I’m a die hard Steelers fan, yes Myron Cope started it in Pittsburgh. But he started it after he saw the Miami fans waving white rags. True. In fact when it first started, fans brought hand towels, beach towels of all sizes. We also brought and waved all yellow and all black towels.
My hometown once produced more steel than any Nation. Pittsburgh was called the industrial capital of the world. It built the Empire State Building the Golden Gate Bridge the Tennessee Valley Authority the big three in Detroit. Rebuilt all of Europe after the second World War and the Pacific Rim. Then we got lazy in research and development and let the West Germans and the Japanese beat us at our own game. But that is now changing. 30% of the mills in Pittsburgh a reopening. I'm just curious of why anybody's watching this anyway. Why does anybody give a rat's ass with some guy from England who sent the rugby cares about American football. I doubt that there's an American doing a piece on English rugby...
I got one I think it was in 2016 and it still fit me up until 2019 and it was just it was the only one that fit me so in an effort to continue wearing it without getting my ass beat in Pittsburgh I put a paper C over the B to make it CLOWN
"because they had a lot of steel mills or something" - oh my god is that an understatement. Pittsburgh is one example of the engine of American manufacturing that, when kicked into gear, can generate completely ridiculous levels of raw materials. Pittsburgh's steel mills at one point generated 60% of all steel in the United States. Those mills built that city and many others and churned out the steel that made tanks and ships for World War I and II and the metal was used for things such as the Golden Gate Bridge. This was no clean system, those factories ran on the blood and sweat from men off all ages, from children to seniors, focused on one goal, Steel, and in most cases were under the economic powerhouses of Andrew Carnegie and JP Morgan (the people, not the institutes that bear their names). The Steelers team was born out of that mindset and the logo on the helmet is the logo for Carnegie's US Steel, a very good chance that that logo can even be found in older buildings in your country too. Sadly, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, the steel industry collapsed in the 80's after a series of problems and the city is still recovering. In a way, they are much like Detroit, both are homes to American industry and some of the titans of an era but that time has passed.. we'll see where things go.
Pittsburgh is known as Americas rennaisance city because of how it is an example of how to shift from a manufacturing economy into a modern one. Its the reason the G8 was held there like 6 years ago
How do you compare Pittsburgh with Detroit Detroit to run down shithole has no infrastructure. Pittsburgh's at gem a strong working time with one of the best economies in the country.
And who the hell wants to hear about Pittsburgh Steelers football from some English rugby guy?! Really don't we have enough Americans in this country to talk about American football and especially our Steelers!
Does anybody out there and Steeler Nation think that there's some American sitting in England somewhere talking about American football I fucking doubt it!
Satsunata, you forgot the steel for the Empire State Building the Tennessee Valley Authority works and the big three in Detroit known as General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Also a lot of that steel was used to rebuild Europe Aloha Pacific Rim after the second World War not just for the war effort itself. When Andrew Carnegie sold to JP Morgan, Carnegie was the richest man in the world. Also Pittsburgh has over 500 Bridges more than any city in the world all that steel came from where? Right there in the Burgh. I am 68 years old and as a child my hometown was called the industrial capital of the world!
The Pittsburgh accent is typically called "Pittsburghese". Part of the reason is because it usually sounds like a completely foreign language to people from outside of the Pittsburgh area. Various Pittsburghese pronunciations include: "Worshington" = "Washington", "Dahntahn" = "Downtown", "Pixburgh" = "Pittsburgh" and "da Stillers" = "the Steelers". We also have "Yinz" = "You all", which is where the colloquial term for Pittsburghers comes from, "Yinzers".
you all = y'all lol. yinz to me is more like you-ins or you (young)ins but is more like callin someone kid or kiddo, same concept as a 20 yr old waitress down south calling you "darlin" like shes your grandma, gramma, granny, etc even though shes younger than you. language is interesting. either way, when i was knee high to a duck, i saw the steelers on tv and my dad kept yellin at the tv and told me to come watch, and i kinda stood there... but the only time i was interested in football was when they were on. they always had something crazy and badass happen during the game, so theyre literally the reason i started watching football. ill be a steelers fan and stand by that my entire life. i dont know why our passion is so much stronger than other team's fans, but ive had people pull back and be like "oh a steelers fan" and im just proud as hell of it. i dunno. the eagles are a close second i think. theyre up there with us, but we all know why lol. also, worshington is comparable to "torlet" toilet or "worshing machine" washing machine lol. it blends from the east coast to the midwest. its funny to hear.
Born in Pittsburgh. Born a Steelers Fan. Terry Bradshaw the QB. my fav. Troy Polamalu the amazing Strong Safety. Nevertheless, it was also Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
You get the best of both worlds with Pittsburgh: It’s a relatively large city, but it has a small town feel, because the people there are down to earth
The Terrible Towel is credited with being the first "rally towel" and its success has given rise to similar products promoting other teams. Proceeds from sales of the Towel have raised over US$6 million for Allegheny Valley School, which cares for people with mental disabilities and physical disabilities.
I worked for a grocery store that had an account with Allegheny Valley School. We always made certain that they had the best service when they came through because of respect for the Cope family and the legacy of the Terrible Towel. If I ever need a gift for most occasions, Terrible Towel is a fine one.
I am a born and bred Pittsburgher. There's soooo much wrong in this vid with modern Pittsburgh. Im 43 years old and have seen the all of the changes first hand. This city is now clean, classy and moving forward in ways most people that watch these videos from other areas wouldn't understand. The Steelers are still the heart of the sports culture with the Pens not far behind. You can not appreciate it unless you see it first hand! The food scene is down right amazing! The museums are first class! And the landscape is second to only a few places in the whole country! I invite anyone to come and enjoy.
Bill Klee, and to add to that Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh medical center. Also known as the Cathedral of Learning. When built was the tallest University in the world! Let's not forget about Westinghouse air brake General Electric Allis Chalmers and all the other companies they come from there in that general area. Oh and let's not forget the first public television and radio in America! There's actually a book published called Pittsburgh firsts. It's a leather-bound onion skin like a Bible in about a quarter inch thick of all the things that happened there first it's amazing Pittsburgh has more history the New York and Boston combined. We were the Western outpost on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains when we were still colonies. There was no 911 they had to fend for themselves. First shots fired in the French Indian War was by George Washington a Young colonial officer who had the built Fort Necessity after they run the French and Iroquois back over the Canadian border. Pittsburgh's history is so so rich but you'd never know about it because we don't have that are against it seems to come out of places like Philadelphia New York and Boston. Why because we're blue color baby! Oh did I forget to mention that Bayer Pharmaceuticals North American headquarters it's in Pittsburgh as of I believe 1989. It's because when they were flying into greater Pitt International the staff from bear said it reminded him of Bavaria with are three river valleys. Carnegie Mellon University ranked in the top five engineering schools in the world. Has what some might claim to be the number one theater School in the world. Of course any of us from that town having any sense of History could write her own book of what we know. I just wish they didn't have three months of blasted snow and winter!
I noticed you admire our uniforms. If you want to learn some very interesting info about them, read up on the helmet logo. Our game day enemy, the Cleveland Browns, actually suggested the logo. It's actually trademarked through the Steel industry unions. They actually agreed to let the Steelers use it because of the Steel industry history in the Burgh #hereweGO
Born and raised in the burgh. I got to grow up in the 70s as a kid when the Steel Curtain was around and I remember Pittsburgh Steelers School assemblies, Steelers banners everywhere. Good times
If you give birth in Pittsburgh on a Steeler game day, they wrap your baby in a terrible towel in the nursery. Steeler fans are fans from cradle to grave.
I came home from the hospital the day of the “infamous Jerome Bettis Coin Toss” - thanksgiving day 1998 and you BET i was swaddled up in a terrible towel on my dad’s chest watching the game
2024 here.......i remember watching this when you first posted it and now here you are traveling around the US in an RV with your lovely wife and 2 great children. Who would have thought bud.......you did good. HERE WE GO STEELERS HERE WE GO
Damn straight Aussie: CLASS!!! Velocity, violence=VICTORY. HERE WE GO STEELERS. HERE WE GO. Now lets go that 7th Super Bowl Ring!!!! Steeeler Nation this Veteran has been a fan since 73. I love you ALL!!!
Steeler fans are everywhere!!!!!! Once the steel mills shut down, a lot of people went elsewhere looking for work, other states, but all stayed Steelers fans forever!!!!! I've been a Steelers fan since I was 9 years old AND I am still a fan, at age 62 years old! My favorite player is #88 Lynn Swann 💝💝💝💝💝😎
Took my wife to Pittsburgh this year and she fell in love with it . Food is amazing , people are nice. Also primanti bro sandwiches is a must try to anyone that goes to Pittsburgh!!
I’m a Steelers fan and I still can’t wrap my head around how you only have 3 Head Coaches over a 50 year span. They had 13 Head Coaches from 1933-1968 and when Chuck Noll was hired in 1969 and coached 22 years, Bill Cowherds was hired in 1992 and coached 14 years, and Mike Tomlin took over in 2007 and is still the coach to this day. Tomlin is the 2nd longest tenured Head Coach in the league behind Belichick.
Hey Sam- my NZ.Family! Love your main channel with wife, kids and dog! Atlanta is becoming quite the cook! Born and bred in Pittsburgh but moved to NC for the weather and lower taxes! I will always love the Steel City and it’s black and gold sports teams!
Pittsburgh was once the most prolific steel producing city in the world. From the entrance of the U.S. into WWII until VJ Day, Pittsburgh alone produced more steel than Germany, Italy, and Japan combined during the same time. The Steelers are also what I would call a truly global franchise. When I was serving in Korea, I found a Steeler bar in Seoul. When I was in Heidelberg, an Irish themed pub would be open at 3 in the morning to put Steeler games on TV for a packed house. In Iraq, there was a large group of us that would gather to watch Steeler games and we had people from all over the U.S. as well as from our allies. It's called the Terrible Towel because Myron Cope, famed Steelers color commentator (who would also make a fun reaction video, by the way) called it that back in the early 70s. He donated all of the money from that to a local home for mentally disabled people and left them the rights in his will.
The only you need to do is become part of Steelers Nation. We are the best represented team throughout the world. Last time I went to Fairbanks AK, I stopped at a sports clothing store. I requested a steelers hat. The guys eyes light up. "Steelers fans get a 25% discount." I was then invited to the private group that gathers every Sunday to watch my team kick arse. We are the biggest family in the world. Can I send you a Terrible Towl?
If you were born in Pittsburgh and is not a Steeler fan, you’re momma dropped you as a baby. I’m a big Steelers fan but I’ve never actually gone to a game, just driven through Pittsburgh a few times. The setting is absolutely beautiful!!!
Yes Pittsburgh is an east coast steel town. I remember as a child, the stacks pouring black and orange (sulfer) plumes into the sky. Lord only knows what was going into the water. There was a "Mom&Pop" steel shop in just about every town over forty-thousand population. A large portion of local ethenticity is Polish/German/Irish. Tread lightly friend on the Terrible Towel" it was a marketing device created by beloved local celebrity Myron Cope, who was amazing in the broadcast booth. He primarily added color comentary but was capable of play by play and statisticle contributions as well! Thank you for this video. I grew up a few blocks away from the guy with the man cave and it brought back many good memories of childhood.
Pittsburgh was so successful that they’ve managed to find 2 first ballot HOFers in a span of 30 years. If Ben wins another super bowl he might be considered one of the top 10 all time QBs
You gotta go to a steelers game to feel what it's really like. The energy is insane. I went with my dad to the ravens playoff game in the snow. It was unbelievable
The Terrible Towel was an impromptu "bring a yellow towel to the game" call from Myron Cope who then created the official towel. Good ol' Myron. I miss him
The Steelers are our family here in western PA. Lately it seems like Steeler Nation has expanded everywhere. We welcome them all to our family. Personally l've been a fan like a lot of fans since birth. Most towns around here stops when our Steelers play. On Sunday most Churches wraps it up around noon. So everyone can get ready for the game. It's very special.
Steelers Nation best fan base in the world. Nothing like 68,000 terrible towels waving. Most thrilling experience. If your a part of Steelers Nation it's a must to experience!!! Oh, let's not forget "Renegade" 🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛
Old-time man, Pittsburgh was the first to have a prop the terrible towel. And Myron Cope was Pittsburgh's Howard Cosell who owned the rights to the Terrible Towel. When he died he left all the proceeds to Women's and Children's charity. Something Art Rooney would have been proud of!
"You just go and lay your hand / On a Pittsburgh Steelers' fan / And I think you're gonna finally understand" - "In America", Charlie Daniels Band, 1980, written just months after the Steelers dominated the league for a decade. This is how big the Super Steelers were 50 years ago, and why Pittsburghers wear Steeler jerseys to work on Friday for a Sunday game.
I mean is there ever a time Steeler attire isn't acceptable in Pittsburgh, I've heard it said people will wear Steeler gear to weddings, funerals, job interviews and everything in between
They went from worst to best in a very short couple of years. I was a fan even when they were awful, just because they were from my town. Dan Rooney took over from his father, who really didn't care about winning. That happened around 1969. Dan and newly hired Head Coach Chuck Noll decided to build the team through the draft. They built a super dynasty and dominated in a decade where the competition included 3 other powerhouse teams: the Raiders, Dolphins, and Cowboys. What a decade! The team has the highest winning percentage since the merger of the two leagues, the AFL and the NFL. It's really been exciting to have witnessed the transformation of the team from perennial losers to perennial competitors. Pittsburgh was the steel capital of the world at one time. Its nickname is "The Steel City".
Yes, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is from the East coast and playing in the AFC NORTH IN THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE!!!IT USED TO BE THE HEARTLAND OF THE STEEL MANUFACTURIES!!!!
Saw You first with your family, congratulations on your blessings and success! Lifetime Steelers’ fan (50+ years), back to the days of the late 60s, when the worst team in football. 3 head coaches since 1969, and 6 Super Bowl trophies later, and I’m never disappointed by the actions of my beloved organization, let alone the results! Go STEELERS!!
The best team ever! ❤️🌎❤️ You mentioned the Irish, yep. The Rooney family has owned the Steelers sense 1932/1933 Dan Rooney was the American ambassador to Ireland under the Obama administration. God rest your soul ❤️💔❤️ Mr Rooney. The Steelers and the green bay Packers are the only two teams without cheerleaders. That my friend is class! Go Steelers!
They mentioned the Polish population. There is a big one, but it's very mixed. Big populations of Irish, German, Slovak, all kinds of people. Everybody gets along.
Only city of its nature New York post about having five boroughs. Pittsburgh is the only city of its nature in this country. It is made up of 17 townships and boroughs. And it's diversity I believe truly makes Pittsburgh the first Melting Pot in this country and I'm not talking about just the steel every pun intended. Pittsburgh Steelers had the first black quarterback Joe Gilliam. Also look with the rooneys have done in terms of making sure that the NFL gives minorities a shot at coaching positions. My mother's father was Irish her mother Italian. My father's family were from Pilsen Czechoslovakia and they were Jews. I never experienced or ever saw any racism when I was growing up in that City. The first racism I experienced was after I join the service a 1971. You notice they're not burning in Pittsburgh are they?! I now live in Tulsa and they'll be no burning here either. Why here's a perfect example why the Democrats in Pittsburgh are not left extremist and the Republicans in Tulsa are not extremists. Now I know somebody's going to bring up 1921 and the race riots in Tulsa but hey guess what I was born in 1953 and I don't know anyone who was involved with that crap Norwood I condone it. Growing up in Pittsburgh with a guy like mr. Rogers who taught people how to respect themselves so that they can respect others. If it weren't for those blasted winters I would live there now. My bones can't handle that cold anymore. Though I live in Tulsa, my heart will always be in Pittsburgh. Go Steeler Nation.
Love your videos. Glad you are learning the game and love sports. You had a question about the terrible towel. You should watch the Myron Cope video on the legacy of the terrible towel. That should explain a lot. Also, the video about why we play Renegade.
Pittsburgh‘s main three cultures are polish, German, and Ukrainian (I think). My family is all from Pittsburgh and mainly descendants of German immigrants
I'm from Pittsburgh and had season tickets till I moved away a while back. I still get goosebumps over so many of the historic moments and stadium crowds. RENEGADE is played in the 4th quarter to pump up the defense and crowd. It's an undescribeable feeling. GOOSEBUMPS
As a Pittsburgh native... It is pronounced "Turrrrrble Towl." And it is specifically because of the "Stihlers" fans' awareness of the local dialect (Pittsburghese) that it becomes an inside joke that makes it even more powerful. I don't know if he started it, but he made it famous... Myron Cope was a long time Pittsburgh Sports Caster on Radio. He sounded like everybody's Uncle from Pittsburgh.
I'm not sure if you have yet. You should reaction to Randy Moss wide receiver. He changed the game or at least the way you cover an Elite Receiver like Moss.
hey if youve never been to pittsburgh go and see everything and get to a game theres no badseat in the house the energy in the stadium is so awesome expecially when stix renagade comes on
If you want to make a memory - go to Pittsburgh, eat some pierogi's and a Primanti Bros. sandwich [both available at the stadium] and see them when they play either Cleveland, Cincinati or if you can get tickets when they play Baltimore. Then do a video and tell us how it compares to your football games. If they play Styx's Renegade you will never forget it! FYI - I'm a Yinzer.
I live in northwest Pennsylvania and not so much anymore but most of my life everywhere you went you'd see terrible towels and Steeler flags and everything Pittsburgh sport teams related. Kind of miss it. But when. It comes to Steelers, here we go!
If you don’t understand Kiwi Kicker, The Steelers were very bad until the 70s and immaculate reception. Then they became the most winningest franchise in NFL history on the back of the Steel Curtain defense dynasty of the 70s. The Rooney’s have owned the franchise forever so thats why the guy said Rooney=stability. The terrible towel was invented by a former Steelers announcer Myron Cope and is the Steelers’s good luck charm, many people disrespected it and they either got hurt or had stat slumps or their teams went to crap. When he says when that screen goes black that stadium goes nuts he means that when the screen goes black they play this short highlight movie over the song Renegade by Styx and it makes the fans go nuts. What he means by a Primanti’s Sandwhich is Primanti Bro’s is a very popular restaurant from and in downtown Pittsburgh.
Thank you for pronouncing Pittsburgh correctly, so many times in the media I hear people ( non intentionally dropping the t’s ) and it sounds like their saying Pissburg.
Buffalo Bills fans (The 12th Man) are the best! Win or lose, they fill that stadium game after game... decade after decade. They even occupy a spot on the Bills coveted "Wall of Fame." Down to earth working class people with the biggest love for their team. Many characters! You are doing a great job, friend! Keep up the good work. Best of luck with all your endeavors!!!
Let's not forget, Steelers started the towel waving. Almost every fanbase of every sport now do it.
Myron cope started the terrible towel to raise money for charity for mentally disabled children.
There was a study done there were more fanatical female Steelers fans than a lot of the other cities male fans.
Our towel is the only towel
@@ednahenrich3627 that’s why my future wife is going to be a Pittsburgh native
I’m a die hard Steelers fan, yes Myron Cope started it in Pittsburgh. But he started it after he saw the Miami fans waving white rags. True. In fact when it first started, fans brought hand towels, beach towels of all sizes. We also brought and waved all yellow and all black towels.
The single greatest traveling fan base in the NFL. PERIOD
Super Bowl 40. Enough said. Was like a home game. 😂
Facts
Because when the steel mills closed it was peak dynasty n everyone moved lol kept their roots tho and that’s why there are steeler fans everywhere fr
PERIODT!!! 🖤💛🖤💛
Best fan base in all of sports.
In the nfl at least. Because in college football penn state fans are even crazier than steeler fans
And no one else is even close.
Heck yea bro
Ryan Bettwy sane state. I’m a Steelers fan. I think all the PA teams have awesome fan bases Penn State Steelers Eagles etc.
@@bettway4628 I’m a Steelers and Penn State fan so that works for me.
Pittsburgh used to produce a third of the world's steel.
...and before steel, 80% of the world's GLASS.
My hometown once produced more steel than any Nation. Pittsburgh was called the industrial capital of the world. It built the Empire State Building the Golden Gate Bridge the Tennessee Valley Authority the big three in Detroit. Rebuilt all of Europe after the second World War and the Pacific Rim. Then we got lazy in research and development and let the West Germans and the Japanese beat us at our own game. But that is now changing. 30% of the mills in Pittsburgh a reopening. I'm just curious of why anybody's watching this anyway. Why does anybody give a rat's ass with some guy from England who sent the rugby cares about American football. I doubt that there's an American doing a piece on English rugby...
40 years of de-industrialization courtesy of the Communi....er...uhm...I mean the Democrats !!
@@chippledon1FYI, it was Obama a Democrat that saved Detroit's auto industry. While Raygun, a republican let Pittsburgh lose 40% of its population.
"Brown, 84. I need to get that jersey!"
Me in 2019: "Uuhhh.....about that..."
Well, you CAN still get one, heavily discounted probably. I would recommend not wearing it in Pittsburgh, or Oakland or maybe even in the Boston area.
I got one I think it was in 2016 and it still fit me up until 2019 and it was just it was the only one that fit me so in an effort to continue wearing it without getting my ass beat in Pittsburgh I put a paper C over the B to make it CLOWN
@@davidgalinat4257 Or Tampa.
The REAL "America's Team"
Exactly thank you WE ARE!!!
Nah, Ben says we're the World's Team now
I Say he'll yeah to that Black and gold😎
"because they had a lot of steel mills or something" - oh my god is that an understatement. Pittsburgh is one example of the engine of American manufacturing that, when kicked into gear, can generate completely ridiculous levels of raw materials. Pittsburgh's steel mills at one point generated 60% of all steel in the United States. Those mills built that city and many others and churned out the steel that made tanks and ships for World War I and II and the metal was used for things such as the Golden Gate Bridge. This was no clean system, those factories ran on the blood and sweat from men off all ages, from children to seniors, focused on one goal, Steel, and in most cases were under the economic powerhouses of Andrew Carnegie and JP Morgan (the people, not the institutes that bear their names). The Steelers team was born out of that mindset and the logo on the helmet is the logo for Carnegie's US Steel, a very good chance that that logo can even be found in older buildings in your country too. Sadly, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, the steel industry collapsed in the 80's after a series of problems and the city is still recovering. In a way, they are much like Detroit, both are homes to American industry and some of the titans of an era but that time has passed.. we'll see where things go.
Pittsburgh is known as Americas rennaisance city because of how it is an example of how to shift from a manufacturing economy into a modern one. Its the reason the G8 was held there like 6 years ago
How do you compare Pittsburgh with Detroit Detroit to run down shithole has no infrastructure. Pittsburgh's at gem a strong working time with one of the best economies in the country.
And who the hell wants to hear about Pittsburgh Steelers football from some English rugby guy?! Really don't we have enough Americans in this country to talk about American football and especially our Steelers!
Does anybody out there and Steeler Nation think that there's some American sitting in England somewhere talking about American football I fucking doubt it!
Satsunata, you forgot the steel for the Empire State Building the Tennessee Valley Authority works and the big three in Detroit known as General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Also a lot of that steel was used to rebuild Europe Aloha Pacific Rim after the second World War not just for the war effort itself. When Andrew Carnegie sold to JP Morgan, Carnegie was the richest man in the world. Also Pittsburgh has over 500 Bridges more than any city in the world all that steel came from where? Right there in the Burgh. I am 68 years old and as a child my hometown was called the industrial capital of the world!
I’m from Pittsburgh it’s awesome
The Pittsburgh accent is typically called "Pittsburghese". Part of the reason is because it usually sounds like a completely foreign language to people from outside of the Pittsburgh area. Various Pittsburghese pronunciations include: "Worshington" = "Washington", "Dahntahn" = "Downtown", "Pixburgh" = "Pittsburgh" and "da Stillers" = "the Steelers". We also have "Yinz" = "You all", which is where the colloquial term for Pittsburghers comes from, "Yinzers".
The north had many great accents,boston(baaastaan),new york (noo yoork)and of course chicago(da bearszz),its ashame we've lost most of them
you all = y'all lol. yinz to me is more like you-ins or you (young)ins but is more like callin someone kid or kiddo, same concept as a 20 yr old waitress down south calling you "darlin" like shes your grandma, gramma, granny, etc even though shes younger than you. language is interesting. either way, when i was knee high to a duck, i saw the steelers on tv and my dad kept yellin at the tv and told me to come watch, and i kinda stood there... but the only time i was interested in football was when they were on. they always had something crazy and badass happen during the game, so theyre literally the reason i started watching football. ill be a steelers fan and stand by that my entire life. i dont know why our passion is so much stronger than other team's fans, but ive had people pull back and be like "oh a steelers fan" and im just proud as hell of it. i dunno. the eagles are a close second i think. theyre up there with us, but we all know why lol. also, worshington is comparable to "torlet" toilet or "worshing machine" washing machine lol. it blends from the east coast to the midwest. its funny to hear.
@@justing823 Yes, I think it is more you-ins not you all.
I think you missed the most famous one ya jagoff!
Born in Pittsburgh. Born a Steelers Fan. Terry Bradshaw the QB. my fav. Troy Polamalu the amazing Strong Safety.
Nevertheless, it was also Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
Lambert!!!!
You get the best of both worlds with Pittsburgh: It’s a relatively large city, but it has a small town feel, because the people there are down to earth
The Terrible Towel is credited with being the first "rally towel" and its success has given rise to similar products promoting other teams. Proceeds from sales of the Towel have raised over US$6 million for Allegheny Valley School, which cares for people with mental disabilities and physical disabilities.
I worked for a grocery store that had an account with Allegheny Valley School. We always made certain that they had the best service when they came through because of respect for the Cope family and the legacy of the Terrible Towel.
If I ever need a gift for most occasions, Terrible Towel is a fine one.
"Brown...84...I need that jersey" you might want to rethink that now lol
I am a born and bred Pittsburgher. There's soooo much wrong in this vid with modern Pittsburgh. Im 43 years old and have seen the all of the changes first hand. This city is now clean, classy and moving forward in ways most people that watch these videos from other areas wouldn't understand. The Steelers are still the heart of the sports culture with the Pens not far behind. You can not appreciate it unless you see it first hand! The food scene is down right amazing! The museums are first class! And the landscape is second to only a few places in the whole country! I invite anyone to come and enjoy.
Bill Klee, and to add to that Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh medical center. Also known as the Cathedral of Learning. When built was the tallest University in the world! Let's not forget about Westinghouse air brake General Electric Allis Chalmers and all the other companies they come from there in that general area. Oh and let's not forget the first public television and radio in America! There's actually a book published called Pittsburgh firsts. It's a leather-bound onion skin like a Bible in about a quarter inch thick of all the things that happened there first it's amazing Pittsburgh has more history the New York and Boston combined. We were the Western outpost on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains when we were still colonies. There was no 911 they had to fend for themselves. First shots fired in the French Indian War was by George Washington a Young colonial officer who had the built Fort Necessity after they run the French and Iroquois back over the Canadian border. Pittsburgh's history is so so rich but you'd never know about it because we don't have that are against it seems to come out of places like Philadelphia New York and Boston. Why because we're blue color baby! Oh did I forget to mention that Bayer Pharmaceuticals North American headquarters it's in Pittsburgh as of I believe 1989. It's because when they were flying into greater Pitt International the staff from bear said it reminded him of Bavaria with are three river valleys. Carnegie Mellon University ranked in the top five engineering schools in the world. Has what some might claim to be the number one theater School in the world. Of course any of us from that town having any sense of History could write her own book of what we know. I just wish they didn't have three months of blasted snow and winter!
The Pirates were really huge in the 60s and 70s also but you weren't around then.
Love being in Pittsburgh when renegade plays,,, it brings absolute chills to you,,,, Go Steelers!!!
I noticed you admire our uniforms. If you want to learn some very interesting info about them, read up on the helmet logo. Our game day enemy, the Cleveland Browns, actually suggested the logo. It's actually trademarked through the Steel industry unions. They actually agreed to let the Steelers use it because of the Steel industry history in the Burgh #hereweGO
Born and raised in the burgh. I got to grow up in the 70s as a kid when the Steel Curtain was around and I remember Pittsburgh Steelers School assemblies, Steelers banners everywhere. Good times
If you give birth in Pittsburgh on a Steeler game day, they wrap your baby in a terrible towel in the nursery. Steeler fans are fans from cradle to grave.
I came home from the hospital the day of the “infamous Jerome Bettis Coin Toss” - thanksgiving day 1998 and you BET i was swaddled up in a terrible towel on my dad’s chest watching the game
2024 here.......i remember watching this when you first posted it and now here you are traveling around the US in an RV with your lovely wife and 2 great children. Who would have thought bud.......you did good. HERE WE GO STEELERS HERE WE GO
"Cowboys are americas team, the steelers are the worlds team" Big ben week 9 2020
Damn straight Aussie: CLASS!!! Velocity, violence=VICTORY. HERE WE GO STEELERS. HERE WE GO. Now lets go that 7th Super Bowl Ring!!!! Steeeler Nation this Veteran has been a fan since 73. I love you ALL!!!
Steeler fans are everywhere!!!!!! Once the steel mills shut down, a lot of people went elsewhere looking for work, other states, but all stayed Steelers fans forever!!!!! I've been a Steelers fan since I was 9 years old AND I am still a fan, at age 62 years old! My favorite player is #88 Lynn Swann 💝💝💝💝💝😎
Took my wife to Pittsburgh this year and she fell in love with it . Food is amazing , people are nice. Also primanti bro sandwiches is a must try to anyone that goes to Pittsburgh!!
I’m a Steelers fan and I still can’t wrap my head around how you only have 3 Head Coaches over a 50 year span. They had 13 Head Coaches from 1933-1968 and when Chuck Noll was hired in 1969 and coached 22 years, Bill Cowherds was hired in 1992 and coached 14 years, and Mike Tomlin took over in 2007 and is still the coach to this day. Tomlin is the 2nd longest tenured Head Coach in the league behind Belichick.
yep
Hey Sam- my NZ.Family! Love your main channel with wife, kids and dog! Atlanta is becoming quite the cook! Born and bred in Pittsburgh but moved to NC for the weather and lower taxes! I will always love the Steel City and it’s black and gold sports teams!
Steeler Nation is like no other 🖤💛🖤💛
Pittsburgh was once the most prolific steel producing city in the world. From the entrance of the U.S. into WWII until VJ Day, Pittsburgh alone produced more steel than Germany, Italy, and Japan combined during the same time.
The Steelers are also what I would call a truly global franchise. When I was serving in Korea, I found a Steeler bar in Seoul. When I was in Heidelberg, an Irish themed pub would be open at 3 in the morning to put Steeler games on TV for a packed house. In Iraq, there was a large group of us that would gather to watch Steeler games and we had people from all over the U.S. as well as from our allies.
It's called the Terrible Towel because Myron Cope, famed Steelers color commentator (who would also make a fun reaction video, by the way) called it that back in the early 70s. He donated all of the money from that to a local home for mentally disabled people and left them the rights in his will.
Now you need to react to the other Pittsburgh Steelers video - The Pittsburgh Steelers: Professional Football’s Pharisee
The only you need to do is become part of Steelers Nation. We are the best represented team throughout the world. Last time I went to Fairbanks AK, I stopped at a sports clothing store. I requested a steelers hat. The guys eyes light up. "Steelers fans get a 25% discount." I was then invited to the private group that gathers every Sunday to watch my team kick arse. We are the biggest family in the world. Can I send you a Terrible Towl?
Pittsburgh Steelers is my Team!!! #STEELERSNATION
"This can be the start of something big"...biggest understatement of that decade!
There is nothing like a Sunday morning and afternoon down town tailgating for a Steelers game!!! #HEREWEGO
If you ever get the chance to come to Pittsburgh visit Da Strip District while in da burgh
If you were born in Pittsburgh and is not a Steeler fan, you’re momma dropped you as a baby. I’m a big Steelers fan but I’ve never actually gone to a game, just driven through Pittsburgh a few times. The setting is absolutely beautiful!!!
Yes Pittsburgh is an east coast steel town. I remember as a child, the stacks pouring black and orange (sulfer) plumes into the sky. Lord only knows what was going into the water. There was a "Mom&Pop" steel shop in just about every town over forty-thousand population. A large portion of local ethenticity is Polish/German/Irish. Tread lightly friend on the Terrible Towel" it was a marketing device created by beloved local celebrity Myron Cope, who was amazing in the broadcast booth. He primarily added color comentary but was capable of play by play and statisticle contributions as well! Thank you for this video. I grew up a few blocks away from the guy with the man cave and it brought back many good memories of childhood.
Pittsburgh was so successful that they’ve managed to find 2 first ballot HOFers in a span of 30 years. If Ben wins another super bowl he might be considered one of the top 10 all time QBs
You gotta go to a steelers game to feel what it's really like. The energy is insane. I went with my dad to the ravens playoff game in the snow. It was unbelievable
The Terrible Towel was an impromptu "bring a yellow towel to the game" call from Myron Cope who then created the official towel. Good ol' Myron. I miss him
I need a Myron Cope reaction video now lol
The immaculate reception!!!!
I'm a lifelong Cleveland Browns fan and I'm a hair's width away from becoming a Steelers fan!!!
You should!
I'm sick of the Browns!!
That’s a crazy statement
The Steelers are our family here in western PA. Lately it seems like Steeler Nation has expanded everywhere. We welcome them all to our family. Personally l've been a fan like a lot of fans since birth. Most towns around here stops when our Steelers play. On Sunday most Churches wraps it up around noon. So everyone can get ready for the game. It's very special.
Steelers Nation best fan base in the world. Nothing like 68,000 terrible towels waving. Most thrilling experience. If your a part of Steelers Nation it's a must to experience!!! Oh, let's not forget "Renegade"
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Steelers Nation! 412
Heck Yea bro!
When the fans wave those towels, terrible things happen to the opposing team.
Old-time man, Pittsburgh was the first to have a prop the terrible towel. And Myron Cope was Pittsburgh's Howard Cosell who owned the rights to the Terrible Towel. When he died he left all the proceeds to Women's and Children's charity. Something Art Rooney would have been proud of!
I have been a steeler fan since i was 4 years old born and raised in puttsburgh
"You just go and lay your hand /
On a Pittsburgh Steelers' fan /
And I think you're gonna finally understand" - "In America", Charlie Daniels Band, 1980, written just months after the Steelers dominated the league for a decade. This is how big the Super Steelers were 50 years ago, and why Pittsburghers wear Steeler jerseys to work on Friday for a Sunday game.
I mean is there ever a time Steeler attire isn't acceptable in Pittsburgh, I've heard it said people will wear Steeler gear to weddings, funerals, job interviews and everything in between
They went from worst to best in a very short couple of years. I was a fan even when they were awful, just because they were from my town. Dan Rooney took over from his father, who really didn't care about winning. That happened around 1969. Dan and newly hired Head Coach Chuck Noll decided to build the team through the draft. They built a super dynasty and dominated in a decade where the competition included 3 other powerhouse teams: the Raiders, Dolphins, and Cowboys. What a decade! The team has the highest winning percentage since the merger of the two leagues, the AFL and the NFL. It's really been exciting to have witnessed the transformation of the team from perennial losers to perennial competitors.
Pittsburgh was the steel capital of the world at one time. Its nickname is "The Steel City".
There are more terrible towels waving at away games than the home crowd can count. We out number them in ther own stadiums! #steelersforlife!
ahhh not in Foxboro or Philly I only see a few terrible in those stadiums and steelers fans aren’t the only only fans that travel well
“Brown, 84 I need that jersey.” He says. The boy done goofed up. Smh 🤦♂️
Yes, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is from the East coast and playing in the AFC NORTH IN THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE!!!IT USED TO BE THE HEARTLAND OF THE STEEL MANUFACTURIES!!!!
Bernard, the Allegheny Mountains are between Pittsburgh and the East Coast. You ought to I know that.
Find a video on the origins of the terrible towel. It’s a great story and something many other teams have tried to copy
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR DOIN' THIS VID!!! Tell ya what, you make it here, I'll get ya to a game, my treat. PROMISE!! 🖤💛✌️
“Shops on every corner” that’s the strip district! Lol
Love watching these videos! Please be sure to check out Jack Lambert if you get a chance to see why he was called Count Dracula in Cleats.
Saw You first with your family, congratulations on your blessings and success!
Lifetime Steelers’ fan (50+ years), back to the days of the late 60s, when the worst team in football. 3 head coaches since 1969, and 6 Super Bowl trophies later, and I’m never disappointed by the actions of my beloved organization, let alone the results! Go STEELERS!!
Where I was born and raised
That's all Steelers love. The best fans ever! Let's go Steelers!!!!
412 rep
724, but still...
724 for me
412 where my wife grew up
The best team ever! ❤️🌎❤️ You mentioned the Irish, yep. The Rooney family has owned the Steelers sense 1932/1933 Dan Rooney was the American ambassador to Ireland under the Obama administration. God rest your soul ❤️💔❤️ Mr Rooney. The Steelers and the green bay Packers are the only two teams without cheerleaders. That my friend is class! Go Steelers!
When you have fanbases as devoted as Steeler Nation or the Pack, why would you need cheerleaders?
Let’s Go Steelers💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
They mentioned the Polish population. There is a big one, but it's very mixed. Big populations of Irish, German, Slovak, all kinds of people. Everybody gets along.
foley15136, Scottish as well.
Only city of its nature New York post about having five boroughs. Pittsburgh is the only city of its nature in this country. It is made up of 17 townships and boroughs. And it's diversity I believe truly makes Pittsburgh the first Melting Pot in this country and I'm not talking about just the steel every pun intended. Pittsburgh Steelers had the first black quarterback Joe Gilliam. Also look with the rooneys have done in terms of making sure that the NFL gives minorities a shot at coaching positions. My mother's father was Irish her mother Italian. My father's family were from Pilsen Czechoslovakia and they were Jews. I never experienced or ever saw any racism when I was growing up in that City. The first racism I experienced was after I join the service a 1971. You notice they're not burning in Pittsburgh are they?! I now live in Tulsa and they'll be no burning here either. Why here's a perfect example why the Democrats in Pittsburgh are not left extremist and the Republicans in Tulsa are not extremists. Now I know somebody's going to bring up 1921 and the race riots in Tulsa but hey guess what I was born in 1953 and I don't know anyone who was involved with that crap Norwood I condone it. Growing up in Pittsburgh with a guy like mr. Rogers who taught people how to respect themselves so that they can respect others. If it weren't for those blasted winters I would live there now. My bones can't handle that cold anymore. Though I live in Tulsa, my heart will always be in Pittsburgh. Go Steeler Nation.
Great video. Steeler fans are the best.
Love your videos. Glad you are learning the game and love sports. You had a question about the terrible towel. You should watch the Myron Cope video on the legacy of the terrible towel. That should explain a lot. Also, the video about why we play Renegade.
Pittsburgh‘s main three cultures are polish, German, and Ukrainian (I think). My family is all from Pittsburgh and mainly descendants of German immigrants
hello from pittsburgh since birth. now 33
I'm from Pittsburgh and had season tickets till I moved away a while back. I still get goosebumps over so many of the historic moments and stadium crowds. RENEGADE is played in the 4th quarter to pump up the defense and crowd. It's an undescribeable feeling. GOOSEBUMPS
As a Pittsburgh native...
It is pronounced "Turrrrrble Towl."
And it is specifically because of the "Stihlers" fans' awareness of the local dialect (Pittsburghese) that it becomes an inside joke that makes it even more powerful.
I don't know if he started it, but he made it famous... Myron Cope was a long time Pittsburgh Sports Caster on Radio. He sounded like everybody's Uncle from Pittsburgh.
I'm not sure if you have yet. You should reaction to Randy Moss wide receiver. He changed the game or at least the way you cover an Elite Receiver like Moss.
6:40 Pirmanti Bros, gotta love fries, turkey, cheese, and gravy piled high between 2 slices of bread.
STEEELERS NATION BABY 🔥 best fans in all of sports. Best environment in all of sports.
After the Mills left lots of people had to move for work but there are a few of us left
Joe was speaking Pittsburghese, or own way of speaking, n'at. The Steelers logo hasn't changed since the teams inception.
Hope u see Myron and his towel story. Made me proud. Thanks 🙏
hey if youve never been to pittsburgh go and see everything and get to a game theres no badseat in the house the energy in the stadium is so awesome expecially when stix renagade comes on
Welcome to Pittsburgh
Is this the dad from NEW ZEALAND FAMILY? I love them
Also our logo represents the 3 components to make steel…iron fire and water
STEELERS NATION UNITE ⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨
If you want to make a memory - go to Pittsburgh, eat some pierogi's and a Primanti Bros. sandwich [both available at the stadium] and see them when they play either Cleveland, Cincinati or if you can get tickets when they play Baltimore. Then do a video and tell us how it compares to your football games.
If they play Styx's Renegade you will never forget it!
FYI - I'm a Yinzer.
Steelers Nation! 🖤💛
It’s been many years in coming let’s keep that ….
gosh im craving some primanti brother's after this
The best dynasty and fans in the history of sports
Black & Gold
i was there at the immaculate reception game
Hey man you know I gotta like. Real talk 🔥
I live in northwest Pennsylvania and not so much anymore but most of my life everywhere you went you'd see terrible towels and Steeler flags and everything Pittsburgh sport teams related. Kind of miss it. But when. It comes to Steelers, here we go!
WHO RIDE?!?!?!?!
You should watch a couple videos on Pittsburgh dad
Now we’re the winnest
If you don’t understand Kiwi Kicker, The Steelers were very bad until the 70s and immaculate reception. Then they became the most winningest franchise in NFL history on the back of the Steel Curtain defense dynasty of the 70s. The Rooney’s have owned the franchise forever so thats why the guy said Rooney=stability. The terrible towel was invented by a former Steelers announcer Myron Cope and is the Steelers’s good luck charm, many people disrespected it and they either got hurt or had stat slumps or their teams went to crap. When he says when that screen goes black that stadium goes nuts he means that when the screen goes black they play this short highlight movie over the song Renegade by Styx and it makes the fans go nuts. What he means by a Primanti’s Sandwhich is Primanti Bro’s is a very popular restaurant from and in downtown Pittsburgh.
Yinzer for life here. Go Stillers!
Thank you for pronouncing Pittsburgh correctly, so many times in the media I hear people ( non intentionally dropping the t’s ) and it sounds like their saying Pissburg.
Buffalo Bills fans (The 12th Man) are the best! Win or lose, they fill that stadium game after game... decade after decade. They even occupy a spot on the Bills coveted "Wall of Fame." Down to earth working class people with the biggest love for their team. Many characters!
You are doing a great job, friend! Keep up the good work. Best of luck with all your endeavors!!!
6:01 me too bro
Steelers Fans Are the Greatest bar none
Here we go Steelers!!
Good job kiwi
Fyi...Steelers nation..here we go..johnsonburg pa born and raised