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POV’s 2023 Fantastic Frankcan Cup Tourney

Editor’s Note:  Here is Rick Caldwell’s (Erie) gracious invitation to this year’s Frankcan Cup Tournament. Rick runs the show year in and year out for the readers and golfers of the Pitt POV – and he does just an unselfish and wonderful job at it.  I’ll be there this year so hopefully there will be at least one golf cart that has a spare seat. That way I can watch some actual golf instead of just drinking for three hours!  Friends – if you haven’t been to one yet get onboard. It is true fun and fellowship and a great summer lead-in to Fran’s tailgates.

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Location:  Champion Lakes Golf Club, Ligonier, PA (where former Pitt men’s BB announcer and Hall of Fame Pirate Dick Groat is one of the owners of the club.)
Address: 4743 Route 711, Ligonier, PA
Phone: (724) 238-5440
Date:  Saturday, June 24, 2023
Time:  11am tee times with a shot-gun start (pig roast dinner served after golf)
Format: Four person team scramble golf tournament (18 holes) 
Cost: $85 per individual which includes golf and dinner – the club’s 19th hole will be open after golf for meal and drink at additional cost to you.)
Lodging: On-site Bed & Breakfast on the club property or within a few miles there are hotel options in Arnie and Ike’s hometown of Latrobe, PA USA. Here is the more detailed Facebook page for the B&B.
NOTE: The cost per player is the same as 2019 and 2021!!
If you choose to stay on-site, you can park your ride, open your trunk, remove your party
wear, pop that beverage and then Let’s Do It!! as Porky Chedwick used to say!
Prizes: 1st place team gets to hold the Frankcan Cup for the year plus individual prizes for the 1st place
team members, longest drive, closest to the pin, straightest drive and longest putt.
PAYMENT DUE BY MAY 1ST – IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, LET ME KNOW AND “AT LEAST” COMMIT TO PLAY AS WE HAVE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 24 PLAYERS
I look forward to another fun day of fellowship with good to great Pitt fans. To those who cannot attend this year’s outing, please know that you will be missed – we have always had a good time at these golf outings.
H2P!!!

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66 thoughts on “POV’s 2023 Fantastic Frankcan Cup Tourney”

    1. Thanks, Rick, for organizing another great event.

      Looking forward to playing this year with the awesome PGA (POV Golf Associates).

      Go Pitt.

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  2. OT – For local Pitt fans, did you get the notification about the “Football Repark?” You get to request a lot based on your Priority Points. In addition to the parking pass fee of $120, you have to pay a Scholarship Parking Membership fee depending on the lot location…

    Specific times are assigned depending on your point total for being able to pick your parking location. Of course those with the most priority points go first…. The process starts on April 11th.

    I haven’t had a parking pass for a while, so I thought it was interesting…. The Pitt Parking Game…

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    1. Even we out-of-towners got the mail. Red Lot 6 – between next to the Springhill Suites across from PNC is going to be developed and its a fairly good sized surface lot. Some will have to opt for the garages and others will try to find another space, including Red5A.

      I think those in Red 6 would do well to go to Green32… just on the other side of the stadium. Conveniently next to both the Satdium and the Casino. No need to be bumping any of us from Red5A… 😉

      Hoping to be able to stay in Red5A. We will see as I don’t pick until the 18th at 11:30am… not that Im keeping an eye on it.

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    1. Dan and others – you can send your check to: 946 Heritage Hills Drive, York, PA 17402

      Please make the check payable to Rick Caldwell and mark as POV Golf

      Hope to see many of you on June 24th.

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      1. I live in Florida and plan on visiting PA during June and July. I may be able to play but I would be by myself. Can you set me up with some other players to form a foursome?

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        1. Jim – yes, we’ll be sure you are included with others to make a foursome.

          Look forward to having you join the fun.

          Happy Easter to all!

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  4. Pitt baseball comes from behind in the bottom of the 8th with 2 timely home runs to beat Notre Dame and salvage getting swept.
    Pitt vb wins their scrimmage vs James Madison 3-1.

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  5. Long live Pork the Tork aka the Daddio of the Raddio.

    Met him as he was a friend of a friend. Always on and a good guy.

    H2P!

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  6. The Ramada in Ligonier is much closer to the course if you plan on drinking.
    The hotels in Latrobe are newer.
    Kman

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    1. Stayed at the Holiday Inn Latrobe last golf tourney. Good spot. Didn’t play as I’d just had shoulder surgery. Did pick up the bar tab!

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  7. Greg,

    It was in the mid 70s. I was at the bar next to the Dirty O; I think the Wooden Keg. I was on a date (she would become my wife) and I went to get us drinks and when I came back she was dancing with someone.

    I kinda butted in; he left and she said he was the DJ on a break and she was just standing there and he started dancing. Her girlfriend was also with us and she said she thought he was an albino.

    It was Porky Chedwick. People around us said he’s sort of famous in the Burg. What a night; Froggy Morris was carding at the door. I hope I got these facts straight; my memory hasn’t been the greatest lately.

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  8. “My name ain’t Bojangles, but I know all the angles!” From CedarCliffJohn, my college frat bro obsessed with Pork the Tork!

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  11. More than a million ways to make a living and thousands of ways to become a legend. Pork was legendary in the Burg.

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  12. OT: Women’s BB coaching salary

    Mitchell Northam

    @primetimeMitch
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    Apr 7
    Source familiar with the situation tells me that Pitt and Tory Verdi agreed to a six-year deal, with a salary of about $800K per year.

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        1. Perhaps. But she’s making $850,000, reportedly, so she probably needed at least another $100K to move and maybe Ole Miss matches the offer…

          Seems to me a really tough job to hire a good coach for a downtrodden program…

          Go Pitt.

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  13. Pork the Tork was great but imo, Rick is the Legend around here. Thanks Rick and Fran who also puts in the time and work. Thanks to all that helped make this golf Tourney so great.

    Being in my backyard makes it really tough to miss it again. My golf days are long gone but I will be hitching a ride in the back of Reed’s golf cart in SPIRIT!

    Porky took the loss of his son very hard and it set him back tremendously. As we all know how it would challenge any and all of us. Shout out to you Reed and your family for being so courageous during such heart-breaking times. Glad to hear you’ll be at the famous Frankcan tourney.

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    1. FRAN is the glue that makes the FRANkcan Cup “drinkable”. FRAN gets the FRANchise Tag of the POV Tailgate and the FRANkcan Cup Golf Tournament, year in and year out.

      FRAN has been a part of the FRANkcan Cup Golf Tournament since the beginning when we held the inaugural event at Quicksilver Golf Club in McDonald, PA west of Pittsburgh where I first met Dr. Tom and Joe Knew (best POV handle ever IMO).

      FRAN’s name is on the FRANkcan Cup numerous times as a winner.

      Best of all, FRAN is FRANkly someone I call my friend.

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      1. Rick, you are too kind my friend.
        Truthfully, Rick does most of the organizing and legwork for these outings.
        I’m like the sous chef. 🙃
        Happy Easter to all yinz POVerts. Will see some at the Spring game and hopefully we will know a bit more of the status of our Pitt parking passes.

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  14. I wish that I could come out of hiding…there really is an isnore– (Eddie Leeds), however, my back has never fully recovered. I developed osteoporosis from over a decade of cancer treatment and my walking and golfing days are sadly over. Yeah, I played 3-4 times a week after I retired (Wifey permitting..you know how that goes). I never got better than a 12 hcp, but I loved the game. The game of golf is terrific…the only game in the world where you have a choice of any weapon you want to use, to hit a ball that is not moving sitting directly in front of you and ^&^% yep, there goes my par. As we all know who love golf…the 19th hole can be as much fun as the first 18….I look forward to seeing the pictures of the POV’ers who will be playing Dick Groat’s track. I miss FRANKAN.

    Happy and Healthy Easter to ALL H2P!!

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  16. I see where the new Chancellor eliminated 3 minor sports while at Minnesota. Not a good sign..

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  17. This is interesting … Pitt has 2 right now so based on averages, I’d expect one more transfer to pop up …

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  18. VoR – we already eliminated sports and that brought us to our floor (I think). I don’t think Pitt can cut anymore sports even if they wanted to.

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  21. Happy Easter or whatever holiday you celebrate! May the remainder of 2023 be a year of peace, prosperity, and winning Pitt sports teams!

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  23. Tossing, I was hoping they would add back some sports and maybe consider men’s hockey. I still don’t get a sense of what she thinks about sports. Are we seeing the beginning of a new era of Pitt athletics or have we just witnessed the peak?

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    1. Well, I think it’s less about sports and running an athletic dept that makes money. I highly doubt we’ll add any sports … well, maybe, one … I could definitely see Pitt adding e-sports at some point as it’s a knows money-maker.

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    2. VoR – Twitter. Immediately deleted … but the internet never forgets …

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  25. The burning question – now that a certain mythical non-posting POVer is retired, will he be “scootering” his way to the POV golf outing?

    Inquiring minds want to know.

    Go Pitt.

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    1. Paris Ford has above-average athletic skill, but he has been his own worst enemy. Ford did not put in the extra effort to maximize his ability. The NFL gave him a chance and he could not stick with a taxi squad…the XFL is minor league AAA football and that is his level.

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  27. Ford was one of the most disappointing, couldn’t get on the field early and made many mistakes when he did. He quit on his team. So much promise so little results. Really a shame.
    If you want to know how good Narduzzi is, look how many Pitt D-Backs are playing in the league. Ford has lots of sour grapes because he isn’t one of them and it’s all on him.

    The Belle Vernon kid was never coming to Pitt.

    Penn Live is a PSU mouthpiece and love this kind of stuff.

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  28. Ford and Hamlin were both at a Pitt LOI event. Hamlin looked every bit the part of an NFL player — solid build with wide shoulders. Ford looked quite ordinary physically, even kind of slight…. I remember thinking that Ford needed to add some muscle…

    Go Pitt.

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  30. I recall Ford constantly being out of position, taking unnecessary chances to be the hero. He was never a team player as we saw when he bailed for no good reason from the Panther team with 4 games remaining.

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  31. Just listened to the C’Bo interview. What a mature and well-spoken young man.

    Sounded like we may see more passes to the backs in the flat – I’d love to see more of those, especially to a RB who can make a guy miss like C’Bo…

    Go Pitt.

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      1. Rory always chokes at the Masters. Too much pressure to win the Grand Slam.
        Koepka was the best golfer for the first three days then collapsed on Sunday.
        LIV tournaments are three days and the guys have already been paid so no pressure to win.
        The guy lost his driver and his putter on the last day, went from a 4 shot lead to a four shot loss.

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        1. Phil is 52 did it bother him?
          He lost.
          Rahm played better. Brooks still better than everyone else.
          Were they tired?
          Maybe they all should do what Brooks did and they will finish higher.

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          1. Phil had a great round but under little pressure.
            Brooks choked with it all on the line. It happens.
            Was it physical or mental? Was it because LIV doesn’t have the same
            kind of pressure as a PGA? Maybe it doesn’t matter, we’ll see how he does moving forward.
            Guys getting paid in advance makes me think LIV is just an exhibition, doesn’t mean
            they don’t have talent, but competition is what brings out the best in athletes.

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    2. Not at all. The guys just getting back into form after his injuries. He was in the race the entire tournament. That isn’t losing an edge.

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  34. Pitt women’s BB’s best freshman player was probably 5-10 guard Avery Strickland. She looked to have very good potential – she can shoot and plays with high energy. Somewhere I saw where she went into the portal (this was before Verdi was named), but said she could possibly return to Pitt.

    Would be an impressive coup for Coach Verdi if he could persuade Strickland to stay. I’m not expecting her back. She’s from Knoxville, TN and I suspect she will have some nice offers…

    Go Pitt.

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  36. It’s kind of scary – the women’s BB roster now lists 4 players, Coach Verdi, a Director of communications, and a Trainer.

    Our extremely well-paid coach better get some diversity going, pronto – and adding a few talented (and tall) players wouldn’t hurt…

    Go Pitt.

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  37. MajorMajors – it’s going to be a long rebuild. 4-5 years. Will require a lot of patience. It’s a program burned to the ground.

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