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Steelers Throwback Thursday: A 21st Century Showdown with America's Team 3.0

This week's escapade in the Delorean isn't a particularly long trip as we set the time circuits to a time when everybody had vampire fever going to see Twilight at their local cinemaplex, Beyoncé's Single Ladies was pressuring every boyfriend to "put a ring on it" and Bernie Madoff was half-a-day away from being arrested for his infamous Ponzi scheme. Let's go back to December 7, 2008.

With 8-4 Dallas traveling to Heinz Field to renew the epic and storied rivalry of the 70s and 90s with the 9-3 Pittsburgh Steelers, it was a crucial game for both teams who were competing for their respective division crowns.