Troyisabeast_43
11-27-2006, 03:44 PM
Im just going to throw this out there because stranger things have happened and it will show you to never lose faith and stop believing until your team is really mathematically out of the playoff race. So with that being said if you go back to the year 1989 I dont know how many of you guys on here remember that year but I sure as hell do and if your a diehard fan like I am your most likely will. The Steelers at one point in that 1989 season were 4-6 and ended up winning 5 of their last 6 games to finish 9-7 and qualify for the last playoff birth in the AFC that year, and ended up actually winning a playoff game in Houston that year in Overtime, and then played in Denver the next week and lost by a point 24-23 and were one game away from going to the AFC Championship game that year when it appeared that all hope had been lost.
It was probably one of the most bizzare, insane,whacky Steelers seasons similar to this one in their long history and it damn near almost ended in an AFC Championship appearance when it appeared all hope was lost. To make things even more strange that year I think they needed like 5 or 6 teams in the AFC the last week of the season who all went into the last week at 8-7 or 9-6 to all lose and they needed to win the last week in Tampa Bay and it actually happened. And back then to make things even more strange there was only 5 playoff teams instead of 6 they switched to the 6 team playoff format the next year in 1990, and the Steelers ended up grabbing that 5th and final playoff spot and came within a game like I said of playing for the AFC Championship game. If you look at that year in 1989 and look at this year there are a lot of similarities. That was the last time we got shutout twice in one season and that has happened this year as we know by us getting shutout to Jags and to the Ravens of course yesterday. It was the last time we played the Kansas City Chiefs at home and we defeated them that year at home and beat them of course this year at home. Also, our record was the same after 10-11 games at 4-6 4-7 give or take. All Im saying is how many people that year when the Steelers were 4-6 after 10 games thought they were going to go on that little run and make the playoffs let alone win a game in the playoffs and almost go to the AFC Title game. My point is you can never give up hope or lose faith until your team is completely and mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, and right now the Steelers are not officially out yet and have a shot to win the next 2 games here at home for sure against Tampa Bay and Cleveland and get to 6-7. If you go back to that 1989 season for those of you who dont believe me or think Im nuts you can look it up and see that it indeed did happen and was nothing short of impossible what the Steelers ended up almost doing that year.
My point here being for those of you who have lost faith and think this season is over and we cant still get that last playoff spot think back and go back to that 1989 season and you will see based on what happened that year to that Steelers team led by Bubby Brister that miracles can happen and when you appear to be completely out of it at 4-6 or 4-7 if you win out and 3 or 4 teams lose like we need to have happen this year,and what actually did happen that year that you can indeed still have a shot. Hopefully some of you will read this post and it will make you have and keep a little bit more faith in this team this year. Because 17 years ago when it appeared that Steelers team who was 4-6 at one point was dead in the water and had no shot of making to playoffs it did, and came within one game and one point of winning in Denver that year and going on to play in the AFC Championship game. So all Im saying if you dont think miracles can happen go back to that year in 1989 and you will see it has a lot of similarities to this season it really does.
It was probably one of the most bizzare, insane,whacky Steelers seasons similar to this one in their long history and it damn near almost ended in an AFC Championship appearance when it appeared all hope was lost. To make things even more strange that year I think they needed like 5 or 6 teams in the AFC the last week of the season who all went into the last week at 8-7 or 9-6 to all lose and they needed to win the last week in Tampa Bay and it actually happened. And back then to make things even more strange there was only 5 playoff teams instead of 6 they switched to the 6 team playoff format the next year in 1990, and the Steelers ended up grabbing that 5th and final playoff spot and came within a game like I said of playing for the AFC Championship game. If you look at that year in 1989 and look at this year there are a lot of similarities. That was the last time we got shutout twice in one season and that has happened this year as we know by us getting shutout to Jags and to the Ravens of course yesterday. It was the last time we played the Kansas City Chiefs at home and we defeated them that year at home and beat them of course this year at home. Also, our record was the same after 10-11 games at 4-6 4-7 give or take. All Im saying is how many people that year when the Steelers were 4-6 after 10 games thought they were going to go on that little run and make the playoffs let alone win a game in the playoffs and almost go to the AFC Title game. My point is you can never give up hope or lose faith until your team is completely and mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, and right now the Steelers are not officially out yet and have a shot to win the next 2 games here at home for sure against Tampa Bay and Cleveland and get to 6-7. If you go back to that 1989 season for those of you who dont believe me or think Im nuts you can look it up and see that it indeed did happen and was nothing short of impossible what the Steelers ended up almost doing that year.
My point here being for those of you who have lost faith and think this season is over and we cant still get that last playoff spot think back and go back to that 1989 season and you will see based on what happened that year to that Steelers team led by Bubby Brister that miracles can happen and when you appear to be completely out of it at 4-6 or 4-7 if you win out and 3 or 4 teams lose like we need to have happen this year,and what actually did happen that year that you can indeed still have a shot. Hopefully some of you will read this post and it will make you have and keep a little bit more faith in this team this year. Because 17 years ago when it appeared that Steelers team who was 4-6 at one point was dead in the water and had no shot of making to playoffs it did, and came within one game and one point of winning in Denver that year and going on to play in the AFC Championship game. So all Im saying if you dont think miracles can happen go back to that year in 1989 and you will see it has a lot of similarities to this season it really does.