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salamander
01-16-2011, 09:17 PM
By Les Carpenter, Yahoo! Sports Jan 15, 11:40 pm EST

PITTSBURGH – They would not let Ben Roethlisberger(notes) go into the windblown night. The game was won and an icy rain swirled in the stadium lights. And still nobody left. The roar of 64,879 turned into an embrace wrapping itself around the Steelers quarterback, holding him as close as a field and walls would allow.

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Edman
01-16-2011, 09:22 PM
They were right, we would be cheering him again.

salamander
01-16-2011, 09:23 PM
Just think if #7 leads us to #7!

Psycho Ward 86
01-16-2011, 10:51 PM
Just think if #7 leads us to #7!

#43 got us to Superbowl 43 with his pick-6 in the AFCCG...i dont see why not :)

Merchant
01-16-2011, 11:39 PM
Good read. Nice to see an article with substance as opposed to a regurgitation of the same old crap.

crcsnail
01-17-2011, 04:01 PM
PITTSBURGH – They would not let Ben Roethlisberger(notes) go into the windblown night. The game was won and an icy rain swirled in the stadium lights. And still nobody left. The roar of 64,879 turned into an embrace wrapping itself around the Steelers quarterback, holding him as close as a field and walls would allow.


Nobody wanted to let go.

And Pittsburgh loved him again.


It was less than six months ago that he stood nervously in the gymnasium at St. Vincent’s College in nearby Latrobe, terrified at what awaited him from the gantlet of fans lined up on the first day of training camp. It was a day he sought comfort from Hines Ward(notes), his best receiver and biggest critic, aware his behavior had turned into a problem, that a police report from Milledgeville, Ga., was so awful that he had broken the most absolute of affections: that Steelers fan love.


But they did cheer him anyway that day, just as they stood and waved and clapped on Saturday as he tried to finish an interview with the CBS announcers. A technician grumbled that the noise was too loud for the audio to be heard. Nobody cared. A fan held a sign that read: “No. 7 lead us to No. 7,” an allusion to the six Super Bowls the Steelers have already won.


Roethlisberger must have seen it behind the television camera. He nodded that way.



great bit at the end with rooneys comment . gotta love the rooneys :)



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steelerdude15
01-17-2011, 10:11 PM
Wow, that was a great read. Kudos for posting it. I'm glad to see another positive story written about him and not only that, but a national source.

X-Terminator
01-17-2011, 11:30 PM
Sorry, already posted. Merged with existing thread.