I mentioned yesterday the stupidity of the parking at Heinz Field with ESPN College GameDay. The point was further driven home by a Pitt AD spokesman

“If they come to see you, you’re on the major college football map,” said E.J. Borghetti, a Pitt athletic department spokesman.

“This is the lollapalooza of college football,” he said. “It’s almost a Woodstock-like environment the way people come early and stay throughout the day and into the night for the show.”

Emphasis added.

Come early, stay all day. Got it. They know that the people who come want to stay there. So, Pitt and Heinz Field do the following.

Hoping to encourage as much blue-and-gold presence as possible, Pitt said it would run morning shuttle buses for students from Bigelow Boulevard to Heinz Field starting at 9:30 a.m., returning to campus at 12:30 p.m. Pitt said it will then run student shuttles to the game starting at the normal time — three hours before kickoff.

Fans who drive to Heinz Field for the morning telecast can park for free in the Gold 2 lot, adjacent to The Great Lawn, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Borghetti said. The lot will then be closed and all cars must exit to prepare for the 2:45 p.m. opening of all parking for the game.

Arrrgghhh! Don’t they get it? Students who come down will be shuttled back (roughly a 1/2 hour trip back, but obviously there will have to be multiple trips back and forth — to the point where they’ll just have to turn around to come back to the stadium. As for those who drove, they can’t get into their lots for over 2 hours. So, they have to find some place to park and hang around on the North Side or drive and come back later.

Complete stupidity. It discourages people from coming early because it’s such a hassle in the intervening time. Can’t stay, might too long a trip back. Stuck in a limbo.

Idiots.