Deep breath everyone. It may be a lousy logo replacing a lousy logo, but it is only a secondary logo. For example, that needed replacement of the 1997-era “Pittsburgh” logo and panther head in the Pete that was in the paper today. It’s not like it’s going to be with the new dino-cat. They will just have the block “PITT.” Right?
That’s because a giant tile logo that reads “Pittsburgh,” built at a cost of more than $100,000 into the main lobby floor of the Petersen Events Center, will be torn up and modified under an effort to put the “PITT” back in Pitt athletics.
Jeff Long, the school’s athletic director, yesterday confirmed the planned work this summer inside the 12,500-seat arena, which opened in 2002 and is home to the school’s basketball teams.
He said the Panther head inside the logo also will be updated to a newer, sleeker version announced last month.
Oh, wait. Crap.
It would have been fine with just the big block lettered logo. Clean, simple and uncomplicated. On the bright side, when you go into the Pete, you will at least be able to stomp on that dino-cat to get some of the frustration out of your system.
I think I speak for the majority of readers when I say we miss the script and the new colors look too much like the Blue Gray Sky blog.
I would even settle for one post per year using the old throwback comic sans. Joking.
Seriously though, if the Pitt script fanatics had their way we would still be playing in Pitt Stadium and Fitzgerald Field House.
It’s time to move on. The script isn’t coming back for at least another 20 years, so you all may as well get used to seeing block letters and Dino-cats or whatever you call it.
The only reason I would want the script back is if it would guarantee no more whining about how the uniforms look. Even then, somebody, somewhere will take issue with an element of the uniform – be it helmets, logo, colors, lettering, stripes, matching pants, blue socks or whatever.
Football fashion chat is, however about 3x as interesting as recruiting speculation, for what it’s worth.
Dino Cat: 1
Pitt Fans: 0
…take that me!
