Steelers fans everywhere
Megs sent over this link today of a slide show showing Steelers jerseys and terrible towels all over the world. Very cool. I actually choked up a little seeing the Steelers fans in Iraq and Afghanistan (but then again, I still get choked up to this day watching this video which has been played a few times this week). But you know, so far from home and still holding on to some piece of normal.
I have two pictures I have taken around town of some very fun shows of support for the Steelers. Did you know that Andrew Carnegie was a Steelers fan? This was at the library this morning.
And then over the weekend I drove past Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony. They were celebrating Mozart's birthday as well as upcoming events.
So if you, my readers scattered across the whatever, see a Steelers Fan on your hometurf, snap a picture with your phone or camera and email it to me. I won't have anything fancy like the link above, but it will be fun to see some of them. Having been a Steelers fan in exile myself before, I know how much stronger the distance makes you.
For instance, the first Steelers game I ever attended (and the only regular season game) was in 1997, right before Christmas. We drove down from Elizabethtown with Jim Santay and another co-worker to Memphis to watch the Steelers play the team still known then as the Oilers. That season the Steelers were an early pick for AFC champion, having gone 4-0 in the pre-season and by the time we saw this game already were AFC North Division Champs. It was also a year that saw 5 Steelers make the Pro Bowl: Jerome Bettis, Dermonti Dawson, Yancy Thigpen, Levon Kirkland, and Carnell Lake. I remember taking one photo of then top-of-the-world Kordell Stewart standing with Bettis, Dawson, Thigpen, and Lake, and I guessed Stewart was taking lessons how to be a Pro-Bowler. In the Ladies Room at half-time, I met a woman with a most distinctive Mon Valley accent. Her family had moved dahn 'ere for her husband's job, and she hated it and missed home. However, like me, was so happy that the Steelers played road games, because it gave us both a chance we would never get back in Pittsburgh--to see the Steelers play! The stadium was full of Terrible Towels, needless to say.
So email me any strange sightings you might come across of Black & Gold fans--even if it is in your local paper. It will be fun to see.
I have two pictures I have taken around town of some very fun shows of support for the Steelers. Did you know that Andrew Carnegie was a Steelers fan? This was at the library this morning.
And then over the weekend I drove past Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony. They were celebrating Mozart's birthday as well as upcoming events.
So if you, my readers scattered across the whatever, see a Steelers Fan on your hometurf, snap a picture with your phone or camera and email it to me. I won't have anything fancy like the link above, but it will be fun to see some of them. Having been a Steelers fan in exile myself before, I know how much stronger the distance makes you.
For instance, the first Steelers game I ever attended (and the only regular season game) was in 1997, right before Christmas. We drove down from Elizabethtown with Jim Santay and another co-worker to Memphis to watch the Steelers play the team still known then as the Oilers. That season the Steelers were an early pick for AFC champion, having gone 4-0 in the pre-season and by the time we saw this game already were AFC North Division Champs. It was also a year that saw 5 Steelers make the Pro Bowl: Jerome Bettis, Dermonti Dawson, Yancy Thigpen, Levon Kirkland, and Carnell Lake. I remember taking one photo of then top-of-the-world Kordell Stewart standing with Bettis, Dawson, Thigpen, and Lake, and I guessed Stewart was taking lessons how to be a Pro-Bowler. In the Ladies Room at half-time, I met a woman with a most distinctive Mon Valley accent. Her family had moved dahn 'ere for her husband's job, and she hated it and missed home. However, like me, was so happy that the Steelers played road games, because it gave us both a chance we would never get back in Pittsburgh--to see the Steelers play! The stadium was full of Terrible Towels, needless to say.
So email me any strange sightings you might come across of Black & Gold fans--even if it is in your local paper. It will be fun to see.
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