Hi, friends! I recently moved to Pittsburgh to take a job as a history professor at Pitt. I’ve never lived somewhere with an NFL team, and I figured I’d finally have someone to root for so I may casually and gradually get into supporting the Steelers.
The thing is it has not been gradual or casual. I’ve fallen in love hard. And of course, I came into the community at a time when the team isn’t the best in the league, but man, the Steelers community makes it easy to be a fan of this team: a historically iconic franchise, of course, but also good, passionate, kind, wonderful fans who embrace the working-class character of the city.
It’s fun to be part of this group of people, and I look forward to raising my two little boys to be lifelong fans of this team! Thanks for letting me one of yinz!
all you need to know is that Jesse James caught that fuckin ball