To blatantly steal from the advertisements for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, what if I told you that there was once a time when the Pittsburgh Steelers could, and would, actually beat the New England Patriots twice in the same season? The first happened in one of my favorite regular-season Steeler games in my viewing history.
So with that being stated, let’s set the Delorean’s time circuits for a time when radio stations were blaring Chumbawumba’s Tubthumping incessantly, audiences were gearing up for the release of the epic Titanic which was a mere six days away, Bill Clinton was president and his secret of White House debauchery and shenanigans was just barely being kept quiet, Charles Woodson defeated Peyton Manning for the Heisman Trophy and I was in my West Virginia apartment nervously gearing up for a first date with a woman that I was really excited about.