Steelers Today – A Pittsburgh Steelers blog

I apologize for being late announcing this week’s haiku contest winners.  I’ve been traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, so I hope that you readers understand and forgive the delay.

The Steelers’ loss to the Ravens sparked some interesting responses.  This one is not one of this week’s winners.  But I want to share it, simply because it captures the emotions that I was feeling following the Steelers’ loss.  This haiku was submitted by James Chapdelaine:

Poop, poop, poop, poop, poop
Crappy, crappy, crappy, crap
I hate the Ravens

I couldn’t have said it better myself, James.  Well done!

The loss obviously made this week’s entries a bit less joyous than they usually are.  With that said, here are this week’s winners.

In third place, we have HP, who submitted this entry.

The biggest game yet
Defensive play says it all
Dick LeBeau showed up

In second place is Sam with this haiku.

Leftwich ran it in
And a win seemed quite likely
Could not close it out

And in first place we have this excellent haiku that was written by Paul.

Leftwich could not throw
Tomlin didn’t seem to care
Third and long thrown short

Congratulations guys!  Those were all excellent!

Next up, the Steelers face the Cleveland Browns.  It would be easy to take the Browns for granted, but that would be a mistake.  The Browns always get up for the Steelers.  And the Steelers’ injuries aren’t going to make it any easier.

Charlie Batch will be getting the start against the Browns.  And maybe Plaxico Burress will even get onto the field at some point.  This should be a good game.

Go Steelers!

The Steelers let a close one slip from their grasp.  And to add insult to injury, it happened against the hated Baltimore Ravens.  Fortunately, they get another chance at them in 2 weeks.

But in the meantime, it’s time for our weekly haiku contest.

The contest rules are simple. You must summarize the Steelers-Ravens game in a haiku.  A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that contains only 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. Typically, haiku do not rhyme.

Please note, the emphasis is on syllables, not words.  Remember, 5/7/5.

I start the competition by offering a haiku of my own. Then you readers write a haiku of your own to try to beat mine. On Thursday I will announce this week’s contest winner.  But remember, your haiku has to be better than mine.  If none of your entries are better than mine, then I can declare myself this week’s winner.

Here’s my entry:

Ravens held in check
Special teams made one bad play
Steelers lose the game

Okay readers, it’s your turn.  Lets see who can come up with the best haiku about the Steelers-Ravens game.  Your haiku must be about the game, or any other interesting topics that are directly related to the game (e.g. the historic rivalry, Byron’s injury, the throwback uniforms, etc).  You may enter the contest as many times as you like.

Any entries that do not follow the 5/7/5 format will be automatically disqualified, so remember to count your syllables.

Are you ready for some haiku?!!

It’s time to announce the winners of this week’s haiku contest.  Once again, we had some very good entries.

The entries weren’t as positive as they’ve been in past weeks.  But with the Steelers almost losing to the lowly Kansas City Chiefs, I can see why fans weren’t particularly joyful.

But despite the tone of the entries, there were some very good ones this week.  So here are this week’s winners.

In third place, we have Joel Glover, who submitted this entry.

Leftwich best days gone
Need trustworthy Quarterback
Batch the better choice

In second place is David Plaut with this haiku.

Ben carrying team
Crushed by Houston and Hali
Too much to shoulder

And in first place we have this excellent haiku that was written by Seff.

1 and 7 Chiefs
Sloppy win comes with a price
When you win, you lose

Congratulations guys!  Those were all excellent!

Next up, the Steelers face the hated Baltimore Ravens.  The injuries aren’t going to make it any easier.  Byron Leftwich is going to have to bring his “A-game” if we’re going to win this one.

Go Steelers!

The Steelers barely managed an overtime win over the Kansas City Chiefs.  It would be an understatement to say that it was a disappointing game on many levels.

The Steelers continually seem to play down to the level of the competition.  KC hadn’t led for a single second this season.  No one second!  Yet, they led for much of the game against the Steelers.

It’s frustrating seeing the Steelers struggle against losing teams like the Tennessee Titans, Oakland Raiders, and KC Chiefs.  In fact, it’s so frustrating that I’ve decided to skip my game recap this week.  Instead, I’m going to go right to the weekly haiku contest.

The contest rules are simple. You must summarize the Steelers-Chiefs game in a haiku.  A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that contains only 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. Typically, haiku do not rhyme.

Please note, the emphasis is on syllables, not words.  Remember, 5/7/5.

I start the competition by offering a haiku of my own. Then you readers write a haiku of your own to try to beat mine. On Thursday I will announce this week’s contest winner.  But remember, your haiku has to be better than mine.  If none of your entries are better than mine, then I can declare myself this week’s winner.

Here’s my entry:

The surging Steelers
Played down to competition
Almost lost the game

Okay readers, it’s your turn.  Lets see who can come up with the best haiku about the Steelers-Chiefs game.  Your haiku must be about the game, or any other interesting topics that are directly related to the game (e.g. the rainy conditions, Ben’s injury, Haley facing his former team, etc).  You may enter the contest as many times as you like.

Any entries that do not follow the 5/7/5 format will be automatically disqualified, so remember to count your syllables.

Are you ready for some haiku?!!

It’s time to announce the winners of this week’s haiku contest.  Once again, we had some very good entries.

I struggled to select this week’s winner.  I went back and forth between the first and second place entry.  In all fairness, there probably should have been a tie for first place.  But we had a tie last week, so I thought that I should probably pick a single winner this week.  So here are this week’s winners.

In third place, we have Jim, who submitted this entry.

Refs gave the Giants
a score, turnover, and more
Redman saved the day

In second place (but actually tied for first place) is Seff.

Salsa dancing Cruz
Clark has other plans for you
Alligator arms

And this week’s 1st place winner is Robert Souza, who came up with this creative beauty.

Watch evil zebras
Stalk prey on the Meadowlands
Steelers still prevail

Contratulations Robert!  That was excellent!

The Steelers now have to face the hapless KC Chiefs on Monday Night Football.   On paper, it should be an easy win.  But I think we’ve all learned that the Steelers can’t afford to take any opponent for granted.

Go Steelers!