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By Mark QNNam
^ Most red-blooded American;
think that winning a Super Bowl ii
to say the least, ''great." Well
Steve Courson is no different.
ine ngni guara ior me woric
Champion Pittsburgh Steelers
Courson is a former Gamecocl
star who participated in th(
Tangerine Bowl.
"The Super Bowl is what you g(
to camp with in mind. You aren'
satisfied if you don't win. After yoi
win, it's a relief. It's a grea
feeling. You know the pressure u
off for a year," Coursonsaid.
A TWO-YEAR Steeler, Coursor
has fond memories of more thai
just two Super Bowl victories
"Being able to start in the AF(
championship game agains
Houston this year was something
else. I started and played the whol<
game. Three Rivers Stadium is ?
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playing with some of the greates
football players in the world,1
Coursonsaid.
Courson spends the off-seasoi
lifting weights and playini
basketball. "It's important to sta;
in shape in the off-season becaus
in the pro's, if you don't come t
Steve Courson
camp in shape, there is someoi
else there who can fill-in. T1
competition is too stiff, Course
said.
"Last spring 1 was working o
heavy in the off-season on tl
bench. I usually don't maximu
out, but one day I worked up to 5
pounds in double repetitions, bul
Dulled a nec (shoulder) muscle
don't know how much I could do <
one repetition. I've never tried it
said the 6-1,262-pound Courson.
Courson left for Pittsburgh la
week to participate in yet anoth
sport ? basketball. "Some of tl
guys on the team go around to hi{
schools in the Pittsburgh area ai
play the schools' faculties
basketball. The games are usual
used to raise money for charitie
It gives us a chance to meet tl
people of Pittsburgh and it al:
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added.
TRAP BLOCKING is one thii
Courson had to get adjusted
when he went to Pittsburgh. "V
trap block a lot. That's why \
have a short line. The averai
height on our front line is about (
or 6-2. Coach (Chuck) Knoll dral
quick offensive linemen. You cai
be 6-5 and 295 and play on the <
fensive line in Pittsburgh. Y<
nave to be snort, strong ana ia:
You've got to get out quick. This
one of the newer trends in tl
NFL," Courson exr^ined.
According to th' ^ennsylvan
native, the Steeler's NF
domination should continue in t
future because of the amount
depth on the team.
4'Personally I wouldn't want
be college player coming to Pi
sburgh now. We're a solid team;
the way around. We have excell?
back-ups," he said.
A Sports Illustrated artic
published earlier this year shar
Pniirsnn's fMinffs about t
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Talking about Courson in the
, same article, "Mean" Joe Greene
said, "we were watching him from
' the side-line and when he went
\ after'em, all you'd see were feet in
3 the air or guys on their backs,
crumpling up. He's got an arm he
J can put right through you. When
we got into short yardage we
j yelled, 'Go over the Sweeper!" We
call him that because he sweeps
* em up. We were standing there
making sweeping motions, like we
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But "Sweeper" is quick to
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back," Courson added. "I'm sure
he wants to play a few more years
for the Steelers. He played as well
this year as he has ever played, but
his body sure takes a lot of pounding
during the season."
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Courson seems to like Pittsburgh
as much as Pittsburgh likes the
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like Pittsburgh a lot. I grew up
outside of Philadelphia, so since I
was a kid, I had never really been
in a big city until I came to Pittsburgh.
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mills," said the former Gamecock.
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that he is not the best player in the
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said. "George is one of the greatest
all purpose players I've seen. It's
going to be tough for him to get the
Heisman simply because of the
press. About 75 or 80 percent of the
people I've talked to in Pittsburgh
don't know about him.
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the press like Southern Cal or
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next year," Courson said.
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