(10-11-2017, 07:22 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(10-11-2017, 07:07 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Yeah, I miss those times, too.   I remember when we got the team, and one of the reasons I was so excited was because we would be able to see these storied franchises like the Steelers here in our stadium.   To me, playing the Steelers was always an event that went way beyond season records.

I remember back in 1995 when we hosted the Steelers for the first time, and we hung on to beat them.   I vividly remember very late in the game, the Steelers were driving for what would have been the winning score, and Neil O-Donnell floated this pass down field, the ball hanging in the air for what seemed like forever, and at the very last second, Harry Colon got a hand on it and broke it up.  

It was a wild scene leaving the stadium.  The fans were chanting "Super Bowl!  Super Bowl!"   We were 3-5 or something like that.  We wound up 4-12.   Those were great times.  We were young and naive and not yet scarred by years of failure.   If we won a game, the endorphins flowed for a week.

I'm smiling as I recall that day.  Our first home win.

Don Davey had a key sack late to help clinch that game.

TC/Gilbride called a play that beautifully and simply illustrated how formation can create opportunities on a long pass to TE Rich Griffith.

I remember the chants of "Playoffs" on the stadium ramps after the game. 

In one of my all time favorite TC press conference moments, when asked about those "playoffs" chants, he chuckled, shook his head and said "God bless the fans."