It’s just been a week. It isn’t how I anticipated this week going.

Not with this week being the 9-year anniversary of the blog actually marking the 9 year anniversary of this blog (apparently that is supposed to be pottery, so I guess it’s time for a new Pitt mug for the morning coffee). Not with the Big East Media Day and all the hullabaloo that surrounds it. Not with yet another transfer to Pitt football in Tom Ricketts. Not with erstwhile Pitt basketball commit Jaylen Bond rediscovering his desire to go to college this year and committing to Texas. Now Fear the Stache is joining the Pitt Script Blog — which is a very good thing for Bryan and Brian. So much that is going on, and next week starts Pitt training camp. And I’ve been MIA.

It’s just been a confluence of things. I’ve been covering for some people on vacation at work. My parents came out to stay with us for the week. I’ve been spending all the spare time working on home projects with my dad during this week, because he isn’t content just playing with his grandkids. He has to keep busy with other things, and I have to help so he doesn’t fall over from a stroke. Plus, getting all other things out of the way so I can enjoy a trip to the ‘Burgh this weekend for a buddy’s bachelor party.

I appreciate the e-mails that were concerned for my well being. Worried that something bad had happened to me. I’m sorry to not have posted something about it sooner. I honestly thought I was going to get some time to post. Instead it has been a very, very crazy week.

Normalcy will return shortly — as soon as we can figure out what is normal.

Training Camp Preview

First off, I am glad to be asked to continue to contribute some articles on the 2011 version of PITT Football.  It is going to be different and, I believe, much more exciting, than we have seen for the past six years.  If anything it will give PITT fans a whole new issue set to bitch about.  Let’s hope there is a lot more praise than criticism but we’ll see how that turns out after the end of PITT’s first possession in our first game.

One note: I again remind everyone that these are my thoughts and opinions and if I state facts I’ll try to reference them somehow.

OK, we’ll get into players, positions, etc. in another article, that takes research, but today I’ll show how you can start getting your head ready for the onslaught that will be coming out of the SID department beginning next week.

So, how will we follow what is happening in training camp aside from the news papers and radio (with the new color commentator)?  Well, from PITT itself.  Borghetti and staff did an excellent job revamping the electronic media and social networking site during the spring and have continued to do so during the off season and going into the meat of the practices.

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