Here We Go,
Steelers!
Here we go!

In the immortal words of Bill Cowher: "What the F**k was that?!?"

That's how the 1998 season left me feeling. Where oh where have my Steelers gone?
The 1999 season opens in Cleveland (oh yeah, welcome back Browns) Sunday Sept. 12 @ 8:20pmET. There will be lots of new faces. Hopefully everyone will be playing the same game (offense and defense).
I await the 1999 season with baited breath. Hopefully Coach Cowher can straighten out this mess.

Some fun football facts:
• The Steelers started out named The Pirates (1933-1940).
• The Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles once merged and were known as the Steagles (1943)
• The Steelers and the Cardinals were once merged to be known as the Cards-Pitts a.k.a. "The Carpets" (1944)
• The Steelers helmet was gold until the 1960s when they changed it to black.
• The Rams were the first team to put a logo on their helmet.
• The reason only one side of the Steelers' helmets have a logo is due to the fact they were trying to decide which looked better, with or without, before a game. The look stuck.
• The symbol on the Steelers helmet was borrowed from the nat'l Steele association. A few years ago it was okayed for the word "Steelers" to be added.