Comments on: Go Steelers!

By: The Cathedral of Learning | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine

The Cathedral of Learning | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:39:23 +0000

[...] just got back from Pittsburgh, a city famous for honoring football players along with Fathers of our country. Apparently they recently won some sort of sporting contest, so [...]

By: Stan

Stan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:31:38 +0000

Football officials make very unpopular calls all the time. To claim that they were afraid to reverse the call is ludicrous. The situation was like the current play review policy – if there’s not indisputable evidence that the wrong call was made, the ruling on the field stands.

By: Sixburgh

Sixburgh — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:35:52 +0000

It is as widely debated as the single bullet theory, particularly in Pgh and Oakland. The debate’s been raging for years. Recently I found a clip on YouTube done by NFL Films which pretty clearly shows that the correct call was made. Nice to have proof after all this time.

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:36:20 +0000

Sounds similar to the magic bullet controversy… I watched the game at a party hosted by a Steelers fan who wore a “lucky helmet” on a chain around his neck. I for one was sure glad the Steelers won…

By: jackd

jackd — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:10:35 +0000

I’ve flown into Pittsburgh at least six or seven times in the last ten years, but I’ve never seen those statues. The Fred Rogers display and the dinosaur skeleton, yes, but not those guys.

By: Julianne

Julianne — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:09:36 +0000

Kevin — I can totally recognize the “fairness doctrine” issues, but I spent the first couple decades of my life in Pittsburgh, and I just can’t give it up. Throughout the 70′s, the Steelers gave Pittsburgh something to be proud of, in the midst of the fall of the US steel industry, the closure of local mines, and the subsequent economic fallout. It’s still the same. Last time the Steelers were in the Super Bowl, they held a rally in Pittsburgh the week before, and thirty-frakkin-thousand people showed up. That is the sign of a town that loves its team. (The Seahawks were in the same game, and a large fraction of the city didn’t seem to even notice).

By: Mandeep

Mandeep — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:11:28 +0000

In response to Tomkow: i actually didn’t watch the game (too busy removing psf’s from DES 62-chip simulations etc. .. in fact, to be honest, don’t think i’ve watched a football game since junior high), but i for one am *glad* that the CV authors post whatever they want, here (and a large fraction of it *is* science still) .

In a typical day, i don’t have time to visit many blogs, CV and Tommaso Dorigo’s (http://dorigo.wordpress.com/, more heavily particle physics), may be the only ones, and i’m glad to be made aware at least a teeny bit of things outside of the science world, through at least whatever interests the CV authors have.. :->

By: Kevin Runnels

Kevin Runnels — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:39:49 +0000

Sure, root for the team that already had 5 Super Bowl wins and going for a record 6th – instead of for one of the oldest NFL franchises to have never won a Super Bowl. Please don’t be who I thought you weren’t.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:41:21 +0000

Wow, what a game. Sorry we didn’t get to see an all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl, but congrats to the Stillers.

By: Brad H

Brad H — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:55:55 +0000

In the picture, the statue of Harris looks rather embarrassed. Perhaps this is a tacit
admission of the controversy surrounding his catch Anyone care to wager whether
a raiders fan was actually commissioned to do the statue…