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Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl Is Legally Chaning His Name to Steelerstahl posted on 01/15/2009

Pittsburgh's Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is reportedly in the process of legally changing his name to Luke Steelerstahl for the Pittsburgh Steelers AFC Championship game Sunday versus the Baltimore Ravens.

Talk about a bold move. Talk about team pride. It's one thing for some of us to devote our e-mail addresses, screennames, or even tattoos to our favorite sports teams/players, but this is taking a huge next step.

Honestly, I'm jealous. The situation is absolutely perfect. The mayor of Pittsburgh has "Ravens" in his name when the Steelers are about to take on the Ravens in the AFC Championship game. Simply change your name to Steelerstahl, and you have the single greatest act of devotion to a sports team ever displayed. I mean, how am I ever going to be able to top that? I love the NFL, but I'm a college football fan at heart, and the Auburn Tigers are my team. I mean, what are the odds of a D-1 NCAA team being named the Bridges so that I can change my name to Tiger...

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NCAA College Football: to Playoff or Not to Playoff? For me, it's not about the money. posted on 01/13/2009

Will NCAA D1 football get a playoff system?

For me, it's not about the money.

The money that schools and bowls make off of the games isn't relevant for me in any way. I make the journey to Auburn once a year (if I'm lucky), and I fork out the money for the overpriced nose-bleed seats. Sure, I'll buy a pricey hot-dog and soda, but that's about the extent of my monetary investment into the sport. The rest of the season I kick back on the couch and watch from the heated comfort of my home, and I doubt I will ever make that expensive post-season ticket purchase (unless my Tigers go to Nashville, or somewhere like that). 

For me (along with countless sports commentators), the emphasis in college football during the regular season is simply magical. Sure, I knew after 5 games that my Auburn Tigers didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of making a run at a long overdue championship. And I don't mean because they couldn't move the ball on your average high school team; it wouldn't matter if they snuck the '73 Dolphins out there for the rest of the season, they just weren't going to make it. They had lost 2 games. There's not a chance of a miracle run through the conference tournament and a birth into the Big Dance and having a shot at it, just like everyone else. Sure that's awesome, and I watch it every year. But I must confess, I'm a bit lax when it comes to watching regular season college basketball. I know there are lots of other sports enthusiasts out there who feel the same way I do about college basketball, and I would hate to see the same thing happen to the football regular season.

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