LOL, the way my old man tells me and the overall feeling around the community, "The Fumble" and "The Drive" still sting badly, and were far, far worse.
YouTube - 1986 AFC Championship - Second TD drive
I could recount tons of stories I've heard of people huddled around their tv's after the Brennan TD getting like all psyched, planning to go over to Pasadena and buying tickets, My Dad sums it up as "You could bounce a basketball over 1-77 that day."
He says it was painful watching Elway and co. getting slaughtered in the super bowl, when he and the rest of Cleveland felt they could have defintly beaten the Giants and 'Skins in both of those games.
also, "The move" was probably the worst of them all, Art Modell is a slimeball, even as a kid I knew that.
Oh and they get my hopes up all the time.
"2003"- "Awesome! made the playoffs! we finally have some decent QBs in Kelly Holcomb and Timmy Couch! Now if we can get that o-line built up we can finally start to become a normal NFL team"
"2008"- "This season is going to own all! DA just went to the pro bowl and we added Shaun Rogers so we finally have a NT! And then we have Winslow and Edwards two of the best recievers in the NFL! and if DA chokes we always have Brady Quinn. Steelers are going down! their time running the north is done!"
I'm dying to see them contend again, sick of being the joke team, want to be hated by the Steelers again, and I want to see them at least go to a super bowl in my lifetime.