(I’m posting this earlier as I’ll be tied up all day tomorrow)
The team was back at practice on Sunday but before we get too deep into what might happen this Saturday – we’ll do that in detail later this week – here is Narduzzi’s presser after the Big Win.
Well, I’m not the only ‘realist’ that writes on Pitt football – here is Jerry DiPaola’s reminder that we’ve blown games after big wins before.
Recent Pitt football history is littered with tales of big victories and an even one heroic losing effort in South Bend, Ind., immediately followed by deflating defeats:
• Pitt dragged No. 2 Notre Dame into double overtime before losing in 2012 and fell flat at Connecticut six days later, 24-17.
• Defeated Notre Dame in another stirring victory at Heinz Field in 2013 before giving up 34 points at North Carolina in a loss the following week.
• Upset Miami in the south Florida heat in 2014 to become bowl eligible before being embarrassed in a 35-34 loss to Houston in the Armed Forces Bowl after leading by 25 in the fourth quarter.
• Dominated Louisville under the current coaching staff last year to improve to 8-3 then allowed a total of 73 points in the next two games (both losses).
Dontez Ford is day-to-day with an arm injury. I thought he just sore hands from that bullet Peterman threw him that Ford played hot potato with.
Just as Narduzzi said that Conner’s injury was minor after the opener last season now we find out both Hendrix and Zeise are out for the season.
If you remember I did a ‘get to know our players’ article on George Aston back in August. I wrote that I had overlooked his work at FB last season and how it surprised me when I watched the tapes on him in researching the article.
Well, he’s done nothing but impress this season also.
Guys – I’m thinking Aston just might be a better all-around FB than even Henry Hynoski was in college. I wonder.
Aston has been the point of attack and opened up some great holes for our RBs and he’s an turned into a viable offensive weapon. Here are Hyno’s stats to compare. we’ll have to see what he does over the full season but Aston is becoming a very valuable part of our offense. Hmmm, I’ll have to do a FBs comparison article later on.
Here’s an interview with the young man:
This Jerry D. article in the Trib reiterates what I said yesterday about hearing up in the press box that we’d run almost all the time.
Is offensive coordinator Matt Canada holding back quarterback Nathan Peterman? That was the game plan against Penn State.
Pitt ran 71 plays while beating the Nittany Lions, 42-39, and only 15 were throws (21 percent). Quadree Henderson (three) was the only wide receiver to catch a pass, and the weekend ended with Pitt ranked 120th of 128 FBS teams in passing yards per game (133), ahead of only Wake Forest and Georgia Tech among ACC teams.
“Coach Narduzzi said, ‘You know what? If we can run the ball every play (against Penn State), we’re going to,’ ” offensive tackle Brian O’Neill said.
Rob Rossi of the Trib has a nice piece about the two head coaches for last Saturday’s game:
Give the game ball to Pat Narduzzi. From his sound-of-silence mandate for players to in-game wrinkles to the post-game chatter, Narduzzi proved himself a better coach and leader than Franklin. If our commonwealth’s best prep players were paying attention, they won’t have a hard call to make in choosing between these programs.
Pitt should be it.
Narduzzi said it all when he flippantly dismissed Franklin’s claim that the Panthers’ clapping on defense disrupted the Nittany Lions’ offensive cadences in the first half.
“That’s just another excuse,” Narduzzi said.
Pitt received 39 points in the Associated Press Top 25 poll that was released Sunday, good for 31st in the nation. Oklahoma State dropped from No. 22 to 32 (22 points). Beat OK State and we’ll be up there.
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Reed, I consider a shovel pass a running play.
Back in my day , it was a forward lateral, which was illegal.
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Maybe only past the line of scrimmage.
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As emotionally impressive as the victory over PSU was, I don’t consider it a big win–we were favored, after all. We may get beaten by OSU–they’re favored–but it won’t be because of a big win letdown. I’m pretty sure we’ll play well enough to win.
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lege, per wiki answers:
Eugene “Stoney” Willis, quarterback for Western Maryland College against Boston College to tie the game that was featured in a large photograph appearing in The Boston Herald on November 12, 1932. As noted by team captain, Hal Kopp (Class of 1933) this article proved that the WMC quarterback “was the first to use the famed ‘Shovel Pass’ in its present form.” The Boston Herald article noted , “Just as Flavio Tosi appeared to have Willis in his grasp, tall Gene popped the shovel pass to Dunn and Jimmy was off again.”
It is a useful play, no doubt, and technically a forward pass.
Doesn’t require a whole lot of skill by the QB, that’s why I consider it more of a running play.
Especially when it is tossed underhand, or like a shot put.
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Reed I do agree that Peterman’s redzone production was excellent. One Shovel to Conner, a nice rollout to Henderson, and a superb throw to Orndoff.
My critique was more about the third downs that weren’t picked up because they didn’t let him throw. on several occasions. Also that they gave up on the jet sweep in the second half.
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What was the longest pass Peterman threw not including YAC?
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Any word on last nights Pat signal?
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“Dontez Ford is day-to-day with an arm injury. I thought he just sore hands from that bullet Peterman threw him that Ford played hot potato with.”
@Reed: Lol 🙂 haha —- hope it’s nothing serious though for Ford, the training staff will take care of him, as with all the Pitt players. Pitt’s players are in the best-of-hands in terms of Pitt taking care of their health and healing them-up. No school (or probably even NFL team honestly) can offer their football players better training and medical care than Pitt 🙂 .
—- When I saw that interception, my heart skipped a beat —– the receiver looked a little bit too short and definitely way thinner than him….but I thought for the briefest-second I thought that our Future All-America Jester Weah might have been who knocked-up that ball —– like a newlywed bride tossing the bouquet up to a group of lovesick bridesmaids / like a zookeeper tossing-up big, fresh-cut of beef to a pack of hungry lions / etc. —- up to the penn state defenders!!!
I was like, “Jester, you’re killin’ me!!!” —- then I quickly saw the receiver was a smaller player —– then I felt really-bad for RS Senior Dontez Ford. I think he may have pushed-himself off the field with Matt Canada after that —- Jester Weah, Quadree Henderson, and Aaron – “Dang He Looks The Part” – Mathews are probably now the Top-Three receivers Canada is going to build and plan-around here in Okie State week and in the future.
P.S. — Nathan Peterman needs to start completing some balls to wide receivers downfield. Yes, he’s had to deal with pressure at times, but Quadree Henderson especially (so, so quick!!! Elite Quick and Fast!) has proven himself to be a real-deal receiver. He’s just something else, I’m talking a revelation in how fast and explosive he is in Real, Live-Game offensive situations.
Jester Weah is 6’3” + legit and he’s big and thick — and Nate Peterman’s “new-toy” Aaron Mathews looks like he was designed by an NFL scout —- 6’5”+ inches tall, long, athletic…..
—- Peterman has the talented weapons in The Revelation: The Speedy-Quadree “Gingerbread” Henderson / Big, athletic, freak-athlete Jester Weah and young hopeful-phenom Mathews (Wide Receiver U!!!!) — but Nate Peterman needs help from Canada: with well-designed, ** not too-slow developing ** deeper pass plays — to get these guys the ball downfield.
Jester Weah needs to get into some of this action from Matt Canada too. Against Penn State Jester Weah dwarfed all of their defensive backs, but essentially he was sent-out running total “decoy” routes all game. Just kind of sent off in the wilderness on routes where it appeared his only purpose was to drag-away penn state defenders to clear space or serve as a distraction. On Quadree Henderson’s easy TD reception, Jester Weah lined-up wide by the sideline, ran a deep In-route back into the middle of the field, which made the deep safety And Weah’s man-on-man corner both come down with him while Quadree Henderson ran across Weah’s path and came wide-open, for example….Whatever, we’ll see!
#HailtoPitt !!!
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LA- I’m assuming that you were not one of the nearly 70k in attendance on saturday. The bookies’ opinion not withstanding, that was a big win.
Players left the field on a bigger emotional high than most have ever experienced. That makes it a big win and the letdown potential is real.
But I’m counting on our HC to prevent that.
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Quarterbacking for Pitt is a shovel ready job…. 😉
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Good one Jack
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The shovel pass was always considered a pass even though not too many thought to use it. Kind of like a screen pass where you can block the defensive back while the ball is still in the air as long as it’s behind the line of scrimmage.
The one interesting thing about PITT is, don’t try and figure out what they are doing. Narduzzi is being private for a reason. It’s a novel approach and I for one am all for it.
Georgie is a player.
I understand that Allen Edwards had a good game? I look for him to be a big time player.
imo this team and players like HCPN and that said is very refreshing. That doesn’t win games but does make recruits think a little harder.
Good nite……………………ike
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So does the “like” button work?
Is there a way to edit?
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As always, great articles Reed.
3 positives:
1) 1st drive, 10 plays 109 yards (there was a 10 yard holding penalty), only 10 yards passing.
2) Quadree Henderson
3) No snapping issues, good job by Officer to get that corrected.
3 Negatives
1) Penalties, especially the personal fouls. That “toughness” excuse is absolute BS. 10 penalties for 79 yards, when the passing yardage total was only 91 is not acceptable.
2) Pass coverage, Barkley was a mismatch on the LBers, but Pitt didn’t adjust. Safety help? Put a spy on Barkley? Don’t just watch Caprara get beat. Giving up 4th & 16 is bad, but the receiver was wide open. How does the team blow the coverage coming out of a timeout?
3) 2nd Half Coaching, overly conservative play calling, failure to adjust to Penn State’s passing attack, send out Blewitt to attempt a 50 yarder. As much as the creativity and coaching were an impressive positive in the 1st half, the 2nd half coaching, offense, defense & special teams, almost cost us a victory.
Good teams win even when they don’t play their best. Pitt has done that twice so far. Hopefully next week, they play a complete game against the Cowboys.
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I changed the font to complete black as I think it is easier to read. What do you guys think about it?
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We are currently #11 in Rushing Defense giving up 63.5 ypg and a great 1.98 ypc.
But we have given up 4 rushing TDs.
Only 127 yards total…
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Gasman — Per Vukovcan, the “Pat Signal” recruit doesn’t want it announced until the end of the month when he will have a presser.
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Maybe it’s a big recruiting get if there’s a presser involved.
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First-the Dark Knight’s comments are some of the best stuff on here-other than Reed’s skillful work.
3 positives
1) James from State College’s 2 min offensive play calling–if we threw that pass in that situation this blog would be nuclear
2) o line–my goodness between Pitt on Saturday and the Steelers last night the good ole days are back in the Burgh of ground and pound
3) kick return team–I used to cringe on punt and kick returns now I look forward to it. Henderson is the real deal and Maddox isn’t as terrible as previous years
3 negatives
1) depth on d–we clearly were gassed late due to not having enough players on d, fortunately we pulled it out
2) Blewitt–at this point I would take Josh Scobee
3) conservative play calling–Barry Goldwater would have said we went too conservative on o and d late in the game, need to stay aggressive a little longer
Great win, still in Pitt gear and hoping to send the Pokes 1-2!!
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John – I like your James Franklin 2 minute O comment. Right on the mark…
But your reference to Maddox and punt returner skills is not a positive in my book. He needs to practice his fair catch skills – he cost us about 30 yards late in the game Saturday by letting the ball hit the ground (for no reason).
Another glorious day in Central PA amongst the pedo enablers.
Clobber the cowgirls on Saturday.
HTP!
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Positives: Narduzzi, Canada, Connor, Henderson, Price, O line, D line
Negaitves: POV posters that found anything negative to say about the game, LOL. Not the same Pitt, but SOP fans.
Since the important topics have been beaten to death I will bring up the uniforms.
They were fantastic. Total opposite of the PSU all white. The matte helmets were the best part. Pitt looked awesome and actually up to speed with the landscape of what is now college football while still looking like Pitt and very unique. It looked great on national TV!
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GC – The deep out pass to QH would probably have been the longest “in air” pass of the day. 20+ yards in air with a little YAC on top of that. Just guessing.
Positives :
1. Canada – His play calling and the execution of plays by the offense was fantastic. Conservative nothing. There is not one amongst us who would have ever guessed we were going to tally 42 points. Total domination of the Dairy College, but not a complete game. We could have had more but took some losses on the series where Blewitt tried a 50 yarder into the wind….and also after being run into by a Dairy College defender earlier in the game and drew a 15 yard penalty against them.
2. Q Henderson – He is a game changer ala Tevon Austin. We need to keep getting him in space and the playcalling allowed for that. See Canada.
3. Defensive Line – Jarrett and Soto controlled the opponent running game. I re-watched the game last night and they almost always won the line of scrimmage battle with penetration. Great Job.
3A. Offensive Line – Officer is the key to the line success. If he remains aggressive and nasty, our road graders will win the trenches. It starts with him.
Not as Positives:
1. Defensive backfield – Sure we had a great pick-off at the end, but our problems can’t be masked much longer. Losing George Hill and Damar Hamlin out of the DB corp is hurting us. With one lock down corner, the sky is the limit even against these spread teams. Hearing me Lamonte Wade?? Getting two lock down DB’s would be even better.
2. LB’s – We lack speed and coverage skills here. Galambos, Caprara and Wirginis are good, but we need to be great. That is our next positional upgrade that is coming…i hope! On the 4th and 16, our LB’s looked lost. Wirginis couldn’t decide whether to rush or drop back and he took himself out of that play, by not committing to either. Watch it. There was too much room between LB and DB on their drop backs. Need to shore that up or we will be seeing seems exposed left and right.
3. POV- I watched the game back again. Blewitt had a real nice game. Too much emphasis on the FG miss. He was kicking into the wind at Heinz Field people!! Also, the protection was not that good on his PAT’s…and he drew a personal foul for us when the Diary defender ran into him. Y’all gotta lighten up. He isn’t bad at all. I logged his kickoffs and the return yards for each. When they weren’t touchbacks, only one got back more than the 25 yard line and two were within the 20. Lighten up folks. He is solid!
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P.S. @ Erie – Wise pick-up regarding the non fair catch by Maddox. That mistake put us in a hole late so that we HAD to be conservative. It was a 15 yard mistake and would have started us out around the 25-30 yard line. That said, he fumbled his prior fair catch so it was probably better that he let it go.
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Breaking news down here in North Carolina..NCAA is pulling tournament games from several sports from our state because North Carolina passed a law that made men pee and shower in the man’s room and ladies pee and shower in the ladies room… “Activist “NCAA over-reach..Feels so Sanduskish….
Beat OSU! I am anxiously awaiting the deep ball TD pass..
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Biggest disappointment so far is Ford. A non-factor in two games and now injured.
Still lots of time left, but missing his opportunity to be the “man”
Obviously not a big part of either game plan so not all his fault.
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Henderson is obviously the “go to” receiver, but hopefully Weah, Tipton, Lopes and Challingsworth will see something coming their way. Mostly blockers and decoys so far.
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Canada hasn’t even used the passing game yet. Be patient… we’ll see more yardage in the air soon.
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Thanks Reed! Just checking in and like the looks of the site.
Regarding Blewitt and the kicking game….he was kicking into the wind, and it may have been the most inconsistent wind I’ve experienced at Heinz. Changing direction, speed, all the time. (But it kept us from baking on the sunny side of the field).
Interestingly, I told the very nice group of young Nitters sitting next to us about Henderson’s kick return ability, only for PSU to squib their first kickoff. Then the rest of their kicks were with the wind for touchbacks….until the big return at the end of the game. They looked at me and shook their head, and blamed it on Franklin.
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If Ford can’t go, I’m thinking Challingsworth will mostly go in his place.
As for Weah, I’m assuming they’ll continue to roll with him. But, I have a feeling they’ll have a quick hook as Aaron Matthews improves and grows into his role.
I see the WR corps being Ford (unless his injury is serious), Matthews and Henderson by mid season.
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here’s an article you all should appreciate
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/neal-rubin/2016/09/12/neal-rubin-joe-paterno-michigan-football-protest/90291752/
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Yeah, I saw that. Great stuff!
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Thanks for all you’ve done here Reed the site looks like a big success so far.
Hate to be asking but I haven’t seen a list of recruits that attending the game last week or maybe even a synopsis of how the recruits were acting and talking about PITT? or not I know you’re a busy man and have a plan and formula each week.
H2P………………….ike
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Reed – Good call on Aston. I remember being impressed by him last season. I remember being puzzled as to why he was in that role instead of Parrish. So I watched him some and he is an exceptional blocker. Anytime I have keyed on him, he takes his man out of the play. Then he showed he can catch the ball. And now he shows he can run it.
Especially impressive to me was his run where he gained about 8 extra yards by tip-toeing down the sideline. Pretty agile for a kid his size and he obviously has some speed.
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for Ike, http://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2016/09/09/updated-list-recruits-tomorrow/
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Thank you, thank you wwb, Yes I’m lazy and getting just a little tiny bit old.
Also read a tidbit about former PITT players in the NFL and Todd Thomas’ name jumped out at me. Always thought he was a great athlete but had bum knees, Great to see him making some dough in the NFL and not in a pizza parlor.
H2P…………..ike
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I did not like the darks UNis on Saturday but don’t care if Pitt plays in bras and girdles each week if they win!
Maddox scares me to death both at his position and punt returner. No excuse for giving up + 30 yards letting that punt go over his head late in the game. Just added to the Nits momentum.
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Oh, I loved the jerseys. Looks sharp as hell. I’d still add a stripe to each shade of pants that matches the motif of the numerals. Kind of like last season’s pants but a thinner stripe. Probably something that can easily be done with the next iteration.
Blue matte helmets looked awesome.
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Reed, like the black print +
As unfortunate it is that Ford is injured, I’m excited to see Aaron Matthews get on the field. Imagine QH with his speed, Weah with his speed and height (6’3″), and Mathews at 6’5″ – that is an NFL grouping!
Plus, I believe Duzz knew without a doubt that he could run thru PSU, which we did. Because of this, after only 2 games, the rest of the teams we play (almost all ACC conference opponents) are now FORCED to pay extra attention to our ground game. Hence, now this NFL-like WR group will have a distinct advantage.
In conclusion, while some of our SOP fans were criticizing Duzz for his “over the top” concern with the dairy school, in reality he was priming our conference opponents to be terrified of our running game, leaving the air attack wide open for the ACC. BRILLANT!!!!!
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I get the fact that the ball wasn’t fielded by Maddox’s and gave up all that yardage but again the wind was a little strange Saturday. I would call it occasionally blustery. The other point I always try and make is that he is playing for a reason. The coaches trust him and have decided he is the best player for the job he performs. If you have problems with his play, blame the coaches not A Maddox. He is doing his best. I still say the young man is around the football almost every play.
H2P………………………ike
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I support Maddox as well. I was at the game and the punt in question late in the game was a boomer. It was at least 15 yards over his head in addition to 20 yards to his right. Trying to catch it would have been too risky. He made the right choice by letting it drop. Credit to the punter for crushing it.
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The ‘clapping’ bs excuse by the Pedders is a classic. However I would counter, it had nothing to do with them giving up a record 42 points to Pitt.
Creepy Valley Sore Losers !
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Anyone find out who the “Pitt is it” tweet was for?
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I’m with Reed and Dan72, those mono blue uni’s would have looked much better had the helmets matched the gold numbers/trim.
Although with the ’76 Nat Champ team there, would have been the opportunity to wear the throwbacks.
I’m really not into to a change of uni’s every week, as it builds no branding for Pitt.
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I don’t think Oregon, WVU, Baylor, VT, Michigan State, it is a long long list, have brand issues.
Neither does Pitt now that the script is in place across the University sports.
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So long as there’s a nice big script PITT on the helmet, Pitt’s branding is fine. Stanford also has a sweet black matte helmet that bust out. I thought it looked awesome. Again, slap a decent looking stripe on the pants and we’re really talking.
Totally agree with notrocketscience… Totally agree.
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@ PittItIs, some talk that it is Reeves
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Tyler Boyd was 2-24 yds in his first real game as a pro.
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Some predictions this afternoon (247) for Wade to Pitt
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Any early predictions for the upcoming Panthers v. Pokes game?
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pd, let’s hope that 247 is correct on that Wade prediction. If nothing else Wade certainly witnessed Pitt’s need to shore up its secondary on Saturday. And given the fact that his fellow schoolmates Boyd and now Mathews got the chance to take the field as freshman could be a positive in whatever decision he makes.
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I don’t like Maddox returning punts either. He had no business fielding that wobbly one in the 2nd qt that he fumbled. The thing was spinning awkwardly, he was running to his left, & there were several psu players barreling down on him. He also had no business letting that one go in the 4th qt. It had a nice spiral, right to him, with room to field it easily. I’m guessing the earlier one was in his head.
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the 247 prediction in December shortly before he announces will be the most poignant one. Hopefully, that or those are for Pitt also.
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Having said the above, this is pretty positive:
Chris Dokish @ChrisDokish 2h
2 hours ago
The Ohio State recruiting writer that just picked Lamont Wade to Pitt today on 247 Sports is 24 for 24 on his predictions.
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Ike – I really don’t follow recruiting all that much – I defer to Chris Dokish or Chris Peak of Rivals.com. But I’m surprised that the local papers don’t really follow it all that much.
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–Reed #1 – Thanks to your title for this edition, now I can’t get the Dave Clark Five song out of my head. “I’m in pieces, bits and pieces…”
–Reed #2 – Did you make it into the 360 degree high-resolution photo?
–Did everyone notice that they laid down the goal posts immediately after the game? Who said this wasn’t a big win? Apparently someone feared that Pitt fans would storm the field…
–With what I had heard about PSU’s fast-paced offense, I was expecting to see our defensive players totally gassed and us having problems getting subs in the game. Didn’t seem to me like that happened, despite the heat and Pitt’s dark uniforms. I especially thought Jarrett would be in trouble. He seems to be in much better shape this season.
–Did notice James Conner breathing pretty hard after a couple of his early runs. Understandable.
Go Pitt.
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Ike,
As for the unis….they are for night or winter, not afternoon games when it’s 100 degrees on the field and sunny. The guys were gassed in the 4th quarter and the white clad pedos were rolling. Either it was the unis or the SC….take your pick. And our D was on the field 10 less minutes than theirs. Get a clue adimin….
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If I remember correctly, wasn’t it Lamont Wade who has really heavy on the publicity side of things? If so, waiting to have a big time announcement is right down his alley and the commit is probably him. If so, WELCOME LAMONT, we are glad you are on board as a Pitt Panther!!!!!
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Whoo Hooo, thanks Jack. That game meant a lot to recruiting guys, and PITT needs to keep the flow, I trust HCPN will do just that!
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“If Ford can’t go, I’m thinking Challingsworth will mostly go in his place.”
Really ?
We be in trouble if that is the case. Kid can catch but can’t separate.
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As far as uni’s Oregon started all this garbage with these ugly uni’s. Too bad college football has
resorted to gimmicks when it was all about traditions at one time. Of course it mirrors a society that
has lost it’s way and it’s traditions.
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I’m looking forward to our road graders paving the way for James “the beast” Conner to go for 150 yards and 3 TD’s.
I hope the passing game is utilized a little more, but the cowgirls cannot stop the run, so let’s not Chubb this up.
I found this clip on ESPN:
http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/_/id/221/pittsburgh-panthers
HTP!
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Easy guys, we don’t have Lamont yet…
Emel, I don’t care if they wear Hillary’s pantsuits as long as they win.
I’ve been in Hillary’s pantsuit – not so bad really.
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This is interesting though….
http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/11137682-74/uniforms-black-gold
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For my 8:30pm link, click on the third block from the top – “Conner’s Inspirational Return”
Sorry it wasn’t a cleaner connection…
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https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CICAgKDLssq3DxABGAEyCNSWqbSrLkRU
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~ Jack
Even the Chairman Mao outfit that also looks like an Oven Glove. lol
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LOL Emel…we’ll call it our Fall look….
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I understand all that and I never count the chickens until I eat them for dinner. If PITT can land a local star player right now the dominoes may just all fall down. I’m not just speaking for the WPA area but for kids all around the region. It’s important for PITT to keep up the momentum.
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Thanks Erie. Wow, Conner has 103 yards after contact so far after 2 games. That’s sick…
http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/94395/will-win-over-penn-state-flip-the-usual-pitt-script
The recruits at the game (and watching TV) found out what it CAN be at Pitt!
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BTW, ya gotta read the first comment on that ESPN link. Outstanding!
“PSU, their arrogant, obnoxious fans and the media around State College, can keep telling themselves Pitt – PSU is not a rivalry. The rest of us in the real world know better. The high school recruits who watched the game in person and on tv know better. The national tv audience who watched the game know better. And now with their third loss in a row to Pitt most importantly PSU NOW KNOWS it’s a rivalry.
Ask the pisssed off, frustrated, angry PSU fans leaving Heinz Field with knots in their collective stomachs and a 364 day migraine headache, that won’t have any chance of disappearing until September 2017. The PSU AD may not admit it. James Franklin may not admit it. The coaching staff at PSU may not admit it. But just like JoePa KNEW, in their heart of hearts Penn State KNOWS it’s a rivalry.
The first step in recovery is to admit their’s a problem. After THREE STRAIGHT LOSSES TO PITT, admit it Penn State, it’s a rivalry and you have a serious problem.”
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A couple good pieces on Pitt here:
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17534051/comparing-clemson-tigers-oklahoma-sooners-alabama-crimson-others-recent-cfp-contenders
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lol jack
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ESPN has Pitt tied for 4th with UNC in their ACC Power Rankings. Not bad…they have us better than the U(seless)
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More fun stuff….
http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/94381/pitt-wins-gigantic-rivalry-game-as-penn-state-leaves-with-questions
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Ya gotta read this stuff to believe the mindset of the pedo cult. The comments are great…
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It may be Wade and I would be ecstatic to get him. He has an interesting list, right. OSU has way too many 4 and 5 star DB recruits in tow, so they cooled off in their pursuit. The Dairy School experience clearly showed that our coach is so much better than theirs. Hands down, no contest. Who would go that route other than Mile. s Sanders. Tennessee and the SEC is full of Robert Foster’s. Look, Pittsburgh kids that go away are Yankees and will be treated that way, always.
It may be Reeves and I would be ecstatic to get him. He has seen the last two weeks wherein we use the TE…and often. Canada has called great games to showcase a TE. I see Sear and Reeves as TE’s, but Carrigan as an OL.
It may be Jeter and I would be ecstatic to get him. There is a theme here. Whoever the coaches get, I am all for them.
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Jack your on a roll
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Well, after reading about 100 tweets to that delusional pedo Onward State clown, I’m thinking that we could become one of the most popular football schools in the country in playing and beating the pedos every year. Every college kid and football fan outside of Unhappy Valley just hates them. Walk in any sports bar during the game and everyone (including B1G fans) will be huge Pitt fans for 3 1/2 hours.
I can’t believe with their odious reputation that they can get any good players to go there. Who wants to be associated to that never ending reputation? Get a grip recruits!
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@OnwardState: Yeah – I think you deserve Temple, or maybe Illinois, for your rival – I doubt Maryland will have you. Methinks Pitt will reach “The National Stage” long before psux!
BTW, I absolutely LOVE your inbred arrogance!
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Huff, Jeter to announce Oct.31 this new commit Oct 1 why I’m guessing Reeves. Both him and Carter Warren were crystal balled to Pitt a couple of weeks ago. Don’t think Warren was at the game
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Savannah, one guy wrote” “Pitt cured polio and you make ice cream.” LOL
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#HailToPitt !
Basically sums-up the Oklahoma State v. Central Michigan game, again for any who may not have seen-it.
—— Well, Pitt is Faster, Stronger, BIGGER with our Pitt Players across-the-board, and Pitt is most definitely deeper than that Central Michigan Team — But Oklahoma State also SUPREMELY motivated and angry this week at home, in a 3:30PM, NATIONALLY TELEVISED (I.E. why you come play ball at ACC Pitt!!! 🙂 🙂 haha) —– just, a Big-Time Game!!!! 🙂 🙂
—-P.S., again!!! I am 100% with all the fans and supporters and posters who were Not Happy after the Penn State win, up!! Again, because with all James Franklin’s players after 3 years —- It’s because with almost all Paul Chryst Juniors and Seniors starting, Pitt was BETTER ALL AROUND than penn state, period, and we shoulda’ blown them out with all of Paul Chryst’s insulted “MAC, No-Offer” players, and that’s-that. Oh *gosh haha —- and penn state fans are obsessed already with saying how they’re going to beat us next year, haha—because, we were so experienced this year, lol, while they are “young”, yikes.—(goodness gracious: penn statre is over 2 years — post- INCREDIBLY ABBREVIATED SANCTIONS, AND those deluded, desperate nittaner’s served HALF the sanctions University of Southern California got for some random booster giving Reggie Bush money, yet THEY NEVER, EVER, EVER USE THAT EXCUSE!!! ahem— not worth Pitt fans’ time, sorry, haha 🙂 )
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
—— Only maybe HALF the kickers *** in the NFL *** have even close to the range for a 56-yard field goal in any real-game situation, or forget that: *even in a perfect-scenario practice situation with pads-on.\
Chris Blewitt is a future All-Pro NFL kicker, and At least I am not going to get all-flustered on him because he missed some kicks in a B$ game against Villanova or a TOUGH AS HECK 50 yard field goal against penn state.
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They have every excuse in the book when it comes to a loss
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I really like Blewitt. Always have, still do. But I am a little concerned with the inconsistency.
My favorite thing about him was he was an “Upgrade Button” of Harper. Harper had a cannon leg and was talented (still remember the trick shot video he posted). On film the guy hit 60 yarders…. But when he came into the game you never felt safe.
With Blewitt you kind of had that and now its gone. Maybe he will turn it around, but the warm fuzzy feeling of having a reliable kicker is gone for at least 3-4 games now and only comes back if he hits damn near 100% in that time.
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And as for the uniforms, the Blue helmets were fire… The entire uniform looked great. I agree with the heat aspect but find me a guy in white not sweating in the fourth quarter.
Look, coming from a member of the “younger generation” (mid-twenties), most people my age and younger would take the blue uniforms over the traditional any day …. And would take the matte blue helmet every single game.
So if you didn’t like them that stinks, but a lot of people will. The team does, which is why they picked them out. Its also why they didn’t release the details before the game knowing a lot of people would be excited (I really could careless about uniforms but do still think they looked good).
If the team likes them and feel good playing in them and it appeals to the younger generations (cough cough recruits), then regardless of my opinion I support it.
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pd, FWIW I am guessing Reeves also. Also, since Jeter is announcing 10/31, I predict …. a Halloween theme to his announcement.
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Pretty funny that this storyline has taken on a life of it’s own in creepy valley.
Narduzzi gave Franklin the clap and and obviously, Franklin is not happy about it.
Come on James, an injection of penicillin should clear that up in time for you to get beat by the Temple Owls again for the second year in a row. Go Owls!
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I had a back and forth with a Penn State guy on Twitter yesterday whose best retort to my banter was to repeatedly call me “loser”. I found that so satisfyingly ironic.
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I’m ready to move on but since this is a thread about last week…..
No way in hell did any of those nitter creeps ever think they would lose to PITT.
They are now in a very familiar place, Delusional Ville.
Franklin is looking for the same sympathy as OSU received for simple hand clapping
Franklin is a great choice for Mayor of Delusional Ville.
Walking back from the game I congratulated a psu fan on a great comeback and game. He looked at me and said we will agree to disagree and turned away. I smiled.
If PITT would cancel the series tomorrow and never play them again I would love it. They are not worthy.
It’s time to look forward and get ready for Okie. I like our chances, naturally.
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