A dilemma for Steelers fans
Webster’s Dictionary defines a “dilemma” as “a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives”, or “a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice”.
Steeler Nation faces a dilemma on Sunday. And I’m certain that I’m not the only Steelers fan who has lost sleep thinking about it.
The Baltimore Ravens will face the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game. That thought alone is the stuff of nightmares for the average Steelers fan. But it gets even worse. Which team do you want to see win this game? See the problem?
That’s where the dilemma comes in. Posing that question to a Steelers fan is like asking someone which group they like more, the Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan. It’s like asking which they’d find more enjoyable; having their arm bit off by a lion, or having their leg bit off by a shark. Both answers are highly undesirable.
If you ask any Steelers fan which NFL team they hate the most, the Ravens and the Patriots are both likely to be among their top 3 answers. So supporting either team is highly undesirable.
If a Steelers fan says that they want the Patriots to win, that means that they’re tacitly rooting for pretty boy Brady, “The Hoodie”, and the rest of the Cheatriots.
Personally, I believe that Spygate may have cost the Steelers a Super Bowl ring, so I’ll never forgive the Patriots for that. Therefore, I’ll never root for them (unless a victory by the Patriots somehow helps the Steelers).
On the other hand, rooting for the Ravens means supporting Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, and the rest of the thugs from Baltimore. That’s NEVER going to happen.
So what is a Steelers fan to do on Sunday. Personally, I’ve been trying to think of a way that both teams could lose. That would be the ideal outcome. Perhaps an asteroid could collide with the field while the games is going on and smash both teams. Or maybe somewhere in the fine print of the NFL rule book, there’s an obscure, seldom used rule (like the “tuck rule”), that will allow the game to end with neither team being declared the victor. Can a playoff game end in a tie? And if so, does that mean that both teams would be eliminated? That would be an acceptable outcome, but I doubt that it will happen.
Frankly, I’d love to see the Ravens sack Tom Brady 30 times. And I’d also love to see the Patriots score 50 points and humiliate the Ravens’ defense. But either scenario would force me to subconsciously support one of the two hated foes, and I just won’t do that.
So now you understand the dilemma facing Steelers fans.
Hmmmmmm, I wonder if there are any asteroids heading towards Foxboro?
Since my Steelers can not be in the AFC championship game. And I can not bring myself to like either team…I hope that both teams destroy each other and for teh first time in history, the Super Bowl is ruined.
1I have the same problem but I think I hate Baltimore a little more since I live in MD and have to be around the rat birds fans all the time!!! and just can’t bring myself to cheer for them would rather jump in front of a mac truck!! so as much as I hate to say it Go Pats please forgive me for saying that
2I say don’t sweat it! Everyone knows the NFC is gonna win anyway! GO G-MEN!
3Okay, Steelers lost, season is done. sucks but hey, that’s football. Now we move on.
4One way to see the Ravens-Patriots game is to choose the lesser evil. Good and evil is defined by personal views often attached to emotions. This is football, not a wedding.
So let’s see it another way: respect. One team I will never respect are the Patriots, the Cheatriots. Do I like the Ravens, no, can I respect them, yes. They play hard, they are tough on defense. All the Ravens have really done for many many years is trying to be the Steelers. Imitation is the best form of flattery. They respect us by imitation us.
And for the AFC be represented at the Super Bowl by a team of the AFC-North division for the second year in a row is saying to the world that OUR division is the best.
Here we go Steelers!
This is easy. I HATE the Ravens and will never go 4 them n any situation!
5Being a Steelers fan, I dislike both teams. I am cheering for the Giants to go all the way. I like the 49′ers, but right now, I don’t want them to tie the Steelers with 6 Super Bowl victories. I could care less who wins the AFC.
6I live in MD too but it has the opposite effect. Most of the Ravens fans I know are pretty nice people. I still don’t like the Ravens but its no contest against the Patriots. I simply hate Belichick. OK “hate” may be strong. Let’s say I’m disgusted with Belichick. I will be watching the game only the root against the Patriots.
Overall, I say go Giants! That’s really the only team left who I wouldn’t mind see winning the SB. I have nothing personal against the 49ers but we don’t need to see them get a 6th trohpy.
7Pats. I have a Ravens fan Co-worker, and I’d never hear the end of it.
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