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If a local football team blows out another team 76-0, does it make a sound?

Apparently not if the winning team happens to be the Pittsburgh Passion.

The relative media silence disturbs me a little. I understand that the Passion’s fan base may be smaller than that of more well-known teams in the Pittsburgh area, but what happened this past Saturday night at Newman Stadium should have been reported by the local mainstream media, rather than leaving the recounting to “the blogs.” This was not a typical dominating Passion performance, this was an overwhelming display of a team that played so well, the event may have been one for the teams’ record books.

On Saturday, I attended the final Passion home game of the 2009 regular season. Since the time of my last post about the Pittsburgh Passion, the Passion no longer play at Cupples Stadium on the South Side, but in the aforementioned Newman Stadium at North Allegheny High School. Another change is that the Passion now play in the IWFL instead of the NWFA, which exposes the team to new opponents. (Several of their former NWFA rivals — as well as the Pittsburgh Force, another local football team — now play in the WFA).

The air was dry, but a little cool for May, to the point where I had to put on the jacket I brought as the sky grew dark. But the Passion tore the field ablaze with touchdown after touchdown. Their opponents, the Connecticut Crushers, put forth an effort, but the Passion were simply that good. Sadly, the crowd was a little quieter than I expected, but I think that was due to the overwhelming nature of the victory and the location change. There were certainly enthusiastic fans present, especially for Michelle Brevard. Brevard and many other Passion players had a phenomenal game, and will probably have great ones to come.

Maybe the next time they do, someone in the mainstream media will write about it.