I don't think Drew has posted for awhile. I still send him a message now and then.
Roll Call & a Trip Down Memory Lane: Frank Sokol's Unauthorized Pitt Sports Message Board
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Wow! I must have been taking a Lair break when this thread was started.
I was on the Frank Sokol board. I remember Harry the Pitt Guru giving us expert analysis like 'Earnest Cokely's play in camp has coaches masturbating' ...And the recruiting updates beat paying $1,99 per minute to hear Mike White tell me Pitt's chances with Ben Kopp.
My handle on the Sokol board was TN Panther. When the switch was made, Jim Snyder took that handle, as I believe Rivals was headquartered in Brentwood TN in those days. I went with the Tony Dorsett tribute and held that since then.
I really hate to hear about Cali, geno, and Harve.
My situation hasn't allowed me to attend many games the last 10 or so years. Before this year's ND game, I think the last Pitt game I attended at Heinz was back in 2010 - Pitt shut out Louisville 20-0. Strongly considering getting season tickets again this year.
H2P!
I was on the Frank Sokol board. I remember Harry the Pitt Guru giving us expert analysis like 'Earnest Cokely's play in camp has coaches masturbating' ...And the recruiting updates beat paying $1,99 per minute to hear Mike White tell me Pitt's chances with Ben Kopp.
My handle on the Sokol board was TN Panther. When the switch was made, Jim Snyder took that handle, as I believe Rivals was headquartered in Brentwood TN in those days. I went with the Tony Dorsett tribute and held that since then.
I really hate to hear about Cali, geno, and Harve.
My situation hasn't allowed me to attend many games the last 10 or so years. Before this year's ND game, I think the last Pitt game I attended at Heinz was back in 2010 - Pitt shut out Louisville 20-0. Strongly considering getting season tickets again this year.
H2P!
Loved that site. Posted only occasionally since relocating to Ohio. Was JETuohey then DaytonPanther.
I think I was on the board then as wjpanther or something like that (went to W&J for a year). I definitely remember the board, and I even remember going to Walt’s first recruiting meeting in like 1998 or 1999 and meeting some from the message board at the meeting, Harry etc. DT-Harve-Geno..I remember those days well.
I was on those sites way back then it was one of the only ways I was able to stay up with “insider” Pitt news. Have lived out west since 1986 and I don’t get back to Pitt that much. My son and I will be at Tennessee football game. Cannot remember my name back then might have been PittMiner.
I don’t post much but have been a member of this site almost since the beginning. I enjoy reading all of the posts and information. Hail to Pitt everyone!!!!
I don’t post much but have been a member of this site almost since the beginning. I enjoy reading all of the posts and information. Hail to Pitt everyone!!!!
I was there as Tennessee Panther. Jim Snyder took that name once the board changed to rivals and he worked out in Brentwood, where Rivals was headquartered at the time.
I have been posting since the Sokol/Harry Psaros days, all as mike412. I lack enough imagination to come up with another handle.
I think it was around the time that Snyder took over this board and ran it from Tennessee that t a private/semi-secret board started. I know quite a few of the old names here were on it. Before he got totally immersed in his sons’ hockey, Scott Procious (B-man) had great info on basketball. I had initially assumed he was black. What a surprise to find out that the B stood for Buffalo. For two years, a part of which was during the private board, Harry and I both had great sources for Pitt scoops — assistant coaches. We got a lot of scoops both then and when Harry subsequently started his own board. I used to email most of mine to Harry and let him post them.
My source would give me generic info on the recruit and Harry and I would have to put it together. I still remember being told that a DB from NE PA coal country had committed to Pitt. If we gave him a name he would say yes or no, but we had to come up with the names. For two months we tried to figure out who it was with zero success. I even emailed Mike Farrrell and asked him for a list of DBs from there who he thought had Big East potential. It turned out to be Sam Bryant. Pitt had discovered him at a summer camp.
I believe the Dale Williams fiasco, where his father, a huge PSU Booster, wouldn’t sign his LOI, happened back then too.
If I remember right what led to the demise of the private board was a scam by a member whose name was Scott (but not Procious). Whatever he was selling and not supplying effectively killed that board.
I think it was around the time that Snyder took over this board and ran it from Tennessee that t a private/semi-secret board started. I know quite a few of the old names here were on it. Before he got totally immersed in his sons’ hockey, Scott Procious (B-man) had great info on basketball. I had initially assumed he was black. What a surprise to find out that the B stood for Buffalo. For two years, a part of which was during the private board, Harry and I both had great sources for Pitt scoops — assistant coaches. We got a lot of scoops both then and when Harry subsequently started his own board. I used to email most of mine to Harry and let him post them.
My source would give me generic info on the recruit and Harry and I would have to put it together. I still remember being told that a DB from NE PA coal country had committed to Pitt. If we gave him a name he would say yes or no, but we had to come up with the names. For two months we tried to figure out who it was with zero success. I even emailed Mike Farrrell and asked him for a list of DBs from there who he thought had Big East potential. It turned out to be Sam Bryant. Pitt had discovered him at a summer camp.
I believe the Dale Williams fiasco, where his father, a huge PSU Booster, wouldn’t sign his LOI, happened back then too.
If I remember right what led to the demise of the private board was a scam by a member whose name was Scott (but not Procious). Whatever he was selling and not supplying effectively killed that board.
It was "Shadyside Scott". I actually met him at a couple of games. I think he was selling DVDs of games(???), took money but never sent out the DVDs.
Speaking of douches, the biggest douche by far that I remember was "brian," who had such a high opinion of himself that he later changed his handle to "brian01." It seemed that he tried to own the board by smothering practically every post with a response and often multiple responses.
I was there in the dial-up days, same handle only i had to add a "2" when during one of the Rivals changeovers I forgot my password and had to set up a new account. I don;t remember much about it except i thought that the board was either hosted or run by Harry P and/or CrazyPaco. Main reason I followed it was because that was the only and best place to get the Pitt recruiting and other news you couldn't get anywhere else, and I got tired of waiting for all the magazines--Street & Smiths, Sporting News, Athlons etc-- to hit the shelves. Pretty sure i was just a lurker for a long time before I got sucked into the vortex. Hundreds or thousands of hours of time and productivity wasted since.........
Like another said, I can’t believe I missed this post back in March. But also like others I am not posting much, and visit here infrequently. Don’t think I was active on the Pitt boards before 2002 or 2003. Pretty sure I signed up when Jim Snyder was the moderator. Met him at a Louisville game, I think. Chairman Moe has been my moniker for decades.
Sad to hear about California Panther and Geno psssing away. I knew about Harv; he was a good guy, generous to a fault, and one of the few with whom I had regular contact. We were in the same graduating class at Pitt but only met through this chat board
Sad to hear about California Panther and Geno psssing away. I knew about Harv; he was a good guy, generous to a fault, and one of the few with whom I had regular contact. We were in the same graduating class at Pitt but only met through this chat board
Brian was certainly different, but I would not classify him as the biggest douche. Sure, teh grammar and spelling of his posts was marginal 😉, but you have to give him credit for his passion towards Pitt football. I wish we had 67,000 other fans like him with butts in their seats when the team takes the field. I suspect the constant attacks by other posters drove him away, which is a shame.
Okay, I'll amend may earlier post to say he was the biggest passionate Pitt douche on he board. Never a shame to see the biggest douche driven from the board, even if he is passionate.
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Yea I started on the Sokol board in 1997. My computer was a piece of crap. I was relatively young. Still fighting the Pitt fight 24 years later. Good thing my wife and family are all Pitt fans.
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