Lee mentioned the idea below.

Incidentally, wouldn’t it be interesting if each college — in addition to its other traditions (fight songs, marching bands, etc…) — had a unique drink associated with it… like the mint julep is associated with the Kentucky Derby? And no, I’m not suggesting that Iron City pounders be associated with Pitt…

Interesting idea. For Pitt, the history suggests a Whiskey drink. The Whiskey Rebellion was in Western PA, after all.

A couple suggestions and comments:

Rusty Nail
1 part scotch (whiskey)
1 part Drambuie
Stir in glass with ice.

Pros: Great name, simple.
Cons: The Drambuie is too sweet, and expensive. When was the last time you saw Drambuie at a friend’s place?

Golden Nail
1 part whiskey
1 part Southern Comfort
Stir in glass with ice.

Pros: Decent name; simple, strong drink.
Cons: SoCo is too South.

Whiskey Highball
2 oz. Whiskey
1 lemon peel
Ginger Ale top off
Whiskey in the highball (or Collins) glass, add ice in the glass. Squeeze lemon peel and drop in glass. Pour ginger ale to top off.

Pros: Good drink, for a long night of drinking. Simple, but not too strong — girls would actually drink this.
Cons: Kind of boring.

What else?