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This may be the last year that my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers have their long-time quarterback under center. I mean, right now the options to replace him aren’t great; between previous use of backup Mason Rudolph and signing the washout from the Washington Football Team Dwayne Haskins, it looks like our quarterback might get one more…

As a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, last year’s season was a heartbreaker. The team starts out with an 11-0 win-loss record, and then proceeds to puke up the rest of the season – and loses a playoff game to the (scuse me, I’m going to retch) Cleveland Browns. Ugh. And then afterward, the team loses running…

Let’s be clear on what happened last night. The Cleveland Browns won a playoff game for the first time in 28 years. They beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, my beloved Steelers, in Pittsburgh, with a 28-0 first quarter and a 35-10 half, en route to a 48-37 triumph. The Steelers, who went 11-0 to start the…

All right, it’s Thanksgiving night, and my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers – who are, say it with me, UN DEE FEE TED (clap clap clap-clap-clap) – are going to beat the living snot out of the Baltimore Ravens. A Pittsburgh win not only guarantees the Black and Gold a pathway to the AFC North title and…

I’ve been a Pittsburgh Steelers fan for as long as I’ve drawn breaths.  And the stability of this franchise is legendary.  They’ve only had THREE head coaches in the past 50 years.  Chuck Noll won four Super Bowls with the Black and Gold (SB 9, 10, 13, 14); Bill Cowher took the Steelers to two…

At this point in time, all I want is for the Pittsburgh Steelers to snag the #6 seed and make the postseason, despite their ragtag offense and an injured list that resembles what would happen if the NFL placed a team in Beirut. All that needs to happen is for Pittsburgh to beat the Baltimore…

The Pittsburgh Steelers – my team of choice – have employed only three head coaches in the past fifty years.  And in that time, those three coaches – Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin – have brought the City of Steel eight Super Bowl appearances and six championships. But those three men have only…

I’m skipping the Super Bowl this year.  There’s no reason for me to watch it.  I’m not big on the Los Angeles Rams – I thought that St. Louis got screwed out of losing their team (yeah, I know St. Louis took the Rams away from Los Angeles 30 years ago, tit for tat).  And…

Long time blog subscribers will know that I am a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers football fan.  It goes back to the days of the Immaculate Reception, and continued through six Super Bowl championships. But recently, being a Steelers fan also means feeling a bit snakebitten.  That moment when you look at the schedule and you say,…

I am a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.  And if you don’t like that, then go ahead and root for the lesser NFL team if you like. That being said, I’ve been fascinated of late with the current contract dispute between star running back Le’Veon Bell and the Steelers.  No matter how good you are as a…