#1 Cochran Buick GMC of Robinson has posted many photos from Ben’s appearance on November 14th to their dealership’s Facebook page!


From #1 Cochran:

#1 Cochran Buick GM hosted a V.I.P. event on November 14th, 2011, for those customers who purchased a vehicle during the “Save Big, Meet Ben” event.

Although Big Ben broke his thumb only a day before the event, he showed up in great spirits.

He felt badly he couldn’t sign autographs due to his injury, but posed for photographs with all of the guests.

Once his thumb is better, he has promised to personally sign all of the photos which #1 Cochran will then give to the guests to commemorate the event. In addition to meeting Big Ben, guests enjoyed refreshments and were entertained by 93.7 The Fan AND the Steelers’ own Steely McBeam.

The event took place in #1 Cochran Buick GMC of Robinson’s brand new showroom.


You can view all the photos on their Facebook page.



Also Today:

From ESPN‘s Jamison Hensley, AFC North Blog:

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is doing his best to protect his fractured right thumb.

Roethlisberger didn’t take a snap from center during practice on Monday, instead working out of the shotgun and pistol formations to avoid the risk of aggravating the injury.

While he called the thumb painful Roethlisberger insists he should be good to go on Sunday night when the Steelers play at Kansas City. Roethlisberger hurt the thumb in the second half of a win at Cincinnati a couple weeks ago but stayed in the game.

“It hurts first off to just grip the ball,” he said, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “It’s something you’ve got to get used to.”

He said coach Mike Tomlin told him not to throw on Monday, “but I was like ‘I want to get some reps, I want to throw some.’ ”


You can read more here.

You can also read Scott Brown’s report at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review here…

And Ed Bouchette’s interview transcript with Ben at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette here.

Ben will be the guest speaker at the Blair County Sports Hall of Fame banquet on April 28, 2012.

The event will take place at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, PA.

“With it being our 25th anniversary, we thought it would be appropriate to get a blockbuster name,” Blair Hall president Dave Andrews said. “And we have that with Ben Roethlisberger.”

Mr. Andrews continued, “Ben’s agent went to Hines, and he spoke highly of our event,” Andrews said. “It was something that interested Ben’s agent, and Ben accepted right away. He wanted to speak for an organization that honors student athletes and local sports heroes. We invited him to bring his wife as well.”

Set for induction April 28 are former St. Francis basketball player and current Williamsburg coach Don Appleman, former Maryland football player Todd Benson, former minor league baseball player Harold “Bucky” Bush, former Duquesne University and WNBA player Candace Futrell, former Villanova basketball player Allen Griffith and Tyrone Area High School’s PIAA championship football team of 1999.

Tickets are $85 each or $850 for tables of 10. Corporate packages, which include 10 tickets to Saturday night’s banquet, 10 tickets to Friday night’s inductees reception and a photo with Ben, are also available.


For more information, contact Kathy Millward at 296-2302.

and Max, and Mike, and Maurkice, and Heath, and Brett, and James, and LaMarr, and Troy…to play in the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl!!

Being selected as a starter in the Pro Bowl is a huge honor for players! Let’s show our team how much we support their selection – vote early, vote often! Make Hawaii Black & Gold!

The annual contest of the AFC and NFC’s best will take place Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii.

Steelers on the ballot from the offense include Ben, Rashard Mendenhall, Mike Wallace, Antonio Brown, Hines Ward, David Johnson, Heath Miller, Marcus Gilbert, Max Starks, Ramon Foster, Chris Kemoeatu, and Maurkice Pouncey.

Defensive players include Brett Keisel, Ziggy Hood, Casey Hampton, James Harrison, LaMarr Woodley, James Farrior, Lawrence Timmons, William Gay, Ike Taylor, Troy Polamalu, and Ryan Clark.

Ben now ranks third in the NFL in passing yards behind Drew Brees and Tom Brady! He is 224 of 354 (63.3%) for 2,877 yards, 16 touchdowns and a quarterback rating of 93.2 rating so far this season!

Balloting is open until Monday, Dec. 19 at the conclusion of Monday Night Football (Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers, 8:30 p.m.).

The Pro Bowl teams will be announced at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27 on a special NFL Total Access 2012 Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network.


You can vote for the Black & Gold as many times as you like, just click here!

You can read more on the 2012 Pro Bowl here.

“People make a big deal after Week 1. You lose a game and everyone wants to jump on the hater bandwagon of the Steelers even more than they already are. We just kind of laughed it off and said, ‘You know what, we’ll just do what we do’ and I think we’ve done that.” — Ben on the early-season criticism of the team.

Ben taped an interview earlier in the week that was shown this evening during NFL Network’s Total Access.

During the two-minute interview Ben responded to questions concerning his thumb injury, the Bye Week, his young wide receivers, Cincinnati’s rookie quarterback Andy Dalton, even his excitement over Jerricho Cotchery’s touchdown in last Sunday’s game against the Bengals.

The interview wraps up with a question about the state of the Steelers, and his thoughts on the possibility of playing the Ravens in the playoffs.

If you missed it…


You can watch the video here.

…to enter the “Show off your Steelers Fan Cave” contest!


If you have a Steelers-decorated game room, rec room, bedroom or any room in your house – you can enter! Just send us a photo of it!

We will post all the photos in the Contest Album in the gallery throughout the week and we will select a winner next Tuesday, November 22nd!

The winner will receive an autographed 8×10 photograph of Ben hoisting the Lombardi Trophy after the Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII (see Fan Cave contest post from Nov. 15th below to see photo).

You have until Monday evening at 7:00 pm to photograph that favorite room and send it in! Please include your name, where you are from and anything you’d like us to know about your Fan Cave.

The winner will be notified on Tuesday afternoon and the website will be updated with the winner’s name. Good Luck!

Send emails to: bigben7website@gmail.com

A story about Ben will appear in the November 28th issue of ESPN The Magazine (James Harrison is on the cover).

Writers Sarah Turcotte and Lindsay Berra take you through the Week 4 match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Houston Texans as they follow Ben from start to finish of the game.

Below is an excerpt from the article:

As fired-up Steelers bound out of the locker room in the bowels of Reliant Stadium, they’re careful not to disturb their QB. Ben Roethlisberger leans against a wall with his eyes closed, taking a final minute to mentally prepare.

The eight-year vet has won two Super Bowls and 32 road games, more than Aaron Rodgers has played. He thinks about how the crowd in the closed stadium will be loud. About his injured offensive line. And about how Texans OLB Mario Williams sacked him twice the last time they played each other. As the last Steeler passes, Roethlisberger breaks his trance and jogs out of the tunnel.

Then, just before kicking into a full sprint, No. 7 yells: “We rollin’, we rollin’.”


More from the story appears here.



Pro Bowl Voting Update:

Tom Brady leads the AFC in Pro Bowl votes so far with 537,780!

From the Steelers, only Troy Polamalu (92,630 votes), Maurkice Pouncey (142,930 votes) and LaMarr Woodley (203,794 votes) lead at their respective positions.

Ravens players Ray Lewis (ILB), Haloti Ngata (DT), Ed Reed (FS) and Brendon Ayanbadejo (ST) lead at theirs.

There are five weeks left to vote!! Let’s get to votin’ for Big Ben.

Cast your votes here.