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12-15-2010, 04:43 PM
Posted on December 15, 2010 (http://www.steelerslounge.com/2010/12/talking-jetssteelers-thejetsblogcoms-brian-bassett-part/) by ryan (http://www.steelerslounge.com/author/admin/)
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Back in January 2005, as the Steelers were preparing to face the Jets in the AFC Divisional game, I got an email from Brian Bassett, the guy behind TheJetsBlog.com (http://thejetsblog.com/) (which is now part of the SNY network). He suggested we do a Q and A before and after the game and even though the Jets lost in heart-breaking fashion, he kept his word. (I’ll be honest, I would have not.) You can check out those posts here (http://heelssoxsteelers.blogspot.com/2005/01/even-more-on-jets-steelers.html). (Ah, yes, the early days of blogging. It was a simpler time.)
I also talked to Brian prior to the Steelers getting Mangini’d during the 2007 season (http://www.thejetsblog.com/2007/11/16/tjb-podcast-10-ryan-wilson/), expecting full well that Pittsburgh would throttle a punchless Jets team led by Kellen Clemens. Nope. Just the opposite, in fact (enjoy that game thread (http://heelssoxsteelers.blogspot.com/2007/11/game-thread-week-10-new-york-jets.html)). So it was with some hesitation that I emailed Brian earlier this week to see if he’d talk Jets. He eagerly agreed. I’ve broken up our conversation into two posts. Part I is below, obviously, and I’ll run Part II Thursday.
Enjoy.
Ryan: There’s a big game this week between the 9-4 Jets and the 10-3 Steelers, two teams that have had their struggles of late on offense and have mostly relied on their defenses, but seem to be going in different directions. After the last two weeks, what’s the feeling in Jets land?
Brian: Total and utter ruin. Disconsolation. This is the point and time, at least this year — it always comes at some point and time — where the phrase “Same old Jets” gets trotted out. And basically what that means is that they bring you in, get you excited, and as soon as you’re like, “Wow, this is a great team,” then they start trashing your heart. Basically making you feel bad for being a Jets fan.
At least for the fans, it’s really tough. Obviously, Rex Ryan and the team are putting on a good face about it, but, you know, I was confident in 2007 that the Steelers would win that game — and I know you were … and you should have been — but I’m going into this Sunday’s game, yeah, they won some games against the likes of the Lions and the Texans, and that’s all well and good. But, right, the Patriots were their first test coming out of the marshmallow schedule and now they get the Steelers who are a much more physical, tough team than even the Patriots..............
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Back in January 2005, as the Steelers were preparing to face the Jets in the AFC Divisional game, I got an email from Brian Bassett, the guy behind TheJetsBlog.com (http://thejetsblog.com/) (which is now part of the SNY network). He suggested we do a Q and A before and after the game and even though the Jets lost in heart-breaking fashion, he kept his word. (I’ll be honest, I would have not.) You can check out those posts here (http://heelssoxsteelers.blogspot.com/2005/01/even-more-on-jets-steelers.html). (Ah, yes, the early days of blogging. It was a simpler time.)
I also talked to Brian prior to the Steelers getting Mangini’d during the 2007 season (http://www.thejetsblog.com/2007/11/16/tjb-podcast-10-ryan-wilson/), expecting full well that Pittsburgh would throttle a punchless Jets team led by Kellen Clemens. Nope. Just the opposite, in fact (enjoy that game thread (http://heelssoxsteelers.blogspot.com/2007/11/game-thread-week-10-new-york-jets.html)). So it was with some hesitation that I emailed Brian earlier this week to see if he’d talk Jets. He eagerly agreed. I’ve broken up our conversation into two posts. Part I is below, obviously, and I’ll run Part II Thursday.
Enjoy.
Ryan: There’s a big game this week between the 9-4 Jets and the 10-3 Steelers, two teams that have had their struggles of late on offense and have mostly relied on their defenses, but seem to be going in different directions. After the last two weeks, what’s the feeling in Jets land?
Brian: Total and utter ruin. Disconsolation. This is the point and time, at least this year — it always comes at some point and time — where the phrase “Same old Jets” gets trotted out. And basically what that means is that they bring you in, get you excited, and as soon as you’re like, “Wow, this is a great team,” then they start trashing your heart. Basically making you feel bad for being a Jets fan.
At least for the fans, it’s really tough. Obviously, Rex Ryan and the team are putting on a good face about it, but, you know, I was confident in 2007 that the Steelers would win that game — and I know you were … and you should have been — but I’m going into this Sunday’s game, yeah, they won some games against the likes of the Lions and the Texans, and that’s all well and good. But, right, the Patriots were their first test coming out of the marshmallow schedule and now they get the Steelers who are a much more physical, tough team than even the Patriots..............
Read more @ http://www.steelerslounge.com/2010/12/talking-jetssteelers-thejetsblogcoms-brian-bassett-part/#more-3312