I got the privilege of seeing the boys win these in person. (Photos courtesy of steelers.com)
And here’s to seeing the Pens get their hands on their own on Friday.
(This is a bit of a Yinzer post, but I don’t care. Go Pens!)
Profound gratitude goes out to Jane Pitt for hanging her sexy hat here at The Sandwich all of last week and making it a significantly brighter place.
We now return to your regular (and significantly less awesome) programming…
I’ll be chronicling my thoughts about the Super Bowl soon.
(Courtesy of Pittsburgh Sports and Mini-Ponies – You’ll always be Tecmo_Bowl_Bo_Jackson to me!)
To kick off Super Bowl Week here at Have a Good Sandwich, I share with you the greatest Steelers game I’ve ever seen in person: The Browns / Steelers 2003 playoff game at Heinz Field.
My memories of this game were framed by the seats my brother-in-law was able to score for the game – down low and near the 40/45 yard line. The Steelers were plagued by mistakes and turnovers, and the peanut gallery sitting all around us was calling for Maddox to be pulled and Cowher to be fired. By halftime it was 17-7 in favor of the Browns, and jumped to 24-7 in the 3rd.
Half of the stadium seemed to leave at that point, unaccustomed to seeing the Steelers comeback in such circumstances. I sure as hell wasn’t leaving where we were in the 3rd quarter.
By the 4th, the situation was still bleak – down two scores but it became more of a back and forth game.
What we ended up witnessing was the greatest Steelers playoff comeback of all-time – 15 points in the remaining 5:30. For your viewing pleasure – the final Steelers drive of the game:
Some interesting factoids from the game:
- The Steelers did not lead until the final 54 seconds.
- Tommy Maddox set the postseason single game passing record for the Steelers going 30-of-48 for 367 yards.
- The biggest comeback in Steelers playoff history before this game (amazingly) was only 7 points against Denver in 1984.
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