1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: be a sports broadcaster, and that's in large part because 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: of this man. My name is Jack Hill Growth, I'm 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: twenty five years old, and for my entire life, my 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: grandfather has been the voice of my favorite football team, 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: which has been pretty darn cool. Pittsburgh Stealers. Pick it 7 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: to Pickens, and you have to be here now. I 8 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: couldn't be more blessed to be able to sit down 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: with him and reflect on his incredible tenure as the 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers. 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: Hi pap Hi, Jack, fancy meeting you here? 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: It is It's definitely a treat. The last thirty years 13 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: for you have also been a treat, a. 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: Treat, a good run, a blessing. To work for the 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 2: Rooneyes is a privilege. The fact that they gave me 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: the opportunity to be one of thirty two announcers on 17 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: the big stage is certainly a big thing and has 18 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 2: made my career. But you know, it's it's gone by fast. 19 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: But the fact that I did four Super Bowls, a 20 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: lot of guys in my position don't get that chance, 21 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: and I'm grateful for that. The only regret I have 22 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 2: is that I'm two and two in Super Bowls, Myron 23 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: was four and one and Jack Fleming was four and 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 2: oh so I had some catching up to do, but 25 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 2: unfortunately it'll be up to somebody else. 26 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: Let's go back to your formative years growing up in Garfield, 27 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: growing up a Pittsburgh kid. When did you start to 28 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: realize that you had a love for football in this organization? 29 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: You know, through my uncles we'd go to family gatherings 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 2: and talking about the Steelers and Joe Gary and Jack 31 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: Butler and Ray Matthews and that peaud my interest. You know, 32 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: I always love football anyhow, but you know, as a 33 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: kid who's ten or eleven years old, when your uncles 34 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 2: are talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers and talking about them 35 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: with passion, it's infectious. And it poured over me. And 36 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: I was very lucky to be able to do games 37 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: for a franchise I grew up rooting for. 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: You did games for University of Pittsburgh as well for 39 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: close to two decades before the Steelers came a calling. 40 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: Do you recall the first conversation, the first inclination that 41 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: you had that, oh, my goodness, I might be you know, 42 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: in the running to replace the great Jack Fleming. 43 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 2: Tony Quatrini, who's retired from the Steelers, was the sales 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 2: manager at w TAE Radio. He called me and he said, Billy, 45 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: I just want you to know mister Rooney keeps asking 46 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: for your tape. And I said, what tape. I didn't 47 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 2: submit a tape, and he said, well, they have a 48 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: tape and they're using it to compare other tapes, and 49 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: the more he hears yours, the more he likes it. 50 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 2: And that was the first angling I said, Oh my goodness, 51 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 2: I'm a candidate for a job that I really am 52 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: not seeking. But you know, the more I thought about it, 53 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: the more it made sense to become a full time 54 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 2: play by play guy. You know, for a kid from 55 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 2: Garfield to be able to say that, that's amazing. 56 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: And you had a ton of experience calling football games 57 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 1: before at Pitt. But do you recall any nerves. 58 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: I did the Gene Hackman approach. Remember Hoosiers. Yeah, the 59 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: baskets ten feet, the lane is fifteen, the football field 60 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: is one hundred yards fifty three and change wide four downs. 61 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 2: There wasn't a whole lot of difference, and I took 62 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: that approach once I had that sudden jolt of my gosh, 63 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: you're the voice for the Pittsburgh Steelers that went away 64 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: long before the season started, and to be paired with Myron, 65 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: who I knew from previous experience, that was a blessing too. 66 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: That was exactly where I was going with my next question. 67 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: Myron Cope, that was a suddle past Beard to me. 68 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 2: You know, he took it to the old col throw 69 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: the coal. 70 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: It could have been their business. God, what was it 71 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: like working with him? You obviously had a personal relationship 72 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: prior to you stepping into the stea dealer's booth. Did 73 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: that make it maybe easier for you to transition on Sundays? 74 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 2: Yes, it did. I had a preview with Myron. First 75 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: of all, the very first game I did for pitt 76 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: after Ed Conway passed away, Johnny Sower was supposed to 77 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 2: be the color man, but he had CBS commitments and 78 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 2: so they said, well, Myron can do the game with you. 79 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 2: And that was nineteen seventy four, So I had a 80 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 2: little bit of an inkling in seventy four what to expect. 81 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 2: And then in eighty three Johnny Sower had heart problems 82 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 2: and he was not given the go by the doctors, 83 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 2: so they put Cope in the booth with me for 84 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: that whole year and it was fun. He's unique. I've 85 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 2: always said, you do three important things in life. You 86 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: get married, you have a first son, and you meet 87 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: Myron Cope. And I was blessed to be in all 88 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: those positions. 89 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: I remember the time I met Myron Cope. It's clears day. 90 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: I was like five years old. He looked down at me, 91 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: made a wise crack about how I had hair and 92 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: he didn't, and he tried to rub his head on 93 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: my head. Did any hair go up with there? And 94 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: I'm just like no, and then he walked away. But yeah, 95 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: definitely a unique character. Indeed, you got to work with 96 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: tun Chilk in the late great Touns Chilkin for a 97 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: long time too. What was that experience like, Well, he. 98 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 2: Saw the game from an offensive lineman's perspective, as does 99 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 2: Craig wolf Lee. They played the game at a high 100 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 2: level for a long period of time, and they made 101 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 2: me understand that the wins and losses are just about 102 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 2: a direct result in football of what's going on up 103 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 2: front and whoever wins that battle at the line of 104 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 2: scrimmage's chances are, I don't care how many skilled people 105 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: you have, how accurate your quarterback is, sooner or later, 106 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 2: you win a football game. Up front, And they taught 107 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 2: me that. 108 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: You talked a little bit earlier too, about the fact 109 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: that you got to call four Super Bowls. Did they 110 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 1: feel any different than maybe previous ones or is it 111 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: just one of those things where it just kind of 112 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: has the same feeling going into it, a big game 113 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: kind of feeling. 114 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 2: Well, I guess I talked myself into that, you know 115 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: the fact that now that the stage is bigger, don't 116 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: let it bother you, don't let it be become an impediment, 117 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 2: don't let it be in your way. And you know 118 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 2: that certainly was it, you know, the first four Super 119 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 2: Bowls when the Steelers had, to me the greatest dynasty 120 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: in the history of sports. I was always left back 121 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: at the station, and so the other guys would get 122 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 2: to go cover the Steelers in Miami or Pasadena or 123 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 2: whatever they played. So I had to stay back and 124 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: I missed those, And so I guess the Lord stepped 125 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 2: in and said, Okay, we're going to make that up 126 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 2: for you, and you're going to get to do them yourselves. 127 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 2: And it started with Super Bowl thirty in sun Devil Stadium. 128 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 2: Cope and I took a cab to the stadium and 129 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 2: as we get out of the cab, a voice behind 130 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: us yelled, they'll let anybody in this place. And we 131 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 2: turn around and it's Chuck Nole and that memory the 132 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 2: fact that they wouldn't let us in the booth until 133 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 2: later in the week. And when we got to the booth, 134 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 2: it was hermetically sealed. It was all encased in glass, 135 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: and Myron objected. He complained to Joe Brown of the 136 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: league office, and I thought to myself, you know, of 137 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 2: the leagues one hundred and twenty five priorities, you're number 138 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 2: one twenty six. But sure enough, we walk into the 139 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 2: booth game day and they have half of the glass removed. Well, 140 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 2: it turns out it was my half and not his, 141 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,239 Speaker 2: and we got a chuckle over that. But right before 142 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 2: the game started, I heard a voice behind us, mister Cope, 143 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: is everything in this booth to your liking? And I 144 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: turned around and it's the commissioner of the National Football League, 145 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: Paul taglia booth. And I said to myself, Cope swings 146 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 2: a heavy stick and he got the league's attention, but 147 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 2: it just didn't work out for his benefit. It worked 148 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 2: out for mine. 149 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: Well. You remember about the two Super Bowls that the 150 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: Steelers won in Detroit and in Super Bowl forty in 151 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: Super Bowl forty three as well. 152 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: Detroit. Great memory for the week up there. We spent 153 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: in Pontiac and going back and forth to Detroit. I 154 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 2: saw one Seahawks shirt the whole week. That was impressive. 155 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: And then coming back after the game, the line at 156 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 2: the Ohio Turnpike and the toll booth operators looking like, 157 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 2: my god, I've never seen anything like this. And I 158 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: think a lot of Steeler fans, even though they didn't 159 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 2: have tickets to the game, went to Detroit just to 160 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: be part of the Steelers nation. And of course the 161 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 2: Jerome Bettis angle, the fact that they'd go to run 162 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 2: on the field and Jerome's running out there and he 163 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 2: realizes he's by himself. You see Joey Porter holding back 164 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,719 Speaker 2: all the teammates. That was pretty special. The special thing 165 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 2: about Super Bowl forty three was Ben and how he 166 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 2: responded to the fact that the Cardinals had gone ahead 167 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 2: two minutes and change. There was a holding call and 168 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 2: every pass he threw on that series was on the 169 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 2: Steeler player's hands, and the one that should have been 170 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 2: cut was on the left side of the end zone, 171 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 2: and he went right back to Santonio in the right 172 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: side of the end zone. And to me, that was 173 00:08:58,880 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 2: a pretty special moment. 174 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a call that's gonna live in the annals 175 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: of Steeler's history, probably for the rest of time. Talk 176 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: about that play, how you saw it, and ultimately you know, 177 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: giving us the call that Steelers fans everywhere know and 178 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: have known for a long time. 179 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 2: One of my mentors, Ed Conway, always told me, watch 180 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 2: the official. I'm at Raymond James. I'm at the other 181 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 2: end of the field and on the other side of 182 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 2: the field. I couldn't even see at Santonio, let alone 183 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 2: his feet. But when I saw that official bring those 184 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 2: hands up to his waist, I knew they were going 185 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 2: up here, and I called touchdown. And I was very 186 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 2: fortunate to trust my instincts in that regard. But that 187 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 2: to me was a great play, one of the greatest 188 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 2: in Steeler's history. But the fact that I was even 189 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 2: an indirect part of it was also a thrill. He 190 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: scrambles around, throws it back corner of the end zone. 191 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 2: Santonio with a touchdown. 192 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: Santonio, I don't know how. 193 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 2: We did it. 194 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: You think, are there any other moments from games that 195 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: maybe not have been in the Super Bowl that stick 196 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: out to you as you know, memorable moments for you 197 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: in your career. 198 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 2: Ah gosh. Away from the football field, I secretly put 199 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: a ball in my bag to bring to the game 200 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 2: where the bus ran over Brian Erlacker, and after the game, 201 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 2: I want to get him to sign it, but they 202 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 2: don't like us to approach the athletes directly. They like 203 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: us to go through the channels. I needed to get 204 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 2: this ball signed, and so I kind of stood in 205 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 2: front of the bus and my bag and I got 206 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 2: the ball out. He saw me pull that ball out. 207 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 2: He pushed me aside. He said, hey, we're family, give 208 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 2: me a pen out sign that you know, and those 209 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 2: special moments are really easily recalled and enjoyable to this day. 210 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: Speaking of family, you've got to share a lot of 211 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: moments in the press box with my dad, your son 212 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: with me as I grew up, us helping you out, spotting, 213 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: you know, do whatever we need to do to make 214 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: sure that you get the call right. What was that 215 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: like for you? 216 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: It begs the question is the world ready for three 217 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 2: generations of hill growth? And I'm not sure about that, 218 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 2: but there is so much fun. You know. You started 219 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: when you were eight years old. You were assistant spotter, 220 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: and then you of course grew into the main role. 221 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 2: But I remember, and I was so pleased when you, 222 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 2: at the age of fourteen, said hey, Pat, I think 223 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 2: I want to do what you do. And that made 224 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 2: me very very happy. And you make me happy. 225 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: You make me happy. Here we are, Hey, all these 226 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: years later, what did the fans add to your experience 227 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: as the voice of the Steelers? I mean everybody you know, 228 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,719 Speaker 1: and I'm in this camp too. I think they're the 229 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 1: best fans in all sports. 230 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 2: I'm a little bit like the players. I feed off 231 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 2: the fans, you know, as the play by play guy. 232 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: They are unique. The most unique NFL franchise, Steelers Nation 233 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 2: is it's the It's almost hard to find, but we 234 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 2: see it when we travel because we go to a 235 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 2: hotel and whether it's on the West Coast or in Florida, 236 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: and they have to put stanchions up and have security 237 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: people to keep the fans away from the players so 238 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: they can get on the elevators to go up to 239 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 2: their rooms. There's nothing like it elsewhere in the National 240 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 2: Football League, but most of it is very, very pleasant 241 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: and very rewarding. 242 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: Do you have a final message to the fans, the organization, 243 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: the Rooney family for the last three decades. 244 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 2: Two words, thank you.