In the immortal words of Gandalph the Grey from Lord of the Rings, “And so it begins.”
The Steelers take to Heinz Field tomorrow to begin their run at another Super Bowl. In facing the Ravens they square off against a team that is such a mirror image of themselves that when they shave in the morning (except for Brett Keisel and his ZZ top beard) they might see somebody from the other team staring back at them in that mirror.
Rashard Mendenhall or is that Ray Rice trimming the facial hair? Derrick Mason, Anquan Boldin and TJ Houshmanzadeh getting a trim or was that Hines Ward, Mike Wallace and Manny Sanders? Lawrence Timmons and James Farrior nicking themselves with a dull razor or is it Jameel McClain and Ray Lewis dabbing the cut with a little TP?
Who might see who while brushing their teeth, Todd Heap or Heath Miller?
Lamar Woodley and James Harrison might gargle and spit only to see Terrell Suggs and Jarrett Johnson. Ed Reed and Troy, Dawan Landry and Ryan Clark.
After combing his hair in front of the mirror, might Haloti Ngata see Casey Hampton?
These teams are so evenly matched that if you add up the score from the past 17 games the totals are 302 to 302.
There’s only one man that stands separate from his counterpart in the mirror.
Ben Roethlisberger.
Is their any magic in that if #7 wins tomorrow, it will be the 7th time #7 has quarterbacked the Steelers to victory over the Ravens in his last 7 starts against the “Dirty Birds” while in the hunt for the Steelers 7th Lombardi in his 7th year in the league?
oooh…where’s my Terrible Towel?
This premise picked up a nice mention from Peter King in his “Monday Morning Quarterback” segment on Sports Illustrated.com Check it out. Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me
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I tell ya Wolf, I read that earlier this week and it just got me pumped up even more. Was there ever a better sign that the Steelers were going to pull this one out than that?
Good stuff as always!
Matt – SteelerAddicts
and this will be The SEVENTH AFC Championship game in Pittsburgh since the SEVEN-ties!
11 total.
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Wolf you,Tunch and Stan make my morningsI love the bantering between you and Tunch!the power of seven is a beautiful thing!! I believe!!keep the mojo flowing!! GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!
CHRIS NAPLES,FL.
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AND…Mr. Wolfley, as he posts this, is 52 years old. That would be 5+2=7!!!
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Big Ben wears #7
Ben is in his 7th year in the NFL
This is the Steelers 77th year in the league.
This will be the Steelers 7th Super Bowl.
If you add the numbers of Troy Polamalus jersey (4+3) you get 7.
Troy had 7 interceptions this year
Hines Ward is 34 (3+4=7)
Roethlisberger has 14 letters 2×7=14.
Big Ben’s favorite receiver Mike Wallace wears 17
I Support Big Ben’s chance to make it right. Big Ben threw 17 Td’s this year. When Ben throws 17 TD’s we have gone to the Super Bowl twice and the AFC game once.
Big Ben also has 7 TD’s in the 4th quarter (Ben has another stat with 7 in it but I didn’t add it because its one that that isn’t very good and I don’t want to jinx him).
The Steelers 7th trip to the postseason this decade (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010).
If you subtract Harrison’s number 9-2 you get 7.
Tomlin is one of only seven coaches in league history to win a Super Bowl within his first two seasons as an NFL head coach.
Here we go Steelers, here we go is 7 words
Casey Hampton has 7 total tackles in the 2nd half
Charlie Batch wears 16. If you add 1+6 is 7.
Emmanual Sanders has 7 first downs in the 4th quarter.
Dick LeBeau was inducted into the hall of fame on Aug 7, 2010.
There are 7 defensive linemen on the team Brett Kiesel, Casey Hampton, Aaron smith, Ziggy Hood, Chris Hoke, Steve McClendon and Nick Eason.
Kevin Colbert has 7 letters in his last name.
There are more. You can add to it, but only 7 at a time.
The score of the AFC game was 24 to 19
2+4+1+9 = 16
1+6 = 7
Spooky huh?
Wolf, I love your show “In the locker room” with you and Tunch! You guys do a great job! I listen to you guys every day!! I love your “power of 7″ MOJO!! .. I was at work this morning and I got my phone out to see what time it was and it said 10:51. Add the 5 and the two 1′s up and you get 7!!!. haha. Thought I would share that with you. When I saw the time, I immediately thought of the power of 7!
Pitssburgh area code-412. 4+1+2= 7!!!!!!! The power of seven!!!