Reporters writing stories about themselves can be a taboo task, but I'm doing it anyway.
Just this once.
Allow me to clear the air before the fumes even begin to waft through it. This is the time to set the record straight, and to align ourselves before Pitt's 3:30 p.m. kickoff against my alma mater on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium.
I make no secret about being a Syracuse University alumnus. I attended the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in its Master's program for broadcast and digital journalism, and graduated in 2018 with my degree.
I'm damn proud of it, just as I'm sure the majority of you reading this are, regarding your respective degrees (a good number of you reading this, I assume in this space, having one from Pitt).