One for the thumb

It has been "All Steelers, All the Time" at our house for the past two weeks. The yellow-and-black have made a great run so far and Roger's hoping the Bus and Big Ben are going to take it all the way.

Here is a quote from our favorite ESPN columnist, Bill Simmons, (taken from his column from last week, before tonight's win against Denver):

Pittsburgh seems like a team of destiny.

Look at what happened in the past six weeks. With the Steelers needing help to make the playoffs, the Chargers obliged by blowing a home game to Miami, then the Chiefs couldn't tackle Tiki Barber in the Meadowlands. So Pittsburgh ran the slate against some weak teams and grabbed the sixth seed. Heading to Cincy for Round 1, they caught a break two plays into the game when Cincy's franchise quarterback blew out his knee in 34 places, leading to a full dose of the Jon Kitna Experience. Then their nemesis (New England) self-destructed in Denver in Round 2, one night before the Steelers played in Indianapolis. With the door wide open now, they whupped the Colts for three quarters, nearly blew a big lead after a bogus call, finally clinched the game, watched in horror as the Bettis Fumble happened, and then Nick Harper cut right into Roethlisberger when he could have taken it outside for the game-winning touchdown. Yet another bullet dodged. Then Manning and Vanderjagt took care of the rest.

After all of that ... do you really think the Steelers aren't going to the Super Bowl?

The run is reminiscent of the Red Sox's 2004 run ... they're backs up against the wall, etc. In fact, the Bettis fumble kind of had that Game 4, 9th inning feel to it. And Ben's sack tantamount to Mueller's RBI?