Post Gazette “Friday Night Tykes: Steel Country” debuts this spring and chronicles the Beaver County Youth Football League. A trailer Esquire Network released shows Central Valley Warriors and Aliquippa L’il Quips most prominently. Other Mitey Mite teams featured in the series include the Beaver Falls Tigers, Monaca L’il Indians, Blackhawk Cougars and Ambridge L’il Bridgers.

Mr. Hanna said while “Steel Country” will have some similar themes – “”there’s some questionable coaching, some questionable parenting all in the name of football glory” – the new series will include unique, regional differences.

“Western Pennsylvania, having the history it has with football and being a hotbed of NFL talent, we thought that could be an interesting backdrop,” he said. “What’s happening in that region of the country economically is a part of the story. How the economic downturn has impacted these communities and how football is the one thing some of these communities can hold onto for pride, for sense of community, you’ll see that is a big storyline in the show.”

The time is ripe to start raising kids in Pittsburgh. Between parent’s already being cautious and convincing their kids to play other sports as well as Antwaan Randle El putting out his own propaganda, by the time my kid can play football, the field is gonna be so slim we’ll be on the fast track to the Heisman.

Are the teams featured in this show in line with my socioeconomic status? Absolutely not.  The key here is going to be tricking the system to get little junior into one of these programs they run like prison football. Create some character.  Then when he hangs up his pee-wee cleats we bring him back home and cut him loose on the locals.

Every few years Pine Richland pumps out professional talent.  From Neil Walker to Brandon Saad to Meghan Klingenberg there something in our water that breeds success.  The latest star in the pipeline is Phil Jurkovec who is projected to be the number one QB coming out of high school in 2 years, might as well let Jr carry on that professional tradition.

Take my brains and brawn and throw it on those jail yard teams and parlay that into an elite public school? Where do I sign up?