Agreed - the “if they aren’t our rivals don’t mention them” crowd are just as annoying as the people they complain about. Just don’t read it if you don’t like it.
To clear this up one last time...
-Pitt is NOT PSU's rival
-Pitt Football is mostly irrelevant and not really worthy of discussion
-The ugly, delusional, envious Pitt fans ARE worth mocking and I thoroughly enjoy it
-If Pitt fans weren't fixated on PSU, this board would see 90% less posts re: the Panthers.
In support for the first bullet above:
I'm 42 and grew up hearing about rivalries with Pitt, ND, Miami, but I cannot
remember a meaningful game with Pitt. They certainly occurred in my lifetime, but I cannot recall any of them. Now consider that I've been out of PSU for 19 years. That means the kids who are FR/So at PSU were born the year I graduated. If I cannot remember a meaningful game against Pitt, the kids playing/in school now have no idea that Pitt was ever a decent football program, let alone an annual rival with PSU.
Hell, the kids in school today have no feeling about Miami and we've certainly had meaningful games against them much more recently.