We're the same age. I was 8 1/2. My parents had made me miss half the NFC championship game the week before because I had a soccer game that evening.. I was pretty new to being a Rams fan but I knew enough that they were big underdogs and so losing to the mighty Steelers wasn't the worst thing in the world.

I wrote a 'condolence' letter to Vince Ferragamo the next week and about 2-3 months later he mailed me back a personalized autographed photo that I still have on the wall in my office.