I've been a Steelers fan since I was 8. My mom is from PA so I kinda picked it up from her. It didn't hurt that my first popwarner team was the steelers too.
In either case, I started watching them from the late days of Noll/beginning days with Cowher. I watched us churn out great linebackers for 18 years, from Greg Lloyd and Kevin Greene to Lamaar Woodley and Laurence Timmons. I've seen the good(SuperBowl XL), the bad(6-10 records and losing the SB to the Cowboys in 1995) and the ugly(Kordell Stewart and the 10 or so years without a definitive QB).
I'm a die hard Steelers fan and am working on getting my first tattoo(a Steelers design that I am creating myself) in the near future.
I can't wait for the season to start...we are going to tear it up!