Guess whos playing in London in 2013

[steelerdude15]

Yup, us against the Vikings. Luckily, we aren't the ones losing the home game.

[steelers_switzerland]

Great for Fans from Europe like me!! :rockon:

[Butch]

This London or any other game being hosted overseas needs to go away. NFL Europe was a much better idea and it didn't work so why do this???

[Moose]

This London or any other game being hosted overseas needs to go away. NFL Europe was a much better idea and it didn't work so why do this???

Ditto !! It's a U.S. sport so play it here where the big buck paying fan's can ATTEND !!

[st33lersguy]

Stupid Goodell took a road game away from the Steelers, thanks Goodell.

[86WARD]

Sucks.

[Count Steeler]

Any chance this gets moved to Ireland?

[salamander]

CHICAGO -- The NFL announced Tuesday a second London game during the 2013 season, hosted by the Minnesota Vikings.

The game will be played Sept. 29, 2013 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000080982/article/nfl-announces-vikingssteelers-game-in-london-in-2013

[HollywoodSteel]

Hey, bright side, people. Maybe us sucking on the road only applies if you can actually get there by road.

[Count Steeler]

:puke:

[polamalubeast]

I am happy!!!...Steelers lose a road game!

[ALLD]

Paul McCartney?

[GodfatherofSoul]

Hmmmm...never been to England...

[XxKnightxX]

Road games. Sucks for steeler fans in that area but I'm sure the European Steeler fans are going to invade that place. I consider this a 9th home game.

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[NCSteeler]

I'm sure ti will be loaded with Black and Gold faithful. I'm not a fan of these London games, but the way the owner of the Jags talks he'll be doing split seasons in London one day soon

[JayC]

im happy about it

[CPanther95]

Rumor is that James Harrison is excited about possibly having tea with the Queen.

[GodfatherofSoul]

Rumor is that James Harrison is excited about possibly having tea with the Queen.

I also hear he's a big fan of antiquing and England has tons of wonderful shops for fine china and trinkets.

[steel striker]

Worthless Roger is hell bent on this over sea experiment and, he knows that the NFL Europe failed right?

[CPanther95]

It failed as a developmental league, but I think he's convinced that a real NFL franchise in Europe would succeed and be the catalyst for a European division.

I'm on the fence.

[venom]

Great that we lose a road game but it will be a very early bye for us ( like this year )

[crcsnail]

sorry guys but i cant wait and it will be a steeler home game. u will probably hear me screaming lol. hell i might see if i can make a steelers universe banner to hold up . yoi and double yoi !!!

[CPanther95]

Just make sure there's a sea of gold over there.

[steelerrob]

WOOHOO!!!! I am SO there!! I agree generally with the sentiment of keeping the NFL in the US, but I'm happy about this for selfish reasons (I won't have to spend 2000 Euros to fly over & see the Steelers this time!!!)

[CPanther95]

WOOHOO!!!! I am SO there!! I agree generally with the sentiment of keeping the NFL in the US, but I'm happy about this for selfish reasons (I won't have to spend 2000 Euros to fly over & see the Steelers this time!!!)

I would have killed to see a game when I was in Germany. Back then, we didn't even have AFN in Munich and had to travel to Augsburg just to see the Super Bowl on TV.

A trip to London would have been very feasible.

[HollywoodSteel]

I'm trying to look at this from a strict advantage vs. disadvantage angle. In general it's a disadvantage compared to the other teams in your division because of travel, distractions, etc. Obviously it's much better to play a road game over there than give up a home game, and given that it will probably be a pretty good Vikings team we're facing it could potentially turn a loss into a win by taking away their home field advantage.

It is nice to hear from our European fans how excited they are about this. I have to imagine the Steelers have a much bigger following over there than the Vikings. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of Europeans find "Vikings" as a team mascot kind of offensive, especially those in coastal towns. :wink02:

[SteelerFanInStl]

This London or any other game being hosted overseas needs to go away. NFL Europe was a much better idea and it didn't work so why do this???

I agree. This is nothing but a money grab. Goodell wants a team in London and they're seeing if it's feasible.

[Mamaduck43]

I would have loved this if it had happened during the 3 years I lived in the UK - - - and I know that there should be a huge 'local' fan base there.... I just hate that we will be adding the extreme travel time and distractions to our schedule, and since I am only 5+ hours from the Twin cities, if we had been scheduled to play the Vikings there, I would have been at that game for sure for sure... But, I now have something to add to my 'bucket list' - - - I would love to go back to the UK to visit some good friends that I had given up hope of ever meeting in person again - - - something to aim for.....

[oneforthetoe]

Over/under on "Big Ben" references on the networks for the week leading up and including the game. I say 2970 - roughly.

[GodfatherofSoul]

Can't wait for the first time an English reporter asks why he's called Big Ben ;)

[LLT]

Can't wait for the first time an English reporter asks why he's called Big Ben ;)

Oh dear lord....PLEASE....PLEASE ...dont let a female reporter ask him that question. :pray:

[CPanther95]

They suck with a long flight West. Maybe a long flight East will make them invincible.

[Craic]

Regardless of how I feel about NFL being overseas now, I think that they really missed their opportunity. This should have been done in the early 80's when we had millions of military/dependents overseas that would have flooded stadiums. It would have been a boon to the morale as well.

[86WARD]

Any chance this gets moved back to the states?