pittsburgh has 5 local stations all with news programs. all of these stations have sent at least 450 of their most popular news anchors to cover the superbowl in detroit. do the math, and that gives us about 5,687 news anchors in detroit (since LAST week) to cover such riveting stories such as (this is only a partial list):

- steelers hold pep rally in pittsburgh 13 hours before they leave for detroit
- steelers sleep in their home beds one last night before leaving for detroit
(1.30 minutes for local weather)
- steelers board plane in pittsburgh
- (LIVE FROM DETROIT) steelers land in detroit
- (LIVE FROM DETROIT) steelers board bus at detroit airport heading to their hotel
- (LIVE FROM THE HYATT) steelers bus arrives at Hyatt hotel
- steelers have dinner at jerome bettis' mother's home
- steelers eat a lot for dinner
- (GASP! WE'RE DOOMED! )Troy Polomolu twists ankle in practice!
- local pittsburgher mortgages home for steeler tickets
- (WHEW!) Troy's ankle just fine. He will play Sunday
- (OH NO! WE'RE DOOMED!) Hines Ward's shoulder is sore!
- local giant eagle check out lady wears black and gold from head to toe 24/7
(30 seconds for local weather)
- (WHEW!) Hines' should just fine. He will play Sunday.
- steelers hold press conference
- local pittsburghers eat the same food every game day so they don't "jinx" the outcome of the game
- pittsburgh mayor boards plane friday night to detroit to cheer on the steelers

obviously, there is nothing else going on in pittsburgh that is news-worthy. nothing. the "drive for five" or "one for the thumb" or "gimme 5" stories have taken over.

PS. Go Steelers!