You are right, it shouldn't. After all these years I should know which people here live in an alternate reality. For some reason I keep thinking they'll come back to this planet, but that's my fault and not theirs I suppose. They are what they are.
Georgia State, yes Georgia State will have their own stadium in a major metropolitan area
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You are right, it shouldn't. After all these years I should know which people here live in an alternate reality. For some reason I keep thinking they'll come back to this planet, but that's my fault and not theirs I suppose. They are what they are.
He and his old man controlled McGlatchey and they were behind the tight fisted mangaement of the team. They were calling the shots all along.
he and his oldman controlled McGlatchey. They were and still are the worst owners in professional sports. Yea, all teams have promotions but for Nutting the promotions are the MAIN ACT and BB is an afterthought. He's been screwing the Pittsburgh fan since day one.
Yeah well love walking into heinz witg my kids... wouldn't trade any of it either. I honestly can care less where we play or how many fans show up I am a fan no.matter what. I loved being in benedum Hall and walking the short distance to the stadium but Pitt stadium was a dump
A dump that should have been refurbished, but they wanted that land all along for nordys basketball, those are the facts
I agree to that. Regardless it wasn't wasted at least. We needed a better basketball facility as well and the gyms there are incredible too
Sports are just marketing for the university, and I can think of way better construction projects to market the university than an on-campus stadium. If I was a student, lived in Pittsburgh, was faculty or the new Chancellor, I'd much rather have an open-air mixed-use plaza done by a real fkn architect (not the shit Pitt's been building lately...see Penn, Temple and Drexel). But I'm never there anymore and never will be b/c Western PA blows, so I'm pretty indifferent to what Pitt does with its campus.
But I flat-out do not believe the people here who claim they don't want an on-campus stadium unless certain conditions are met.
What are they gonna do if a stadium goes up without taking into account whatever arbitrary condition of land/parking/money/ROI/design/infrastructure/etc they've conjured up in a hysterically beta effort to cultivate an internet persona of pragmatism and intellectual superiority?
Nothing. No boycott, no complaining. They'll be the first ones in line for tickets just like they are now and they'll look forward to gameday even more than they currently do. Cmon man, you know it and I know it. Lets lose the facade.
Football pays the bills , especially with an administration that knows what the hell they are doing.
Looking back, the administration that just left, was a colossal #*!&*. I have faith in the new guys and haven't said that for almost ever regarding Pitt. I remember a few years back, Pitt was playing Duke in football, we pulled up went right in, sleepy was coach, like 10 000 there tops, what a sad time of Pitt football, glad those clowns are gone , all of them.
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Exactly my point!!! A no-name school with no history of college football whatsoever will play in their own stadium unlike Pitt with a great football history doesn't have their own stadium and is stuck being at the mercy of the Rooneys and whatever they'll decide in the future.
The University of Cincinnati, another school with no football history whatsoever in a far lesser non-power 5 football conference, in a city that is very comparable to Pittsburgh, has their own stadium (on-campus!) and is not at the mercy of the Brown family and the Bengals.
Huh?
I'll just speak myself on this, but really just find the topic more annoying than angering. Of course, I place Zeta on ignore every time he comes up with a new handle.
It's befuddling that someone can think that this Georgia State plan is actually a good one.
Like you, I think there are far better uses for the money that would be spent, and the project would probably be botched.
As for boycotting? I don't know. I'm barely going to the games now, in large part of the distance. Going from easily accessible Heinz Field to inaccessible Oakland ain't going to help.
I see your point Del. It's just that I am not in my 20's anymore. I'm getting to be a grumpy old man who doesn't need the hassles LOL.
Every fan of Pitt football wants a high level on campus stadium with easy access and plentiful parking. The groups are basically divided into those who are delusional about that happening and those who live in reality.
Frankly, the obnoxious yellow seats not withstanding, Heinz Field is better for watching a game than every on-campus stadium that I have been too. The Shoe, Camp Randall, South Bend, etc are all dumps in comparison.
Frankly, the obnoxious yellow seats not withstanding, Heinz Field is better for watching a game than every on-campus stadium that I have been too. The Shoe, Camp Randall, South Bend, etc are all dumps in comparison.
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There is a precedent--and I don't know that it's particularly favorable for Georgia State. The Braves baseball franchise has its historical beginnings in Boston, and when they left Boston for Milwaukee, what had been Braves Field became Nickerson Stadium, the home field for Boston University football. Did I say Boston University football? Whatever became of Boston University football?
Great let's compare ourselves to Georgia State as it pertains to what we should or should not do for a stadium
