“I’m very proud to be his teammate!” — Ben, from the presentation on NFL Network.

Troy made the Top 10 of the NFL Network‘s “Top 100 NFL Players of 2011” tonight, finishing at number 6!

Troy was the second highest-rated defensive back voted into the Top 100.

The Ravens’ Ed Reed finished just ahead of him at number 5.

Both Ben and Coach Tomlin presented Troy in a video montage that was shown during tonight’s episode.


You can watch the video here.

From the official website of the Miami RedHawks this weekend:

OXFORD, Ohio – Over the past three weeks, hundreds of Miami University fans and media have submitted ballots to select the greatest RedHawk football players of the first decade of the 21st Century (2000-2010). In perhaps the least surprising announcement of the balloting, Ben Roethlisberger has been chosen as Miami’s All-Decade quarterback.

Roethlisberger out-polled current RedHawk Zac Dysert for Miami’s most glamorous All-Decade position.

“Big Ben” owns every major Miami single-game, single-season and career passing mark, while topping Mid-American Conference chart in most completions in a season and passing yards in a season. He also is the NCAA record holder for most games in a season gaining 200 or more yards passing and consecutive games in a season (14 in 2003)….


You can read the rest here.

From an article today by Joe Platania, Comcast SportsNet – Baltimore:

It’s no secret that when Ravens fans look towards this year’s Week One home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, they will hope and pray their purple-clad heroes get the best of every visiting player.

But none more so than quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

The strong-armed, playmaking signal-caller is perhaps the single biggest reason the Steelers have five AFC North Division crowns to the Ravens’ two and three head-to-head postseason wins to Baltimore’s zero.

The Ravens haven’t beaten a Roethlisberger-led Steeler team since Dec. 24, 2006, when Steve McNair carved up an injury-riddled Pittsburgh defense in a 31-7 win at Heinz Field over the defending Super Bowl champions….


You can read more here.



Also Today:

Steelers not planning to move training camp

From Ray Fittipaldo, in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

For years, fans have descended upon Saint Vincent College in Latrobe to watch Steelers training camp. It has become an annual event for people who enjoy watching practices and standing in line for autographs.

The Steelers’ plans for training camp have not changed, but other NFL teams have canceled their off-site training camps because of the uncertainty created by the lockout.

Saint Vincent spokesman Don Orlando said Monday that the college is “optimistic” that the Steelers will hold training camp there despite the uncertainty of the lockout.

“We’ll be ready if they need us,” Orlando said.


You can read more here.



We have added a few more “Lil’ Fans” to the gallery today! You can check ’em out here!


And, the Steelers Mexico Fan Club pays tribute to their favorite quarterback. You have to see this photo!

Several parents and grandparents who accompanied their youngsters to Ben’s Football Camp this past week sent emails with their observations. Here are just a few:


As we headed north out of Virginia for Pittsburgh, we really had no idea what to expect out of Big Ben’s football camp. We had never been to any camp like that, but our eleven year old son Jack and eight year old daughter Hannah were very excited to actually see Ben and play on the same field. When we got there, the first thing we noticed as parents was how well the camp was run. Imagine being tasked with making sure 500 kids have a fun, safe adventure for 3 ½ hours on two different days in the summer heat of June! They pulled it off in spades. From the combine-style drills and 7 on 7 games, to the awards and guest appearances of other Steelers like Coach Tomlin, Brett Keisel, Trai Essex, Willie Colon, and Emmanuel Sanders, they kept things moving along.

“Ben was obviously having a great time with the kids. He was running around cheering them on and jumping into games. The amazing thing was that he threw a pass to every single kid at the camp – nearly 500 passes. I was thinking that if he throws an average of 30 passes in each regular season game, that would be about 480 passes for the season. He threw more than that in a half hour at the camp. Our kids caught both of their passes from Ben and by the end of the two days they were tired but very happy we came.

“Finally, about an hour after everybody else had left the field and gone home, Ben came out of one of the field offices. He had been interviewing with a television crew. I am sure he was exhausted and his arm had to be killing him, but he graciously came over and signed a couple of footballs for the kids and posed for a picture. It was the last of over 500 pictures we took at the camp, but we think it was the best.

“We will definitely be back next year. Of course […]

Cindy Dupray and Anita Doddroe took their cameras along to capture the action as their children and grandchildren participated in The 2011 Ben Roethlisberger Football Camp at Seneca Valley High School in Harmony, PA this week.


From Anita today:

“The Ben Roethlisberger Football Camp was a great success! It was wonderful! The kids all had a great time. My grandsons loved it and can’t wait to go back! Ben was wonderful with the kids…such an encouraging person! I had to laugh at one point when Ben was playing with some of the younger campers during a 7 on 7 drill. All the kids were yelling “Ben, Ben, Ben” wanting him to throw them the ball. They reminded me of little baby birds all trying to get the mother bird to feed them! What a hoot!

“What a great surprise, also, to have so many Steelers come to the camp during both days! We had Emmanuel Sanders, Trai Essex, Willie Colon, Charlie Batch, Mike Tomlin, Tyler Grisham and Brett Keisel! They all joined in either speaking to the kids or participating in the drill sessions and 7 on 7 games. I can’t believe camp time has come and gone but the kids have great memories now!”


You can see both Anita’s and Cindy’s photos here (three pages of ’em).


*Ladies, thank you so much!



More from Ben’s Camp:

– Photos from WPXI, “Ben Roethlisberger Hosts Football Camp for 500 Kids”

– Article/Video from KDKA-Channel 2, “Ben Roethlisberger Talks Football Camp, NFL Lockout”

– Video from the Cranberry Patch, “Girls and Boys Swarm to Roethlisberger’s Football Camp”

– Video from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Ben Roethlisberger talks at camp”

From Mike Bires, Beaver County Times:

Lobbing hundreds of passes to kids doesn’t prove Ben Roethlisberger is ready for training camp.

But the star quarterback says he and the rest of the Steelers’ offense are staying in shape even as the NFL lockout stretches into its 15th week.

“I work out every day and we’ve gotten together as an offense quite a few times,” Roethlisberger said Tuesday at his foundation’s football camp held at Seneca Valley High School. “It was good. We got in some quality work.”

Roethlisberger’s right arm got plenty of work the past two days at the camp he’s hosted in recent years. As Tuesday’s session drew to an end, every boy and girl in attendance got one last chance to catch a pass from Roethlisberger…


You can read more here.