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What's the big deal about Steelers football?; Coming from a fan himself :)
Topic Started: Feb 1 2006, 12:08 PM (140 Views)
Kamakzee
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For those who might enjoy this... This is what its all about being a Steeler Fan.

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What's the big deal about Steelers football? Being a Steelers fan means so much more than football. It means being from a corner of the world unlike any other. It means being from a place where the people are so tough-minded that they have survied the Homestead strikes and the Johnstown flood. These people have the DNA of hard work, in mills and mines, with out the necessity of complaint.
They live simply, with no frills. They don't have movie stars or fancy cars. Instead, they have simple traditions like kielbasa and Kennywood. They live in distinctive neighborhoods like Polish Hill, Troy Hill and the Hill District.

These people are genuine. They don't have chic internet cafes and cappuccinos, but they have The Original Hot Dog joint, Primanti's and Iron City Beer. People from Pittsburgh don't have sunny beaches or fancy boats, but the rivers roll gently, connecting the small towns of people whose histories have been built on strength and humility. People from Pittsburgh don't have the biggest shopping malls or the best nightclubs, but they'll take Friday night high school football and Steelers Sunday over anything.

Steelers football means so much more than you think. It symbolizes a diverse group of generations who had the best childhoods they could imagine. They ran free without a care or concern in the valleys of those Allegheny Mountains. Their blue-collar world was easy...There was no one to tell them that they lacked material things. There was no one to tell them that they needed more.

As the steel mills closed and the jobs disappeared, some of these people had to leave. While the world benefits because they spread their Pittsburgh values, they long for their home where things were simpler and more pure. They teach their kids about Jack Lambert and Joe Greene in hope of departing not just the knowledge, but the feeling that they represented. They are everywhere, those Terrible Towels. They wave, not just for the team, but for the hearts they left behind. They wave in living rooms in Fort Lauderdale and in the bars of D.C. They wave all the way to the Seattle Superdome! They wave for the Rooney family, whose values mirror our own - loyalty, grit, and humility. They wave for football players like Jerome Bettis and Hines Ward, whose unselfishness and toughness have allowed sports to be about the game and the team.

Make no mistake that Steelers football is not just about football.
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People jump on the bandwagon all the time man.
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I could say the same thing about "Seahawk Football", the reason why the Steelers are more attracted is because people actually know who they are, the Seahawks are not really the underdogs, but just not known as well.
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Pittsburgh has ego problems. There is nothing that makes that city better than Detroit.
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