PITTSBURGH – Big Ben’s off-season troubles continue for the two-time Super Bowl Champion.

Roethlisberger’s first off-season incident came back on June 12th, 2006 when he suffered serious injuries after colliding with a car while riding his Suzuki Hyabusa motorcycle in downtown Pittsburgh.

Although his multiple facial fractures were repaired in time for the regular season and he didn’t miss any time from that accident, he clearly was not the same quarterback who had just one season prior won a Super Bowl.

After leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to another Super Bowl victory in February of 2009, prior to the season’s start he was accused of rape by Andrea McNulty of Nevada. No criminal charges were filed but a civil law suit is still pending.

In the most recent incident, Roethlisberger and his posse were out celebrating the QB’s 28th birthday this past Friday and after a night of alcohol and partying, assault accusations were made, this time by a 20-year-old female student of Georgia College and State University.

After the alleged sexual incident took place, the student and her friends sought out a police officer to notify of the attack. The student was then taken to a local hospital and treated and released. Her identity is being kept confidential by Milledgeville, GA police.

The police have interviewed the accuser and Roethlisberger and the incident is still under active investigation.

The Steelers’ organization would only say that they are monitoring the situation and will take action when deemed necessary. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s office is also keeping up with the ongoing investigation, and charges if filed could lead to a suspension of the star quarterback.

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MIAMI – The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 30-24 victory over the Miami Dolphins was bittersweet. The win secured a winning season but leaves questions.

What happened to the defending Super Bowl champs?

Coach Mike Tomlin’s defensive group has lost their edge. The loss of Troy Polamalu was huge this season. The defense looked lost at times without the Pro Bowl defensive back but every team deals with injuries and teams exposed other holes in their defense.

A defense known in past seasons for shutting down teams was shaky again on Sunday in Miami. Prior to this week, the Steelers defense blew fourth quarter leads in 5 of 7 losses with all those losses being by seven points or less, that is a huge stat.

Ben Roethlisberger has proven he can win with his arm like he did in the dramatic win in the final seconds against Green Bay but he was only in that position after his defense blew a 22-point lead in the 2nd half of that game.

The Steelers self-imploded mid-season, becoming the first Super Bowl champions to ever go on a five-game losing streak the year after winning the title. Three of those losses were against Cleveland, Oakland and Kansas City, teams with losing records.

On Sunday, the Steelers’ opening drive of 12 plays ate 6:58 off the clock and the second drive (6 plays 67 yards) led to another score making the Steelers faithful hope for a dominating win. Ben looked poised and confident with two plays of 20+ yards. There was even a Willie Parker sighting mid 2nd quarter.

The defense was stepping up and making plays early in the game but in the fourth quarter, they again squandered a lead, allowing the Dolphins to score two TDs and make it a three-point game.

Jeff Reed later added another field goal for a 6-point Steelers win but again, the absence of the killer instinct of the defense leaves many questions.

As all this was happening in South Florida, the Houston Texans came back to defeat New England in their game, creating a scenario that needed three teams to lose in the afternoon games for the Steelers to back into the playoffs.

It didn’t happen and now the Steelers faithful can put away the yellow towels and hope for better year in 2010, looking ahead to the NFL Draft day and September camp.

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After losing to the 2-11 Cleveland Browns 13-6 Thursday night in front of a national television audience and throwing all but their mathematical chances of a playoff spot down the drain, the 6-7 Pittsburgh Steelers get this week’s Slap-of-the-Week.

The loss was the 5th in a row for the Steelers drawing sharp criticism from some of their local columnists like Ron Cook who pulled no punches.

The Browns attacked Ben Roethlisberger from the start, sacking the scrambling QB eight times during a night where temps were reported to be -12 below zero chill factor at kickoff time.

Here are a few post-game quotes from the under-achievers who were last year’s Super Bowl Champions.

WR Hines Ward: “To lose five straight coming off a Super Bowl from last year, it’s embarrassing for me. It just hurts, it hurts a lot. There’s nothing fun about losing games, especially five in a row. We’re better than that, we should play better than that.”

WR Mike Wallace: “It was like every time I go out for a pass, when I looked back, he’d be getting hit,” referring to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. “I’d just be coming out of my break and he’d be going down.”

Coach Mike Tomlin: “I thought they fought. I thought they stuck together, but it wasn’t enough to win the football game. … Fighting and sticking together are not winning football games. We’re finding new and different ways to not rise up. This one tonight happened in all three phases.”

Tackle Willie Colon: “This was probably the worst we played up front all year. I know it was probably my worst game. I feel like I let the line down.”

Defensive Back Deshea Townsend: “Mind-boggling.”

Nose Tackle Casey Hampton: “Like a bad dream. [The season] is a wrap, this [explicate] is a wrap.”

Yes it is. It’s not only a wrap but it’s a full-on Bitch-Slap to go along with your record for most consecutive losses (5) for a Super Bowl winner the season following a Super Bowl win.

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The New York Giants ruined the Dallas Cowboys big bash at the opening game in the new Cowboys Stadium Sunday  night defeating the ‘Boys 33-31.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones showed off the $1.2 billion structure to a raucous crowd of over 105,000 that included several past Cowboy greats, LeBron James and George W. Bush.

The stadium lived up to much of it’s hype with its seven-story high state-of-the-art television screen and dancing towers for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders; the only thing missing was a win.

Between three interceptions thrown by Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Giants QB Eli Manning passed for 330 yards, 284of them to wideouts Mario Manningham and Steve Smith. Manning then orchestrated a near-flawless final drive from his own end to set the stage for placekicker Lawrence Tynes to connect for a 37-yard game-winning kick, silencing the raucous crowd as the final seconds ticked off the clock.

In upsets Sunday, Mark Sanchez and the New York Jets beat the New England Patriots 16-9, the Chicago Bears upended the Super Bowl Champions Pittsburgh Steelers 17-14 on a last-second field goal and the Cincinnati Bengals upset the Green Bay Packers 31-24 at Lambeau Field in a game that included Ochocinco catching a TD pass and performing the Lambeau Leap.

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