Football Fanatics  

Even politicians are getting in on the football playoff action! Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is going to change his last name from Ravenstahl to Steelerstahl. According to the Mayor, the team gave him the idea, and it's definitely not a bad one!

I think that this temporary name change is really funny and entertaining. I mean, how many times is there even an opportunity for the Mayor to change part of his name from the opposing team's name to his city's name? It's pretty unreal. And awesome.

When I first started to read about this, I was waiting for the subconscious to be like, "Are you for real? This is stupid!" But as the idea sunk deeper into my over-footballed brain, I decided that this was a nice piece of sports-related "news" and the fact that this will probably never happen again is entertaining to me. The whole name changing part isn't the best part of this story. It's the fact that the Steelers are playing the Ravens next sunday and the Pittsburgh Mayor has "Raven" as part of his name. Actually the best part of this whole situation is that the -stahl part of his name actually means "steel" in German. So if we put those two together it makes: Raven-steel. So maybe someone had a prophesy back in the day and when they come to Ellis Island, decided to make that their last name... or not but I like to think I'm witty and creative. Anyway, I'm glad some people are having fun with football instead of just focusing on all the stats, etc.

I wonder if there are any Mayors with the name NewEnglandPatriotowski and if he/she would change his name if he lived, in let's say Buffalo. (I can dream can't I?!)