Famous Author Compares Steelers and Skins Fans

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by irish

I totally agree about the Skins mediocrity, its hard to get excited and follow a team that almost never makes the playoffs. I dont think any young Washingtonian could remember the Skins being anything but a bottom tier team and thats not good for getting a young fan hooked on a team. If the Skins ever get good I'm sure a lot of people will get on the bandwagon and I doubt there will be many complaints.

The Steelers have been good since the 70s (closer to 30+ years) so they have had awhile to build their fan base around a good team. Another thing is that lots of Pgh-ers have left Pgh for all over the USA and still follow the Steelers. I dont think I've ever been to a city that didnt have a Steeler bar. They have had kids and those kids are Steeler fans too (and it doesnt hurt the Steelers win to make the team worth following). IMO, the Steelers are America's team.

I would call them an average team and not a bottom teir team as you say and I think their record would show that.

[irish]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I would call them an average team and not a bottom teir team as you say and I think their record would show that.

From 1990-2008 the Skins by my count are 145-158. Thats 13 games under .500 which is almost a season. Whats even worse is they are 66-78 from 2000-2008. Maybe you'd call that average but I wouldnt.