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stillers4me
01-29-2011, 06:55 AM
Face paint? Check.

Terrible Towel? In hand.

Steelers beads? Got 'em.

"We're here to send our team off right," said Mary Wright, 37, of the North Side before entering Heinz Field on Friday night with her small army of family and friends.

No game? No matter. An estimated 18,000 fans flocked to the North Shore despite below-freezing temperatures for a Steelers pep rally.

The Steelers are scheduled to depart Monday morning for Dallas, where they will go after their third Super Bowl championship in six years and seventh overall.

"This never gets old. These fans are amazing," said Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, as he stood on the sidelines with his wife, Pat. Moments earlier, Rooney received one of the most rousing ovations of the night and chants of "Roo-ney, Roo-ney" when he was introduced to the crowd...............
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HometownGal
01-29-2011, 07:29 AM
Though I would have loved to have been there, it's been colder than a witch's teet here in the Burgh and there was no way I was sitting out there with those winds blowing off the river. :horror: Kudos to those who braved the bitter cold and sent our Steelers off to Dallas to bring back #7! :tt03:

Galax Steeler
01-30-2011, 07:36 AM
I am sure that place was packed even though the weather wasn't all that good. Way to go Steeler nation give our guys some support.

SMR
01-30-2011, 09:08 AM
I am sure that place was packed even though the weather wasn't all that good. Way to go Steeler nation give our guys some support.

We love our boys!!!!!!!!!!