Steelers address altitude factor - Page 2

SteelerFanInCA · 10-17-2007, 11:14 AM

Yeah they said this same crap when we played Denver in the AFCCG two years ago and we all know how that game tunred out for us.

The whole altitude factor is all a bunch of overrated crap. When are they going to learn. We have a pretty good conditoned team so they should be able to adapt to it fairly easy.

steeler43pa · 10-17-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by tony hipchest

im unfamiliar with this machine. are they gonna bring in an iron lung? perhaps a hyperbaric chamber? maybe they will get all the players those oxygen tents anthony gonzalez uses.

anyone get the feeling tomlin is just messing with the media and jagging them off a bit by even bringing up this rediculous sounding "blood flow machine"?

Sounds to me that coach Tomlin is defenitaly messing with the media on this one He even said it with somwhat of a smirk on his face like he was just joking around.

Edman · 10-17-2007, 11:57 AM

Again with the stupid "Denver Mile High Altitude advantage". If that were the case, the Broncos wouldn't have gotten their butts handed to them by a warm-weather west coast team (The Chargers), and would go undefeated at home every year.

These are trained professional, conditioned, veteran athletes. Didn't stop them in the AFC Title game, and it won't stop them here.

revefsreleets · 10-17-2007, 04:50 PM

I have never bought into all this altitude hype. The effects are may be noticeable if you are a 50 year old smoking fat man trying to hike a mountain, but these guys are all in good shape, not to mention the fact that the game is being played at 5,300 feet, not 53,000 feet.

Preacher · 10-17-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by revefsreleets

I have never bought into all this altitude hype. The effects are may be noticeable if you are a 50 year old smoking fat man trying to hike a mountain, but these guys are all in good shape, not to mention the fact that the game is being played at 5,300 feet, not 53,000 feet.

A few years ago, I could feel a difference when I was in Santa Fe... which is just shy of 7000 feet.

However, I wasn't in the shape a professional football team is in.

I too have to question the man's name... Jack Daniels? WHAT?

delhess · 10-17-2007, 05:19 PM

playboy bunnies!! it's got to be playboy bunnies! i know it!

what else could help your blood flow faster???

Rotorhead · 10-17-2007, 07:59 PM

Well living in Denver I can tell you that the altitude will affect people somewhat (I was also a 400m runner in college so I have been an athlete in this altitude as well). All it really effects is the amount of stamina one has, for instance FWP will probably have to take a break after each 50+ yard runs he breaks to catch his breath, LOL. Basically recovery times will need to be increased so we will probably see more subs than normal, especially if the Donkeys figure out how to mount a sustained long drive. If we continue to get 3 and outs we will be fine.

stillers4me · 10-17-2007, 08:00 PM

It wasn't us sucking oxygen on the sideline..........it was Jake the Snake, if I recall correctly. We were kicking their hineys so bad he was hyperventalating.

Not worried.

KYSteelersfan · 10-18-2007, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by delhess

what else could help your blood flow faster???

Viagra

MasterOfPuppets · 10-18-2007, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by delhess

playboy bunnies!! it's got to be playboy bunnies! i know it!

what else could help your blood flow faster???

yup....nothin like a well oiled machine to get the blood pumpin....

10-17-2007, 11:14 AM	#11
SteelerFanInCA Team President Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 2,169 Gender: Male Member Number: 875 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Steelers address altitude factor Yeah they said this same crap when we played Denver in the AFCCG two years ago and we all know how that game tunred out for us. The whole altitude factor is all a bunch of overrated crap. When are they going to learn. We have a pretty good conditoned team so they should be able to adapt to it fairly easy.

10-17-2007, 11:57 AM	#13
Edman Living Legend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,358 Gender: Male Member Number: 3261 Thanks: 35 Thanked 89 Times in 57 Posts	Re: Steelers address altitude factor Again with the stupid "Denver Mile High Altitude advantage". If that were the case, the Broncos wouldn't have gotten their butts handed to them by a warm-weather west coast team (The Chargers), and would go undefeated at home every year. These are trained professional, conditioned, veteran athletes. Didn't stop them in the AFC Title game, and it won't stop them here.

10-17-2007, 04:50 PM	#14
revefsreleets Living Legend Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Akron, Ohio Home of LeBron James Posts: 15,403 Gender: Male Member Number: 5353 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Steelers address altitude factor I have never bought into all this altitude hype. The effects are may be noticeable if you are a 50 year old smoking fat man trying to hike a mountain, but these guys are all in good shape, not to mention the fact that the game is being played at 5,300 feet, not 53,000 feet. __________________ *Official Steelersfever Arians Nuthugger*

10-17-2007, 05:19 PM	#16
delhess Starter Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 539 Gender: Male Member Number: 5509 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Steelers address altitude factor playboy bunnies!! it's got to be playboy bunnies! i know it! what else could help your blood flow faster??? __________________ http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...8146982&ref=mf People who think the media want the cards to win the superbowl

10-17-2007, 07:59 PM	#17
Rotorhead Assistant Coach Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 1,313 Gender: Male Member Number: 703 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Steelers address altitude factor Well living in Denver I can tell you that the altitude will affect people somewhat (I was also a 400m runner in college so I have been an athlete in this altitude as well). All it really effects is the amount of stamina one has, for instance FWP will probably have to take a break after each 50+ yard runs he breaks to catch his breath, LOL. Basically recovery times will need to be increased so we will probably see more subs than normal, especially if the Donkeys figure out how to mount a sustained long drive. If we continue to get 3 and outs we will be fine.

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10-17-2007, 08:00 PM	#18
stillers4me Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,670 Gender: Female Member Number: 2656 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Steelers address altitude factor It wasn't us sucking oxygen on the sideline..........it was Jake the Snake, if I recall correctly. We were kicking their hineys so bad he was hyperventalating. Not worried.

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