Sports in the USA

I am now the proud owner of a Steeler’s Championship Shirt. It fits in nicely with my collection of jersey’s, terrible towels, and pajama sets. This has been a long time coming for my family, avid Pittsburgh fans. My Dad’s family being from Grove City, P.A. (about an hour from the Steel City), I’ve spent the last ten years wishing Neil O’Donnell could have saved us the shame of losing to the Cowboys.

 And now here we are. Tied with San Fran and the Cowboys for 5 titles. I think calling them “world titles” are a bit extreme- as this is only a NATIONAL footbal league.

 I of course will miss Bettis. Too old to do his signature “bus” move, but still young enough to help bring his team to victory. He made up for his serious fumble during the last few minutes of the Colts game. Fumbling on the two yard line is a pretty serious offense, and had that been the last play of his career would have been almost inexcusable. Luckilythe kicker for the Colts couldn’t make a 47 yard field goal.

 The Seahawks also appeared to have that problem. Not only did their punter miss an easy field goal (it went offsides at the last moment) but as the team whose first trip to the superbowl EVER was against a team who had made it 6 times…So many technical difficulities were made. Although no one on the Steeler’s team had ever been to a Superbowl, and therefore had some pretty rookie moves, they at least followed the rules of the game. Examples being Ben’s touchdown being upheld by getting the tip of the ball in the plane of the goal line. Then you had the Seahawks stepping out of bounds and catching balls after flags had been thrown. This was a game that came down to better coaching and less technical difficulties on behalf of the Steelers. They deserved it after years of trying, and Bill Cower only having 3 losing seasons in his 14-year run.

1 comment February 6, 2006