Edko Famm etc you guys absolutely need to read this article if you have not about the rivalry and has a ton of good shit Ive never heard. Easily the best Steelers-Ravens article I have ever read.
The Steelers-Ravens Rivalry: An Oral History | The MMQB with Peter King
My favorite snippet of all:
SCOTT: We are losing big in Pittsburgh one year, and I was known for always going to the opposing sideline during timeouts. I am arguing with Dan Kreider, the fullback then, in front of Mike Tomlin. Tomlin has his arms crossed, listening. So I say, “Coach, he’s talking a lot of s---. Put him in the game, and run an iso, and I bet I knock his ass out.” So, Tomlin asks Kreider, “You want him?” He says, “Hell yeah, I want him coach!” Tomlin uncrossed his arms, threw his hands and pointed for it. Now Kreider is running in mad. He’s putting his chin strap on. I run out, and lo and behold, he runs the play. The down block came in, and I hit him, “pow!” and I tackle Willie Parker at the same time. Kreider jumps up too fast, runs to the sideline, but he only made it back to the numbers before he collapses. They had to call a TV timeout.
I do a financial literacy program, and I have been at the Steelers facility and told that story, and the people at Morgan Stanley thought I was embellishing. But you can ask Tomlin. That’s when I became a fan of Mike Tomlin, and he became a fan of me. He said he was going to run the play, and he gave us what we wanted.
TOMLIN: I will never confirm. But Bart is not a storyteller.
