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The Pittsburgh Steelers are not show-offs

 From The Boston Herald

The NFL Kickoff weekend, which this year stars the world champion Pittsburgh Steelers, is turning into a real kick in the pants for the New England Patriots!

The Steelers plan to make no big to-do over finally getting that One For The Thumb when they host the Kickoff bash this fall.
    
You may recall that the last two Kickoffs - held at Gillette Stadium, the home of the then-world champs - featured the unveiling of the Super Bowl banner. And the crowd went wild...

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We don't need this.


But Steelers owner Dan Rooney says that’s not the Steelers’ way of doing things.
    
“It’s a big game, and it’s a great way to open up, back on NBC, but no, we don’t do the banner thing,” Rooney told Sports Illustrated.
    
In fact, there will be no self-congrats whatsoever during the pregame festivities.
    
“No, we don’t do things like that,” Rooney said. “We gave them all rings, and we have a trophy for winning that game.”
    
The Pats had, um, no comment...

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I think it's really awesome that the Steelers are NOT going to be all showy about their Super Bowl victory at the season kickoff. It's just not the Rooney way of doing things. Or the Pittsburgh way of doing things, for that matter. I don't think I'm going out on a limb by saying that Pittsburgh is one of the least-showiest cities in this entire country. As somebody currently living in one of the most-showiest cities in America (San Diego - LA's kid sister), I think I have some perspective. Fancy cars? Bling? Big knockers, Botox and bee-stung lips? These things do not go over in Pittsburgh very well. Have you seen Ben's hair lately? Exactly.

Also, if we hung up some banner from last season's victory, wouldn't we have to create and hang 4 more banners from all the other Super Bowl wins? All those banners hanging in Heinz Field will start to look like the ratty extensions hanging off Jessica Simpson's head - TACKY!!

So of course the Patriots have nothing to say about us not having a banner. And, we're totally making them look like New Money. Plus their rings are butt-ugly.

 

Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 10:26AM by Registered CommenterBettina | Comments4 Comments

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That's f'ing awesome. I'm bringing my ketchup bottle to the opening game in honor of them not making a big deal out of it.
March 31, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterMegan
You betcha it's a good deal that the Steelers aren't making a big deal out of title #5. It's only one of several more to come. Do you think the Yankees make a big deal out of their championships? Maybe for the time it takes to make a toast, but that's about it. Otherwise, it is merely expected that the Yankees are going to win it all. As a Steeler fan, and one who is a life-long Clevelander to boot, I EXPECT the Steelers to be championship calibre at all times and in all ways. I expect nothing less from the rest of Steeler Nation.
April 1, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterBuckeyeHoppy
What a crock of BS. 'We don't do the banner thing', what a lying sack of monkey crap. Oh yeah, you old fart, what the hell were those 5 huge-assed 'things' draped all over the field prior to the game? Jackoff. Why don't you take that 'thumb' you just got a ring for and cram it up your schittpipe. It can help keep you head company.
October 5, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterRoethlisbozo
steelers suck. that doesnt mean anything. who cares how teams want to celebrate. the pats are the model franchise so stop being jealous of them.
January 8, 2007 | Unregistered Commentertenda head

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