0 Gradkowski grabs winning TD to cruise past the Steelers! Posted by DieHardFans | at 2:33 AM

If the Steelers season was fading following their three-point loss to the Ravens last week, this loss to the Oakland Raiders officially puts their year on life support. For what seems to have been the theme of the 09 season, the defense again was letdown in the fourth quarter, as they allowed Bruce Gradkowski to carve them up for a touchdown drive with 9 seconds left for a 27-24 loss. “You know, really not a lot needs to be said in regards to how that game ended,” Mike Tomlin said. “I’m not going to make any excuses for it. We didn’t make a play. We didn’t make a play to win that football game defensively.” You can say that again. The defense allowed big plays one after another, and in the end, they had a chance to easily win it but rookie DB Joe Burnett dropped an easy interception that would have bailed out the Steelers against a team that is simply not that good. Instead, they now have lost four straight for the first time since the 2003 season.

They have four games left, but right now the playoffs look like light years away. Tomlin, who in his second year led the team to the Super Bowl, now has to answer the question about how to keep the team together amid all the issues they are having on and off the field. The Steelers looked to have the game won when Ben Roethlisberger threw an 11-yard score to Hines Ward with 1:56 left to take a 24-20 lead. The defense allowed Oakland three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, this after allowing just two field goals in the first three quarters. Roethlisberger was 18-for-24 for 278 yards with two TD’s and another end zone pick. Rashard Mendenhall ran for 103 yards and a score as well. Now, the 6-6 club will be in Cleveland on Thursday.

0 Dallas Cowboys Stadium Posted by DieHardFans | at 12:04 PM

The hyper Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones can’t stop flaunting his renovated stadium. Of course, he has all the reasons in the world to flaunt because, if you look at it nobody has ever come up with an idea like this and even if they did come up with an idea they weren’t able to implement it. But Jerry did it. The stadium now holds the capacity of more than 82,000 seats, with 20,000 standing-room space. They are hoping to break an NFL regular-season attendance record (102,368) set in 1957.

Jones brags about the seven acres of plaza space outside the end zone entrances, with its green space and fountains, "Oceanfront property". He was also proud to brag about the frit treatment in the sloping glass walls, which change colors depending on the light. When it is cloudy outside, the Dallas Cowboys renovated stadium looks silver and on a clear day, it’s blue just like their official team’s color.

The most amazing thing about this new renovated stadium is the $40 million video board, suspended 90 feet above the field with four screens; stretches nearly 60 yards and weighs 600 tons. It is seven stories, attached to the stadium's signature arches, which also houses tracks for a translucent retractable roof. The stadium is also to host the 2010 NBA All-Star Game and the Super Bowl in 2011 — proving itself the nation's premier multipurpose facility because there have been no compromises in its design.