I’m filing this under: How did I miss it? A week before Pitt premeires the new logo and return to Pitt, Eric Moneypenny at Fox Sports.com was writing about football unis and who should go old school.
I know, the school’s colors are officially Gold and Dark Blue now, instead of Dijon Mustard and Royal Blue. And “Pitt” is frowned upon. Keep the colors. But embrace the “Pitt.” Wannstedt is selling the program’s proud history of Marino, Hugh Green, Dorsett, and National Championships to recruits and the fan base all that he wants, and he’ll probably do well in doing so. But the current uniforms aren’t Tony Dorsett, they’re Larry Fitzgerald. Really good, but not great.
Don’t break your arm patting yourself on the back too much. This had been rumored for a while.
Coach Wannstedt will be doing the local radio thing this week. A couple early AM appearances on Wednesday and then in studio with Mark Madden on Friday.
Greg Doyel at Sportsline.com discusses Juniors who will test the draft waters after next season. Not that, they will necessarily go pro, but that they will see where they are:
Aaron Gray, Pittsburgh: Without Chris Taft and Chevy Troutman, Gray — 7-feet, 275 pounds — will get as many minutes as he can handle next season. On a per-minute basis, Gray — who averaged 4.3 points and 2.8 rebounds — wasn’t much less productive than Taft (13.3 points, 7.5 rebounds) this past season. And the NBA loves guys who are 7-feet, 275 pounds.
Hey, if Chris Mihm could go #7, why not?