Don't mess with the Terrible Towel. Everyone scoffed at that idea last season after the Tennessee Titans beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-14 to secure home-field advantage in the playoffs and the No. 1 seed in the AFC. On the sidelines, running back LenDale White and other Titans could be seen stomping on the Terrible Towel after the game. Defensive end Jevon Kearse pretended to blow his nose in the Towel. Bad move. The heinous acts cause an outcry in Pittsburgh and throughout Steeler Nation. You don't mess with the Terrible Towel. Period. Everyone else laughed. It's just a towel, they said. The didn't believe in the magic of Myron Cope's creation. Steelers fans knew better. They believed. The Titans lost their final game of the regular season, but no one really paid too much attention to that as they finished with a 13-3 record. Plenty of NFL experts thought there would be a Steelers-Titans rematch in the AFC Championship Game. Didn't play out that way. The Tita...
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