dougs digs

Congratulations to the city of Pittsburgh and the Steelers organization for their historical performance in the AFC Playoffs.

David, who is from and still lives in Pittsburgh, has flown to Kansas City every time over the past 10 years the Steelers have played the Chiefs here. Mike and Sam, though lifelong locals, have been Steelers fans since their "Steel Curtain" glory day's back in the 70's. But claim their fondness of the Black and Gold intensified out of distain for being subjected to my "obnoxious" cheering for the Chiefs.

You should see the three of them screaming and waving their ridiculous bright yellow 'Terrible Towels' in an awesome red sea of 80,000 Chiefs fans. That takes a combination of some serious balls and/or serious intoxication. However, for the first time in many years, the Chiefs will play the Steelers in Pittsburgh this fall. The three of us will fly to David's "backyard" this time and I will be the one guy wearing red in a yellow sea of 80,000 Steelers fans. Have mercy on me.

Since the Chiefs can't seem to make it to the Super Bowl in my lifetime, I couldn't think of a better team and a better bunch of fans to root for. Congrats fellas, but don't expect for the honeymoon to last for very long ! ! !

*The Steelers even have their own Super Bowl song (though slightly outdated), but it is not near as cool as the infamous '85 Chicago Bears Super Bowl Shuffle video.