I have a friend that was working there at the time it closed.....
Jim Kelly is/was a great QB, fine humanitarian......
But...... Jim Kelly + Business Venture = Disaster in the making
It's a "bordering the Great Lakes" thing.
Now, if you were to venture away from the lakes, southward yonder from Buffalo, you'll see Banjo boy at the PA state line, and try understanding that mish mash of talk that occurs in them thar hinterlands.
The smugness has been slapped off of the Steeler fans......the last thing they want now is a comparison to Schottenheimer's Browns, but that's what they have earned, and then some.
I was rooting for a lot of injuries.....
When the Steelers were trying to make a comeback of it, I was hoping they would stick it to Dallas.......then Neil O'Donnell made an acquaintance with the one hit wonder Larry Brown.
He is the new Andy Reid or Marty Schottenheimer.
1992 - HFA.....Stillers lose to Frank Reich and the Bills
1994 - HFA again.....Alfred Pupunu Platter, Stan Humphries and the forgotten upstarts of San Diego win.
1995 - HFA.....err, at least hosted the AFC Championship.......almost lost to the Colts on a last second Jim Harbaugh pass that fell short.
1997 - HFA.......lost to Denver......Broncos win Super Bowl.
2001 - New England defeats the Steelers......Steelers had HFA again.....lost another AFC Championship at home.......that's now 3......
2005 - New England 41......Pittsburgh 27........4 times out of 5 that the Steelers lose the AFC Championship at home........one other time, they were one play away from losing......and in 92....they had HFA and lost in the divisional round......
Unfortunately for Cowher.....he now has a stigma attached to him for conference championship games.
Agreed, it's pretty crappy for such a big area. Seems to cater to casual fans. Discussion hits upon main points, can get boring. I guess their fawning over Joe Gibbs has ended.
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings.....
but they tore down the goalposts that first Super Bowl year AFTER the Bills-Dolphins late season / regular season game at Rich Stadium.
Frank Reich was the quarterback, and Thurman Thomas had lots of yardage. It clinched home field advantage and the goalposts were torn down.
Or you could go to Sheas, or Kleinhans, or Studio Arena and become cultured. Spend a Saturday at the Albright-Knox. Then troll around the lake there at Delaware park. Knock on the door of the casino there on the lake and see if they could furnish you with a well-concocted intoxicant.
Why not ice skating lessons, or ice fishing, or making ice cubes, or something else that may deal with ice.
How about snow, there is always skiing in the area.