Delayed Karma
The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday 28-20 in Heinz Field in Pennsylvania. While the game was significant because it was an AFC north division match-up and might have playoff ramifications down the road, I saw a different importance to the game. I saw another opportunity for karma to rough up the Steelers after their Super Bowl victory in January.
I was a little torn while watching this year’s Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Both Shaun Alexander, the Seahawks’ running back, and Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers’ quarterback, were on my league winning fantasy football team. As I’ve said before, since LA doesn’t have an NFL team for me to root for, I have to focus on my fantasy team.
Since Alexander played a much bigger role in my fantasy team’s success, I was slightly leaning towards Seattle. But once the game started and the refs started blowing call after call for the Steelers, I stopped rooting for the Steelers all together and stopped enjoying the game. I thought it was a shame that such a big game was being ruined.
Over the summer, when I heard that Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle accident, I couldn’t help but think it was some kind of karmic payback. But he made a full recovery and wasn’t expected to miss any part of the regular season. Then, just as the season was about to begin, I learned that the Pittsburgh QB underwent an appendectomy. It really started to look like the football gods were frowning on the Steelers.
Roethlisberger’s recovery from the surgery kept him out of the first game of the season. However, with Charlie Batch at the helm and the Pittsburgh home crowd still riding the Super Bowl high, the Steelers were able to still win. I don’t mean to sound like Earl from the NBC sitcom, but I couldn’t help wondering what karma was up to.
Things only looked brighter for the Steelers as their star quarterback would be returning to the field for week two of the football season against the Jacksonville Jaguars. But then a funny thing happened, the Jaguars dominated the Steelers with a 9-0 shut out win.
This Sunday offered another opportunity for karma to even the scales. The Steelers were able to the get to the Super Bowl last season after Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer suffered a severe knee injury during their playoff match-up. This game offered a little payback although the outcome was far from certain. Cincinnati let at half time but Pittsburgh came back to take the lead in the third quarter. However Roethlisberger and the Steelers made key mistakes in the fourth quarter and the Bengals were able to take a lead that they would not surrender.
So what does this all mean? Will the Steelers continue to lose and fail to make the playoffs? Will the Bengals go undefeated and win the Super Bowl? Probably not. But at least for one weekend, a little karmic balance was restored.
I was a little torn while watching this year’s Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Both Shaun Alexander, the Seahawks’ running back, and Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers’ quarterback, were on my league winning fantasy football team. As I’ve said before, since LA doesn’t have an NFL team for me to root for, I have to focus on my fantasy team.
Since Alexander played a much bigger role in my fantasy team’s success, I was slightly leaning towards Seattle. But once the game started and the refs started blowing call after call for the Steelers, I stopped rooting for the Steelers all together and stopped enjoying the game. I thought it was a shame that such a big game was being ruined.
Over the summer, when I heard that Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle accident, I couldn’t help but think it was some kind of karmic payback. But he made a full recovery and wasn’t expected to miss any part of the regular season. Then, just as the season was about to begin, I learned that the Pittsburgh QB underwent an appendectomy. It really started to look like the football gods were frowning on the Steelers.
Roethlisberger’s recovery from the surgery kept him out of the first game of the season. However, with Charlie Batch at the helm and the Pittsburgh home crowd still riding the Super Bowl high, the Steelers were able to still win. I don’t mean to sound like Earl from the NBC sitcom, but I couldn’t help wondering what karma was up to.
Things only looked brighter for the Steelers as their star quarterback would be returning to the field for week two of the football season against the Jacksonville Jaguars. But then a funny thing happened, the Jaguars dominated the Steelers with a 9-0 shut out win.
This Sunday offered another opportunity for karma to even the scales. The Steelers were able to the get to the Super Bowl last season after Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer suffered a severe knee injury during their playoff match-up. This game offered a little payback although the outcome was far from certain. Cincinnati let at half time but Pittsburgh came back to take the lead in the third quarter. However Roethlisberger and the Steelers made key mistakes in the fourth quarter and the Bengals were able to take a lead that they would not surrender.
So what does this all mean? Will the Steelers continue to lose and fail to make the playoffs? Will the Bengals go undefeated and win the Super Bowl? Probably not. But at least for one weekend, a little karmic balance was restored.
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