Welcome to the Pitt Panther Prowl
January 25th, 2008 | by The Prowler |Welcome everyone to the inaugural post on my new site dedicated 100% to Pitt Panthers’ basketball and football. Let me start by telling you a little about myself.
I currently live in southwest Kansas, and I am surrounded by Jayhawk fans. But I was born and raised in the greatest city in the world: Pittsburgh, PA. I can remember as a child in the 80s attending the Pitt-Penn St. football games with my father, brother, and uncles. I can remember when the football team was good, before they were bad, before they were good again. I even remember when Jerome Lane told us all that he was leaving Pitt a year early to enter the NBA draft because his grandmother was ill and needed the money.
I attended the University of Pittsburgh from 1996-2000. During that time I was lucky enough to get to go to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis and to get to be around for the era of Antonio Bryant, Kevan Barlow, and after I graduated, Larry Fitzgerald. The Ben Howland era was just beginning as I was graduating, but I am proud that I got to be there for Pitt’s NIT loss to Mississippi St. the year before they made their first NCAA appearance in what seemed like forever.
The end of the Ben Howland era was a sad day for me. But the dawn of an even greater age is upon us. The Jamie Dixon era is far greater, far more exciting. Jamie Dixon has made even the “down” years of Pitt basketball something to be excited about. And Jamie Dixon never gives me the feeling that he has one foot out the door as he waits for something bigger and better to come his way.
So why did I decide to create my own Pitt sports site? Quite simple, really. After moving to Kansas, all I ever hear about is the Big 12. KU this, OU that. Well you can take the Panther out of Pitt, but you can’t take Pitt out of the Panther. There is no way I was going to give in and forsake my roots to become a Jayhawk. So I started this site so that I could talk Pitt sports all I want and whenever I want. This is my outlet to get out all I need to say about those mighty Panthers. This is my place to talk about that thrilling 13-9 win over WVU without having people immediately change the subject to the Big 12. This is where I get to bleed blue and gold (or mustard, or off mustard, or spicy brown mustard; depending on which year and if our uniforms have been changed again!!).
So I hope that you will bookmark this page and visit it often. If things go as planned, I should have new updates after each game at the minimum. However, I am new to web design, so it may take me a little while to get things down just perfectly.
Thanks for coming to my site. And LET’S GO PITT!! LET’S GO PITT!! P-E-N-N-S-T SUCKS!!
2 Responses to “Welcome to the Pitt Panther Prowl”
By Charlie on Jan 28, 2008 | Reply
If you were born and raised in the best city, then you must have been born and raised in the best state, Pennsylvania. If so, you should be dedicating your site to the best team in the state…..PENN STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By The Prowler on Jan 28, 2008 | Reply
Hahahahaha… next you will be trying to get me to make a site about WVU… I give Penn St. credit for doing their part for the elderly. What they have been doing for JoePa is better than what Wal Mart does for the old geezers.
I could never root for Penn St. because my mama didn’t raise no fool. Well… she did raise 1!