I haven’t posted in a while. Even though this is a little late, I wanted to write something about the Pittsburgh Steeler’s Super Bowl victory.

I was in high school the last time the Steelers won the Super Bowl. At that point, I don’t think anyone in this area would have guessed it would take twenty-six years for the Steelers to win another. They were so used to the way the Steelers dominated football in the 70′s, people quickly adopted the phrase, “One for the thumb!” to talk about their expectation of the Steelers to win their fifth Super Bowl ring.

Well, today people around Pittsburgh are just as expectant of the continued success of the Steelers. The other day our local newspaper had the headline: “Dynasty?” The article was about how the Steelers have a lot of young players, and they have the potential to win several more Super Bowls with this core team. Talk about presumption! They’ve just won their first in twenty-six years, and now people expect them to win again the next few years.

But this now begs the question: What phrase will people use for their expectation of the Steelers winning their next Super Bowl? “One for the little finger on the other hand” just doesn’t sound quite right. How about “One for Count Rugen’s thumb”?