12-13-2007, 11:06 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 472
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Re: Dumb Steelers Fan
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Originally Posted by reflexblue
I've posted this before,I use to live in Pittsburgh from 90-92, so I was around for a couple of seasons there. The Steelers never lose,according to them and the station the puts on the post game show wkda? The other team never gets any credit. Its always the steelers came out flat,we beat ourselves, the better team didn't win, we just didn't play well etc,etc,etc. I saw the "Immaculate Reception" live back in '72 ( live on tv ) and became a quasi Steelers fan. If the Pats were out of the playoffs I'd root for the Steelers, so it wasn't that hard watching them every week down in Pitt.But the team wasn't very good and the excuses flowed like the Ohio river when ever they lost. Which was often, so things haven't changed its always the same refrain. "The other team didn't beat us, we beat ourselves." 
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I lived in Philly from 97-01, so I am not ignorant to other NFL city fan bases. There is probably some truth to your observations about "we beat ourselves" etc. At the same time, after observing Philly fans, I will take the Pittsburgh optimism anyday. The radio shows there were a blood bath daily. I actually heard a guy call into the Ray Rhodes radio show (true story) and ask Rhodes on live radio when he was going to quit so they could get a white coach. I was driving home from work and also crashed I was laughing so hard at the true nature of Philly fans. Some fans love to hate on their teams (Philly) and some like to love on them (pitt). I would compare Philly fans to a brother relationship with their teams. They will beat their brothers butt anytime they wish and woop it bad, but if anyone else tries to hurt their brother, they want blood. Every fan base has their personality. While you may think Pitt fans are this way or that, the PERCEPTION is that Pats fans would much prefer a Sox game instead to a football game anyday.
The pats may very well be the best team in 2007. They may go undefeated. That doesn't mean I have to wave the white flag before the dance is over.
Last edited by JimmyCrackCorn; 12-13-2007 at 11:06 AM..
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