Here’s a story looking back on former Pitt Center John Pelusi. Pelusi played in the ’70s for Coach Johnny Majors. His son, John, Jr., is a Freshman tight end at Pitt. Unasked, but striking me as curious, is the apparent family tradition of using a “J-name” for everyone. His kids are John, Jodie, Jacquie and Jamie; and his brothers are Jeff and Jay.

Meanwhile, Luke Getsy, now the QB with the Akron Zips is getting ready to be a starter.

Prior to taking the Akron job last year, Zips coach J.D. Brookhart coached Getsy at Pittsburgh, where Brookhart was offensive coordinator.
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“What we saw (at Pitt) was a real savvy kid who did not have a great arm but had great poise in the pocket and was smart,” Brookhart said about Getsy, who was named to the Big East All-Academic team his sophomore year. “He doesn’t have what you would call a strong arm but his intangibles make him a good player.

“And the thing that really got me was that he played a lot better in scrimmages and games than he did in practice. We were excited about Luke at Pittsburgh.”

Interestingly, Pitt did actually give him his release at the end of the fall semester.

Finally, a piece on Pitt commit, John Malecki.

Malecki picked Pitt because he’s always been a fan, he wanted to stay close to home and he likes new coach Dave Wannstedt.

“I was really impressed with coach Wannstedt,” Malecki said. “I like the atmosphere there, and I didn’t need to go anywhere else.

“After Dorin Dickerson (West Allegheny) committed, I knew we were going to get a great class. There is something great coming out of Pitt.”

Malecki, however, isn’t worried about playing at Pitt these days. His focus is on leading Franklin Regional to places it’s never been.

In fact, Pitt coaches told Malecki and his high school coach, Greg Botta, that if he was on the roster this year, he’d see playing time.

Obviously, the story is about the guard’s upcoming senior season.