Finally…#1 In The Power Rankings

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Have I ever mentioned what a HUGE Steelers fan I am?

While I moved from Pittsburgh here to Atlanta back in 1992, you can take the boy out of the city, but you can never take the Steelers out of the boy. After the move, I would frequent one of many Steelers Fan Clubs here in Atlanta to watch the games each Sunday, and finally convinced Ronda to let me get NFL Sunday Ticket after our daughter was born.

Heaven.

Well for me at least. Ronda on the other hand digs out a small pillow with the following phrase embroidered on it which is prominently displayed above the entertainment center.

“We interrupt this marriage to bring you the NFL Football Season”

Big Ben & Mike Tomlin Now that the NFL Network is airing 365 days a year, I can get my fix 24/7 and the family has come to understand this obsession. (Well, at least accept it.) Intensity increases from the time training camps open in late July to the end of the Pro Bowl in February the intensity and love for this game and my team never fades or diminishes.

One of the things I look forward to during the season are the mid week NFL Power Polls, which rank the 32 NFL Teams in several publications and web sites. Pittsburgh has always been in the Top 10 for the last several years, but even after winning the Super Bowl several years ago, this team has never been ranked number one. (The Steelers were a 6th seed in the playoffs that year.)

Much to my surprise and delight, as some of the rankings came in via e-mail and after going out to find the other Power Rankings that I frequent, every one of the poles that I could find now ranks my Steelers as tops in the league.

They would include:

And this weekends match up in Nashville, against once rival and hated divisional opponent, the Tennessee Titans, could set the stage to determine just will play at home throughout the NFL playoffs.

On another note concerning the Steelers and it’s ownership, it looks as if one of the most storied franchises in the league will remain in hands of the Rooneys. While I had suggested back in July that Coach would be a perfect candidate to continue the ethics, integrity, and tradition following the Rooney family if it did infact need to change hands, I’m pleased to see that the Rooneys have been able to work things out with the league.

The NFL clubs approved a proposal by the Pittsburgh Steelers that brings the club into compliance with NFL ownership policies and maintains control of the franchise under Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney and Steelers President Art Rooney II. The ownership transition will stay within the family with the help of three new partners – Thomas Tull, James Haslam III and the Paul family, and Coach will remain with YTB.

Under the proposed transaction, Dan and Art II will own a 30 percent interest to meet the league requirement on the equity interest of controlling ownership. The agreement among the Rooney family will close before March 31, 2009.

The Rooney’s have owned the Steelers since 1933, then called the Pirates, a member of the Eastern Division, and one of only 10 teams in the NFL. The other four current NFL teams in existence at that time were the Chicago (Arizona) Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears and New York Giants. Although I was born in 1964, I can only remember 3 Coach’s with the Steelers, Noll who started in 1969, Cowher who started in 1992, and Tomlin who is in his sophomore year.

You don’t find tenure like this in much of anything in this day and age. While Coach would have been a perfect fit in my opinion, even Coach would have meant a HUGE shakeup in the long standing tradition of my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers.

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4 Responses to “Finally…#1 In The Power Rankings”

jfrenaye Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Doug–I checked my email several times this week and I never found a thank you note from you for the Steeler’s “gift” last week!

But I will say that they do know how to turn a game around.
TravelPro Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 9:54 am
My apologies!

I was unaware that you changed allegiance from the Saints to the Ravens.

The director of NFL Officiating did review the call on NFL Total Access, and according to league rules, it was the correct call.

Although, at the time of call, I did have to pick my jaw up off the floor. ;-P
jfrenaye Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I still prefer my Saints. However, when the hometown team has a shot at the playoffs, I also need to support them. Haven;t you ever cheered for Atlanta–once?

It was a good call, but whew!
TravelPro Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Once…in 1997 when they went to the Super Bowl. I was a Pro Shop Manager at the time and many of the Falcon’s played at our course. Tuggle, Robinson, and Brooking all came in the Sunday morning they left for Miami to buy new golf shoes.

If you recall, Robinson wasn’t interested in playing golf.

I have been to 3 Falcons games since the move down here, all however were against the Steelers and I wasn’t rooting for The Birds.

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