Interesting connection on Pittsbrgh Steelers

[vito]

I don't follow the Steelers but when turning on the TV this afternoon I saw the Steeler quarterback Kenneth Pickett pass to George Pickens, receiver. It occurred to me that if you combine the two you have George Pickett, the Confederate General who led the infamous charge across open terrain and was whose division was decimated by Union rifle fire. At first I thought that the announcer had said that the receiver was George Pickett, which really would have been something for a Black NFL player to have the name of a Confederate General.

 

[wolfsong]

Ya gotta lot of time on yer hands, huh?

 

[KIR]

Do you think the Dems will try to change their names too?

 

[vito]

Ya gotta lot of time on yer hands, huh?

Yesterday I did have time on my hands. Sunday after Thanksgiving Day, 22 degrees and the first real snow of the year, and no real desire to leave the house at all. Otherwise I likely would not have even noticed the Steelers playing on TV.

 

[Jeepnik]

I don't follow the Steelers but when turning on the TV this afternoon I saw the Steeler quarterback Kenneth Pickett pass to George Pickens, receiver. It occurred to me that if you combine the two you have George Pickett, the Confederate General who led the infamous charge across open terrain and was whose division was decimated by Union rifle fire. At first I thought that the announcer had said that the receiver was George Pickett, which really would have been something for a Black NFL player to have the name of a Confederate General.

Please don't disrespect my ancestor by associating him with the crybabies that play professional sports.