I have added some photos of Ben from Heath Miller’s “Bid for Hope” event which took place on October 18th at Bosa Nova. Also in attendance were teammates Brett Keisel, Hines Ward, James Farrior, Jeff Reed, Keyaron Fox, Matt Spaeth, and Max Starks.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Under Forty Breast Cancer Study.

The photos were taken by photographer Gary Yon, and are courtesy of Diana Napper, founder of the Glimmer of Hope Foundation.

You can see the photos of Ben here.

You can see all the photos here (there is also information on purchasing your favorites).

You can learn more about the Glimmer of Hope Foundation here.

“I think the panic comes from the media and the fans, I mean, we’re 6-3 not 3-6. We put last week behind us and we’re moving on. Our focus is on a very, very good Raiders team.” — Ben, during a locker room chat with the media today (NFL Network).

From Steelers.com:

“Being a leader for me, I have never been a rah-rah guy,” said Roethlisberger. “I will pull a guy aside and talk to him. It’s always been about actions for me. It’s time now maybe, at this point of the season, to transition to being more of a vocal guy than lead by example.”


You can read the rest here.



From an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Ben Roethlisberger called Hines Ward on Tuesday to see how the concussed wide receiver was doing.

“He actually brought up, ‘Listen, lead us, show us how to do this,'” Roethlisberger said. “I said, ‘Well, listen, it’s us. Let’s do this together. I need you as much as you need me, and we all need this together.’ It was a good talk between us.”


You can read the article here.



From the Oakland Tribune‘s “Inside the Oakland Raiders” blog:

Having watched Raiders film of recent games, Roethlisberger is particularly impressed by the play of defensive tackle Richard Seymour.

“I’ve been playing against him for awhile now and I’ve always thought that he was a marquee kind…one of those great players. But if you ask me, the film that we’ve broken down, he’s playing the best football of his career. I don’t mean that as any disrespect to how he was playing before. But he would be my choice for MVP of at least that defense. He’s wreaking havoc on everybody and everything and he seems to be rejuvenated, playing like he never has before.”


You can read the blog here.



From the Silver & Black Report:

The Oakland Raiders are aware of Roethlisberger’s scrambling ability.

Cornerback Stanford Routt stated, “He’s probably the best pump-faker in the league. He’s so big he can palm the ball in one hand and pump it all the way like, full throwing motion. Whenever you’re going against a quarterback like that, it definitely makes the receivers more effective, because anytime you can get someone to, like Michael Vick with his feet or Ben Roethlisberger with his size and pump-faking ability, anyone who can […]

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!

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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.



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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!



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“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!