Dinner & a beer with any 3 Pitt athletes or coaches, past or present, who would you pick?

[cbpitt2]

I started out asking just one, but I had to up it to three. If you were to have dinner with/have a beer with any three Pitt athletes or coaches or athletic dept. officials, past or present, alive or deceased, who would you pick?

For me: Wanny, Johnny Majors and Beano Cook. I bet there’d be some great stories. I think Siragusa would be a blast too.

 

[Harrisburg Dave]

I started out asking just one, but I had to up it to three. If you were to have dinner with/have a beer with any three Pitt athletes or coaches or athletic dept. officials, past or present, alive or deceased, who would you pick?

For me: Wanny, Johnny Majors and Beano Cook. I bet there’d be some great stories. I think Siragusa would be a blast too.

Ditka

Johnny Majors

Dave Wannstedt

I would not want to have to pick up the tab.

 

[Joe Magarac]

Beano Cook
John Majors
Jock Sutherland

 

[HOF Coach]

Beano Cook
Jock Sutherland and Pop Warner together
Curtis Martin

 

[upj87]

I started out asking just one, but I had to up it to three. If you were to have dinner with/have a beer with any three Pitt athletes or coaches or athletic dept. officials, past or present, alive or deceased, who would you pick?

For me: Wanny, Johnny Majors and Beano Cook. I bet there’d be some great stories. I think Siragusa would be a blast too.

Rodger Kingdom, Sam Clancy and Ditka. Variety is the spice of life.

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

Bill Fralic - PH hero, sadly gone. One last dinner at Villa Mosconi in Manhattan
TD - Greatest Panther ever
Sutherland - Greatest coach in Pitt history.

 

[DiehardPanther]

If I were younger and single, then the 3 hottest female athletes we ever had.

Now that I’m married with kids, I will go with Sherrill, Majors, and Sutherland (if we are allowed to choose anyone alive or dead).

 

[McKee Place]

Ironhead, Larry Fitzgerald, and James Conner

 

[wbrpanther]

I started out asking just one, but I had to up it to three. If you were to have dinner with/have a beer with any three Pitt athletes or coaches or athletic dept. officials, past or present, alive or deceased, who would you pick?

For me: Wanny, Johnny Majors and Beano Cook. I bet there’d be some great stories. I think Siragusa would be a blast too.

Beano....

that would be all I need.

But if 2 more were coming one would be Billy Hillgrove and the other probably Ditka.

 

[adam9961]

George Aston... The end

 

[pittdan77]

Goose, Ironhead, and Beano. All in their primes. No way you don't have a good time and end up with Beano talking a cop out of arresting all of you.

 

[McKee Place]

Goose, Ironhead, and Beano. All in their primes. No way you don't have a good time and end up with Beano talking a cop out of arresting all of you.

I picked Ironhead as well but I'd prefer him a little AFTER his Pitt prime. Because frankly he was a bit out of control at that time.

 

[jtbuba]

Jock, Jackie, HCPN, DESSERT with Beano

 

[PanthersMBT]

The internet is sooo copied.

 

[pitts36]

Wanny, Iron Head and Hugh.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

I started out asking just one, but I had to up it to three. If you were to have dinner with/have a beer with any three Pitt athletes or coaches or athletic dept. officials, past or present, alive or deceased, who would you pick?

For me: Wanny, Johnny Majors and Beano Cook. I bet there’d be some great stories. I think Siragusa would be a blast too.

None. They’re just athletes. Some of us were too. But maybe Beano because he was such a personality. Other than that, can I say Dick Groat even though he was a Dookie?

 

[ScrantonicityIII]

Steven Adams, Levance Fields, DeJuan Blair

 

[McKee Place]

Steven Adams, Levance Fields, DeJuan Blair

Jebus I embarrassingly never even thought of hoops. Imagine gathering Dixon, Barnes and Stallings...

 

[HOF Coach]

Jebus I embarrassingly never even thought of hoops. Imagine gathering Dixon, Barnes and Stallings...

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

if we are allowed to choose anyone alive or dead

You can choose dead people, but most of the live ones are better conversationalists.

 

[passedout]

All time ... Beano Cook, Pop Warner and Dan Marino. Living right now Marino, Wannstadt and May

 

[9nationalchampionships]

Can I order anything I want?

 

[Panther Parrothead]

Wanny, Majors, Beano....and for good measure, EJ Borghetti and Hillgrove.

All that I’d do is to sit back, keep my mouth shut, and listen to the stories.....

 

[9nationalchampionships]

Good choices and throw Foge & Goose in for the stories

Wanny, Majors, Beano....and for good measure, EJ Borghetti and Hillgrove.

All that I’d do is to sit back, keep my mouth shut, and listen to the stories.....

 

[gary2]

Good choices and throw Foge & Goose in for the stories

Tim G, Jackie and Jamie - interest in why it ended

Williard would also be interesting - why he thinks he wasn't succesful here.

 

[wbrpanther]

I picked Ironhead as well but I'd prefer him a little AFTER his Pitt prime. Because frankly he was a bit out of control at that time.

...a bit?

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

I can't figure out which way to go. 3 ways. Interesting People. Great Storytellers. Highly Accomplished people.

1) Most interesting? Larry Fitzgerald, Yogi Roth, Curtis Martin.

2) Storytellers? Beano, Wanny, Hillgrove

3) Accomplished/Success? Fitz, Marino, Fralic

 

[McKee Place]

Tim G, Jackie and Jamie - interest in why it ended

Williard would also be interesting - why he thinks he wasn't succesful here.

Then I dare say need to include Gottfried and Todd Graham too.

 

[gary2]

Then I dare say need to include Gottfried and Todd Graham too.

You are right. Didn't want to push limits too much.

 

[Pantherman43]

Goose, Ditka & Beano. Would not get much better than that.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Can I order anything I want?

If you invite Wanny the only two things on the menu are fish sammiches and chip-chop ham sammiches.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Coaches:

Wanny
Dixon
Capel

Athletes:
Fitzgerald
Marino
Donald

 

[DT_PITT]

Jebus I embarrassingly never even thought of hoops. Imagine gathering Dixon, Barnes and Stallings...

I wouldn't put Dixon with the other two, that's for sure. That would be one awkward dinner!

 

[DT_PITT]

Steven Adams, Levance Fields, DeJuan Blair

Julius would have the best stories, I think.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

At one of those All You Can Eat buffets, I would love to go with
Goose, Jeff Otah, Sam Clancy. I cannot imagine the damage they could do.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

At one of those All You Can Eat buffets, I would love to go with
Goose, Jeff Otah, Sam Clancy. I cannot imagine the damage they could do.

You better get in line first!

 

[Cmart2004]

Marino
Ditka
Conner

 

[Panther_in_Kentucky]

Bill Fralic - PH hero, sadly gone. One last dinner at Villa Mosconi in Manhattan
TD - Greatest Panther ever
Sutherland - Greatest coach in Pitt history.

I agree. Those would be my picks as well

 

[BuffetParrothead]

Wanny
George Ashton
Mike Ditka

 

[McKee Place]

Wanny
George Ashton
Mike Ditka

Or how about
George "Ashton"
Clint "Sessions"
"Levar" Kendall