Well, I can tell you as a child of a redneck growing up in South Carolina I never, ever remember the heat stopping us from doing any activity that my children did growing up in PA, i.e.we can home from school, 5th, 6th, 7th grade and went out and played tackle football until supper time. I believe that we were conditioned for the heat. ( I do remember the dry, crunchy "grass" at the end of summer and beginning of fall) . Now, I cannot not speak for the preppy types that do not have callouses on their hand as we worked out in the heat almost daily, their ability to do it is a mystery to me. By the way we rooted for all South Carolina teams when they played out of state, the Gamecocks when they played Clemson, and Alabama on New Year's day. Uncle "played " for a short time in the late '30s for the Crimson Tide. Dad and uncles always held Pitt Univ and football in high esteem because of the Pitt teams in their youth. I came to PA in '72 with another southern, Coach Majors and started following the team in fall of '73. What a great time, and it is my hope that all of you that missed Pitt football in the 70's will get the opportunity to experience the excitement of multiple years as a NC contender in the city!!!
