Keith Dambrot says they wanted us to go there [the Pete] every year, which we are not going to do that."

.George Michalowski on Twitter: "Keith Dambrot says he does not expect Duquesne to not be playing Pitt this season. "I wouldn't count on it...We talked earlier in the year... They wanted us to go there [the Pete] every year, which we are not going to do that." @PghSportsNow" / Twitter

In the same interview ....
Keith Dambrot on Duquesne’s new-look roster: “I think this is the best team we’ve ever had here.”

George Michalowski on Twitter: "Keith Dambrot on Duquesne’s new-look roster: “I think this is the best team we’ve ever had here.”" / Twitter
 

1, good, screw pitt, they left us hanging, so dont even extend them a hand.   Let them be miserable.  Get Penn St on the slate, they are a better program than pitt.

2, hopefully KD is right on, and this is the beginning of some really good times.

Bilgy wrote:

On another front, RMU just quit NCAA Division I ice hockey, both men and women's.  This is six weeks after having hosted the NCAA Frozen Four and having their women's team selected to play in the NCAA Tournament.  The excuse given was to be in line with other institutions as RMU nears their 100th anniversary.  I can't imagine Duquesne giving up hosting an NCAA tournament or an women's NCAA appearance to be more like schools that don't do those things.  Instead, RMU must be in a very precarious financial situation.

The media going apoplectic about this cracks me the hell up.  All the save RMU hockey tweets.   The media ripped RMU much like they did DU when we cut sports.  But this banding together to help save the sports are just too much.

Before they cut the sports, RMU has a total enrollment of 4,500, an endowment of $40m and had 17 sports.    Three more than Pitt.    And they still have one more sport than Pitt.    There is no way even without Covid that model works.

But the media darlings of Pittsburgh have all the media rallying to save the sports.  If 1/1000 of the people up in arms and tweeting about attended one game they wouldn’t be in this position.  They couldn’t fill a 1000 seat arena to 50% capacity most games.  And their last Three Rivers Classic at PPG drew 1,500 fans.

Having said all that that press release was historically bad and the person that put that together should be unemployed as well.

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Paul Zeise:  Pettiness among coaches and administrators is killing local college rivalries
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/paul-zeise/2021/05/28/Pettiness-among-coaches-and-administrators-are-killing-local-college-rivalries/stories/202105280113

Zeise's son, Elijah, played LB for Pitt. Elijah was host
on Zeise's show.
Not surprising Zeise took a shot at DU.
Zeise graduated from Point Park which is not exactly an
elite sports school.
 

I am someone who appreciates long standing sports tradition. Think Army/Navy, Dodgers/Giants, Duke/North Carolina,  Steelers/Browns, etc. They are fun even for the casual observer. The city game was certainly  such a tradition and I do miss it even though it was quite lopsided in favor of Pitt over the last several decades. It wasn't always that way and could easily become much more competitive now. It is a shame if this game is off the table for a considerable length of time. While it doesn't make or break the season for either school, it added some color and excitement to the early season and even gave the respective players something to get excited about. Of course there were more local players involved back in the day, but would still be a nice touch to the season for me. Hope to see this series resume sooner than later. 

El Presidente wrote:

I am someone who appreciates long standing sports tradition. Think Army/Navy, Dodgers/Giants, Duke/North Carolina,  Steelers/Browns, etc. They are fun even for the casual observer. The city game was certainly  such a tradition and I do miss it even though it was quite lopsided in favor of Pitt over the last several decades. It wasn't always that way and could easily become much more competitive now. It is a shame if this game is off the table for a considerable length of time. While it doesn't make or break the season for either school, it added some color and excitement to the early season and even gave the respective players something to get excited about. Of course there were more local players involved back in the day, but would still be a nice touch to the season for me. Hope to see this series resume sooner than later. 

That's what I don't get. For decades, lets be honest, Pitt carried us in playing that game. Their RPI probably lowered if they didn't beat us by enough. And now, when we are at least competitive, they want to pull the plug?  That doesn't make sense to me.

Now hearing that RMU is considering bringing back their Div I men and women's hockey programs in 2022-23.  It will be difficult.  Most of the players have left and RMU will have to reapply to the conference to rejoin. The decision is probably contingent on whether or not the programs bring in revenue.