Week 12 – Baltimore Ravens Vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

[Moderator 2]

[b]TV: NBC's [i]Sunday Night Football[/i] (Ch. 11/21 in Baltimore)[/b] Al Michaels and Chris Collingsworth[b]

National Radio: Westwood One [/b]Marv Albert (play by play), Boomer Esiason (Lead Analyst), Jim Gray (Pre-game and Half Time)[b]
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Local Radio: WBAL (1090 AM), 98 Rock (97.9 FM)[/b]Gerry Sandusky (Play-by-Play), Stan White (Offensive Analyst), Rob Burnett (Defensive Analyst)

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[b]Ravens Jersey Color:[font="Tahoma"][size="5"][color="#800080"] Purple
[b] [/b][/color][/size][/font][/b][b]Series History[/b][b]
Regular Season Series: [/b]Steelers lead, 16-10
[b]In Baltimore:[/b] Ravens are 6-7
[b]In Pittsburgh:[/b] Ravens are 4-9.[b]
Current Streak:[/b] Steelers have won 2 straight (3 including playoffs).[b]
Postseason:[/b] Steelers are 2-0, winning the 2001 Divisional game (27-10) and 2008 AFC Championship game (23-14)[left]The Ravens aim to snap a 2-game skid (3 including playoffs) against the Steelers.
Baltimore is 6-7 at home vs. the Steelers, having won 5 of 6 at home dating back to 2003.
In the month of November, the Ravens are 2-0 against the Steelers in games played in Baltimore.
The Ravens are 3-2 all time in November vs. Pittsburgh.
Baltimore is 14-18 all time in prime-time games, including 1-0 this season (16-0 win at Cleveland on [i]Monday Night Football[/i]).
The Ravens are 1-1 on NBC’s [i]Sunday Night Football[/i], beating Washington last season (24-10) and falling to Indianapolis in 2007 (20-44), with both games played in Baltimore.[/left][b]Ref Crew[/b] Pittsburgh at Baltimore – [url="http://www.football-refs.com/active-refs/ed-hochuli/"]Ed Hochuli[/url]

[left]The nation will be watching when the Baltimore Ravens host the Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday, Nov. 29, at M&T Bank Stadium. The game, which has an 8:20 p.m. kickoff, will be televised by NBC-TV. The Ravens (5-5) and the Steelers (6-4) trail the 1st place Bengals (7-3) in the AFC North.[/left]
Baltimore lost another close game last Sunday when the visiting and undefeated Colts escaped with a 17-15 victory. The Ravens managed 5 K Billy Cundiff FGs and lost after former kicker Matt Stover hit the deciding 25-yard FG with 7:02 left in the game.




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[J-man]

The game of the year.

[theFRANCHISE]

Before anyone asks about why the team isn't wearing black jerseys, it's specifically to separate them from the Steelers' black & gold; they want as many fans wearing purple in the stands as possible, and they want the players on the field looking like RAVENS and not carbon-copies of the Steelers.

Besides, almost EVERY team has a black jersey in their repertoire, and even though many of us like it for fashionable reasons, it does nothing tangible to affect their performance on the field as history has shown. The black jerseys will likely be used for the last home game of the season, or if we're lucky, next week on the road against the Packers on Monday Night Football if the league grants the team special permission. Remember, alternate uniforms can only be worn twice per season, with the exception of the original AFL teams this year in honor of the AFL's 50th anniversary.

[Jamal]

This and next weeks games will be for our seson. Like I said last week, unlike the Colts game both of these games are must-wins.

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

[size="5"][b]GameDay Weather Report[/b][/size]

Bring the jackets and gloves, its ging to be cold.

For those who are tailgating during the later day - Sunday - Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

around kickoff time

Sunday Night - Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

C'mon Ravens lets score!

[ROH522155]

Yea the game thread is up! The score to the AFC Championship game was 23-14 by the way not 24-13.

20-10

[J-man]

I'd rather have purple.

[FlaccoFlicker]

Well to our Steeler brethern on this board I hope it's a good game with no more injuries(which when we play each other is almost impossible).
Suit up Ravens and come to play this is it no more room for error

[Guest maryland1]

I would much prefer to beat the Steelers with Roethlisberger and Polamalu playing because after we win, all we'll here about from the press and sports writers is that we only beat them because Ben and Troy were out

[size="4"][font="Georgia"][color="#800080"][i][b]GO RAVENS!!![/b][/i] [/color][/font][/size]

[Moderator 2]

Well we are missing Suggs thanks to the Browns, though hopefully he feels a bit better about not playing. Its on Kelly Gregg and Ngata to block Mendanhall.


AND we have a decent ref crew--Hochuli. I may not like his all calls but he is fair and mans up if he blows it.

[J-man]

[quote name='maryland1' date='28 November 2009 - 10:04 PM' timestamp='1259463840' post='295256']
I would much prefer to beat the Steelers with Roethlisberger and Polamalu playing because after we win, all we'll here about from the press and sports writers is that we only beat them because Ben and Troy were out

[size="4"][font="Georgia"][color="#800080"][i][b]GO RAVENS!!![/b][/i] [/color][/font][/size]
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A win is a win.

[RavenRage92]

[quote name='J-man' date='28 November 2009 - 10:11 PM' timestamp='1259464268' post='295262']
A win is a win.
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I agree, take what we can get. The real win would come in Pittsburg when both of them are back.

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

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Go Baltimore. Ill be here to participate in the game thread!

[AlmostLikeLife]

I'm thinking that it will be a close game. Sure, Big Ben is out of the game, but Baltimore's secondary is really depleted, plus they've been giving up big pass plays all season. All of those guys really need to step it up, and this is the game to do so.

The LB crew really needs to play hard, too. Suggs is still out, and I'm thinking most of the run plays will flow towards Suggs' spot. Not to say that Kruger can't handle it, it just seems like a weak spot that Mendenhall might try to exploit.

Another thing, Flacco seems to have been losing some control on his passes. I've seen way too many passes this season that float over the receiver's heads, or ones that the WRs have to stretch for. With Polamalu out, it's less of an issue than it could have been coming into this game, but Flacco really needs to bring his passes down a bit.

It should be a really exciting game, and I'm looking forward to it.

Another thing I'm looking forward to is the match-up of Gaither and Harrison.

[JoeFlax]

there's no way i can wait until 8:30 for this game!!

[Jamal]

Since theres no Raven game at the moment, go Niners.

[dethdude420]

Any word on key injuries?

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

[quote name='JoeFlax' date='29 November 2009 - 12:30 PM' timestamp='1259515833' post='295464']
there's no way i can wait until 8:30 for this game!!
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Im nervous. im going to take a Long nap untill gametime!

[FlaccoFlicker]

[quote name='dethdude420' date='29 November 2009 - 02:27 PM' timestamp='1259522838' post='295579']
Any word on key injuries?
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at first i laughed thinking it was a joke(ben,troy) then i realized you ment Ravens. and none that i know of yet

[FlaccoFlicker]

I am nervous about this game every minute.Will the Ravens be ready for the way Dixon plays?Will our offense show up?

[codizzle]

[quote name='FlaccoFlicker' date='29 November 2009 - 01:48 PM' timestamp='1259524115' post='295590']
I am nervous about this game every minute.Will the Ravens be ready for the way Dixon plays?Will our offense show up?
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i dont care if we were playing MD id still be nervous with the way we've been playing this year

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

[J-man]

I'm leaving for the game in a bit. Let's go Ravens! I don't care who doesn't play, let's kick some arse.

[AlmostLikeLife]

Can't wait for this game! Let's at least split the series with them this year.

[52Kia Kaha92]

oh man, i just cant wait. I hate it when we play primetime. We have to wait too long lol

[SteelerRavenHalfbreed]

How do the tailgaiters do it with these late night games? I can't imagine it. If I were there, I'd probably be the one in the back of the van having somebody waking me up near midnight shouting "Ravens Won! Let's go home."

[FlaccoFlicker]

there been people there since 7 am!

[SteelerRavenHalfbreed]

[quote name='FlaccoFlicker' date='29 November 2009 - 05:52 PM' timestamp='1259535150' post='295707']
there been people there since 7 am!
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I know. Some of my staff are among them! I'm not sure how much work will get done tomorrow.

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

[quote name='FlaccoFlicker' date='29 November 2009 - 05:52 PM' timestamp='1259535150' post='295707']
there been people there since 7 am!
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yeah I know alot of people that started tailgating that early. I couldn't do that, my nerves just get so bad and i get so nervous. Im like that before every game, and idk why. I just have alot of pride. OFFENSE please show up to the game, please. I hope they are cooking up something special we need to put points on the board early and force Dixon to make somthing happen!!

in less than an hour, Football Night In America starts, get some pregame tidbits

[FlaccoFlicker]

lol might wanna call it a office sick day