David claims I don't love football; I love the Steelers. And he's right. Growing up in Pittsburgh you are taught to love the Steelers through thick and thin. There were some tough, ugly years in the late 1980s. And then there was the disappointment of the January 1996 Super Bowl, and the 2002 AFC Championship game against the Patriots (where some hotshot rookie named Tom Brady walked all over the Steeler's defense in Three Rivers Stadium, nonetheless). But everything came together on February 5, 2006 when "The Bus" lead the Steelers to their fifth Super Bowl win. (The weekend of the Steelers' Super Bowl win was even sweeter for me because I was married the day before!)
The bottomline is I'm a Steelers' fan and proud of it. My PINK Steelers' jersey shirt goes to prove it (as does the baby's Steelers' onesies). Since we don't own a TV, I usually spend Sunday afternoons following the online ESPN ticker while the Steelers are playing. I can see up-to-date results throughout the game.
Yesterday the Steelers played the Ravens, in Baltimore, and it occurred to me that even though I don't own a TV there is a TV in my house. My dad brought a little 13 inch TV with him when he came for the week the baby was born. Since the Steeler game was the local game yesterday and my rabbit years successfully pick up CBS, I decided to watch the game. And I am so glad that I did.
What a game. What a way to finish things off in the last two minutes.
I'm so proud to be a fan. And so glad I was able to watch the game yesterday (it was the baby's first game and she loved it!).
1 comment:
totally remember that 1996 AFC championship game...we were so bummed about the loss that we boycotted the super bowl and watched girlie movies all night.
i distinctly remember watching "pretty women," and when the opera scene was going on jen wilson said "i hate real life." i miss those days in brooks!
and then who could forget when we watched the one playoff game in puerto rico (i think against freaking new england again) the following year. coach was so depressed that we lost - he cancelled the second to last practice!
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