Steelers Buck Tradition to Wear White

AbC sports ^ | 01/24/06 | Perdogg

[Perdogg]

PITTSBURGH Jan 24, 2006 — To coach Bill Cowher, the Pittsburgh Steelers simply look right in white.

The Steelers will buck years of tradition and wear their white away uniforms in the Super Bowl against Seattle, even though they are designated by the NFL as the home team and could wear their more imposing black jersey tops.

The black jerseys and gold pants are the Steelers' traditional look, and numerous sports teams have switched to black uniforms in recent years because they believe it creates a more intimidating presence.

[Perdogg]

[steelcurtain]

White seems to work for them. At least it did in Denver.

[Perdogg]

I think it looks better than the Steeler black and Seahawks' CFL road uniforms.

I wonder if ABC had dropped a hint.

[bikepacker67]

Maybe Ben is colorblind?

[mikrofon]

Stillers BUMP

[Perdogg]

[SoothingDave]

Stillers stickin' with the white jerseys ping.

SD

[Petronski]

At this point, even superstition counts. I like it.

[llevrok]

White is the color of surrender !

[discostu]

I think it's a good psychological move. White jerseys have been good for them the last few weeks, help keep the road warrior mentality.

[SoothingDave]

I think it's a good psychological move. White jerseys have been good for them the last few weeks, help keep the road warrior mentality.

I agree with this, but I think Detroit's gonna feel more like home. Not a lot of Seahawk fans are gonna drive there.

SD

[mainepatsfan]

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[Echo Talon]

What seems to work for them is the fact that they have gone against sub-par to mediocre defenses. lets take a look

Cincinnati Ranked #28th Defense overall #26th Pass defense.
Indianapolis Ranked #11th Defense overall #15th Pass Defense
Denver Ranked 15th Defense overall #29th Pass Defense

now they play Seattle..
17th ranked overall Defense and 25th Ranked Pass Defense...
Super Bowl XL(Xtra Lame)
States taken from NFL.com here

[mainepatsfan]

Seems a bit silly to me but if they think it'll help them so be it.

[Perdogg]

I really like this color combo.

[pissant]

The might as well wear tutus. They are going to get crushed.

[wallcrawlr]

ha ha.

[B Knotts]

Seattle's defense looked very good last week, though.

[Echo Talon]

not really Carolina is ranked as the #22 overall offense. Not that huge of an achievement. The Bears corners falling down gave Carolina more hype than what they deserved. The first time they played they only score 3 points.overall offense

[martin_fierro]

The Steelers will buck years of tradition and wear their white away uniforms in the Super Bowl

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