SUPER BOWL XXX\Generation X gets own Pittsburgh team.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Finally, Pittsburgh and the Steelers can quit living in the 1970s. Disco and polyester suits can die a deserved death. Fans can dismantle those game room shrines to Franco and Mean Joe. And the Steelers can escape the time warp that began with the Immaculate Reception and seemed destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to encapsulate en·cap·su·late v. 1. To form a capsule or sheath around. 2. To become encapsulated. en·cap the franchise and its fans forever. At last, Generation X has a Super Bowl team of its own to embrace. Many in Pittsburgh would say it's about time It's About Time may refer to:
"I think we've been going through a process here, the road to the Super Bowl," defensive end Ray Seals said. "The first time (1995) we came close, and now we're going there. We know what's gone on here before, and there would have been no hooray, hooray stuff until we got there." Coach Bill Cowher, 38, himself never played for the Steelers, but grew up in Pittsburgh in the 1970s and saw how the Super Bowls electrified and energized the city. Even when he infrequently returned home from playing football at North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. State, his father, Bill, a Steelers' season ticket holder, kept him updated on team news. "He still tells me what I should have done," Cowher said. "And it's great. Like I said before, there's a tradition that's been here, and we think it's great. We recognize it's a different era and a different time, and we've kind of got our own personality. But at the same time, what coach (Chuck) Noll and the Steelers were able to do in the 1970s revitalized this town." Switzer points to four rings: Barry Switzer gets his chance next week to become the third Dallas Cowboys coach to win a Super Bowl. He jokes he'll buy a boat and call it "Four Rings" if he does. Switzer won three rings along with a trio of national titles at Oklahoma. He got the Cowboys to the NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference title game last year but lost 38-28 to San Francisco. The "Four Rings" jab was directed at former Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson, who won two Super Bowls before he split with owner Jerry Jones. Johnson, who also won a national title at the University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U , bought a luxury boat in south Florida and had "Three Rings" painted on it. "All I have is a bass boat," Switzer said. "Maybe we can get 'Four Rings' on that. We'll have to win first, of course. Maybe I can get a new boat." |
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