Some say the Steelers have a chance to get back to the Super Bowl because Ben Roethlisberger is playing better than ever, and the offense is loaded with talent. However, there's a lot of luck involved with going on a championship run, and sometimes even having a franchise quarterback and a world-class offense is not enough.
I was just a little kid in 1980 when I first started following the Steelers; that means I don't remember anything about the legendary teams of the 1970s, other than Super Bowl XIV.
But, as early as that '80 season, before I knew much about the game of football, I was aware of all those stars, those future Hall of Famers and that what they were able to accomplish with four championships in the just completed decade was truly exceptional and historic.