This might help us POVers in winnowing down the crap commentership. Here is how you both register and then log-on to become a bona fide “user“. I’ve done the graphics for the “WordPress” registration but apparently you can use either your Twitter or Facebook login also.
Here is a Comments Box you’ll see:
Click on either of the three icons in the lower right corner. I used WordPress for mine as it keeps things separate but you can use Twitter or Facebook if you want. When you click on the WordPress icon you’ll see this:
If you already have an account and weren’t using it you should just have to insert your email address or username then hit continue. However, if you haven’t started on then click on “Sign Up” in the upper right hand corner. When you do that you’ll see this:
Start filling that page out with your email. username and password… like this:
When you are finished with all that then hit “Continue” and you should bring up this page…
Obviously you’ll have to check and verify your email and such but that is how it registration happens. One thing I don’t know is if you have to login each time or just once and it remembers – you guys can give me feedback on that.
This, in addition with more strict banning measures (no second chances either) should bring us back to what we had in 2016 when we all started the blog.
Thanks and HTP!!
Reed
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Failing
Kidding
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Using WordPress, you get to create a Gravatar. I’ll be changing mine shortly in spirit of the upcoming home game…maybe a Ketchup bottle since the game is at Heinz?
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Dammit … I liked my Gravatar until I saw yours. Bahahaha.
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Yours is classic
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Patiently awaiting the new regime.
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Ok, let’s see if this works.
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Reed is NOT going anywhere, he’s made changes to make the POV more fun for himself and less work/policing. Let’s keep the articles coming to help him out, especially while he continues to heal. I can tell you this, if you want to be on the POV, be civil. << oh and register, no more anonymous comments.
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Assuming that the new procedures will also prevent someone from registering under MULTIPLE names.
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That reminds me…I have to open a “UPitt’s Bookie” Twitter account. 😉
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Is this a golf blog yet?
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Worst Ryder Cup in years. Even with the BigCat
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Czech
Had to change name because I don’t tweet, facespace or wordsmith. You will realize it is me when you see nothing but positive comments and no solutions…..lol
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Roger & Over.
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Boy George is up to No. 2 QB, which isn’t surprising since he’s a NFL prodigy. He didn’t come to Pitt, not to play.
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If you had an avatar there was nothing to do. Simple is nice. Good idea Reed, this will act a little like Troll-b-gone
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Hopefully KP will continue to be as confident in his abilities as he was at the beginning of the season. One’s mindset has a lot to do with how you play.
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Hi guys.
BTW Reed – I invested in a Pantherlair subscription a couple months ago per your recommendation and it’s pretty good stuff. I enjoy Chris’s podcasts as well.
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Now since Pickett got to live his dream (play at Notre Dame), if he continues to struggle, you could see Boy George playing very shortly. I mean the offense couldn’t be much worst than the stats and your eyeballs say now.
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Pitt is tied or in the company of some of the worst teams and programs in many offensive categories.
1st Downs @ Number 119, tied with San Jose State and Kansas
1 notch above UTSA….as in Rock’n in the UTSA
2 notch’s above winless UTEP (which is No. 1 in Both ESPN & CBSSports Bottom 10 rankings)
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The internet is usually reliable when you have reliable electricity.
Edison said the same thing about light bulbs.
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i think it is way to early to give up on KP. He clearly has the tools and head to be a quality QB, but needs time to develop and an offensive line and receivers to help out.
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Teams sit QB’s all the time, it’s not giving up on him. What have you seen to clearly see he has the tools btw ? Cause not many D1 coaches saw them. I like the kid too, but that’s besides the point.
This is one of the worst Pitt offenses since JM2(the only other one that rivaled this was when Bostick was played to early as a true freshman, after not even participating in August camp).
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Like watching the Sun Bowl game every Saturday…. 😉
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Testing … not if it worked … but if I passed thru the Reed filter 😬
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Just signed up and ready to go!
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test
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I used to be plain old John so now I have a new name
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old logo though…wth….lol
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Not ready to give up on KP either but if he struggles early on Saturday then Duzz should put Jeff Jr in to mix things up. This Saturday is a must win if these guys want a bowl.
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Emel it’s a ‘crying Jordan’ instead of dinocat-amazing what you find on the net
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yea i was trying to figure out, what exactly that was. haha
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Test. Pitt Volleyball now up to Number 5.
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Speaking of Bowl Games…first time I’ve seen this, the entire year.
Jerry Palm has Pitt playing in a Bowl Game…..vs…..wait……..Purdue. (see what a bye week can do for
you)
https://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions
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Go Pitt
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Wonder if we’ll put the punter at qb with disguised number, that’ll confuse em.
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Wouldn’t let me capitalize my user name. So instead of Altoona_Josh it’s simply altoonajosh.
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Altoona Josh, your account should let you go into your profile and change your Public Display name to exactly what you want it to be. Originally name came up johninsouthcarolina and I was able to change it.
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Thanks John!
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Hail2Pitt!
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Hello! Testing 1,2,
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Beer, hotdogs, burgers, chips, man I can’t wait for the Duke game. Maybe even some of that stuff they just legalized in Canada,
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Retest with improvements. Pitt volleyball moved up to No. 5 in the polls this week. They also sent a new attendance record on Sunday. For the weekend matches they had over 4,000 people in total.
Given the mess that is the Coastal Division in the ACC it does not look if even Pitt will not go win-less over the remaining games thus giving Narduzzi another year to show his less than mediocre coaching and recruiting skills.
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Test. H2P!
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York, Pa Panther
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pnardizzy@gmail
LOL
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I tried “King Pat” as a user name and it was already taken.
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testing testing testing
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I think it may be time to give another QB a chance if KP continues to struggle…and he is struggling with decision making and deep throws. The OL play does not help, but there are plenty of times he has the time to make a play but holds the ball forever.
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MissingWlat, a.k.a. missingwlat, is in the house!!! Thank you Reed for not abandoning your POV brethren in our time of need!!!
On a different note, my daughter received her acceptance from Pitt today. Swanson School of Engineering. Fingers crossed. Pitt and Clemson have been running neck and neck. At least the Dairy College has been officially eliminated from further consideration.
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George has some P5 experience, whereas I don’t think Town does. Also, it makes sense since George has another year after this one, and could potentially give Pickett some competition for next year as well. I’m wondering if Narduzzi could use Pickett’s leg injury as an excuse to give George some playing time.
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Congrats Missing to your daughter and the whole family. Impressive….. way to go Miss Missing
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Dave still in da POV house!!!!
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This is a test.
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It makes sense to give George some playing time against Duke this coming weekend. We have one of the worst offenses in the country so how bad could it be? George was not exactly a world beater at Illinois with more interceptions than TDs. I continue to believe Pickett is playing hurt. Hopefully he will get back to full health during the off season. The only reason he is still playing is that so far there has been no alternative at the position although we could go wildcat a lot more and turn into Georgia Tech north. I wonder if either Ollison or Hall can pass the ball?
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Fellow POVers. I could use some help with the avatar. How do I select and post it?
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Test I don’t post much but still want the option
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Seeing if I can still post a comment.
If so, I say stick with KP. We’ve invested our most precious resource— playing time — in KP. Crazy to move on to someone else now. Crazy, I tell ya…
Go Pitt.
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Trying this again…
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testing 123, is this thing on, thump thump thump
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VoR, if you logged in with WordPress, just add a picture to your WordPress profile.
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I thought I created a gravatar, back to the drawing board.
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Oops, system must have updated…
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Maybe the bye week will help KP. Will Mack be back by Saturday?
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Doesn’t sound like it from PN’s presser.
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Another test….
cbs sports has pitt in a bowl as indicated above. However, the details suggested we would be one of five or six teams to get a bowl invite at 5-7. That is embarrassing. There are 76 bowl slots to fill. I take that as meaning we would be ranked at about 70th out of 130. Coach is paid at 42 or so, therefore it is an under-performance.
I am starting to think there is something else going on with Paris Ford. Pure guess on my part but the new moniker hasn’t been wrong yet.
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Testing
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I couldn’t log in under my old username because it was taken, and my email was not linked to it. Can’t figure out how that happened, but there you go. Annie is now formerlyannie.
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Test II
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Test 2 / DONE
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Annie… Doesn’t seem right. You might want to email Reed and let him know the situation.
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Test II Redux
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New volleyball record attendance of 2152. However that pales in comparison to the 6000 plus that attended the Pitt NC volleyball match a week back.
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Does anyone have any idea the capacity of the Fitzgerald Field House? Planning to go to the Vball vs Duke in a couple of Sundays and wondered if I needed to order tix or could walk up for them.
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Mark, capacity can’t be much more than what was listed for attendance for Louisville match. There were seats open at the Louisville game, but not many. We just walked up for them, but got to the match about 45 minutes early.
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Sipping coffee and enjoying the refreshed POV…salute to our Commander Reed.
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A test to see if I qualify for membership.
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logging in for first time
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Ok, what this does is cut commenters down to people who want to be on here to register…the info you all provided also makes it much easier to “block users” (ban) people who just want to stir crap up.
This is Step One only. I’m going to get very serious about the 2nd part..
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I like the way this is shaping up but we have to get the Big guy from North Carolina logged in….. and a few others.
BTW, condolences to Jim (Pittman), I believe it was his uncle, past away recently. Sorry for your families loss Jim.
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Like ridding the schoolyard comments! We’re all adults so we should appreciate what Reed does and engage as adults.
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testing avatar
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.When I was setting up the examples above I had to try 5 or 6 different user names before it found one that wasn’t taken.
Remember this is now putting you in with millions of WordPress registered users…so some will have to use different names than in the past…
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Annie, once you have your account set up, using the new name, you can go into your profile and change the name back to just Annie.
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Managed to sign up. My suffering continues.
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Just wanted to see
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it worked
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don’t know how I got on here after considerable difficulty and even more confusion and no help from demon alcohol! It’s almost like I clicked my ruby red slippers and here I am a slimmed down version of my former BigB me….
An avatar… not even touching that one
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Testing avatar.
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That’s scary. It actually worked!
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Bernie, wait an hour or so then go back into your account and you should be able to change your user name back to BigB…if it hasn’t been taken yet.
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Hope it’s smooth sailing for the Commander and the POV from this point forward.
Thanks again Reed!
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I’m back…
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Would not be surprised to see Boy George start Saturday.
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Reed that’s what happened..received a email from word press an hour later…
I see where the avatar is… trying to figure how to get the pic to stay
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Just checking to see if my avatar downloaded….
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Avatar is a take on my wordpress profile page but didn’t transfer to the pov
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Glad to see the new login is starting to work for everyone. Go to Google Images and type in Pitt Panthers to get a whole bunch of Pitt images that can be used for your acatar.
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Testing avatar on iphone
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Usually the home team in college gets a plus 3 point advantage for just playing at home. Last I heard Duke is a 2,5 point favor over us. So what is going on?
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Hey, I am no longer pittcocksfan but back to PITT-cocks Fan
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My guess somebody in Vegas that sets the point spread had a good look at our offensive performance this year.
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Look for Pitt to pull even on the spread.
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Reed
Like the change you are making and good prediction on Mr George climbing the depth chart.
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I’m pretty good with personnel and team predictions…not so much on games.
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Great av NRS
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Fellow POVers, including BigB: If you are having trouble getting your avatar onto your cell phone, I suggest you download the WordPress app (from the iphone store for OS) and then log in there. If you had an avatar acct. on a pc it should show up when you log in using the app. Also, be sure to log out and then log back in to pick up the changes.
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Well, commenter is changed, i think. Can’t get the avatar changed. I guess I broke another camera.
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Posting on my phone using home Wi-Fi
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Testing
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Posting on my phone using Verizon data plan.
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I would like to see George start on Saturday, or at least get some playing time to look at his arm and control of the offense. Face it, Pitt can’t do worse in te passing game. I’d declare that the position is open and then play both QBs over the rest of the year.
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Posting on a pay phone using a crystal radio kit hooked up to my pontoon boats battery. Yeah…that’s the ticket.
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Hahah – made one of those crystal radios in jr. high electronics class
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Reed – The POV seems to be getting quite a few sign ups on the new register/login procedure. Have you thought about the future? You may have current readers but current non commenters or even new readers who a month / 6 months / a year from now may want to comment. Think about linking this article right below your “Leave a comment but keep it Civil”.
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Rich, the “future” is that 6 months or a year from now someone else will own the blog.
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Rain is forecasted for Saturday morning, afternoon and evening.
Is there another blowout in the cards?
The Pitt running attack needs to be “cleat” ready.
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Test formally markp I forgot my password..
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Erie, steady rain and wind, a nor’easter…I’d say that’s advantage Panthers!
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Testing 1, 2.
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I really don’t think anyone is advocating the benching of KP but thinking maybe some time on the bench during a game if he is struggling may do him some good? It’s a shame this weeks game will be played in the muck much like Walter Sobchak had to way back in Nam.
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Can’t figure out the avatar/gravatar thing. I hate not knowing this stuff, but am not motivated enough to learn how to do it. How bad does that make me look?
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Makes you look very white and plain silhouette-like…at least to me….but that is just your top half.:)
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Hey, why didn’t my smiley face work?? 🙂 😉 :>) 😦
Testing emoji’s
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Hope I’m good to go on here!
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Pittman, I don’t think it worked, I can’t see your comment that you’re good to go on here. 🙂
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Hope I make the cut
H2P
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Nice win for Pitt!
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