A few weeks back, SI's Don Banks got Steelers' owner Dan Rooney saying the NFL Opening Night celebration before their September 7 game with the Dolphins would be an understated affair.

Wrote Banks on SI.com:

"Don't expect the Steelers to make too much of a fuss about their long-awaited fifth Super Bowl title on Sept. 7, when Miami visits Pittsburgh in the NFL's Kickoff Weekend Thursday-night regular-season opener," Banks wrote. "Making a grand to-do of hanging a Super Bowl banner at Heinz Field -- akin to what the then defending-champion Patriots did the past two Thursday-night openers at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro -- is not the Steelers' way of doing things. The venerable Rooney informed me of this Monday, after the league announced its glamour Week 1 matchups.

"It's a big game, and it's a great way to open up, back on NBC, but no, we don't do the banner thing,'' Rooney said.

But aren't the Steelers going to do a little commemorating or self-congratulation in the pregame?

"No, we don't do things like that,'' he said. "We gave them all rings, and we have a trophy for winning that game.''

It appears Rooney was a bit premature with his pooh-poohing.

The venerable "Pats67" a poster on the Boston Sports Media Watch message board unearthed this incongruity today on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website:

"Heinz Field will be rockin' and rollin' July 23 -- and the Steelers aren't even the main event.

Popular rock group Bon Jovi will headline the Steelers World Championship Celebration Concert during a Sunday celebration that will also feature a video tribute to the 2005 Super Bowl season and the unveiling of the team's fifth Super Bowl trophy in front of a number of Steelers players.

Canadian-based rock group Nickelback tops the list of supporting musical acts (the others of which have yet to be announced).

Tickets go on sale Saturday, April 29 - the first day of the NFL Draft - at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at Tickemaster or by calling 412-323-1919. Fans can also visit the official Steelers Web site, to access the link to purchase tickets."

Hmmmph.