here & here.
Ben on the sideline:
Ben “rallies the troops” before the game. (You can see the full series from Dr. Ronald Cypher here)
Ben is a happy man. Martavis Bryant quite a game.
@_BigBen7 helped @KelvinBeachumJr off the field and is staying by his side as trainers look at him. #Steelers #family
And how about Ben in practice this week?
“We’re going to tape it and brace it and I’m going to see what I can do. My plan is to go out Wednesday and practice. We’ll see what happens. I know I’ve got to be smart about it. I’ve got to be able to defend myself. We’re just going to take it day by day.”
The Roethlisbergers on the Runway, Part II
Family friend Dr. Ronald Cypher shares some beautiful photos from Friday night’s Rock Steelers Style Fashion Show:
Stop by Ben’s photo gallery and see more of Dr. Cypher’s wonderful photos here!
Combining football & fashion
…for a great cause!
“While the event, which was chaired by Art and Greta Rooney and Mike and Kiya Tomlin, was about fun and fashion, it had a much deeper meaning. All proceeds benefited the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program and the Cancer Caring Center, two charities that have a long relationship with the Steelers.” — Teresa Varley, from her article on Steelers.com this morning.
The Roethlisbergers ROCK the Runway (and Benjamin Jr. waves to his many fans!!)
Ben, Benjamin Jr. and Baylee going for the “1st Down”, which featured players (and sometimes their children) strutting their stuff in their jerseys!
Benjamin Jr. was ‘In the Moment’ and enjoying every bit of it. Beautiful Baylee was happy as long as she had her bunny, and of course, her daddy!
You can see all your Steelers players who walked the runway last night here.
You can read more from Teresa Varley on the event here.
And you can watch a fun video of the festivities here.
A “look back” at #7 with Senator Cliff Hite
From Jason Jordan, USA Today’s High School Sports writer:
Before any athlete can become legendary they have to lay their foundation in the high school ranks.
Each week I’ll chat with a high-profile athlete’s former coach, mentor, family member, etc., and reminisce about their high school playing days; everything from the greatest moment to the wackiest story.
Today I caught up with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s high school coach at Findlay (Findlay, Ohio) Cliff Hite, now a senator in Ohio.
Jason Jordan: What’s your best memory of Ben on the field back in high school?
Cliff Hite: That’s easy, we were playing a school in week six and they scored with 33 seconds left in the game to go up four. We needed a touchdown. They kicked off and we ran it back to about the 30-yard line. We didn’t have any timeouts and he threw two bombs; one got us to their 30, the second one scored and there were 1.8 seconds left on the clock. That helped us get to the playoffs that year.
JJ: What’s your best memory of Ben off the field back then?
CH: Probably watching him in other sports.
JJ: Besides football, what was his best sport?
CH: He was the most incredible point guard that I’ve ever seen; oh my gosh! He was our all-time leading scorer in high school. If a small guy was guarding him he’d take it inside and if a bigger guy was on him he’d go right by him. Basketball was his favorite sport at the time, but in the fall of his senior year, after we got done with 7-on-7, he told me, “I think football might be my ticket outta here.” I said, “Ya think!”
JJ: Could he have played high major Division I hoops?
CH: I think so for sure. I know Miami asked him to, but the football coaches didn’t want him to.
JJ: What’s the craziest story you can remember from his recruitment?
CH: Probably that he got recruited by Duke and got shown around the campus by Grant Hill. When he came back he was all excited about these basketball guys that he met, but he went there on a football visit. I know he really considered Duke, but they were too far away.
JJ: What personality was he on your team?
CH: Oh when […]
