Here We Go, Steelers, Here We Go!!

[agzg]

As far as exciting moments - this one did it for me. But, I wouldn't say it was the greatest Super Bowl ever. I would say it was historic, though.

I also wouldn't call the Steelers the greatest franchise in American sports. That's what one of the commentators called them, though.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

As far as exciting moments - this one did it for me. But, I wouldn't say it was the greatest Super Bowl ever. I would say it was historic, though.

I also wouldn't call the Steelers the greatest franchise in American sports. That's what one of the commentators called them, though.

I haven't seen enough Super Bowls to say that it was the greatest, but it was the most exciting game I've ever seen. There was one college game that was pretty good, too.

I'd say that the Steelers are one of the greatest sport franchises. I'm wracking my brain to name four others that would enjoys the fan, team, and front office loyalty that the Steelers have. I'm not saying that there isn't one, just that I don't know of one.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I haven't seen enough Super Bowls to say that it was the greatest, but it was the most exciting game I've ever seen. There was one college game that was pretty good, too.

I'd say that the Steelers are one of the greatest sport franchises. I'm wracking my brain to name four others that would enjoys the fan, team, and front office loyalty that the Steelers have. I'm not saying that there isn't one, just that I don't know of one.

I know that the Steelers have fans that travel across the country to see their games. But I would say that (moving over to another sport) the Red Sox probably have one of the largest fan bases. I'm from the Boston area, so maybe I'm being a little biased, but honestly, their games are the best, the fans are completely loyal no matter what (they waited 86 years for a Series win!), and the players are some of the greatest guys. I've been to games at Fenway, and it is definitely an experience.. before, during, and after the games. I went to a Red Sox/Indians game in Cleveland a year ago, and the Indians were winning for most of the game. Their fans weren't even really that excited. When the Red Sox started coming back, you could pick out every one of their fans because they were on their feet for the rest of the game.

Side story: A neighbor, and good friend of my mom's, had ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and struggled with it for about 8 years. When she was younger, she had a baseball glove that she told everyone was signed by the Red Sox catcher at the time, Carlton Fisk (even though she forged his signature on it). When she got sick, she would talk about the glove all the time, and tell the story about how she made the whole thing up. Her husband asked Fisk if he could actually sign the glove for her, and he did. He met her at her house, and signed it.

When she died, my mom and I were at the funeral. At the service, we were sitting over on the side of the church, where the benches were kind of angled and facing more toward the center of the room. My mom looked to her left, and pointed out the guy standing at the back of the room.. it was Carlton Fisk.

So my vote for one of the top teams: the Red Sox

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I haven't seen enough Super Bowls to say that it was the greatest, but it was the most exciting game I've ever seen. There was one college game that was pretty good, too.

I'd say that the Steelers are one of the greatest sport franchises. I'm wracking my brain to name four others that would enjoys the fan, team, and front office loyalty that the Steelers have. I'm not saying that there isn't one, just that I don't know of one.

Red Sox

Yankees

Cowboys

Celtics

Lakers

...IMO

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

And I just don't buy that. Don't get me wrong we love the Steelers, but six super bowls does not a #1 sports team make. It's not all about championships, and comparing football with any other sport is like comparing apples to kumquats.

I would agree that everyone is playing them up way too much. I mean, the Celtics have A LOT more championships than everyone else, but no one was saying anything about them being "the best" until last season.

And the reason that I "compared" football to baseball was because of this comment:

Originally Posted by honeychile

I'd say that the Steelers are one of the greatest sport franchises. I'm wracking my brain to name four others that would enjoys the fan, team, and front office loyalty that the Steelers have. I'm not saying that there isn't one, just that I don't know of one.

"Greatest sport franchises"... not greatest football team. If that was the case, I'd CLEARLY have to say the Patriots

[ASUADPi]

I thought it was a great game. Of course I wanted the Cardinals to win but I was just thrilled that they made it to the Super Bowl, like how cool is that.

Being a Cardinals fan, I think the refs made some pretty stupid calls. Obviously as a Steelers fan you're going to think they were awesome, I just think the refs put their bias into the game, when they really shouldn't have. I've seen refs do that in general and it just bugs me.

The commercials though were pretty funny (for the most part)

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

"Greatest sport franchises"... not greatest football team. If that was the case, I'd CLEARLY have to say the Patriots

Patriots?

Not by a long shot.


But then, by my own definition, when I think of great football team / franchises, I think of teams that consistently have had great seasons and had great players come from them...Pats would not be on my list simply because they are still a 'new' team with their recent titles.

Truth be told, if they had won the Super Bowl last year, and didn't have that video taping controversy hanging over them, that would be a different story.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Patriots?

Not by a long shot.


But then, by my own definition, when I think of great football team / franchises, I think of teams that consistently have had great seasons and had great players come from them...Pats would not be on my list simply because they are still a 'new' team with their recent titles.

Truth be told, if they had won the Super Bowl last year, and didn't have that video taping controversy hanging over them, that would be a different story.

Ok, really.. I kinda just said that because they're MY team. But I don't disagree with what you said

I also wouldn't praise the Steelers as being the best sports team ever! Which is what many people are saying now.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Ok, really.. I kinda just said that because they're MY team. But I don't disagree with what you said

I also wouldn't praise the Steelers as being the best sports team ever! Which is what many people are saying now.

If nothing else...they are consistent and there not too many teams in the NFL that are as the Steelers.