Nov 4th 2008 12:01AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Redskins, Steelers, AFC North, NFC EastA few days ago, Republican Vice President candidate Sarah Palin was in Pittsburgh and asked the people there if they want to “take back Washington”.

In return, Pittsburgh sent their Steelers into Washington, DC on the night before Election Day and whipped the Redskins, 23-6.

The game started off great for the Redskins. They recovered an onside kick on the opening kickoff and picked off a Ben Roethlisberger pass to set up two field goals and a quick 6-0 lead. Both teams would go on to play tough as nails defense and not give up anything.

The teams traded punches until the end of the first half when Big Ben redeemed himself by driving the Steelers down the field and scored on a quarterback sneak. Roethlisberger would re-injure his shoulder on the play, but took a 10-6 lead with him into the locker room.
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