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PITTSBURGH -- Ramon Foster knows the drill, even if its one the Pittsburgh Steelers have been largely able to avoid most of the last four-plus decades. Custom Carolina Hurricanes Jerseys .When a team that began September with realistic Super Bowl expectations finds itself listing as Thanksgiving nears like the Steelers (4-5) are following a late defensive meltdown cost them against Dallas on Sunday, drama -- either real or imagined -- is sure to follow.Its why Foster found himself at his locker on Monday answering questions about everything from the teams confidence in coach Mike Tomlin to quarterback Ben Roethlisbergers grousing about accountability.When you have that type of hype and you dont live up to it in the middle of the season, you kind of lose a lot people, Foster said. Im OK with that. Well be fine.Eventually perhaps, but not at the moment. While Foster remains resolute that theres time for Pittsburgh to get it together -- starting with a trip on Sunday to winless Cleveland (0-10) -- he understands the angst. The Steelers were supposed to challenge Denver and New England for AFC supremacy. Instead theyre under .500 and behind underwhelming Baltimore in the blah AFC North.The thing we cant do is bury ourselves, Foster said. At this point it seems everybody is against us.Yet Foster stressed the Steelers are not against themselves. Asked if hes aware of a sense of growing dissatisfaction from the outside about Tomlin, Foster just shrugged his shoulders.Its easy to do that, Foster said. You go for the head. If (anything) goes wrong, it rolls from the top down.Foster thinks the blame is better resting elsewhere, namely on the 53 men who are in the middle of a four-game slide thats removed all of the good vibes surrounding a 4-1 start. He has little issue with Tomlins decision to attempt four 2-point conversions, even if all of them failed.Id do it again though, Foster said. We practice it. Whos to say, maybe itll work for us in the Super Bowl?Foster punctuated the response with a smile. Considering the state of the division, the Steelers are hardly out of it. Yet they hardly look like a team capable of making any sort of postseason noise should they even manage to make it.They did at times against the Cowboys, taking an early nine-point lead and twice scoring touchdowns to go in front in the fourth quarter. If either of those touchdowns hold up -- LeVeon Bells lunging 1-yard dive or Roethlisbergers fake spike that turned into a 15-yard lob to Antonio Brown -- Pittsburgh is back above .500 after knocking off the hottest team in the NFL.Its a razor thin margin between narratives and it doesnt take someone whos been around like Foster to figure it out. Its why rookie safety Sean Davis couldnt stop replaying the 15-yard facemask penalty on Cowboys tight end Jason Witten that set the stage for Ezekiel Elliotts clinching 32-yard sprint with 9 seconds to go.Yeah, it ate me up a little bit last night, Davis said. But its over. Cant do anything about it right now. You shouldnt see any more facemask penalties for me for a very long time.Thats Davis trying to hold himself accountable, an issue Roethlisberger hinted at in frustration in the middle of a quiet Pittsburgh locker room Sunday afternoon. Roethlisberger called his team undisciplined and not accountable but declined to get into specifics, simply calling it a feeling.Foster described Roethlisbergers message as simply take on your own battles first, meaning handle your business before worrying about someone elses. Of course the tenor changes completely if Dallas doesnt score last.Thats the NFL, linebacker Arthur Moats said. Theres no moral victories. Its pass/fail. We understand that coming in ... we know the type of team that we have. We know the potential we have.Theyre running out of time to show it. Four of Pittsburghs next five games are on the road and even the luckless Browns hardly seem like a pushover for a team that hasnt won away from Heinz Field since Week 1.At this point wed be very idiotic to think Cleveland is not going to play us as hard as they can, Foster said. Theyre 0-8 or 0-9 and were freaking 0-4 in our last four games. Theyre going to be chomping at the bit.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFLHurricanes Jerseys China . Tevez, who has had conflicts with coaches in the past, has not been called up since Sabella was named coach in 2011. Argentina boasts Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria. Fake Hurricanes Jerseys . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. https://www.cheaphurricanes.com/ . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros. GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Even with another stellar performance from junior All-American middle blocker Rhamat Alhassan, the No. 9 Gators needed a third-set rally to sweep a feisty Ole Miss group, but the hard-fought victory moved Florida into a three-way tie for first place in the SEC standings Friday (Oct. 28) night.Alhassan tallied a team-high 17.5 points on 14 kills and five blocks. The Glenarden, Md. product also hit .545, marking the third time in the last four matches she hit above .525.Three-time All-American right side Alex Holston and junior outside hitter Carli Snyder also logged double-digit points, scoring 13 and 10, respectively. Holston logged 12 kills and two blocks, while Snyder scored with nine kills and a service ace, all of which went along with 12 digs.Freshman middle blocker Rachael Kramer, who leads the nation with a .489 hitting percentage, totaled seven kills and two blocks, and finished with a whopping .700 clip.Redshirt sophomore setter Allie Monserez was the center of distribution for the Gators, finishing the night with 44 assists-which is the second-highest total by an SEC player in any three-set match this season.Junior libero Caroline Knop led the Gators back row with a match-high 20 digs, and helped UF post its fourth receiving error-free night of the season.Despite the narrow 25-22 and 25-23 victories in the first two sets, Florida rarely trailed in either one. In the third, however, the Gators found themselves in a seven-point hole, trailing 12-5. The Gators eventually knotted the match at 20-20, and won consecutive points with kills from Monserez and Snyder to break a 25-25 tie. Holston and Snyder combined for 12 points after Ole Miss took its 12-5 lead.WORDS FROM WISEFlorida head coacch Mary Wise on tonights sweep of Ole Miss. Carolina Hurricanes Gear. .Rhamat (Alhassan) carried us all night against an Ole Miss team that played very well. It came down to a huge play at the end. Sam Dubiel stepped in and made the play of the night on match point.THE RECORDSNo. 9 Florida: 19-2, 9-1 SECOle Miss: 13-10, 2-8 SECNOTABLES AND TRENDS* The Gators move into a three-way tie for first place in the SEC standings with Kentucky and Missouri, both of which hold 9-1 records in league play and were idle on Friday night* Florida improves to 48-3 all-time against Ole Miss, and extended its winning streak against the Rebels to 43* Allie Monserez now boasts two of the highest three-set assist totals by an SEC player this season, as her 44 assists tonight ranked second, and her 43 assists at Alabama (Sep. 25) rank tied for third* Caroline Knops 20 digs tied the third-highest total by an SEC player in any three-set match this year, and tied the highest total in any SEC match this season* For the second time this season, Rachael Kramer hit at least .700 on a night in which she had 10-plus total attacks, with the other outing coming at Alabama (Sep. 25), when she hit .727 with nine kills on 11 total attacks* Kramer also has seven matches this season in which she had 10-plus total attacks and hit better than .500* Carli Snyders nine kills and 12 digs left her one kill shy of her eighth double-double of the seasonUP NEXTFlorida concludes its four-match homestand with a 12 p.m. ET duel with LSU, which will be televised live on SEC Network. Courtney Lyle and Missy Whittemore will have the call for SEC Network. ' ' '