It Is What It Is: In honor of a Pittsburgh sports media gem that I forgot has existed longer than I've been alive

From the PG:

Our winner is Next Man Up. 

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Obligatory chart of past winners

2014 Shy Of The First Down

2013 Going Forward

2012 Take a Shot Down The Field.

2011 Are You Kidding Me?

2010 At the end of the day

2009 Dial up a blitz

2008 Manage the game

2007 They're very physical

2006 It is what it is

2005 It is what it is

2004 Shutdown corner

2003 Cover 2

2002 Running downhill

2001 Put points on the scoreboard

2000 Walk-off homer

1999 Somebody's gotta step up

1998 Eight men in the box

1997 Show me the money

1996 Been there, done that

1995 West Coast offense

1994 Red zone

1993 It hasn't sunk in yet

1992 Mentality of a linebacker

1991 You don't have to be a rocket scientist

1990 Smashmouth football

1989 He coughs it up

1988 They went to the well once too often

1987 Gut Check

1986 Crunch time

1985 Throwback

1984 Play 'em one game at a time

Gene Collier: gcollier@post-gazette.com and Twitter @genecollier.

Which freaking begs the question; did Gene Collier ever like his job?

PS: So proud of my Buckeyes/JT Barrett & Cardale Jones for singlehandedly clinching the 2015 Trite Trophy 11 1/2 months ago