Let me start off with this: Dave Wannstedt has a mustache that is epic on a level that is so high that I cannot conjure up a humorous pun that does it justice. With that being said, there is a group of Pittsburgh fans out there that recognized this before anyone else and purchased a web domain to broadcast both the Stache's glory and their own.
While the group is young, it has a mission that is timeless: Bring the fans together. They felt that the University of Pittsburgh football program was in dire need of something bigger than any one person, and also recognize one of the greatest accomplishments in facial hair. As they put it:
"...Pitt football fans were missing something. Something universal to unite the them…something bigger than you or me…something to instill fear into every opposing team… something to not only celebrate Pitt football but also to pay homage to the best mustache since Magnum PI – The awesomeness that has become known as The Wannstache."
I faithfully throw my support behind this effort, and applaud their enthusiasm for Pittsburgh football. A longtime member of the Pitt family (my mother is an proud alumni) and now a student myself, I have always envied the large football domination other Universities have demonstrated in my lifetime. Pitt was once a powerhouse as well, but poor luck (as well as bad management on multiple levels) have allowed Pitt's 9 National Championship teams to fade into the passage of time and leave behind a shell of its former self.
Recently, however, the team has bounced back, under the leadership of a stache so great, it garnered its own fan organization.
They have asked fans to continue to show their support on multiple levels, including game signs, growing (or pasting on) their own mustaches, and they encourage fans to send in their action shots of the fun. They recently made it onto ESPN's College Gameday, and even have their own store with great 'stache merchandise.
They also made one hell of a video, that currently has me so excited for the game Saturday that I can barely stay seated.
Go to their site now... read their ramblings as you read mine, and print those signs out if you are a Pitt faithful. Hell, even if you aren't one, at least go there and recognize one hell of a mustache. This Saturday, I hope to see everyone dawning their staches and printing out this website's array of signs. It is time to take Pitt football back to what my parents once saw. We may not be national champions, but we are a proud part of the city's longstanding sports tradition...
... and damn can we grow facial hair.
~Jimmy "May the 'Stache be with you" the G.
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Today's Links:
Official website: http://www.thefightingwannstaches.com/
Their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/thefightingwannstaches
Their twitter profile: http://www.twitter.com/fearthestache
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This post has a Shenanaganary rating of:
"Stache + Fantastic + Magical = Stachetastical"
Haha, awesome!
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