stillers4me
12-19-2011, 05:34 AM
This is not the same as it was in 1972, when the Steelers franchise that had been a NFL punching bag grew up in a hurry one afternoon in the Houston Astrodome and established a historical template that has been impressively followed by its playing descendants for decades.
This is not similar to the time in 1984 when the Steelers, facing Joe Montana and the mighty San Francisco 49ers in Candlestick Park, overcame a battery of injuries to hand the 49ers their only loss in a season in which they won their second Super Bowl -- a victory so emotionally palpable that Chuck Noll, their four-time Super Bowl-winning coach, proclaimed he had never been more proud of his football team.
Nor is this like it was in 1989 when the Steelers, after losing their first two games by a combined 92-10, went to Houston for a wild-card playoff game with one of the worst offenses in the league and their best player so sick from the flu he almost didn't make the trip. With the odds so stacked against them, they managed a victory that was so improbable the Oilers fired their coach, Jerry Glanville.
No, this is much worse.............
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11353/1197953-66.stm#ixzz1gymbqBtv
This is not similar to the time in 1984 when the Steelers, facing Joe Montana and the mighty San Francisco 49ers in Candlestick Park, overcame a battery of injuries to hand the 49ers their only loss in a season in which they won their second Super Bowl -- a victory so emotionally palpable that Chuck Noll, their four-time Super Bowl-winning coach, proclaimed he had never been more proud of his football team.
Nor is this like it was in 1989 when the Steelers, after losing their first two games by a combined 92-10, went to Houston for a wild-card playoff game with one of the worst offenses in the league and their best player so sick from the flu he almost didn't make the trip. With the odds so stacked against them, they managed a victory that was so improbable the Oilers fired their coach, Jerry Glanville.
No, this is much worse.............
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11353/1197953-66.stm#ixzz1gymbqBtv