NEW STEELERS SAME TRADITION 

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WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEW STEELERS, YOU HAVE TO START WITH BILL COWHER.  IN HIS 1st SIX YEARS AS HEAD COACH, HE BROUGHT THE STEELERS TO THE PLAYOFFS ALL SIX TIMES(5 TIMES AS DIVISION CHAMPS, ONCE AS A WILDCARD IN '93).  COWHER AND PAUL BROWN ARE THE ONLY COACHES TO HAVE DONE THIS IN NFL HISTORY.  COWHER'S BEST YEAR SO FAR WAS THE '95 SEASON WHEN THEY WENT TO SUPERBOWL XXX.  THIS WAS A GAME IN MY OPINION THEY SHOULD HAVE WON.  I BELIEVE, BUT I COULD BE WRONG, THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME THE LOSING TEAM WON EVERY IMPORTANT STATISTIC CATAGORY(EXCEPT TURNOVERS) & STILL LOST THE GAME.       THIS PAST SEASON OF '97  WITH THE 
ADDITION OF KORDELL STEWART AS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK, THE STEELERS HOSTED THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.  AND THIS BEING STEWARTS 1st YEAR AS STARTER JUST SETS THE EXPECTATIONS EVEN HIGHER FOR NEXT SEASON!!   BACK                                               HOME                                         NEXT