Showing posts with label Troy Polamalu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Troy Polamalu. Show all posts
On the football, he is about knocking heads off & picking off passes...off it @tpolamalu is
an educated and deeply spiritual person. A recent blog by him...Follow him at one of the many places listed below..This should dispel any notion that underneath that uniform there lies a quiet humble dude....
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Hey, everyone. This afternoon I took time to share a small thought on twitter, and was happy to have it start some discussion with fans who are following me. If you saw the tweet, you may have noticed others talking about some private messages I was sending to clarify what I had originally sent.
I’m not an argumentative person, and twitter would be the LAST place where I would want to publicly give the impression that I was debating people. So, I thought I’d take time to write a post (something a little longer than 140 characters) that would let anyone see the direct message perspective I enjoyed sharing with the folks on twitter who were talking back to me.
From my theological study, and I certainly don’t know everything about the koine Greek, the abbreviations XΣ, XP, and XC were ancient symbols that the early church used to represent the word “Christ” and not “X.” In all ancient icons, nowhere is Christ symbolized by “X” alone. Nowhere in the Greek language or Church history is the letter “X” a symbol or representative of Christ. In English, of course, it stands for unknown.
I know this is something that has been debated for years, and both perspectives can quote their own wikipedia articles. The main opinion I want to emphasize (which is hard to do in 140 characters) is our need to recognize the origin of the Christmas season. I think most people can appreciate the importance of preventing materialism from replacing the observance of a ritual that is important to so many people’s faith.
So forgive me as I continue to figure out the best way to use twitter. I know it’s not going to be a place where I fight or debate. I don’t mind it being a place where I can connect with more people.
Thanks for interacting with me.
You folks are great!
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Hey, everyone. This afternoon I took time to share a small thought on twitter, and was happy to have it start some discussion with fans who are following me. If you saw the tweet, you may have noticed others talking about some private messages I was sending to clarify what I had originally sent.
I’m not an argumentative person, and twitter would be the LAST place where I would want to publicly give the impression that I was debating people. So, I thought I’d take time to write a post (something a little longer than 140 characters) that would let anyone see the direct message perspective I enjoyed sharing with the folks on twitter who were talking back to me.
From my theological study, and I certainly don’t know everything about the koine Greek, the abbreviations XΣ, XP, and XC were ancient symbols that the early church used to represent the word “Christ” and not “X.” In all ancient icons, nowhere is Christ symbolized by “X” alone. Nowhere in the Greek language or Church history is the letter “X” a symbol or representative of Christ. In English, of course, it stands for unknown.
I know this is something that has been debated for years, and both perspectives can quote their own wikipedia articles. The main opinion I want to emphasize (which is hard to do in 140 characters) is our need to recognize the origin of the Christmas season. I think most people can appreciate the importance of preventing materialism from replacing the observance of a ritual that is important to so many people’s faith.
So forgive me as I continue to figure out the best way to use twitter. I know it’s not going to be a place where I fight or debate. I don’t mind it being a place where I can connect with more people.
Thanks for interacting with me.
You folks are great!
Troy
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Twitter Person of the Week- @Troyshair
(The 'Hair' tied up in pregame....)
Of course he is the star of these commercials..Which have grown on me....
On the football field is where he has his most impact though....
To quote Terrell Suggs:
" "Everybody watching TV at home, everybody in the stadium, you all know it you see 43 at the line, four-minute offense, he's coming. It was just like, I hope we have a plan. It just didn't feel good when I saw that hair at the line."
TroysHair is a great follow on Twitter though. He manages to tweet in between plays and keep us abreast of the game as well as interactions with the fans and foes alike.
Troyshair is the 'alter ego' of Troy Polamalu. He is NOT the actual player..(Shhhhhhhh, don't tell the League that though. We might get fined if he finds out that TroysHair is actually cool with Troy.)
Follow him here...
Steelers game against the Raiders....@Steelers..#steelers..A lil recap & PLENTY OF PICTURES that I took..
Okay, NORMALLY, I would comment on the game 'lightly' as I probably have already covered it PRETTY well on my main Twitter or on Facebook. Since I was actually AT THE GAME, I couldn't do that. I was too busy watching, taking flicks and enjoying the game to do much of the former honestly. So you get that here and all the pictures I am going to post up are ones I took myself. So you can have a better understanding of why (how) I could POSSIBLY say what I am about to say....
I normally don't like to say the 'League' is out to get ANYONE. However....
....14 times we got called for penalties for a franchise-record 163 yards..
...Four straight plays we got called for penalties. Oh we kicked behind but that doesn't make this RIGHT. That is RIDICULOUS. I won't cry about the calls WE DIDN'T GET but I will complain about the calls we had CALLED against us when it was that way ALL THE AROUND. @ THE PLAY ON THE FIELD. Just terrible...It got so bad that I started FOCUSING ON OLE BUDDY UP TOP (He was the one throwing the majority of the flags..) after each play. Sure enough, like Quick Draw McDraw, he had his hand on his flag, consulting with the other refs to see if he could THROW HIS FLAG..It was like this fool had a QUOTA to hit or something....
The 'punch'. (As I read this, Richard just got fined 25K....I'll take it. Suspension? I am aight with him not getting suspended.)
First of all, to all of you couch potato ass people who don't do anything physical besides lift your remote to flip the TV, punch some keys on a computer or haven't been physically hit in two decades (if ever), let Richard Seymour's 300+ behind punch you and lets see how you stand there and 'take it'. Lets see if you are still on your feet....
(Mike Tomlin getting 'escorted' off the field after last scrum with Richard Seymour.)
Second of all, that wasn't done because Ben 'said something to him'. Trai (Essex) and Richard were jaw jacking and instead of Richard going back at the one of the LINEMAN who giving him THAT WORK and who got into a lil scrum with, HE HITS BEN. Not that Ben isn't above being hit but hit the dude who you were just wrestling with and talking to @ Trai or Kem? Am I taking Ben's word for it? No. I SAW IT. lol It happened on my side of the field. All Ben did was go get Trai and I can SEE HIM TELLING TRAI to "Come on, we scored...lets go.."..He didn't say shit to Richard THEN. Maybe BEFORE or something but right then? No. Kelly and Richard were trying to 'fight' from the beginning and were LOSING THAT BATTLE in the trenches. Straight frustration on Richard's and Tom's part. I don't blame 'em. If I was getting stifled by a line that was 'patched together' due to injuries and I wasn't 'eating' I'd wanna fight too.
Truthfully, like Coach Tomlin said, it was a little out of hand period out there. On both sides. And the refs, for all of their 'flag throwing' didn't do much to make it any better. They never really took control of that UNTIL they threw Richard out. Like I said, Kelly and Richard were keeping it 'extra' on just about every play. Should have been threw a flag on one, if NOT BOTH OF THEM and maybe it doesn't get to that level.
(Interview that was piped into the stadium as we were exiting..Yes, I sat and watched the WHOLE THING. Lovely to hear the post-game IN THE STADIUM..)
Anyway....Enough of that..We played well. Slow start but played well. Great atmosphere (Did you hear us chanting 'Ref you SUCK...Ref you SUCK...?). We threw the ball well and held a rusher who we KNEW was going to get the ball to under 20 yards. (14 yards to be exact. Bush's yards came against the 2nd teamers mostly.) We GOT AFTER THEM. The D said they were embarrassed last week and it showed it. Can't say enough about Mike Wallace. Speedy on TV but out and out FAST on the field. I know for a fact this next guy I am about to show is NOT SLOW and Mike got by him time and time again. (For the record, he was STRIDE FOR STRIDE with one DeSean Jackson in that game they beat Philly so I do have another speedster to gauge him running against..)
(Chris Johnson)
Troy didn't have any 'splash plays'...Doesn't mean he didn't play well. He was all over. Made key tackles. Did his job.
(Oh wait, he did this...@ pick...My bad...@ Troy. )
Beast! I don't have to call his name...Ya'll know it...
Mr. Pouncy..I swear when he went down, there was a collective GASP. The rookie has become QUITE important. It was evident when he was out. Trust me...
Just some more shots from the game...
Yes we were all on deck to watch Mr. Suisham...INTENTLY....
(Tom Cable looked like this PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY. I have SEVERAL PICTURES OF HIM LOOKING LIKE THIS...)
