It’s a Six-Burgh for the Steelers!

by Wendy

steelers-sixburgh Way to go Steelers! Way to go!

LOL I’ve never been much of a cheerleader, but I do love the Steelers. I grew up in Western PA, and football is almost a religion in these parts. Seriously, one school district here even cancelled school today so everyone could stay up and watch the game!! Wasn’t ours though, and my kids were really bummed!

I have so many childhood memories of watching the Steelers games with my family. Most Sunday afternoons the whole family (uncles, aunts, cousins, great-grandparents, you name it) would meet at Grandma’s house for supper. During football season, this ritual also doubled as a Steelers football party. While the kids ran around playing and the women cooked, the men were glued to the TV screen. Very often everyone ran to the TV to see what was happening every time a great thunder arose from the den.

Those were the Steelers Golden Days – Lynn Swann, Mean Joe Green, Franco Harris and Terry Bradshaw were on the field and the Steelers were burning up the place! Back to back Super Bowl victories.

Now they’re the first team in NFL history to win six Super Bowls. And they set some records with last night’s game. Longest return for a touchdown…or something like that. It was a great game! I usually get bored with the game and wander in and out of the room, but last night I was riveted to my seat!

One thing can be said for Steelers fans – win, lose or draw – we LOVE our Steelers!!