WTAE‘s Sally Wiggin has a report on your favorite players and the community events they attend as well as a bit about what goes on behind the scenes.

You can watch the video here (you may see a certain #7!).


Speaking of events….

You can see a video from Charlie Batch’s “In the Pocket” fundraiser last night at WTAE here.

WPXI has a slide show from the fundraiser here.

Steelers.com has a story here.


*Thank you Trish!

That is exactly what one lucky winner could be enjoying on November 25th!

All you have to do to win is be the 25th emailer and you will receive a gift basket, courtesy of Big Ben’s BBQ Sauce.

The basket includes:

1 autographed gift box with both a Mild and a Hot BBQ Sauce
1 extra bottle of Mild Sauce
1 extra bottle of Hot Sauce
1 Spicy Wing Sauce
1 Habanero Extra Hot Sauce
and
1 Black and Gold jar candle.



Just send your email to bigben7website@gmail.com (one per email address).


5:00 p.m. Update:We have a winner! Congratulations to 25th emailer Martha Holleyjones of Mars, PA!

Thank you to everyone who participated! We will have more give-aways and contests in the future!



The holiday season is just around the corner…

and a bottle or gift box of Big Ben’s BBQ Sauce makes the perfect gift for family, neighbors, co-workers and those hardworking people that deliver your mail, babysit your children, cut your hair, mow your lawn, wash your dog, etc….

To check out the full line of products, click here.

“I’ll take this one on me.  I need to play better, and I need to get this offense moving. If it’s a duck, it’s a duck. We got our butts kicked.” — Ben, after the game.

Not too much on the positive with this one. No doubt, the Steelers feel like the Patriots did last week after their game against the Browns! Hopefully they got that one ugly game out of their system….

From ESPN’s James Walker, AFC North Blog:

Although the loss to New England was a team-wide failure, credit Roethlisberger for stepping up and taking blame. Roethlisberger had great numbers, throwing for 387 yards and three touchdowns. But it was deceiving because every touchdown and many yards were accumulated during garbage time in the fourth quarter.

New England led 23-3 entering the final period and its defense played safe the rest of the way. Roethlisberger was able to gain yards and score while also running out the clock.


You can read the rest here.



From NFL.com‘s recap:

All three of Pittsburgh’s touchdowns came in the fourth quarter, with Roethlisberger (30 of 49, 387 yards) also finding Wallace on scoring passes of 15 and 33 yards.

Pittsburgh was without Roethlisberger’s blind-side protectors, left tackle Max Starks (neck, out for season) and left guard Chris Keomeatu (knee, ankle) and, with backups playing, Roethlisberger was sacked five times. Rashard Mendenhall was held to 50 yards rushing one week after Cleveland’s Peyton Hillis pounded New England’s No. 29-ranked defense for 184 yards and two touchdowns.


You can read the rest here.



Quotes of Note:

”We threw some pressures in there. You can’t let Roethlisberger have time. You can’t just send 3 or 4 men. So we had to send more people to try to get him on the ground. He’s a very tough guy to tackle.” — Patriots safety James Sanders (Boston Herald).


“I don’t think they did anything to confuse us, that we didn’t expect. They flat out beat us. It was a good old-fashioned butt-whooping, and you never like it when it’s at home.” — Ben, during his post-game comments. (ESPN.com)


“No one is better than Ben outside the pocket…it’s incredible the decision making he makes outside the pocket. […]

Just for fun today…


From the Boston Herald’s Food, Fun & Drink Blog entitled, “Fork Lift”:

New England’s Tom Brady and Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger are the only quarterbacks in the NFL today who boast more than one Super Bowl ring. Brady has won three; “Big Ben” has won two.

However, the Steelers signal caller has one advantage over Brady: he has an iconic sandwich named in his honor. Brady may have a man purse named in his honor.

Advantage: Big Ben.

The Roethlisburger comes from Peppi’s Old Tyme Sandwich Shop, a popular chain in Pittsburgh. They created the sandwich soon after Big Ben burst onto the pro football scene in 2004.


You can get the recipe for this “crowd pleaser” right on their blog!

You can check out a video on Peppi’s website of Ben and ESPN’s Chris Berman takin’ on a Roethlisburger!

“Roethlisberger is a perfect example of the importance of effectiveness over volume. He’s actually one of the most prolific passers in NFL history if you look at the right numbers.” — Kerry Byrnes, football analyst.

From SI.com’s Kerry J. Byrnes, in his Cold Hard Football Facts column this evening:

Most football fans and so-called experts obsess over those big gaudy numbers and 400-yard passing days that grab headlines. The fantasy football phenomenon fuels this obsession. But the truth is that passing effectiveness, not volume, is the singular secret to success in the NFL and always has been — at least if you care about wins and losses on the field and not in your fantasy league.

Quarterbacks with a high average per pass attempt almost always win, regardless of how often they pass.

Big Ben averages an incredible 8.02 yards per pass attempt, the fifth highest mark in the history of football. If you want to know why the Steelers instantly became title contenders the day Roethlisberger became the starter, if you want to know why he’s already won two Super Bowls, look at that number.

Sure, he’s been blessed with a consistently strong defense and a team committed to the run. But those two factors don’t win consistently if you can’t exploit the opposition with a highly effective passing game.

Bottom line: passing effectiveness, not passing volume, is what wins games in the NFL. Big Ben is the best contemporary example of this law of football success.


To read the rest of Mr. Byrne’s column here.


*Thank you to Becky for the link!

“You just sit there and watch him, I love watching whether it’s on TV or live. Hopefully, he doesn’t get to do too much this week, because that means our defense is doing great things.” — Ben, on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, from the article below.

From an article by Alan Robinson featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution this afternoon:

When Roethlisberger joined the Steelers in 2004, he considered the Patriots’ Brady to be the NFL’s pre-eminent quarterback. Certainly, Brady’s numbers were good enough, but it was his determination to win that most impressed the ever-competitive Roethlisberger.

Six years later, Roethlisberger has won two Super Bowls himself, putting him only one behind Brady. Still, his opinion hasn’t changed — to Roethlisberger, the quarterback he’ll oppose Sunday night in Heinz Field is the NFL’s gold standard.

“Tom Brady, who I think is probably the greatest in the game right now, is on the other side, so to watch him go against this great (Pittsburgh) defense is fun as well,” Roethlisberger said.

Some NFL players won’t acknowledge they enjoy watching a player on a different team, but that’s not difficult for Roethlisberger. Well-known for his can’t-beat-me attitude — his teammates say he tries hard to win at everything from table tennis to garbage-basket basketball — Roethlisberger pays close attention whenever Brady is on the field.

“He’s a good passer, a good leader, he seems to do a little bit of everything,” said Roethlisberger.

Maybe it takes a winner to be impressed by another winner. Brady (103-32, .763) and Roethlisberger (63-27, .700) rank 1-2 among active quarterbacks in regular-season winning percentage. Counting playoff games, Brady is 117-36 (.765) and Roethlisberger is 71-29 (.710).

Going against Brady and the Patriots (6-2) gives him such a kick, Roethlisberger said, “We’ll play on Wednesday at 2 o’clock if we have to.”

How about Sunday at 8:20 p.m. EST?


You can read the entire article here.



November 11th – Remember Our Veterans

2010 will mark the 19th anniversary of Worcester Wreath Company donating Maine wreaths to adorn the headstones of our Nation’s veterans in Arlington […]