What Its like to Be a Steelers Fan

Have you ever been on a giant roller coaster, where your going up and down and around and around. Well that is what it is like being a Pittsburg Steelers football fan. There really are many highs and lows to being a fan. I truly go through more emotions watching a game then anything I have ever experienced.

I sit on my coach minutest before kick off. I put my romote far from me to not accidentally hit it and miss a play. I have my drink and snack on the side just in case I need to rehydrate or bring up my sugar level during a commerical break. I wait patiently alone for that kick off to begin. I like to be alone, I find I can not truly concentrate on the game when anyone is around. Oh did I mention my cell phone gets turned off so there is no added distractions. I do not wear anything Steelers game day because I feel that they lose when I do. I have never been a superstitious person until I became a Steelers fan. I will watch every moment of them game. Never flipping on a commercial, never going for a bathroom break on a play, I am there every play. I am there to cheer on my boys. To cheer on a team I grew up with and can not live without.

I began my adventure with the team in 1992 when Bill Cowher started on the team, I was only ten years old. My dad was a fan so I sat down to watch the game. I was immediatetely drawn in by " the chin" and decided that I was in love with him. I had a simple crush on a coach turned into a love for an amazing team. I was drawn in by Rod Woodson skills and Kevin Greene's hair and I could not get enough. I watched every game convienced I was the key to their wins. Every game I would miss they would mysteriously lose. So I become an obsessed fan never wanting to miss a game.

I still do what I can to have my free time on game day. I watch with all hope for my boys. I scream and I shout at the television. I get so mad I want to hurt someone when we do bad and I have so much extra energy when I will I usually run a lap or two around my house. I truly get no greater pleasure then watching my boys win. I have followed them through super bowl wins and losses and the great loss of my favorite coach Mr. Cowher. But I will forever hold close to my heart my boys. I will be there every Sunday during the season cheering them on. Every moment watching that game going through my roller coaster of emotions til the very end. I almost die a little inside every time the season ends. I do not feel myself, I miss those highs and those lows. I miss watching my boys in action. I am a fan, a true fan, a Steelers fan.