Sorry everyone. You would think that with an 8pm start there would be plenty of time to just toss up a couple paragraphs of babble. Instead, I spent most of the morning with the kids and just doing dad things. Then the drive out to the ‘Burgh. And go figure I couldn’t be bothered to post while enjoying a bit of tailgating rather than looking for an open wireless connection.
Needless to say this is a bit of half-assery. So moving on.
Got a nice spot in the press box tonight. Pity the poor kids from the Pitt News stuck next to me.
Offense was well prepared. Next challenge is to build on momentum.
Tino couldn’t have made that high-pointed laser-beam TD throw to Devin Street to save his life. I mean literally 0 times out of a trillion.
My single thought from the night….. It was the quietest stadium I can remember for 3 quarters even with all the late scoring …then came Sweet Caroline (and I know this sounds hokey) but the noise stunned ND !!! You had to have been there …and when the loudspeakers played Metalicca Sandman the place just went bonkers !! ND lost their poise. First time ever for Kelley. Real save came when Bennet fell on the fumble that sat there forever. So for all you fans a big H2P!!!!
Night EMel, Dr Tom, Gc Frankan all the Dans and fellow Blatherites Chas and Justin. It doesn’t get much better than this!
Also about time some stop whining about an on campus stadium. Sure there were 15,000 ND fans there tonite, but when Heinz is full it is every bit a legit home field as any on campus stadium in the country. Even the students hung in for the entire game. For those of us who are there every week (yes even for UConn on a Wed night), it is so obvious how much a good crowd can influence the team’s performance. As somebody who actually LIVES in Pittsburgh AND has season tickets, I am perfectly happy with Heinz being our home. Except the awful generic logo at mid field, that as to go…
“…stop whining about an on campus stadium.. when Heinz is full it is every bit a legit home field as any on campus stadium… Even the students hung in for the entire game.”
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As you stated (aptly enough), Iron Duke, “Even the students hung in for the entire game”
To me, that is absolutely incredible…
I cared little about the football team till Walt Harris arrived. (C’mon, Hackett, Majors II, stirred excitement?)
Look, I was an undergrad ’89-’93. And I’ll be damned if I ever made a “day game” post fraternity hazing period (’89) in which we were forced to carry our charter up Cardiac Hill & onto the stadiums turf, only to watch the “team” run out of the tunnel. (So very exciting (NOT).)
I was much more into getting laid Sat morn than making that trek up the hill…
Still, though, there ain’t no darn way in h*ll that I’d board a shuttle-bus to take me into the never land of Heinz field. If so the case, I’d have NEVER SEEN A GAME without some hazing & there aft an on-campus stadium.
PITT NEEDS AN ON-CAMPUS STADIUM. PERIOD, AS I TRULY BELIEVE, WITH SUCH, THERE’D BE NOT A SEAT IN THE HOUSE UNOCCUPIED @45K MINIMUM.
As an aside, however, let me talk of maturity (lacking as an undergrad (for me).) Because since graduating, I’ve become a staunch, hardcore, diehard PITT football fan who does not miss a game. And when the team goes down as seen vs GTech, it really does F my week. Hence I am ecstatic over the W last night.
This post here is DEFINITELY A “RANT.” BUT HISTORICALLY AND IN COMPARISON…
PITT NEEDS BRING BACK IT’s HERITAGE TO A …
ON-CAMPUS STADIUM.
**And no offense to you, either, as your argument is sound enough. But let’s not kid ourselves
