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T-Rac’s Live Twitter Blog: Broncos vs. Steelers Week 9

November 9th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | No Comments | Filed in Live Twitter Blog

8:56:33 PM: Sorry I am way late. Eating dinner. I see I didnt miss much. Denver up 3-0 7:15 left in the 1st Quarter

8:59:37 PM: “Josh McDaniels is using his old playbook tonight!” ~Gruden. Yeah, I think he uses it every game actually

9:10:38 PM: THe Broncos are the 2008 Tennessee Titans. I wonder if they’ll collapse in the playoffs in the same way? And start 2010 at 0-6?

9:15:51 PM: uh oh, that’s a touchdown. Tyrone Carter just OWNED Kyle Orton

9:19:57 PM: So true RT @DJGalloESPN: You’d think Tom Brady would be the one doing an ad about sensitive skin.

9:20:28 PM: Last 3 touchdowns for the Steelers are scored by the defense. You know why? Because Ben Roethlisberger is a winner.

9:24:50 PM: THROW TO SCHEFFLER (more…)

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Schadenfreude: The last chance at football joy

October 22nd, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 7 Comments | Filed in T-Rac Circle of Hatred

scha⋅den⋅freu⋅de (pronounced /ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/, German pronunciation: is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

The Titans are 0-6 and judging by their recent 59-0 loss, not getting any better. Our beloved Coach has pissed off half the fanbase by wearing a Peyton Manning jersey in public. Our QB of the future can’t beat out a 37 year old journeyman who was drafted BEFORE Eddie George had even won the Heisman Trophy. The Titans don’t only suck. They are the laughingstock of the NFL.

So, why continue to watch football? What is the point of trooping on? Well, outside of fan support, there is one thing that can still bring joy to the heart of angry Titans fans: Shadenfruede.

Nothing can bring joy quite like your opponent completely failing. Except maybe a Super Bowl. And a winning team. Okay, forget that. Plenty of things bring greater joy than a hated team completely failing. However, THIS season, the 2009 NFL season, for a Titans fan, nothing can bring joy quite like the failure of others. There are many already existing storylines of Shadenfreude along with many potential ones as well. I will cover them all. Why? Because I’m tired of reflecting on 59-0. Time to hate everybody else.

Current Joyful Failures

Storyline of Hateful Joy #1: The collapse of the almighty Jets and pretty boy Mark Sanchez: This one is an amazing story. At the beginning of the year pretty much everyone said, “The Jets will suck.” I predicted them at 3-13. Well, they came out looking amazing. A top defense and a powerful running game along with the pretty boy savior QB not making huge mistakes led the Jets to a 3-0 record. The Jets looked like they could be division champs. Then they went down to New Orleans and Sanchez played like dogshit. Nobody blinked. It happens. The Superdome is hard to play in, blah blah blah. Well then on Monday Night Football the Miami Dolphins Wildcatted (fuck yeah it’s a verb) the shit out of the VAUNTED JETS DEFENSE and won 31-27. Ah yes. Well it happens. Miami played a great game.

But then….

5 interceptions!!!!! AGAINST THE BILLS!! HAHAHA YOU’RE RUNNING GAME GAVE YOU 300 YARDS RUSHING AND YOU STILL LOST DIRTY SANCHEZ!!! HOW DOES IT FEEL!!! 5 Interceptions in 29 attempts. That is 1 interception every 6 pass attempts. OH I LOVE IT!! SUCK ON IT YOU OVERRATED PRETTY BOY!!! How’s that “alpha male” bullshit working out now, Dilfer? Oh man, I love it. Fail you over-privileged assmunch. FAIL.

So gay...

So gay...

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Posse Review: Titans vs. Steelers Week 1

September 11th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | No Comments | Filed in Posse Review
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The Titans should be embarrassed by how sloppy they played

My stomach hurts.

This was painful to watch. I tried writing this last night, couldn’t do it, and now am back this morning. Still hurting. And here it goes. A review of last night’s game.

My Doghouse

  • Penalties: Why? Why? Why? WHY DID WE GET 4 ILLEGAL FORMATION PENALTIES!?!? It seemed to happen in a couple REALLY important situations too, like on 3rd and short that we would convert, then out comes the flag. It’s sloppy and ridiculous. What exactly was the point of the preseason?
  • Special Teams: Once again, WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE PRESEASON!?!?! At no point did Finnegan return punts for any meaningful amount of time if it all (I did not watch every minute of preseason so he may have played when I missed a game) in preseason and yet he was our return guy? He wasn’t good, and it feels like the Titans are just begging for him to get hurt. Why risk him if he isn’t that good? And he was BAAAD. On top of that we got destroyed in field position. I said in the PosseCast previewing the game that it only takes one bad punt from Hentrich in a bad spot to hurt us, and last year he had a lot of shanked punts. Sure enough, he shanked it in a crucial spot. Then, of course, the kicking game was really, really bad. Bad snap on the first field goal, then to give up a block on the 2nd field goal… That’s just inexcusable. INEXCUSABLE. We had a kick blocked in preseason!! Why does it then happen again 2 weeks later!!
  • Chuck Cecil: I do not like to question playcalling. It’s something that I think is amateur and easy to do when a play happens to not work, when there are 20,000 other factors that go into why plays do and do not work. But after the Kearse sack and it is 3rd and 12, you can’t rush only 3. That plays right into Ben Roethlisberger’s strength and our weakness. It was such a dumb move in terms of general strategy. We got good pressure with 4. Not transcendant, but good. But on 3rd and 12, you HAVE to make sure you get pressure. You have to make Roethlisberger throw a quick pass for short yardage. We did that on 3rd and 7 earlier, we blitzed and got to him, he hit the hor route, which was a 4 yard dump to Hines Ward that we easily got to. 4th and 2, Steelers punt. Then, in Overtime, to sit in the same defense while the Steelers just march down on us… This might be second guessing a bit but, you have to change it up. You have to go for the big play. It’s overtime. One field goal and we’re done. “Bend, but don’t break,” does not work in overtime.
  • Mike Heimerdinger: 23 rushes. 23. That makes no sense to me.
  • Chris Hope: Blew two HUGE plays on the Touchdown drive. One will happen. But two on the same drive is inexcusable for a pro bowler.
  • Clock Management: Bad. Just bad. It ended up okay due to Hines Ward’s fumble, but how do we not get it to the 2 minute warning before punting, at least?
  • Nick Harper: Old and slow. Can only play zone. Bigger weakness than I expected, and I expected him to be a weakness. (more…)

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T-Rac Live Game Chat: Week 1 – Tennessee Titans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

September 10th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 2 Comments | Filed in Live Gameday Chat

So it is finally here. Game time.

Come on in and chat with us while the game is going on. Screw the Steelers.

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Blogger Wars: Titans vs. Steelers

September 10th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 5 Comments | Filed in Blogger Wars

I told you we would be having an email battle with bloggers for rival teams, and this week is obviously the Steelers. Donald from Steelers Today was who we did eBattle with this game.

Donald, as stated on his site, feels he crushed me. I feel differently. I think I tried to be civil and he shot back with analysis that… well… its filled with a lot of typical Pittsburghian (a Peter King word) irrationality. I’ll let you decide.

My first email:

So, Steelers Today, as you know the Titans and the Steelers open the NFL season this Thursday. I find this appropriate because I felt last year we were the two best teams in the NFL and  going into this year, I see no reason for this not to be the case again. So lets cut to the chase. This is why I think the Titans will be the victorious team on Thursday:

1) Line domination: When we won last year, it was all because our Offensive Line held serve against your insanely good defense enough for Chris Johnson to get some daylight and for Kerry Collins to get a pass in on a Polamalu misread. On defense, our line dominated your struggling Offensive Line, the closest thing the 2008 Steelers had to an Achilles Heel, and this was WITHOUT Albert Haynesworth. I really see no reason why this won’t happen again. The same units are lining up for the Titans on both sides, and I doubt your Offensive Line has improved enough to keep Big Ben upright.

2) Improved Offense: We were able to put up 31 points with our offense last year, and our offense this year is drastically improved. While I do not think we will get 31 points again, I could see us reaching 24 points with our improved weapons, and I don’t think your offense can put up that many on our defense.

3) Special Teams: The Titans almost always win the special teams battle, and I feel the Steelers always are below average on special teams themselves. In a game with two teams as close as these two are, special teams always seems to play a role. I give that edge to the Titans.

4) Terrible Towels Crush it, LenDale. Crush it.

You disagree with any of this, Steelers Today?

His response back to me and my well thought out and brilliant points though, was this: (more…)

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PosseCast: Titans vs. Steelers Preview

September 9th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | No Comments | Filed in PosseCasts

I am joined by Lando and we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Titans and how each unit, Offense, Defense, and Special Teams, will fair in the game tonight. I also wrote a post with my thoughts here, so take your pick of whether to read or whether to listen. Or both. Preferably both.

So take a listen and then join us Thursday Night for our Live Chat during the game.

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Posse Preview Week 1: Titans vs. Steelers

September 8th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 12 Comments | Filed in Posse Preview

2 days. We are 2 days away from the first game of the NFL season. To open the regular season, we are stuck with playing the returning champion Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s a game I both dread and look forward to. So, without further stalling, lets preview it:

Strengths for the Titans

  • Controlling the Line of Scrimmage: Any good Tennessee Titans team starts and ends with this. Our Offensive Line is generally acknowledged as top 3 in the league and will remain so barring a major injury. The Steelers defense is extremely impressive, but our line showed last year that they are good enough to get Chris Johnson some space and Kerry Collins enough time to make a decision. So while we obviously won’t dominate the line of scrimmage offensively, we’ll at least hold serve and possibly control it for a drive or two. The big question mark is on the Defensive Line. While we are talented and deep, there is a question of whether we can dominate as our D-Line has for the past 2 years. Pittsburgh has a weak Offensive Line and while their O-line is expected to improve, nobody expects it to be a top unit. Our D-Line MUST take advantage of this or we will be in some trouble.
  • Running the Ball: We’re a better running team than Pittsburgh. This can be neutralized by how good Pittsburgh’s run defense is, but I don’t think it will be enough. If our running game can get us to 3rd and 3 or better, we have enough of a passing game to convert these with some regularity. I know we won’t get our usual yards rushing, but to expect 3 yards a carry is not ridiculous, and could be enough to keep the Steelers defense on their toes.
  • Tight End: We will need to use all 3 of our Tight Ends in different ways to help out the Receiving Corps. Cook, if he is fully healthy, could be the X factor, as his speed will be unexpected coming from that position. I imagine the Tight End will be Collins’ first look on 3rd downs, and even with our O-Line you rarely get a 2nd look against this defense so our Tight Ends will need to come to play.

Weaknesses for the Titans (more…)

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PosseCast: AFC North Preview and lots of other crap

July 30th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 1 Comment | Filed in PosseCasts

I am joined by my good friend Andrew all the way from Los Angeles to preview the AFC North. Andrew is a diehard Cleveland Browns fan and loves the NFL. The first thing we tackle in the AFC North is whether or not Michael Vick got raped in prison. We also discuss LeBron James, the Cowboys, Drew Bennett’s glorious retirement with the Ravens, Billy Volek’s falling out with Jeff Fisher, our Superbowl picks, and a little bit on the AFC North.

This is the first installment in our Divisional Preview PosseCasts. Hopefully we will have a guest for every division. We’ll see how it actually plays out.

Take a listen, I bet you’ll like it.

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100 DAY COUNTOWN TO STEELERS GAME!!

June 2nd, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 1 Comment | Filed in Tennessee Titans

For those in a stupor trying to wring entertainment out of watching the Lakers sweep the Magic or Baseball Tonight (I am assuming you don’t watch actual baseball games, nobody does), take heart. Why?

Because we are only 100 days from playing the Steelers. 100 days. Sweet mercy that sounds good.

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