Let’s get the general atmospheric stuff out of the way first. It was a fantastic weather day at 80o and sunny with enough breeze to cool the skin and blow away the scent of the bullshit being thrown around in conversations… in other words a perfect football day for a Spring Game.
The Station Square River hound stadium was jammed packed with fans wearing Blue & Gold. PITT officials had said that they would take the first 4,000 fans, which I was a bit skeptical of seeing, but the reality is they squeezed 5,300+ into the seats, standing room only and under the bleachers where a lot of moms and kids ended up because of the shade.