Sunday, February 6, 2011

A Prayer to the Pittsburgh Pantheon

With love (and humor) for my pagan friends.

Hail to the Powers of the First Quarter... cornerstone of tone-setting. We invoke the gods Bradshaw and Stallworth... to bring you offensive strength and mighty fine play calling. Hail and welcome!

Hail to the Powers of the Second Quarter... cornerstone of the running game. We invoke the gods Bettis and Harris... to bring you fleet of foot and determination of forward motion. Hail and welcome!

Hail to the Powers of the Third Quarter... cornerstone of defense. We invoke the god "Mean Joe" Green to give you brawn and gridiron grit to ward off the spirit of cheeseheads. Hail and welcome!

Hail to the Powers of the Fourth Quarter... cornerstone of victory. We invoke the god of Coach Chin to rain down a hailstorm of black and gold steel resulting in the ultimate seventh championship title! Hail and welcome!

Now, time for cakes and ale... also known as pierogies and Iron City beer. Go Steelers! May the best Patriots win.... Oh, I'm sorry. Just wishful thinking on my part.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That was rather cute. Hope she saw it.

Peggins