The Steelers have the weekend off, which sucks. It mainly sucks because we don't get to watch the Steelers dominate an inferior team, which is obviously everyone, but there are also these 5 reasons that bye weeks suck.....
5. Speaking to family members on Sunday.
If your family is like ours, from 1pm to 4ish is a time of golden silence. From the time the game starts til the finish, the only sounds come from cracking open a cold one, and Mom cursing at the TV and the announcers for cheering against the Steelers. We lose that golden silence on the bye week and we actually have to talk to our wives, girlfriends, parents etc.
4. Big Ben has free time.
Despite the fact that he is a married man, this image will always remain in the back of our head. (and before anyone gets mad, we're joking. We love Ben and we are ecstatic he has changed his behavior and image)
3. We gotta hear about them jagoffs from Baltimore and New England.
If you do decide to sit down and watch football, coverage of the AFC's best shifts from the Black n Gold to the pretty boys in New England and the criminals in Baltimore.
2. We don't get to hear the brilliant voice and vocabulary of Mike Tomlin
Admit it, you've thought about it. Mike Tomlin sounds like the coolest, smartest coach around. Tomlin seems to be a combination of Einstein, Lombardi, and Shaft all rolled into one.
1. Drinking a case of Iron City with your friends on a Sunday just seems irresponsible now.
It is widely accepted to drink a few Iron City's with your buddies when you're watching the Steelers. It is not as widely accepted to get bombed on a Sunday afternoon before a trip to the Home Depot.
