How the Grinch Stole the Steelers Christmas joy in 1987
Every Steelers fan in Pittsburgh likes Christmas a lot. But the Grinch, who lived just west of Pittsburgh, did not. Now please don’t ask why.
No one quite knows the reason why the Grinch hated Steelers football at Christmas season. Perhaps the Steelers had four gold rings, or perhaps the lowly Browns had no Super Bowl bling. But the most likely reason of all is he had a football helmet two sizes too small. He stood there on Christmas day, hating the Burgers so clearly, staring from his little lake called Erie. Today is Christmas the game is near the Grinch scowled with a hum, for tomorrow, I don’t want to hear the silly chant one for the thumb.
So he thought up an attack; it would start with Kevin Mack. He signaled for friends as he blew on his horn; he nabbed Bernie Kosar and Reggie Langhorn. With a grimace in his eye and a fire in his soul traveled to the Burgh near the river. The Burghers did not worry; they did not shiver. The Burghers arrived at their stadium in a quell; they knew they had John Stallworth, Mark Malone, and the great Donnie Shell. Just as the game began, many drank their mocha as the stadium speakers played the Pennsylvania Polka.
The Steelers kicked the ball high in the air, but it did not go far. The Browns struck early on the leg of the ex-Steeler Matt Bahr. The fans yelled to put the Browns in their dawg kennel. It did not work then Bernie Kosar hit Derek Tennell. The Grinch had played a trick; the Browns had another six.
The dawgs nearly had the Steelers corralled in a tree, then fan-favorite Gary Anderson kicked three. Then halftime struck, and the Grinch smiled as if by design the Steelers had three, the Browns had nine. In the third quarter, the Steelers drove but not very far; the Browns got more points on the leg of Matt Bahr.
The Steelers tried, but it seemed not to be, as the best they could do was just another three. The dawgs then swung with a punch and gave the Steelers a big shiner as they scored another touchdown on the legs of Earnest Byner. Pittsburgh fans, they were rowdy, then they had something to cheer an interception by cornerback Cornell Gowdy. Gowdy ran fast. Gowdy ran quick; he soon gave the Steelers another six. The Steelers were still in the mix; however, they were still down by six. Fans were nervous, and the Iron City they drank, knowing each minute that ticked off their hopes of winning, shrank.
The Grinch smiled as the final seconds ticked off, Cleveland knocked the Steelers from the playoffs. The fans left the stadium, some of them drunk, as they said that game stink, stank, stunk.
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The Burghers did not fret; they never stopped believin’, although the Grinch from Cleveland had finally got even. It would not be long, just 17 seasons; the Rooney’s would bring hope to the Burghers; they drafted a young kid named Ben Roethlisberger. The Grinch, how he cried and thought that was rotten, he said the heck with Cleveland and moved to Boston.