My condolences to the Beiswenger family and the brothers at Delta Phi on the passing of Jared Beiswenger. A recent Pitt grad, passionate Pitt fan and a regular reader of this site.

“He was a die-hard Philly fan,” Placone said. “He went to probably more than 20 Phillies games this season alone, and he wouldn’t miss the Eagles on Sunday for anything.”

Placone also remembered how hard Jared took each loss that his favorite teams faced.

“It was impossible to even talk to him after a game was over,” he said. “He’d be too angry to even acknowledge your question.”

Luke Fidler, another one of Jared’s fraternity brothers, remembered Jared’s competitive spirit and hatred for losing.

“I’ll always remember going to Pitt basketball games with him,” Fidler said.

“He was the craziest fan I’ve ever been with at a game, and the Zoo definitely lost one of its biggest fans,” he said.

Jared always got his choice of seats at Pitt basketball games by arriving at the gate several hours before tipoff, Placone added.

“He liked to wear an Adidas headband, harking back to the Julius Page days,” he said.

He was planningto teach English in Peru via TEFL, and was supposed to be going in August.