As I mentioned, I’m in Pittsburgh for a few days. I actually have a small list of things to get — booze from the liquor store since it is significantly cheaper than the state licensed stores in Ohio, some Pitt gear, and a case of Yuengling. Sadly, it looks like the Yuengling will not be acquired due to space considerations (or lack thereof) in the car.

So I went to the Pitt Store to get stuff for my daughter and me. Yeah, I know putting her in Pitt gear is no guarantee. If it were, Lee and I would both be Penn State fools. Still, effort must be made and at the very least they will be embarrassing photos when she is older.

They have cheap, simple t-shirts with the new Pitt logo for only $6, but I was more interested in getting a new hat. Get it now and have time to really break it in before the season starts. Pathetic. They didn’t have any hats with the new logo. They didn’t even have any of the retro hats.

WTF? They just don’t get it, do they?

Down at the corner street vendor — Pitt Stop — they had one. They also had at the bottom of the rack some really old hats that they must have found in a bin. I mean, these were hats they sold when I was in school. And no, they weren’t “retro” hats. They were just old hats. Still dusty, and a couple were sun-bleached out.