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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Steelers have returned to Pittsburgh.

Their US Airways flight landed around 3:40 p.m. at the Pittsburgh International Airport.

One of the first people off the plane was U.S. Ambassador Dan Rooney.

The trip was about a three-hour flight. Two more planes carrying the Steelers’ families and staff members also arrived this evening.

The team returns home after falling to the Green Bay Packers, 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV.

As Steelers fans came to grips with the loss, they put the best face they could on disappointment.

The Romero family of Phoenix, Ariz., never lived in Pittsburgh, but are Steelers fans. They came to town just to experience Steeler nation.

“It was quite an experience,” Gabriel Romero said. “Win or lose they’re still our team. Die-hard fans – always been, always will be.”

Chris Hoke said he wanted to thank the fans because in his words, the team couldn’t have made it to the Super Bowl without them.

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  • JK

    The way they played they should have stayed in Texas. They went to party and the Packers went to win and who is partying today? They made a big mistake and they should be ashamed of themselves for not showing up to play the game. Strip clubs and piano bars while the Packers studied and won!

    • Ryan

      JK, you’re an idiot. That was Tuesday. You are dumber than rocks if you think that affected the game.

      • http://salsmachine.wordpress.com aversas

        I have to agree with Ryan. If they won, everybody would be saying the hoopla over the karaoke was over blown. Because they lost, it’s an issue? No. This loss was caused by poor playing, nothing else. 3 turn overs that resulted in a scores. That’s 21 points, and it changed the game. I hate to say it, but the Packers didn’t win, the Steelers lost. But, they capitalized on our shortcomings, and need to be commended for that. If we had the same chances they had, we would have done the exact same thing.

      • LOKI

        Ryan ~ You are right, the nightlife did not affect the game . . . . the Packers just kicked the Steelers a$$ ~ plain and simple.

        The World Champion Green Bay Packers ~ love the sound of that!

    • Brenden

      Agreed with Ryan.. JK, you are an idiot. That had nothing to do with the game. I’m sure you sit at home and think about work everyday for two weeks before you have something important to do at work right?? you do work right?

    • America’s Team

      Right on JK. Cheeseheads 31 StupidTowels 25 Guess No 7 in 2011

    • Denny

      JK your an idiot. The Packers were out as much as the Steelers. We lost because of mistakes not because of lack of preparation. Get your facts straight. or be a fan of some other team. I’m a fan win or lose.

    • Diane

      Yeah he was lookin for a bar of soap

    • john

      idiot

    • sharon wightman

      JK you are right on the button!! They should have studied the plan. Instead they thought they were on vacation… Well, their vacation is over!

      sw

    • lauren d cosgrove

      Who. Cares. They are losers

    • EDDIE WEATHERS

      I GREW UP IN PITTSBURG, HAVE NOT LIVED THERE IN OVER 40 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN WHEN 4 AND 8 WAS A WINNING SEASON. YOU CUT ME I BLEED BLACK AND GOLD.. I AM PROUD OF WHAT THE ROONEY FAMILY HAS DONE FOR THE STEELER NATION. WIN OR LOSE WE ARE A TEAM, FANS AND ALL. JESUS CAN TURN WATER INTO WINE, BUT HE CANT HELP WITH YOUR WHINNING. STOP THAT BE GLAD YOU HAVE THE PITTSBURG STEELERS. YOU GO STEELERS, THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR.

      • LOKI

        Eddie ~ The “Caps Lock” button is on the left side of the keyboard, you may want to click it off.

        1 – Don’t blasphemy Jesus.

        2 – The Steelers didn’t show up in the biggest game of the year.

  • Jaime Davila

    JK, you stand alone. Steeler nation is proud of our boys. If you think piano bars affected yesterday’s game, you don’t know what you’re talking about

    • luvinsteelernation

      JK you really think the Packers did not go out to dinner all week??? You only hear what the media tells you, we never heard half of what went on with the packers and steelers prior to the game. All we know is the the media has a field day with Ben and the rest of the Steelers they can’t do anything right, it’s ridiculous if you ask me.

  • Steeler Chick

    So proud of them all!!!!!!!!!!!

  • RSQ

    i agree with j k you think that big dummy would of had enough of strip clubs and ladies bathrooms after all he PAID OUT and you know it was a ton to SQUASH IT

    • Ryan

      Ben didn’t go to the strip club, dumba$$. That was everybody’s hero Ward. And clearly he played a good game.

    • Dave

      Of course you agree with ‘jk’. Because you’re just as dumb as him. Ben didn’t go to the stip clubs moron. After all he ‘paid out’?? Please enlighten us on that statement. Oh never mind, you made it up. Yea you have some credibility…not

      Overall, yes, Ben had a bad game. But the Steelers still made it to the Super Bowl and were one drive away from their 7th trophy. Congrats to them!

    • Denny

      RSQ are you a Steeler fan? You sound more like a Bengals fan, well, you know what maybe you should then you would have a legitimate reason to complain. Get out of the Steeler nation make room for a REAL fan who stays with them win or lose. I’m from Pittsburgh but now live in Dayton and I wore my Black and Gold to work today. And that’s how I roll.

  • Steeler Chick

    THESE GUYS NEED TO HOLD THEIR HEADS HIGH!!!! SO PROUD TO BE A STEELER FAN TODAY!!!!!!!! BB played a great game. TRUE STEELER FANS ARE BEING THERE GUYS NO MATTER WHAT. After all they are the ones who play the game and give their heart and soul!!!!!!

    • goofoff

      They gave us a great, long season & got us to the big dance. What fun we had! Thank you, TEAM!

  • Steeler Chick

    Don’t know where my first comment went. I will try again. i AM SO PROUD TO BE A STEELER FAN TODAY!!!! These guys should hold their heads high today!!!!! They are AFC North Champs, hold 6 trophy’s and came together after injuries ect as a family and team and went to the Superbowl!!!! Nothing to be ashamed of at all!!!! THEY WILL BE BACK, AND STEELERNATION LOVES THEM!!!!!

  • Joe

    amen to JK having no clue to what he is talking about…3 turnovers=21 points enough said. Thay played hard and they did not give up and were in the game til the end…in the words of my old hometown 84 Detroit Tigers. “Bless you Boys” once again you have made the TRUE STEELER NATION proud. Welcome home and let’s get ready for a 2011 trip back to the big dance.

  • rick mcgonigal

    Business as usual with Tomlin…Looks like we went back to Camp Cupcake in the start of last years training and that season we played 500 ball…As the old saying goes,You Play the way You PRACTICE and apparently partying was the main agenda…For 1 week they could have sucked it uped and focused on the game ahead…Made their game plans and went out to win the trophy…Could be a long time before we see the Black&Gold inthis event again…

    • Ryan

      Another dope who thinks going out on Monday and Tuesday affexcted the game. News flash, no practices are ever held Monday or Tuesday of Super Bowl week. Get a clue, WAKE UP. Dummy.

  • bettygerbil

    go packers go packers we did it no 7 for the number 7 that was so hated but now everyone loves him . good luck steelers next year go pens the pirates suck so maybe the pens will bring them luck

    • Denny

      Good for you. But in the we still have 6, Packers have only one SB in 13 years to our 2 in the last 6 years. Umm, beat those stats gerbil.

  • Pat Smorada JR

    I dont care what any idiot says. The Steelers did great. They took the Steeler Nation to the superbowl. Once a Steeler fan, allways a Steeler fan.

  • Bart Starr

    Vince Lombardi is back home 13 TIME CHAMPS ONLY ONE TITLETOWN !!!!! YOU PEOPLE TALKED SMACK FOR 2 WEEKS AND YOUR TEAM BOUGHT INTO IT , GO PACK THE CLASSIEST TEAM ONE , GO BUY 50 % OFF BEARD SHIRTS !!!!

    • local

      FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

    • Dave

      And here is the token GB fan claiming “title town”…”13 champs.” Dude, no one cares about the games back in the 1930s when there was no Super Bowl and only half the teams. Yes, GB won…kudos, but get your head out of your @ss and realize that if all you have to hold onto is ancient NFC titles…well that says it all

    • Denny

      . So lets see how much you know and are you a real fan or just on the bandwagon. Who is the starting QB for Green Bay and what city is the head coach from. And here is the thing, GB titles come under the old league. Umm, our 6, and to help you that’s 1.2.3.4.5.6 just in case you forgot how to count umm here’s something to choke on “LOMBARDI TROPHIES” Fine will get you ten thats its Bandwagon.

    • Steeler Fan Forever

      first of all bart you really need to learn how to spell correctly its won not one dummy and its easy to win a championship when there is only 8 teams in the league…this is the super bowl era all those title’s you won before then were against a league of 8 teams!!! 8!!! not 32, freaking 8…more teams go to the playoffs now then there were in the league when you won all those titles…it was a great game just got killed by turnovers…congrats to the packers for the win and great job steelers came up short this year but we will get them next year.

      oh and ps. take a look at ESPN’s title town search they did in 2009 if i’m not mistaken Pittsburgh not Green Bay was voted Titletown USA….you see america calls us title town…you just decided to call yourselves that…when america thinks you’re title town then you call holler at me HERE WE GO STEELERS HERE WE GO!!!!

    • Jaime Davila

      beard shirts 50% off? I want some of those, and I’ll wear them proudly. Most packer fans are quire classy. You, though, should be ashamed to use Bart Starr as a handle.

    • KP61

      C’mon! This coming from a guy that wears a block of cheese on his head?? Get serious! Enjoy your win – but you’ll NEVER catch up to SIXburgh baby! (Yes- count ‘em – SIX Superbowl Trophies) DREAM ON!!!

      • LOKI

        KP61 ~ never catch you? Steelers – 6 / Green Bay – 4 and the Packers look like a team that wants to get back to the Super Bowl while the Steelers looked like a team that didn’t want to miss their tee-off time.

    • LOKI

      I love the weak comments back from the Pittsburgh fans ~ poor losers!

      You have to give credit to any sports record that includes championships and Green Bay has 13 of them and the Steelers have 6 . . . . . but not 7!

      I love the younger Steeler fans that throw the 6 Super Bowls out there when they were alive for the last two but dismiss the Green Bay championships.

      The World Champion Green Bay Packers ~ they are the only NFL team that can say that.

  • Bernie

    Well look at it this way at least there was a person on the winning team that was really from PGH. That says more to us than the Black and Gold winning….. The Coach

    • Roger

      Oh let the Green Bay fudgepackers have their 1930′s victories. Its pretty pathetic that thats all they can hold on to. Just like Ravens fans say they are better because they won in a couple years of being created. Green Bay played a good game. Their defense did a great job. The Steelers, if right plays were made would have won but Ben decided to go another route. Green Bay, be classy, accept this donation from the Steelers of the win and keep your mouths shut.

  • Jay

    We have 6 super wins and you have what 4, whatever Frumunda Cheese Head.

    • A-Rod MVP

      WE? How many you play in fan? Steeler fans are so funny always saying WE!!! Who invented the super bowl, not gangster rooney!

      • ARodIsBaseball

        You use the moniker “A-Rod” and then question the use of “we.” Talk about having no self identity…oh, and besides ARod is a baseball player. He’s not you, nor is he GB’s QB. But I wouldn’t expect you to see that.

      • Fan

        A-Rod???? Back in NY we call him A-Fraud. You seem lost so go find your team forum and your own identity because you are a nobody !Dooooooooooooosh. Peace out…………………Steelers will come back for #7!!

  • A-Rod MVP

    Go Pack!! Super Bowl Champs again! The team who gets all the calls finally lost, although I thought they were gonna cheat on that last play. But congrats big ben, his BEST super bowl game yet. 2 TDs= career high, what a bum!! Steeler fans are bums, too bad because they won’t be back in the super bowl anytime soon!!

    • ARodIsBaseball

      “The team who gets all the calls”…wow now I see how demented (that means stupid) you really are.

      • A-Rod MVP

        Steelers don’t get all the calls? SB 40?

      • pitt412

        Chill out dude just a game, Aaron Rodgers=ARod played great, just a nickname, he got the belt. We know the real ARod plays baseball idiot!! Steeler Nation!!

      • ARodIsBaseball

        @pitt412. Chill out? I’m very chilled. GB won and I’m fine with that. I’m just calling out an overzealous “ARod” poster. But thanks for your reply ‘idiot.’ Oh, maybe you should chill?

    • local

      I guess you pack rats will be waiting another….what…..40 years or so.

    • KP61

      they don’t call you CHEESE HEADS for nothing!

  • CJ

    Wow, I’m shocked to see some of these negative comments. Shame on you. No fair weather fan here. I love the black and gold and am proud to call myself a member of the Steeler Nation–win or lose. All you complainers, go find another team. The Steeler Nation stands proud today.

  • Dominick Gambino

    hey Bart, we got 6 my man

  • rise

    jk you are an idiot and so anyone else that thinks being at a piano bar had anything to do with the result of the game. I bet you would be one of the first to praise him if they had won….hypocritical fans are needed….go be a fan for another team, our team doesn’t need fans like you as they have millions that stand by them win or lose

  • rise

    are not needed they should read

  • Jeff Smith

    Someone has to win & smeone has to loss, but My team is the STEELERS and they made it to the Super Bowl, so MUCH MORE then any other team can say !!!!! STILL VERY PROUD to Support MY TEAM. GREAT JOB GUYS !!!!!!!!

    • Dave

      Bingo!

    • Denny

      Hey, I wore my Black and Gold to work today. I fell bad for those guys, they had a comeback on the go just not enough. However, GO STEELERS.

    • LOKI

      They made it to the Super Bowl is correct but they won just as many Super Bowls this year as any of those other teams you mention that didn’t make it.

      Second place just means that you were the best loser!

      I wish the Steelers would have come to play like the Packers.

  • local

    Who really cares anyway. I don’t. Win or Lose there was no money going into my pocket. I didn’t play a down nor did any of you idiots.

    • Dave

      Well I won quite a bit…so I guess that leaves just you as the idiot!

      • local

        hmmmmmmmmmmm IRS time you idiot, gotcha. LMAO that was too easy.

      • Dave

        Yea, because the IRS is tracking down some Joe average who won some blocks on a super bowl using an alias on a website which doesn’t require valid e-mail addresses. I’ll chance it. I’m a risk taker…. ;-)

  • steel king

    for all you steeler haters, the pack got very lucky, only one other team ever beat the steelers in the superbowl. just getting to the bowl was a major task this year and they did it against all odds, four weeks of no starting qb, a plaque of injuries and of course a slew of unfair penalties and fines. many of us believe it was an nfl conspiracy to stop the team. the steelers are the best team ever and always will be!!!!!!!

    • LOKI

      The World Champion Green Bay Packers are the best team ~ face it, own it!

      Lucky? What game did you watch? All three turnovers were caused by outstanging defensive plays. Preparation and execution are not lucky.

      If this is your analysis of the game, “lucky”, you need to turn in your Steeler gear.

  • local

    If all you have is to live your life vicariously thru some overpaid, steroid induced, oversized freaks in a common world…………………thats sad, very very sad.

  • black and yellow

    I will get my 50% off beard shirt and wear it proudly. Those men fought there hearts out and came up a lil short. I’m proud of Steelers and Steeler Nation. At least they made it to the Bowl. See YINS next year

    • LOKI

      Second place just means you’re the best loser!

  • STEELER MOMMA

    TO THE ENTIRE STEELER TEAM….THANKS FOR GIVING US A SUPER SEASON ESPECIALLY WHEN NO ONE BELIEVED IN US. HOLD YOU HEAD UP HIGH THE STEELER NATION IS PROUD OF YOU. WILL GET THEM NEXT YEAR.

  • soccermom0923

    It is a game and guess what it does not put food on my table, or money in my pocket, its for entertainment, and really the ones we should be paying hi salaries to are the Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers that keep are country safe. What Football Players ever Saved are country or put the lives on the line they play a Kids game!!!!! and i know some of you will start naming names I already know there names and respect the ones that fought for this county and yes even gave their lives…
    I am glad the Packers one the deserved it they were the better team!!!!!! Get over!!!

    • 13 foxtrot round down range

      well seeing that you asked a question about what football players served our country then answered it yourself just makes you look like a fool and what does burying a service member have anything to do with the super bowl. If you didn’t have a comment about the super bowl you should just read another article. Oh and by the way i’m one of those people who have served my country 3rd Infantry Division 6-8 Cavalry Fort Stewart Georgia. I’ve seen plenty of service men and women buried when I was in Iraq. If you want to comment about that go to a relevant article to post your message.

      Great job Steelers i’m proud of you just like everyone else in the Steeler Nation we will get them next year HERE WE GO STEELERS HERE WE GO!!!!

    • kristy

      you tell ‘em, soccer mom. we’re talking about grown men who get paid millions for tossing a ball, when REAL men (and women) are fighting for our freedom and get paid nothing in comparison. THEY’RE the REAL heroes, but i’ve yet to witness the crowds for a veteran’s day parade surpass a steelers or penguins parade. priorities, folks.

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