"The Steelers are America's Team..The Cowboys are America's Mess"...

[TZ]

Heard on the radio this morning...:rofl:

[trumad]

1. There ain't no America's Team

[Capt. America]

2. Didnt the Braves adopt the moniker of "America's Team?"

[trumad]

3. I think the moniker is a curse ---

It's like sticking a post it note on your back saying--"Hate me".

[TZ]

4. Yeah pretty much

I just thought the Cowboys are America's Mess to be amusingly true....:)

[madinmaryland]

5. I thought you were referring to Snyder's mess!

:P

[TZ]

8. Dude.

The Skins are WAAAY more functional at this point than the Cowboys. We at least stood pat with a brand new system while you guys just collapsed with the same players and coaches...

[madinmaryland]

10. Seriesly??? Snyder changes coaches like most people change underwear!!

[Dr. Strange]

11. What, in the bedroom?

Are you sure about that?

[BulletproofLandshark]

16. Since Snyder took over in '99 the Skins have only had 1 more coach than Dallas.

Skins:Norv Turner, Marty Schottenheimer, Steve Spurrier, Joe Gibbs, Jim Zorn (I didn't count Terry Robiskie as he was an interim coach).

Pukes: Chan Gailey, Dave Campo, Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips

Both owners have fired the same number of coaches (2) over that period of time.

[TZ]

17. nice catch.

Love the new screenname btw...

[BOSSHOG]

15. As The Cowboys Turn

They've turned into more of a soap opera then a football operation.

[Captain Hilts]

7. They're called the 'Packers'. nt

[MessiahRp]

6. The Steelers aren't my team

And it would be nice if they won a Super Bowl this decade without a lot of help from the refs.

Rp

[BOSSHOG]

9. I think its fair to say that the Steelers

aren't even Pennsylvania's team.

[spin]

12. But they're Pittsburgh's team...

and the team of the Steelers nation.

I think that all they want and all they need. Some estimates said that 3/4 of the fans in Tampa wore Black and Gold and the same thing happened in Detroit at the Steelers last Superbowl.

Plus Obama said he was a Steelers fan:

Asked if he had a Terrible Towel in the other room, Obama said: "I do, actually. I'm not going to be rubbing it in because we've got some Arizona congressmen here and I may need their vote on the recovery package."

Obama didn't predict a score, but said, "I think the Steelers are going to eek it out in the end."
http://www.app.com/article/20090201/NEWS/90201054/0/SPORTS

[BOSSHOG]

13. As it should be

Congrats to the Steelers and their fans. But no one team can be considered America's team. That's just silly. I remain loyal to the Eagles (from birth) and the Saints (geographically) regardless of who gets in the Super Bowl. This isn't sour grapes cause I really didn't care who won the game, but I think the Steelers got just a tad assist from the Zebras.

[spin]

14. I agree that no team is America's team...

I normally root for any team that plays against the Cowboys just because of that pompous statement. But they do have a good looking cheerleader squad.

[AsahinaKimi]

18. Agreed there is no AMERICA'S TEAM ...

wait.. also I hear someone use the Phrase the Steeler nation..
I always thought that was coined by THE RAIDERS? THE RAIDER NATION?
Or ..doesn't it matter?

[SteelPenguin]

19. Interesting Article

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/090129_steelers&sportCat=nfl

I agree with it that the term "Teamname Nation" is a bit overused now, I do think the Steelers have one up on the Raiders.

How many Raiders Nation bars are there in Peru or Thailand or even Pennsylvania? There appear to be quite a few Steeler Nation bars in the Bay Area...

http://www.post-gazette.com/steelernation/steelersbars.asp

[AsahinaKimi]

21. FUNNY...

WHILE there are two bars listed in San Francisco, ABSOLUTELY none mentioned
in Oakland. Do you think they would even dare??? I doubt it..



Then again.. No one will ever have a song as cool as this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXj7I1RzLSE
or a poem like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N687me-Swt4

[redqueen]

20. I'm sure that's different.

Completely different.

Just like when other teams tried (unsuccessfully) to co-opt that unfortunate marketing gimmick that was foisted on the Boys. Very, very different. (cause they failed, I guess?)



Anyway, maybe now that the Steelers have the most SB wins, people will get over their jealous, disturbingly obsessive fixations on us.
:scared: