Just Fred wrote:

And I am going to go with my heart.  -  rongone

Good call, my friend.  There are times in our lives when our heart points us i one direction and our brain points us in another.  When in doubt, follow your heart ............. words to live by.

P.S.  Born in Aliquippa and my first tastes of beer were Iron City and Stoney's, my heart will always be with the Steelers. 
 

 
I think we covered this ground once before, but I'll reiterate: grew up in and out of Pittsburgh as my dad worked for AT&T and would get transferred. We lived in Bethel Park, Mt. Lebanon, and near Greentree. I graduated from Ligonier Valley High School (about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh). Iron City & Duquesne beer, but our real first choice in those days was Rolling Rock. When we lived in Ligonier, we rejoiced the day the Steelers moved their training camp to St. Vincent College. We spent many days watching them work out . . . Didn't cost you anything to watch the camp -- then and you could get real close to the players. Even took my grandson to training camp a couple of years ago. The whole family are Steelers fans. I remember going to games at Pitt Stadium or old Forbes Field when the only reason fans went to the games was to throw stuff at the players (like empty IC cans) when they came on and off the field . . . They were pretty lousy in those old days.

The Quips are still perennial contenders in WPIAL and PIAA football. Let's go Quips !

Grew up in Lock Haven about 40 minutes from Beaver stadium. We were all crazy for Penn State, and drank Rolling Rock at a dump called the Rathskeller. Back in the day I don't think they carded anybody.

As for the pros, well the Steelers came from a place that had the letters P-I-T-T in it, so I had no choice but to cheer for the Baltimore Colts.
 

Last edited by TheLagerLad (1/16/2017 2:43 pm)

Goose wrote:

Grew up in Lock Haven about 40 minutes from Beaver stadium. We were all crazy for Penn State, and drank Rolling Rock at a dump called the Rathskeller. Back in the day I don't think they carded anybody.

As for the pros, well the Steelers came from a place that had the letters P-I-T-T in it, so I had no choice but to cheer for the Baltimore Colts.
 

Goose - Accidentally edited this post rather than quote and respond.

Anyway, just wanted to note that the Rathskeller is awesome. 

Well, the typical Steeler response to a bitter guy with a thing against the Steelers is: "how many yins got?"

I'm not an Iggles fan, but my youngest daughter lives in Philly, got her undergrad from Lehigh, masters from Drexel, and JD from Villanova, and she's still a Steelers fan. She goes to some Eagles home games with a friend whose company has one of those corporate boxes and has met some of the players . . . Like their long snapper that was on America's Got Talent, or a similar show, as a magician. As a matter of fact we've run into Ron Jaworski several times while at her place in Stone Harbor and I enjoy telling Steeler stories while he's around.

BTW, I have a couple Terrible Towels, Steeler sweatshirts, and ball cap that I especially like to wear around Ravens fans.