‘Stripes’ helped Steelers

Sun., Feb. 12, 2006

The Spokesman-Review

I read the letters to editor in the sports section of the paper today (Feb. 7) on page C5! Even my sister in Pennsylvania (who’s a Seahawks fan) said her friends, and they are pretty much all Steelers fans, were saying we were screwed by the Steelers’ “12th man” in black-and-white stripes!

Chris Johnson

Spokane

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