“There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.” Joe DiMaggio. Source: The Sporting News (April 4, 1951).
This game means a bit more to me than others. Last year I decided that I would bring my daughter to at least one game each season. Hopefully, so she would have a good time and to learn a little more about the school and team I love. This is the game I’m taking her to see this year.
This is important since we live in Ohio and get nothing but Ohio State propaganda (along with an uncle that is a bit rabid about tOSU). Add in the threat of a couple grandparents that are Penn State grads and there is danger all around that she could learn the wrong lesson with the young, impressionable mind of 6-year old.
One of my fellow ticketholders is bringing his 6-year old son back for a second go round. He first brought him to the opener with Bowling Green. They live down in Morgantown and he has spent nearly a year re-educating the boy and bringing him over to Pitt. No small feat right in the belly of the couch-burners.
The poor kid was forced to watch Pitt lose to Bowling Green — and he took it hard. Tears and everything. It was like he was the embodiment of our collective id in his reaction.
The kids are coming. Many, many others keep trying to raise their kids the right way. Please, Coach Wannstedt, give us all something to justify the effort.
I don’t know whether they are showing parts of the game or if it’s going to be the story of the game in documentary fashion. It’s only scheduled for an hour, so I imagine it will be the latter.
The BG game was very hot (especially in the sun) and we spend most of the game watching TV in the Great Hall.
The Buffalo game was better, he sat in (or stood on) the seat and cheered a lot.
The guy beside me brougth a 2 year old and a 4 year old. He didn’t spend much time in his seat – God Bless him for trying, though.
Iowa 24 Pitt 6
Regardless of the high-level recruiting, he must go.
Should we suck this bad with all that talent?
Wanny is a morom Iwoa is going to waer out the defense, Iowa 14 Pitt 6
USC defends putting cupcake Ohio State team on its schedule:
USC head football coach Pete Carroll bristled today over continued criticism about his team padding its early-season schedule with cupcakes, most notably last Saturday night when the Trojans took on an almost comically overmatched Ohio State team at home.
“I realize that Ohio State is far from a national title contender,†said Carroll, “but not every game on the schedule can be against a great team. It’s just not possible. But playing a team the caliber of Ohio State helped us stay loose and work on some things for when we open conference play.â€
The Buckeyes, while consistently strong in their second-rate conference, have famously been destroyed whenever they venture outside of the Midwest. But Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel said he appreciated the chance to play the Trojans.
“Games like this allow you to measure up against the top programs,†he said. “You kind of know going in that you have very little chance, but it’s a good experience. Many of our players had never been to Los Angeles before. They got to play on the same field as guys they see on TV. And now they’ll be sure to focus more on their studies now that they realize a future in football beyond college is a bit unlikely for them.â€
Carroll says he will consider future games against the Buckeyes.
“I don’t want to just cast them aside simply because they are no good,†said Carroll. “They may not be as talented as us, as fast as us, or as strong as us, but believe it or not, that program has a lot of history in college football. They are kind of like Army in that way, and they should be allowed to remain in Division I football as long as they’d like to.â€