One of our members, Chris Marin, attended the event last year and is going again this year. He had a great time and here are a couple of his pictures.

Former Steelers wide receiver Louis Lipps will be at a couple of locations this weekend along with Heisman trophy winner and former NFL great (and Duluth’s own) George Rogers. I received the following information from the event organizer.

“Jeff, Finally got Louis located for Sunday afternoon. Louis Lipps along with Geor…ge Rogers will be at the Bogey’s Bar on 3312 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Duluth, GA. on Super Bowl Sunday from 2:30 – 4 PM, that is Feb 7. Please send note to your membership. Louis is really excited about you guys coming in. They will also be at the Lowes store, John’s Creek, Suwanee, GA on Peachtree Pkwy on Saturday from 1 – 3 PM.”

I’m sure a lot of you remember “Louuuuuuuu” and what a great career he had with the Steelers! He was one of our best players in the 80’s. I hope you can find the time to stop by and see him. Sorry for the short notice, but I just got the information yesterday!

I hope many of our members can attend and give Louis a warm “Pittsburgh South” welcome! Most of us plan to meet at the Bogey’s location. See you there!

Home: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers
Away: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The way the NFL arrives at the opponents is based on the following rules:

• Home and away against its three division opponents (6 games).
• The four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating three-year cycle (4 games).
• The four teams from a division in the other conference on a rotating four-year cycle (4 games).
• Two intraconference games based on the prior year’s standings (2 games). These games match a first-place team against the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions the team is not scheduled to play that season. The second-place, third-place, and fourth-place teams in a conference are matched in the same way each year.

Country/Territory     Visits

United States         2483

Canada                  18

Brazil                     11

(not set)                 10

Mexico                  10

Germany                9

United Kingdom      4

China                     4

Saudi Arabia          3

Japan                    2

Costa Rica             1

Philippines             1

Australia                1

Croatia                   1

Denmark                1

Indonesia               1

Romania                1

Hungary                 1

Greece                  1

Lithuania                1

Hong Kong             1

Ukraine                  1

New Zealand          1

Ireland                   1

Netherlands            1

Peru                      1

South Korea           1

A lot is wrong with this team from a personell and coaching standpoint, but those things can be fixed through healing, drafting, firings, and free agency. The bigger worry is the lack of character. Can it be restored? Can they regain the desire to win? Lets hope so, or it is going to be a long decade. Mr. Tomlin – get control of this team! You talked about “unleashing hell” and didn’t. You talked about making roster changes and didn’t. Words are empty now, actions are required. It’s time to start kicking butt and taking control of this team. The Steelers Nation deserves it, the Rooney’s deserve it, and the proud legacy of Steelers of the past demands it!

Sorry for the commentary, but I am pissed off, and you should be too. I love these guys and will die a Steelers fan, but I call em like I see em. Jeff.

This season has been a series of nail biters, one after another (except for Cleveland, hee, hee, hee . The Vikings game was another last minute (literally) success story. The deal was sealed because of an interception of old man Brett Favre which was run back 83 yards for 6 by none other than Atlanta’s own Keyaron Fox, who was in the game because Timmons was hurt. Come on, you can’t script this stuff. Who would believe it? How many heart attacks and strokes can be traced directly back to the Steelers this season? They are driving up the cost of health care in America. PLEEEEASE can you just CRUSH someone??? Obviously this is just greed on my part. I am happy with a win, whether it is by 1 point or 100 points. A “W” is a “W”. We’ll take it!

Seriously, the Steelers can use this buy right now. Troy is still healing, Timmons and Kirschke were hurt in the Vikings game, and several other Steelers are nicked up. The two weeks will give them some time to heal up a bit and be ready for the next (currently) undefeated team they face – the Denver Broncos in Denver on Monday Night. Rest up guys and enjoy the break.

Still alot of season to go, and no reason why they can’t defend the title again this year. Go Steelers!!!!!!

Note to Ryan ClarK: Don’t play in Denver if there is any risk to your health. It isn’t worth it! The game will wait a week for you to come back.