Steelers, Ravens classic missed just one thing

Published: January 15th, 2011 | Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Anquan Boldin, Baltimore Ravens, John Harbaugh, Justin Bieber, Mike Tomlin

The Steelers and Ravens entertaining slugfest disguised as a AFC divisional playoff game had it all: Vitriol. Huge plays on both sides of the ball. And actual scoring.

There was only one thing missing — overtime.

And not just any overtime, but a brand spanking new kind of overtime.

The NFL has enacted new rules for overtime this season, making sure that the game cannot end on a field goal during the first drive of the extra session. So it seemed fitting that the Steelers and Ravens would take the new rules out for a spin. At least that seemed to be the consensus on Twitter after the Ravens tied the game 24-24 with just minutes left to go.

This was like one of those Buffalo Wild Wings’ commercials, nobody wanted this game to end.

But the Ravens’ inability to hold on a third-and-19 cost us all the chance to see how Ravens coach John Harbaugh and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin would have laid down the blueprint for the new rules as the Steelers were able to pull out the win.

Though, after watching Tomlin use his team’s two challenges in the first quarter, Steelers fans are probably thankful they did not get a chance to see how that would have played out.

Instead, Twitter turned Anquan Boldin and T.J. Houshmandzadeh into trending topics after huge fourth-quarter drops by both veteran wideouts. Though both again fell just short, this time losing to #RIP JUSTIN BIEBER.

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Vikings WR Hank Baskett – A Classic Case of TMI

After Randy Moss was suddenly waived by the Minnesota Vikings, head coach Brad Childress thought us fans would take kindly to being reminded that we “still have Hank Baskett.”

Baskett has one catch for 18 yards since joining the Vikings, but his bad luck in Minnesota doesn’t stop on the football field.

His wife Kendra Wilkinson, famous for a variety of reasons, has repeatedly complained about having to travel to Minnesota in recent episodes of her reality show which regularly features Baskett (or so I hear, I’ve never watched the damn thing).  Avoiding Minnesota like the plague, and treating the State like it is toxic, has not settled well with her Minnesota fans and Baskett may be trying to smooth things over.

On a recent interview with E! Wilkinson revealed more about how their long distance relationship is working out when the host made a crack about him being influenced by the sexting Brett Favre.

“Hey, Hank’s hanging out with his own penis right now. OK?” she said. “Now we have to do the whole Skype thing.”

In addition to continuing way too far into Baskett’s love life, she revealed that his teammates constantly make fun of the wide receiver (does one catch qualify him as one?) for having a massive amount of chest hair.  While the players tell him to do something about it, Kendra prefers him the way he is.

So, there you have it.  You now know more about Brad Childress’ favorite wide out than you ever wanted to.

And, no, you are not alone.  I can’t believe I bothered to write this post either.

Next Up:  The dinner manners of Jeff Dugan

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