Old Steeler Footage

Did anyone see the Steeler portion of NFL Film's Super Bowl Teams this weekend? The thing that stood out to me most in the entire hour following the 1978 season - was Terry Bradshaw driving to the stadium for a playoff game and being stopped by a cop directing traffic who wanted to wish him luck. Why did it stand out to me? Terry was driving some broken down piece of shit looking yellow Ford pickup truck! 1978 may well have been his best season as a passer, and he's tooling around in a beater. Classic! I loved it. It was also funny to see the other guys in the episode getting on Rocky Bleier for never shutting up about his vertical leap catch in the Super Bowl. Good stuff. The clips of the AFC Championship game against Houston brought back a ton of memories. I watched it with my daughter and told her I remember watching that game when I was 10 years old. And, I still learn something new every day. In the Super Bowl that year (and I just watched the entire game recently while on the treadmill on a "too cold" morning) when Franco Harris bursts through the line for a rushing TD on 3rd down (a play I have committed to memory as well) I had no idea he was in an altercation on the play right before it. He came to another Steeler's defense after the whistle and got very agitated. I can't remember against who because someone was talking to me while I was watching it, but in the huddle he told Bradshaw he wanted the ball and Randy Grossman said he never saw Franco so fired up. I don't care what any survey says or what any football pundit says...the Steelers who won 4 of 6 Super Bowls can never ever be matched in talent. Someone might come along some day and win 4 of 5, or 5 in 6, but no team will ever again have that much talent on both sides of the ball. Never.