... began his meteroric rise to stardom in 2004, I was on the bandwagon. I got his jersey for Christmas and wore it proudly, rooted for him, cheered when he got his first Super Bowl. When he had his motorcycle accident in 2006 you would have thought I knew him personally with the flood of e-mails I got. His bobblehead is among my collection on my office desk.

At the same time, though, I never thought he was "Big Ben Godsend" as the famous fan banner at Heinz Field reads. There were those that whispered that he didn't go top ten in the draft due to some heavy partying at Miami of Ohio. 

A friend of mine who was attending the University of Pittsburgh told me of seeing him at popular college bars, confirmed by the infamous pictur...

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