Major Excitement!

Colin Dunlap | 8:19 p.m., Wed., Sept. 17, 2008

Needed to run an errand today over to Oakland from my place on Pittsburgh's North Side. When that is the case, I head through the Hill District, as it is the most direct route and saves a ton of time. It seems that every time I drive through there, it never fails that I think about Major Harris, one of The Hill's most famous sons, and the magic he had both in his legs and his powerful right arm when he was the QB at West Virginia.

Before Michael Vick, there was Major.

Before Vince Young, there was Major.

Before Terrelle Pryor, there was Major.

After I got home from driving back through The Hill, I just felt for some reason that I needed to dig up the YouTube clip below. It is Major's 1989 highlight video, and it is simply amazing.

 

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJZFzdjjN5o]

 

Also, take a few minutes to read one of the finest pieces of sports journalism ever penned. It is from the late Ralph Wiley and it is titled, 'Up from the Hill.'