STEELERS FAN WHO HAD HEART ATTACK DURING 2006 PLAYOFF GAME HAS ANOTHER ONE SUNDAY NIGHT

"At least this time, I had pre-dialed '9' and '1' at the start of the fourth quarter," Paul Brenneman says."But the Steelers gotta stop doing this to me."

STEELERS WINNERS AND LOSERS: PITTSBURGH/INDIANAPOLIS

Winners: James Harrison and Troy Polamalu, Antonio Brown, Heath Miller. And Troy Polamalu. And did I mention Troy Polamalu?

Losers: The running game, Jonathan Scott, Roethlisberger fumble, Roethlisberger fumble, Roethlisberger interception

INDY-BASED STEELERS FANS HOPE FOR 'CRUSHING' WIN AGAINST THE COLTS THIS SUNDAY

"All the news here is Peyton, Peyton, Peyton," fan says. "I hope the Steelers kill the [expletives]."


INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana branch of Steelers Nation is quietly but hopefully cheering for a Steelers victory when the teams meet Sunday night.

Elle Dolan, a forty-something safety manager, is outspoken on the matter. "God, they just won't shut up about the Colts," she said. "First it was all the coverage about hosting the Super Bowl this year, then they were all talking about how the Colts could play in their hometown."

But then came Peyton Manning's neck surgeries, which included a stem-cell treatment in Europe. "You'd think the fate of the nation rested on his ability to play," Dolan complains. "It leads the news every night. I mean every night. I can't stand it anymore. I hope the Steelers kill the [expletives]."

Part of Dolan's animosity stems from the 2006 AFC Championship game, when Indy and Pittsburgh met. "On the Friday before, my company had a 'wear your football gear to work' event. My whole department was going to wear our Steelers stuff, but then the higher-ups said it could be Colts clothes only. I don't know what the bastards were so afraid of --- oh wait, that's right, they lost. And then we won the Super Bowl."

But Dolan is willing to put up with at least one Colts fan. "If one of them wants to give me their tickets, I'm willing to use them," she said. "I don't want them to have to sit through another loss this season."

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN WORRY, "YOU KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BLAME US FOR THIS"

HEALTH DEPARTMENT: NO PROBLEMS WITH AIR AT HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL

25 students had reported burning eyes and throats the day before; "We believe this is a massive case of 'he who smelt it dealt it,'" spokesman Guillermo Cole says

OBAMA TELLS NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS THAT JOBS BILL WILL CREATE 19,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN STATE

Many in crowd wonder why they are bothering with college

RASHARD MENDENHALL DENIES 9/11 PRE-GAME CEREMONIES TOOK PLACE

STEELERS WINNERS AND LOSERS: PITTSBURGH/BALTIMORE

Winners: The Budweiser commercial where the Clydesdales bow their heads, but certainly nothing the Steelers did

Losers: Roethlisberger's turnovers, all the other turnovers, fighting, bad defense

MOCKINGBURGH POLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TROY POLAMALU'S NEW CONTRACT?

13% - Great, we have him for four more years

87% - You mean we might lose him in four years?

MOCKINGBURGH POLL: WHICH WILL HAPPEN FIRST?

A) Joe Paterno retires

B) Sidney Crosby retires

IN CENTRAL PA, REPETITIVE FLOOD COVERAGE INTERRUPTED ONLY BY PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Most residents now hoping for a power outage

MOCKINGBURGH POLL: ANTONIO BROWN'S TOUCHDOWN CELEBRATIONS

For the second time in two games, Antonio Brown got an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for dancing in the end zone after a touchdown. What do you think about this?

87% - That is not the Steelers way

13% - He shouldn't have done it, but I'd still rather watch him dance instead of Chaz Bono

MOCKINGBURGH POLL: OBAMA VS. THE FOOTBALL GAME

Next Thursday, the President will address a joint-session of Congress at the same time as the NFL kickoff game. Which one will you watch?

87% - The football game

13% - I'm going to say Obama's speech, but only because I don't want to admit to watching the Packers