For all the Bengals fans who are euphoric over the Steelers loss

[GMDino]

(01-19-2016, 08:01 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: I heard absolutely no mention of the play on Pittsburgh talk radio. 

The Steelers MB that I check in on has one thread addressing the topic. It 17 replies, the last being 6 hours ago. Of those 17, maybe 8 are people saying that the Steelers got hosed on that play. The other 9 are, oh well who cares, they should have played to the whistle or they should have touched him while he was down.~~pretty much how I feel.

Facebook and articles that require you to comment using your FB account are the absolute worst when it comes to gauging a fan bases reaction. Those places get the reaction of the casual know-little fan. I know FB newsfeed was FULL of people bashing the Steelers for not bringing back Troy this past offseason even though it was the right thing to do and anyone with an ounce of football intelligence knew it. 

If you'd like, I could link you to a friend of mine on Facebook who is a Bengal fan and I guarantee you that you'd be embarrassed by him and his nonsensical ramblings, misspellings, grammatical errors, and general fair-weatheredness. 

It's boards like this and various Steelers boards where you can get the true sense of what a fanbase feels. 





 

We were talking about it at work and it comes to this for the Steelers fans I know:  The Manning play was called correctly in that he was not touched and it is a judgment call on the part of the officials.  There was a sketchy DPI called on Pittsburgh and one (maybe two) NOT called on Denver.  but that didn't cost the Steelers the game, the players aren't complaining about it en masse, and the general consensus has been some calls might/will go against you and you have to overcome them to win.