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August 8, 2008

Perhaps Georgia Tech AD Dan Radackovich misremembered?

Or perhaps it was AD Steve Pederson and Assistant Athletic Director/Football Operations Chris LaSala?

You may recall Post-Gazette beat writer Paul Zeise wrote this.

There are rumors flying around the Internet that Pitt and Georgia Tech are nearing a deal to play a home and home in football. As it turns out, they seem to be just that — rumors, and not very credible ones.

How do I know?

I asked Steve Pederson — who in turn asked Chris LaSala — and both laughed as they said they have never spoken with Georgia Tech.

Since I was likely the source thanks to a loyal reader and an Atlanta resident, I couldn’t back up the “rumor” at the time. The station only put the first half of the interview on their site.

Thankfully there are all these technological things like e-mail and mp3s. So, I e-mailed the producer of Mayhem in the A.M. at Sports Radio 790 The Zone in Atlanta, Scott Klug. He was nice enough to send me the MP3 of the second part of their interview with Georgia Tech AD Dan Radakovich.

Here’s the final 1:47 of the interview where they do get into the non-con football schedule.

GT AD Dan Radakovich Interview

Is this conclusive that it will happen? No. Does it suggest that Pitt and GT have done more than a little talking? I’d say so.

So, at least now that “rumor” has a source.





How many times does something that is just a “rumor on the internet” turn out to be true? You’d think people would learn to stop lying, when the truth is out there.

Comment by Stuart 08.08.08 @ 1:54 pm

Chas, with this sort of blanket Pitt coverage you should change your name to D. Revis.

I am very grateful for all of your efforts on this site.

Comment by ChrisA 08.08.08 @ 4:56 pm

Chas –

Can i call bullshit now?

“In the “Oops” category, receiver Kendall Washington is listed in the Mountaineers ‘ 2008 media guide, headshot and bio and everything on page 94, even though he hasn’t been with the program since May and seemingly won’t be back…”

link to community.post-gazette.com

Seriously, how could he be any more on the time when he was shooting that guy in the head, short of wearing his uniform to the robbery…its bullshit WVU is feeding us. BULLSHIT.

Comment by Stuart 08.08.08 @ 6:37 pm

time=team. oops.

Comment by Stuart 08.08.08 @ 6:50 pm

In an unrelated note, it looks as though the staffs efforts to focus more on recruiting in MD and NJ are starting to pay some dividends.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I am under the impression that Jeff Hafley has NJ as his main recruiting area. It looks like Hafley is proving to be a shrewd promotion thus far.

Comment by johnny 08.09.08 @ 12:02 am

This kid Fleming is highly thought of down here in his hometown MD area. I think we picked up a good one.

Regarding possible recruits: What position does the staff feel Covert might play at PITT should he choose to come here? Has he ever played OL in HS?

Comment by Reed 08.09.08 @ 7:11 am

I had the same question about Covert since it looked like TOS had him as an OL or DL due to his size. However, Gorman mentioned him in his blog yesterday and he called him an LB prospect which seemed like a stretch due to the kid’s size. I googled his name a couple of weeks ago and it looked like the Illinois papers near his hometown referred to him as a DL as well.

Comment by johnny 08.09.08 @ 9:57 am

And another local recruit comes into the fold:

link to pittsburghlive.com

Comment by HbgFrank 08.09.08 @ 10:59 pm

[…] may recall last summer that the Georgia Tech AD Dan Radackovich said that GT was nearing a deal for a home-and-home with Pitt. Pitt’s AD denied, and nothing has come of […]


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