“What I’ve tried to do is be supportive and encouraging and make sure our coaches and players know we have tremendous confidence in them, belief in them, and we’re doing all we can to help them succeed. We just don’t leave people hanging out. That’s not my way. We’re keeping them pepped up and focused, [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Below is a copy of TCU’s Press Release… PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Texas Christian University has accepted an invitation for full membership into The BIG EAST Conference, it was announced today. The BIG EAST, by a vote of its Presidents and Chancellors, extended the invitation for membership. TCU will become the 17th conference member on July [...]
Opponent: West Virginia Mountaineers (7-3, 3-2 BIG EAST). Kickoff: Friday, November 26th, 12:00pm. Pitt is 4-0 in noon games this season. Who says nooners aren’t fun? Mascot: The Mountaineer. Just a guy with a coonskin cap that carries a musket. While most of the mascots grow a beard for the role, it is not required (however [...]
You have to love hearing the Pitt players celebrate in the background while RichRod is basically crying at the podium. Speaking of RichRod crying, is anyone else reminded of the “Scott Tenorman Must Die” episode of South Park while watching this? Cartman: Yes! Yesss! Oh, let me taste your tears, Scott! [starts licking Scott's tears [...]
Thanks to our friends over at 93.7 The Fan, we have been asked to join a panel of Pitt bloggers for a weekly Blogger Debate. Each Wednesday, we will discuss Pitt football and other hot topics in college football with Chas Rich of Pitt Blather, Bryan from Pitt Script, and Chris Gates from the Area [...]
We always think of our team as “the good guys” and our opponents as “the bad guys.” But what if that was not necessarily true. What if our team, our mascot, were the evil ones? It poses an interesting question. It’s just like in the WWF, when your favorite wrestler turns heel for the next [...]
For those of you who didn’t know, former Pitt coach Walt Harris had found himself a job just 35 miles from campus this past year…as the Offensive Coordinator of D2 school California University of Pennsylvania. In his first season as OC, the Vulcans went 10-1 and had the 26th ranked scoring offense in D2 (of [...]
A 3 OT game complete with a missed FG, a blocked FG, an INT, a fumbles, a career long 52 yard FG, and a game winning TD on a 4th and 17. ”Pistol” Pete Gonzalez was the man.
As we mentioned here a few weeks ago, Brothers from Phi Delta Theta run a football the 79 miles from Morgantown to Pittsburgh in a event known as the Backyard Run to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Well this past Saturday marked the 2010 edition of the Backyard Run. Starting shortly after midnight in [...]
Opponent: South Florida Bulls (6-3, 3-2 BIG EAST). Kickoff: Saturday, November 20th, 12:00pm Mascot: Rocky D. Bull. The braham bull was not the first chosen mascot for the university. In fact, its a very complicated story. Coach: Skip Holtz, the son of Lou Holtz, is in his first year as head coach at South Florida, [...]