Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon held up a Terrible Towel at a rally on Thursday and pretended to use it as a tissue before throwing it to the ground. Members of the Titans famously disrespected Pittsburgh's trademark Terrible Towel earlier in the season; the Steelers later eliminated them in the playoffs. "That's what they get for trying to humiliate us and rub it in, for not showing any class," linebacker Larry Foote said of the Titans at the time. "We wanted to play them again, but they couldn't hold up their end of the bargain. That's what they get for stomping on the towel. We're stepping on them right now." Mayor Gordon is already backtracking a bit. "At no time did anyone intend, in any way, to offend the Steelers organization and their many fans, supporters and traditions," he said afterward.