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Second Half Redemption (of Gift Certificate)

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#11 Penn State (2-0) 51, Lowly Pitt (1-1) 6

We didn’t know what to expect (other than rain), but these Nittany Lions appear to be mudders, beating the Pitt muthas 51-6 in a steady downpour Saturday night at Heinz Field. They outslopped the sloppy and disjointed Pitt Panzers — yawohl!

At halftime, PSU Head Coach James Franklin must have said, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, boys! They want to give it to you, so GO TAKE IT!” When all was said and done, the mighty Lions crossed the wire in a walkover with the lesser cats trailing by 45 lengths.

Our winning commentator this week is PSUDROZZ, who predicted a 42-21 rout. He gave Pitt too much credit, but he was the only one of you who didn’t expect a fairly close game and who invoked Pitt Hate Week, besides. Honorable Mention to Big Al, who asserted that PSU typically does well the next game or two after a closely contested win. [Read more…]

Heather Likes the Panthers in This One

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Early Road Game With Traditional Rival of Yore

Heather Lyke, Pitt AD
Heather Lyke, Pitt AD

What’s this Heather Likes stuff? Oh yeah, Heather Lyke is the University of Pittsburgh AD. She’s their Sandy Barbour. I bet RD would go for her athletic looks. Just a hunch.

Heather came to Pitt from Brick Dick U., where she was also AD, but as an undergraduate at Michigan her sport was softball. She was captain of the Mishugganah Wolverines’ softball team before she earned a J.D. at University of Akron School of Law.

I think this overachieving Heather is a good catch for Pitt, until she decides to wait for an opening in Ann Arbor. She also favors getting the Pitt-PSU rivalry going again, but that’s not Lykely to happen for another decade, if at all. [Read more…]

The Only Disappointment Was the Loss

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Pitt (2-0) 42, Penn State (1-1) 39

Many of the younger fans of Pitt and Penn State football now know something about this rivalry. A game like Saturday’s, played before the largest crowd ever to attend a sporting event in Pittsburgh (and that’s saying something!), firmly established the rivalry in their minds and enhanced it in the ancient minds who lived it back in the day. This rivalry should be continued beyond the current, four game commitment. It should be a permanent annual event. [Read more…]