Great. Now all my gear is retro/throwback and my throwbacks are now modern. So, the script is officially going to come back for all Pitt athletics.
The goal is to have a roll-out for new apparel this spring, and have all of Pitt’s athletic teams in new script uniforms for the 2016-17 school year. The school’s colors will remain navy blue and gold.
“When that Pitt script is showing, we want people all over the country to understand that’s the University of Pittsburgh,” Barnes said.
Barnes admitted that this rebranding process was a bit different than the one he undertook as athletic director at Utah State in 2012, which was a 15-month effort that involved countless meetings and focus groups. Because the script logo was added back to the helmets last season, Barnes had to work a bit quicker and more anecdotally here, but he thought the answer was pretty obvious.
“That brand is a no-brainer, I would say, to our alumni base and our constituent base,” Barnes said. “It didn’t take long at all because I heard it every day in emails and on Twitter.”
Former athletic director Steve Pederson returned the beloved Pitt script logo to the football team’s helmets in October, but the roll-out was hurried and poorly executed.
The script logo was on the helmets, but the rest of the signage, apparel and media had the old arching block “Pitt,” the athletic department’s primary logo since 2005. The plan at the time was to keep the script logo for football, but maintain the block logo for all other sports.
“If you could ever be half-pregnant, we were,” Barnes said.
As if Barnes couldn’t endear himself to the Pitt fans early, an extra shot at former AD Peterson to boot.
The rollout will take time. Nike has to have some time to change the gear. New stuff everywhere. From the stationary to the banners.
I know I remain in the distinct minority, but I was fine with the block Pitt. My preference has always been for the old colors more than the script. I find the present color scheme too generic. That ship has sailed.
Barnes was right, though, that doing the script just for football while keeping the block for all other sports was too confusing.
There will be quite the mish-mash of logos worn by fans for the next several years. Script, throwback colors and script or the old 50s block Pitt, present block Pitt, even the occasional worn looking Iron bar Pitt. Hey, was that a Nike Pro Combat logo over there?
This guy.
Moore Foundation for Teamwork has announced the launch of a new college football award, the JOE MOORE AWARD, recognizing the nation’s Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit. The award is named after Joe Moore, widely regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in college football history, and is the only major college football award to honor a unit.
The JOE MOORE AWARD will annually recognize the offensive line unit that best displays toughness, effort, teamwork, physicality, tone setting and finishing. The first annual award will be presented following the conclusion of the regular season. The voting committee is comprised solely of people who played or coached the position, including all of the current offensive line coaches at the Division I/FBS level as well as former players, coaches, colleagues of Coach Moore and select media.
The award is designed to preserve the legacy of Joe Moore, who coached most notably at the University of Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. Moore died of lung cancer in 2003. He was responsible for developing the skills of several All-Americans throughout his storied career, including Bill Fralic, Mark May, Russ Grimm, Jimbo Covert, Mark Stepnowski, Aaron Taylor and Andy Heck. Moore coached 52 players who went on to play in the NFL, several of whom are in the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame.
Jim Covert on Joe Moore:
“When God decided to create a football coach he created Joe Moore, then broke the mold. He had a unique way of pushing you beyond even your own expectations and then took great pride in seeing you succeed. I loved him and respected him and owe my entire career to him.”
I know. Yet another award in college football. But considering his ties to Pitt’s heritage, definitely needs to be noted.
Where was all this stuff in July when we were starved for content?
If the award was initiated a year ago, Pitt may have been voted in, if for nothing else, sentimental reasons (for lack of better term.) Now, I’m afraid that the usual suspects like ND, OSU, Bama, etc and maybe even Wisconsin (especially since Alvarez is on the committee) will get prime consideration.
Until PC’s hiring of Matt House, the worst assistant coach hiring decision was letting Moore go by Mike Gottfried.
Hope Peterman can craft a line out of our young guys, and the move of Herndon gets results like Clemmings.
And by the way, there is no truth to the rumor I couldn’t make it up North and I had to come to the South where life is good in all respects(until I have to move to India cause that’s where my company moved to lower labor costs!
And finally, once and for all, we made a major mistake firing SP!!!
OK, got that out of my system for the year!
Early in his coaching career, Joe Moore was the head coach at Erie McDowell, the same school that sent us our current Heisman candidate RB James Conner.
1. Will O’Neill and Bookser be good enough?
2. Will Soto and Price put pressure on the QB?
Interesting that on Kick-offs and Punt returns, the top guys are defensive players. All those receivers and only Ford on the list of returners.
I know… where is Weah? Fasted dude on the team. I know there’s more too it, securing the ball, setting up blocks… but come on, the kid can fly.
Last year in order to help Chad be more successful (after his first 5 games were pretty sub par)PC had to let Chad loose to run, resulting in a much better 2nd half of the season)
QUESTIONS:
1.Will Chad again need to run to help him in the passing game?
2.Is Chaney’s new O going to work with Chad running?
3. Will Chad be a better pure passer this year?
– (I hope #3 is a strong “yes”)
I suspect we’ll see a lot more out of the slot receiver than we did in the past, that is right in CV’s short-intermediate accuracy range and Henderson or possibly Weah could get big YAC.
Now, if Peterman goes in I expect to see Weah in there also with his deep speed.
