Steelers Win!
Oh, what a fantastic win. Not too pretty at times, but a clear winner. I think next time Saban challenges a ruling on the filed, he will hit the ref in the head with his red flag. Joey Porter's first interception for a TD! Heath Miller's TD run the longest TD reception in Heinz Field history! And he's a tight end! Enough of the exclamation points! You know I am happy!
I was disappointed though, because I did not see NBC cover an important local angle. Yes, I know it is a national broadcast and they have to be vanilla for the nation, but Pittsburgh's mayor was buried today. No, I didn't try to go to the Mass and I didn't get to see the procession. I was in Oakland at the library at the time, so I did watch some of the Mass on a TV there, when Myles let me. But the story of his funeral does not end there.
What you didn't see on TV, but may have heard if you listened to the radio (even on the internet) was that Mayor O'Connor was honored at the game. A very long-time season ticket holder, this was the first home game he missed. Someone placed a picture and a wreath at the Mayor's seat.
His younger son then led the crowd after a moment of silence in a group Terrible Towel waving.
Yes, this is the same son who put a Terrible Towel in his father's casket AND sang the Pittsburgh Polka at his father's funeral that morning. But I think this story could have gotten some play on the national broadcast. This is a very Pittsburgh story, and not in that "my wife is in labor and I am going to watch the Steelers anyway." It is one of those stories that makes me wonder if the mayor, like so many other people, I'm sure, said jokingly in February, "Now that the Steelers have won this Super Bowl, I can die happy!" I didn't, but I did imply that I could move to China.
I was disappointed though, because I did not see NBC cover an important local angle. Yes, I know it is a national broadcast and they have to be vanilla for the nation, but Pittsburgh's mayor was buried today. No, I didn't try to go to the Mass and I didn't get to see the procession. I was in Oakland at the library at the time, so I did watch some of the Mass on a TV there, when Myles let me. But the story of his funeral does not end there.
What you didn't see on TV, but may have heard if you listened to the radio (even on the internet) was that Mayor O'Connor was honored at the game. A very long-time season ticket holder, this was the first home game he missed. Someone placed a picture and a wreath at the Mayor's seat.
His younger son then led the crowd after a moment of silence in a group Terrible Towel waving.
Yes, this is the same son who put a Terrible Towel in his father's casket AND sang the Pittsburgh Polka at his father's funeral that morning. But I think this story could have gotten some play on the national broadcast. This is a very Pittsburgh story, and not in that "my wife is in labor and I am going to watch the Steelers anyway." It is one of those stories that makes me wonder if the mayor, like so many other people, I'm sure, said jokingly in February, "Now that the Steelers have won this Super Bowl, I can die happy!" I didn't, but I did imply that I could move to China.
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