voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/4/2008
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By the end of this morning's open locker room, every Redskins player was being asked about the Pittsburgh fan invasion. You know, the one that prompted Michael Wilbon to write this: The Steelers left town with a victory, with Roethlisberger also smiling and not seriously hurt, and with the ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/4/2008
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(By John McDonnell - TWP) So about those
terrible towels. Lots of 'em, right? Loud, right? "We...
actually went silent count one or two times out there," Chris Samuels said. "I mean, Jason called it so we had to basically obey it." Wait, that was the ...
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Steelers Fans Force Redskins Into Silent Count
misterirrelevant.com - 11/4/2008
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misterirrelevant.com —
As you know, the Redskins went with all-burgundy
last night for the first time since, like, ever....
As you also know, they got their asses whipped by the visiting Steelers. So it’s amusing to look at the changing perspective of our commentariat ...
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Vote or Don’t: Skins Uniform Variations
washingtontimes.com - 11/3/2008
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washingtontimes.com —
Tim Lemke ( Contact ) Monday, November 3,
2008 Sen. Barack Obama would never admit it, but...
he needs the Washington Redskins to lose Monday night to the Pittsburgh Steelers to become president. Political pundits can talk ad nauseam about his rousing ...
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Redskins Rule ideal for 'Monday Night'
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NEWS AND NOTES
Mondesi's House —
... --So how many Steeler fans were in D.C. last night? Estimates are as high as 60-40. [DC Sports Bog] --Michael Wilbon talks about Byron Leftwich, who beat his hometown team last night. [Washington Post] --Great article on the underappreciated Darryl Sydor from Mark Madden, who also mentions the words "quarterback controversy" in talking about the Steelers. [WXDX/Mark Madden] --Here's the "horrible" photos from the New York Marathon that Howard Stern's been talking about all week. I must agree, he's looked better. [NY Daily ...
Please Take Wilbon’s Column Away
Mr. Irrelevant —
... We’re tired of reading about the Steelers fans at FedEx Field last night and hardly ever read Michael Wilbon’s columns anymore, so I would’ve missed this had it not been for the Bog. To quote Wilbon: ...
Watch Out, Everybody! Santana Moss Is Looking For Us!
D.C. Steeler Nation —
Embarrassed that the Steelers wrecked their shit and that Pittsburgh fans overwhelmed FedEx Field, Redskins players were none too happy about playing in front of a less than fully receptive crowd in their home stadium. In particular, Redskins receiver Santana Moss was vocal on the subject: "I'm like are those yellow towels for us or for them?" Santana Moss said. "I really scratched my head about it, because I've never seen it done, especially at FedEx, to have someone come into our home and almost have more fans than we ...
WEDNESDAY MORNING ONE-PER-CLUB ONE-LINERS
ProFootballTalk.com —
... of the year so far when the Giants come to town Sunday. Redskins players think about half their fans sold their tickets to Monday night’s game to Steelers fans. Bears return man Devin Hester ...
Election Maps, Steelers and Great Authors
Sean's Ramblings —
... not the team lost handily to Pittsburgh on Monday night; it’s the fact that there were thousands of Steelers fans in attendance. Personally, I thought there were a larger percentage of Steelers fans at the game I attended in Jacksonville earlier this season (I thought about 25%) than at Monday’s game, but I have seen some people put the percentage of Steelers fans on Monday as high as 30%. Much more about this as well as some fun comments from Washington fans on the DC Sports Bog here, ...
Pregame Zone Blitz: Steelers at Redskins
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... I always get a kick out of stories about the Steelers fans traveling to road games, but when we (the fans) are able to force teams to change their offenses based on our turnout, you feel nothing but pride. ...
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voices.washingtonpost.com 11/6/2008 — (By John McDonnell - TWP) (Last time.) Let's take one more crack at this issue, because a lot of people have written about this elsewhere, and I got a bit more info. * First off, concerning StubHub. The Redskins are one of six NFL franchises with ...
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voices.washingtonpost.com 11/17/2008 — There are those who accuse the media of over-hyping the great Pittsburgh invasion of Nov. 3. Guilty as charged. But still, to see how the world has changed in the two weeks since that nationally televised affront, talk to season ticket holder Jared ...
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Please Take Wilbon’s Column Away
misterirrelevant.com 11/5/2008 — We’re tired of reading about the Steelers fans at FedEx Field last night and hardly ever read Michael Wilbon’s columns anymore, so I would’ve missed this had it not been for the Bog . To quote Wilbon:
“Leftwich might have ...
Redskins Better Do It Now!
ballhype.com 11/14/2008 — The Redskins find themselves, 8PM Sunday night, in a huge make or break game. This game resembles the feeling of all the must wins the end of the past 2 seasons having to win out to make the playoffs. Even though the Redskins are 6-3 and could afford a loss, there is so much fan and ...
HALL TO THE REDSKINS
profootballtalk.com 11/7/2008 — Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that cornerback DeAngelo Hall has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Washington Redskins.
We’ve confirmed the news, and we’re told that it’s for the same prorated $1 million salary he ...
Redskins 2008 Schedule Review: Band Two
curlyr.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — Verdict: not so hot Original bands Band one review: games 1-5 Band two review: games 6-9 Continuing with my Tony Almeida inspired banding of the Redskins 2008 schedule , band two did not come out so well. If you will recall Tony Almeida and I ...
Obama Is Waving His Terrible Towel
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/4/2008 — Mike Tomlin and the Steelers pick up the Obama endorsement. (Reuters) Sen. Barack Obama is probably grateful that Redskins players have gone out stumping for him, and maybe he'll send them a fruit basket or something if he becomes the next president ...
Zorn Addresses Injuries —
Redskins Insider 11/4/2008
We'll break Jim Zorn's press conference into two parts - injuries and other stuff (pretty scientific, eh?). I'll start with injuries. We've covered most of this, but here's the take from the head hip-hip hoorayer: He expects corner Shawn Springs and ...
Lessons Learned on Monday Night —
Redskins Insider 11/4/2008
This game brought to light issues we had already mentioned as being the most important of the second half of the season. The NFL's best defense has a way of taking some smaller fissures and making them appear huge. Few teams have the talent in the ...
Zorn on Play-Calling, Noise, the Bye -- and More —
Redskins Insider 11/4/2008
Jim Zorn spent a fair amount of time going over the seven sacks, visiting team crowd noise, protection problems, etc. At times he said the scheme and formations he chose failed to call for all of the blitzers to be picked up, and at other times his ...
