Post-Gazette columnist Ron Cook has caught a lot of flak from Pitt fans over the years for all sorts of things. The biggest accusations being that he is a homer for the Big Ten or a Pitt 'hater.'
I normally put little stock into such things. As I've done in the past, I've mentioned when I think media have been wrong, such as when Doug Gottlieb refused to rank Pitt basketball No. 1 in the nation when seemingly everyone else did. But for the most part, I just don't know how much to believe something like the local media having brazen hatred for a team in their City.