I don’t know how many of you were as annoyed with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ schedule last season as I was, but frankly I wasn’t very happy with it at all. As somebody who is responsible for covering the games as they transpire (and without a newspaper’s salary to compensate for it), the number of holiday games left me frustrated. I did not even blog the Christmas game because I couldn’t conflict with my plans two years in a row.
According to Gerry Dulac, the Steelers have gotten tired of it as well. He noted last night on Twitter when it was announced that the schedules would be revealed tomorrow that the team put in a request to not play on holidays this season.