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Steelers Pull Through; Crain Has Heart Attack

01/16/2006 01:25 PM Filed in: Football

Yesterday’s playoff game between the Steelers and the Colts was absolutely ridiculous. After seemingly clinching the game with 1:25 left in the fourth by stopping Manning at the two-yard line on fourth down, Pittsburgh was just one Jerome Bettis touchdown run away from wiping out Indianapolis and heading to the AFC Championship for the second time in two years.

Then, the unthinkable happened: Bettis, owner of some of the best hands in the NFL, fumbled the ball.
Seconds earlier I had been jumping up and down with elation, proclaiming the Steelers greatness to all four walls of my deserted living room. Now I sat on the couch, mouth agape, as I looked on in anticipation to see Ben Roethlisberger make an amazing tackle in the open field to save the Steelers’ season.

Now it’s on to the AFC Championship. My only request is that it be just a little less intense; I don’t know if my heart can take two games in a row of that. After it was over, I felt like I had just played in the game instead of sitting on the couch and participating in the rigorous exercise of adjusting the volume on the remote.

Tags: Steelers, Jerome Bettis, Ben Roethlisberger