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For those of you who many have missed it on Dan Gigler's Blog 'N Gold, a fairly complete, commercial free, video of the 1975 AFC Championship Game between the Steelers and the Raiders is available. This game was a classic that in many ways defined the Steelers-Raiders rivalry of the 70's. The hour long video is well worth the investment of your time. Watch it now (before it gets taken down....)

This probably does not come as a surprise to our older bloggers, our resident historians or anyone who's read Maryrose's excellent book, but Peter King plays a bit of the "what if" game by recalling that Joe Paterno could have coached the Steelers, instead of Chuck Noll. What if, indeed?

The Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Francisco 49ers are two of the NFL's most storied franchises. Click here for a look at some of their marquee match ups from the Noll, Cowher, and Tomlin eras.

Mike Tomlin might not like it, and I get where he's coming from. But for good or for ill, the Harbaugh-Schwartz standoff was NFL's big news of the week. It was good TV no doubt, but back in 1987 Chuck Noll showed how you really call out a head coach with his sideline confrontation with Jerry Glanville. Click above for some vintage footage of The Emperor.

The story behind Carnell Lake’s return as Pittsburgh’s secondary coach did not just mark the return of another Steelers defender from the ‘90’s to the Steelers coaching staff. Lake’s latest career move also confirms a quiet transformation of the NFL’s defensive coaching landscape -- the Rise of the Dick LeBeau Coaching Tree. Click the link above to read more about the rise of the Dick LeBeau Coaching Tree.

Fortunately, it is an argument that rarely rears its ugly head in Steelers Nation. Yet other NFL teams are not so lucky. The Drill is rote by this time of year. A team has not playoff prospects, and the argument, implicit or explicitly arises, "Should we just mail it in a play for draft position?" That can be very tempting. But the Steelers experience reveals why such thinking is folly. Click above to read why.