Nearly Perfect

Football is over.  The 2010 season is officially in the books.  And it was almost perfect.

It didn't start out looking as if it would be anything but a mediocre season for this fan.  Auburn was projected to finish somewhere in the top 5 of the SEC and the Pittsburgh Steelers were starting their run without their starting quarterback.  (He had a little problem in the off-season in case you hadn't heard.)  But week after week my two teams managed to put a check in the win column.  By October the season was showing promise.

Growing up a few miles to the north of the Steel City my veins were injected with black and gold at a very early age.  We loved our Steelers.



That kind of team loyalty can't be bought, it is in the blood.  It stays with you wherever you may be want to roam.  It is one of the reasons the Steelers' fan base travels so well to away games.  Once a Steeler fan, always a Steeler fan.  There is a deep connection between the blue collar mind set of western Pennsylvanians and their beloved Steelers.  There is no glamour.  There is only down and dirty football played between the lines on Sunday afternoons.

Last night the Steelers fell short of taking another Lombardi trophy back to the Steel City, but  it was a great year anyway.  It is rare for anyone's team to play for a National Championship or a Super Bowl ring but to have both of my teams in contention in the same year...a slice of football heaven.  It was a year that will never be equaled in my life time.   My Auburn Tigers won the college football national championship; the Steelers played in the Super Bowl.  If you are a football fan, it just doesn't get any better than that.

2010 was a perfect season.  Almost.

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