They become winners late enough to catch football's modern era of big television audiences and national fame, but were successful early enough to avoid today's yearly roster turnover. Ravens fans can gloat about Baltimore for all of 2001, but their team will split via free agency within a year. We had a whole decade to gloat. And that just plain feels good. Singer Christiane Leach vibes out to the music, as much spirit channeler as singer.
Underdogs have more fun.
No matter how big we get, let's keep it. Cope's sputtering, juicy enthusiasm is more Pittsburgh than Rogers' floating, accentless voice could ever be. Cope is the cosmic complement to echt-Pittsburghers. He is the yoy to our yinz. Without him we are somehow less than complete.