Super Bowl Posts--Part II--It's A 'Burgh Thing
This one will be SUPER-brief.
I just want to mention to all of you out there an observation that I saw earlier in the week. See, the news media here in Pgh. was sending reporters to Seattle to cover how things were taking shape up there, and Seattle newspapers did the same thing. The thing that those two crews saw, and which was highlighted better in the Seattle papers than it was in the Pgh papers, was how fanatic the fans are here in Pgh. vs. pretty much anywhere else.
Basically, the reports in the Seattle papers said, "You can't really understand what's going on over here unless you're here." As someone who for whatever reason or reasons hasn't worn any Steeler apparel during this two-week time period, I keep an eye out for those who also aren't doing so. Note--there aren't too many others out there!!!! I guess that's even more obvious to an outsider than it is to someone like me. The fact that that's unique to this area is maybe the news that is contained in those reports...
...along with the fact that all of the fan events are homegrown, grassroots, NOT mass-Hollywood-produced as they are in so many other cities. Maybe that's the esssence of the statement that the Steelers nation has been making up there in Detroit and has been doing so for the last two weeks both up there and at five hundred sports bars around the country. The good news is that the result will be (well, wait 'til the next post to learn the results of tonight's game!!!) :)
I just want to mention to all of you out there an observation that I saw earlier in the week. See, the news media here in Pgh. was sending reporters to Seattle to cover how things were taking shape up there, and Seattle newspapers did the same thing. The thing that those two crews saw, and which was highlighted better in the Seattle papers than it was in the Pgh papers, was how fanatic the fans are here in Pgh. vs. pretty much anywhere else.
Basically, the reports in the Seattle papers said, "You can't really understand what's going on over here unless you're here." As someone who for whatever reason or reasons hasn't worn any Steeler apparel during this two-week time period, I keep an eye out for those who also aren't doing so. Note--there aren't too many others out there!!!! I guess that's even more obvious to an outsider than it is to someone like me. The fact that that's unique to this area is maybe the news that is contained in those reports...
...along with the fact that all of the fan events are homegrown, grassroots, NOT mass-Hollywood-produced as they are in so many other cities. Maybe that's the esssence of the statement that the Steelers nation has been making up there in Detroit and has been doing so for the last two weeks both up there and at five hundred sports bars around the country. The good news is that the result will be (well, wait 'til the next post to learn the results of tonight's game!!!) :)
posted by Greg Yoest at 12:52 PM
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