The security guard at the Pittsburgh Steelers complex here today didn't blink when I said I was here to write a story for the BALTIMORE Sun. I expected at least a pat-down, to make sure I didn't have any microphones to plant in the locker room or in the meeting rooms.

But I was told that visiting media wasn't allowed to watch practice. (It didn't make a difference to me since the local media isn't allowed to watch more than a few minutes of stretching at the Ravens complex.)

The Steelers are saying what you'd expect to hear going into Monday night's showdown at Heinz Field.

It's about what the Ravens were saying earlier this week in Owings Mills.

Last year was last year.

Or, as Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said, "You've got to have short-term memory loss.''

Considering the hits Roethlisberger absorbed in the two Raven blowouts last year, particularly the one by Bart Scott, it would be understandable if he really sustained short-term -- or even long-term -- memory loss.

The one piece of minutia I learned from today's locker-room session was that the Steelers will be wearing throwback black jerseys, white pants and gold helmets that were hanging from their lockers. The living members of the 75th anniversary all-Steelers team will be invited back for the Ravens game.

Maybe the Ravens can wear throwback uniforms -- the ones they wore last year against the Steelers.