SteelersFan

Well, I'm sad to hear that you have to put up with Cowboy fans on a regular basis... I live in a small town/borough in Allegheny County, right across the river from the City of Pittsburgh border. I was born here, never lived anywhere else except three months deployed on an Army base in Baghdad (where we managed somehow to still watch every Steeler game). I was a Steeler fan by choice - neither my parents or anyone in my extended family were into sports when I was growing up.

LOL, ok thanks for the warning. But I'll try to give you my insights: I'm actually not that representative of your average Steeler fan (most of them are fairly uneducated and suffer from an extreme case of homerism, and a lot of them are racist). But I have listened to Pittsburgh sports talk radio for about 25 years now and feel like I have pretty good sense of the situation: 1. I'd say it was probably a 5 at game time. Hell, even the week before there were people that were rooting to simply win to eliminate Cleveland, because, well, "they're Cleveland". 2. Now, after the loss, it is probably a 6. Next year Steeler fans will certainly be more amped to "get revenge". 3. Steelers-Ravens about 7 or 8 years ago was an 11. I've seriously never seen a rivalry in sports more intense than that rivalry a few years ago. Now, its around an 8 I would say. This is no offense to Cleveland or to their fans, but from a Steeler fan perspective the Cleveland-Pittsburgh rivalry had really faded away, mainly because the Steelers were winning the very large majority of those games over the last 10-15 years. But, now that Cleveland has a superior team (and a brighter future, I'd admit) that rivalry is going to grow again for sure.

45, why?

OP here. Yeah, there is a rivalry here. It is still growing and not quite the level that Steelers-Ravens is, but it is there. I suspect it will be amped up next year due to the beat down that the Browns gave us this last week.

I created an account here to post a congratulations to the Browns and their fans on the win versus my beloved steelers. Lots of Steelers fans hate the Browns (and the city of Cleveland), especially more so after the drubbing that you gave us, but I'm actually rooting for you guys. You've got a helluva talented team and are really exciting to watch. Looking forward to see if you can pull off a win versus KC. Good luck!