According to our spiritual and base leader for tailgating, Pat, we got our parking passes. We are back in Green 23 which is fine, as long as they maintain or increase the number of port-a-johns. The bright side, we don’t need the feelings of inadequacy of our tailgate that came from being in the lot that had S.H.A.T. Now this is organization for games (not to mention a pretty good menu).

We’re a little more basic. Just burgers and dogs each week with some snack foods. Yuengling lager (though occasionally something from Penn Brewing thrown in) and some Makers Mark. To a degree it’s necessitated because over a third of our group comes in from out of town1-3 hour drives. After that, no one wants to put that much effort into the food.

Plenty of media stuff for the coming week. FSN Pittsburgh will be airing a Pitt preview show at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, followed by a story on Coach Dave Wannstedt coming back to Pitt called “Homecoming.”

Just to conflict with both, the Dave Wannstedt Radio Show airs that night at the exact same time. Don’t you think someone might have coordinated this a little better? A little cooperation? I mean the radio show airs on Fox Sports Radio 970.

Can’t radio and tv under the same corporate parent get along?

The College GameDay site needs a bit of updating.

Here’s the information on Pitt’s site about going down for the AM GameDay show.

LOCATION
Heinz Field Great Lawn

FREE PARKING AND SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE
FREE parking is available in the Posvar Hall parking garage located in Oakland off of Roberto Clemente Drive from 8:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. Click here for parking map.

FREE shuttle bus service from Oakland to Heinz Field for all ESPN College GameDay fans will also be available from 8:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. Shuttle buses will board and drop-off from Bigelow Blvd. located in-between the William Pitt Union and the Cathedral of Learning.

Event parking is available on the North Shore (rates may vary).

I like the free shuttle service for both students and fans. The free parking is very cool.

Pitt Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations, E.J. Borghetti helped me find the link (now, that’s just shameless namedropping). He also added the following in an e-mail:

Due to the Pirates game attendees in the a.m. will have to pay for parking. However, if you have a Pitt park pass, you can hang it up upon arrival and then just stay the rest of the day. You won’t get booted.

In contrast, people who attend the Pirates game for noon that day will get the boot at the conclusion of that game. Let me know if this explains it.

Well, it makes sense to me. It also makes the shuttle service that much more attractice.