...back in the day, when a home crowd would make "too much noise"? If you
don't, you're in for a surprise.
See... When a home crowd makes so much noise that the opposing team can't hear
well enough to call signals, that team is in deep doo-dah. "Too loud? Tough
luck, Chuck, that's why they call it Home Field Advantage."
But...
Into the early 90s, the NFL would -- I bleep you not -- penalize a team if
their fans were too loud. And that's no shit; I remember this happening on
multiple occasions.
Now, we all know that there are fan bases out there who can crank it up. KC,
Green Bay, Cleveland (before they were Baltimore)... I'd also include Buffalo,
Philly, Chicago, the Giants, Denver on a technicality, and Oakland (to hell
with LA and Vegas) .
And having been to games at Three Rivers and at Heinz... I can tell you that
Steeler Nation is included in this discussion.
The league realized pretty quickly that this was a great big steaming pile of
BS, and discontinued the practice pretty fast. So...
Other than the Tuck Rule, what rule do you think is the greatest, steamiest
pile of Horseshit the league ever put out?
Joe
