All righty then. At the time of this writing; 11:45 am, we have had 52 total predictions on the game and Pitt is the favorite in 31 of them leaving UNC with 21 of us thinking they will take the game.
That sounds about right given how badly we Pitt fans want to come out of Chapel Hill with a win.
As I wrote yesterday my head says NC will take the game but I’m going with my heart today. I did the opposite in picking PSU by my figuring and Pitt took that match. But today my heart will win out (sounds like a country western song…).
I want to clarify something I wrote in a comment the other day after we got torched by OSU through the air and the discussion was about the defensive backfield players and their talent level. I wondered why Narduzzi – who must have know that we pretty much going to suck back there given we were pretty good in all the pass defense categories in 2014 then dropped in his first year here.
| Year | Passing Yards
Allowed |
Passing Efficiency
Defense |
Main Starters at CB & Safety |
| 2014 | 24th – 198.9 | 43rd – 121.59 | Vinopal, Pitts, Briggs and Maddox |
| 2015 | 54th – 214.7 | 66th – 126.97 | Pitts, Maddox, Whitehead, Webb |
| 2016 | 124th – 330.3 | 91st – 136.30 | Lewis, Maddox, Whitehead, Webb |
My point last week was to wonder why Narduzzi – especially given his big reputation for developing defensive backs could 1) possibly overlook see the importance of the position as it stood and 2) get some immediate help back there in the form of a transfer or JUCO player – either a grad transfer who could play right away or an experienced transfer from another school who might have had to sit out 2015 but would be eligible this season.
Narduzzi has used transfer players and JUCOs more than any Pitt HC I can remember, DW did a lot also, and just off the top of my head we currently have seven on the roster now; DE Hendrix, QB Peterman, QB Stocker, QB Schneider, WR Araujo-Lopes, DE Edwards and TE Chris Clark.
But no transfers in at what was a weakness unit last season – especially in giving up the big passing plays. Yes, he did recruit DBs in the last two classes but IMO to rely on true FR to come into a Power Five school schedule and succeed right away is wishful thinking. Case in point we are still seeing the same kids back there as we had last season – and to think Hamlin or Miller were going to waltz in and start really couldn’t be counted on.
A talent like Whitehead – yes, but he’s a special case and head and shoulders above the other young DBs.
Anyway – all that is going to be a moot point after 7:00 pm this evening because we are going to see a 180 degree turnaround in our pass defense this afternoon…right? They are who will lead us to a Big Win… correct?
I hope so!
Let’s hear your thoughts during the game today and remember the eyes of the world are on you (quite literally – you’d be surprised how many international visitors we get everyday).
1st HALF STATS:
3rd Quarter Stats
HTP!!
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I am so hoping that Pitt has a few tricks left in the bag on offense AND defense to shake up NC and the Coastal Division ! !
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We’ll find out in 2.5 hrs. I hate these late afternoon and evening games. I’m ready to go at noon!
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I see Peterman having a very bad game. QB controversy to follow but then again we have zero talent behind him.
2 INT’s
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UPITT – you see everybody having a bad game every week.
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How’s Foster going to do this week Upitt?,l
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And I have been right so far. We beat a bad PSU team and a FCS Nova Team.
Peterman isn’t allowed to throw except shovel passes.
Play Ollison and pass to a TE. We will run BS Sweeps like it is JV
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GC – Glad you take pleasure in a 20 year old not playing. Classy
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UNC is better than OK St. Balance and better athletes.
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He didn’t dress for the game so he probably is injured.
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Predicting our QB has a bad game, is that classy?
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Personally Reed..Id like to see the games played at 9 AM…
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UPitt, you have been telling us for 4 years what a great player and great choice Foster made going to Bama, and what a thug and poor player Boyd is.
Foster has 19 career catches and Boyd has 8 in two games in the NFL.
Some Pitt Fan you are.
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I still believe Foster is way better than Boyd. Because one is a slot wr in the NFL who catches 5 yard outs and cant stretch a field. Foster is in college. So you think Boyd would be doing any better at Bama?
Peterman is average. Obviouksy the OC thinks less of him than I do. He won’t even let his QB throw the ball. Zero trust.
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Georgia getting crushed, maybe UNC isn’t as strong as we think.
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“So you think Boyd would be doing any better at Bama?”
Yes, and who cares, I am sure TB doesn’t right now.
Upitt, feeling any weaker in your propping up of UNC while UGA is getting smoked by Ole Miss?
Does UNC have a win to be proud of? or that Pitt should be scared because of?
There has got to be some medication to help a Pitt fan like you….or for the rest of us to deal with you. LOL!
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Typed while you typed gc, I agree.
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Zero trust in WR’S not the QB. Coach Duzz knows what he has in Peterman not so much in the wide-outs a work in progress. Think Tipton has a big game
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Boyd caught more passes than either AJ Green or Antonio Brown last week, two of the very best in the game. Thirteen yards per catch. Not bad for a rookie. Hines Ward couldn’t stretch the field either.
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Asphalt Roll the Tarholes !
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I am here tailgating with Dr. Tom in Chapel Hill North Carolina… We are talking about you UPitt … I like Michigan State, Notre Dame and Arizona State -California over… Thank you blog for uniting me and Dr. Tom
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Potato Paul smoking Michigan State.
Potato Sack with actually support and coordinators and no mustard on his Rocky Balboa Gray Sweatshirt is pretty good.
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BigB – Get him a scotch from me! Doc is a good guy. Hope to see him in Savannah soon.
Who you like today Big B? Love Marshall.
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Chubbs is on the wrong side of a 45-0 blowout. Ole Miss rolling the Dawgs. How bout them dawgs.
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Line up to 7.5 and 8 in Vegas. Keep in mind $$poured in on Pitt last week and I think the bettors are just as wrong here.
Must win for Pitt if we are going to do anything this year!
A NC Blowout would set us back badly!
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Figures this Hornibrook looks like he’s going to be a good one. Badly outplaying the MSU QB.
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Take LSU, Arkansas, Marshall and Steelers, Jags, NOLA and San Francisco.
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Chubbs is a sloppy mess. Say what you want but appearence matters. At least enforces disclipkine or lack of it.
Emel – Another shooting. Fucking crazy.
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Chryst looks like a genius now, don’t think he is missing House at all.
Narduzzi’s old D looking like crap. All those great D Backs aren’t helping when you get blown back off the line.
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UPitt I would rethink that Jags pick tomorrow. Ravens are much better than the scores have shown
I know the Jags have taken the last 3.
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With Michigan on the rise again, I wouldn’t be surprised to see MSU start tailing off, back to 2nd tier status in the BigJoke.
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Lots of empty seats at Ole Miss
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Too bad Franklin doesn’t have to play Chryst this year.
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I live near Athens Ga, Chaney is really getting a lot of heat and was up to his old tricks of shitty play calling and playing QB derby.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t last the season. UGa fans are really delusional and have no tolerance.
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Thanks Dan72!
Jags need a Win.
I thought Baltimore was blah and due to lose. I was in Florida yeaterday. It is hot. Jags have talent.
Heat might have an effect on our conditioning tonight.
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Looks to be approaching 90 degrees in Chapel Hell. How about a heat index report, Big B & Doc ! 🙂
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Kind of ironic that a kid at QB for Ole Miss named Chad…..is laying it on Chubb’s team.
Chad Kelly 18 of 24 for 282 yards, 2 TD’s. lmao
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Sounds crazy but kinda like PSU getting 18.5
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For all of you said PC sucked as a coach, told ya so, lol. He is a great offensive coach and now has a real DC.
Nice guy, but a total prick for leaving Pitt. No better a person than Fraud Graham.
You just like him because he had open practices…;)
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Paulie’s sweatshirt is red today, not grey. Wisky hammering MSU who last week hammered nd.
Sweeeeet!
With the Georgia Dawgs getting crushed today, does that lessen the fear factor many of you have with unc.
Look for Pitt to make a BIG statement today that the Coastal Division goes through Pitt.
HTP!
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Agree about PSU.
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Louisiville and Marshall will be a tight game. Louisville looking ahead to Houston.
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Their Chad as also run 4 times for 53 yards and a rushing TD. It’s the Chad show !
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The coaching gig at Wisconsin is a whole different animal than the one at Pitt. Even you could coach Wisky to 8 or 9 wins per year.
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Well maybe not, if you’re going to give the ball to Muy Pequena instead of Ollie.
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I’ll start some meaningless conversation…
Pitt should go blue helmets with any uniform half of their games and go the throwbacks the other games. Lose the gold helmet forever!
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Chyrst’s Wisky team a reminder of how tough it will be to win at Pitt.
The problem is recruiting enough elite level players, not necessarily 4 and 5 stars but guys that can compete.
The big programs have whole states to recruit from.
Western PA alone is not nearly enough and it looks like we have lost it, at least for this year.
Wisky had the better pass rush today, made a big difference.
Two huge wins this year for Chryst.
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Bullshit, you can’t say Fraud Chryst is a good coach just because he is at Wisconsin. Give the prick credit where credit is do.
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The Blue helmets look alright with the white uni’s. They’re hideous with the all blue ones.
Pitt has always worn Gold helmets. But who cares about traditions right.
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Emel, easy to get 8 wins, but to beat LSU and then to crush MSU on the road is pretty special.
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The state of Wisconsin has very little D1 talent. As does Iowa.
Yet they win. Much more in Western Pa, than in Wisconsin and Iowa combined.
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I hope Pitt wears all white again….the heat ya know…
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He beat the #4 team and crushed the #8 team in the country, in the first four weeks of the season.
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Why do I feel like we are going to have Doris Burke today.
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Wisconsin also has the suburbs of Chicago. Or is a suburb of Chicago.
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I think the lack of recruitable talent in W. Pa at the moment is why PN is looking at Ohio. Thanks for the weather report Emel, still awaiting Reed’s Drunken Weather Girl to weigh in – rising tides and tsunamis.
Another shooting? You guys up to 3? Duck.
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What I meant about the coaching gig at Wisconsin being a whole different animal than Pitt. Was based on the politics of college football, tv networks and the Big 10. As opposed to the ACC.
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Looks like Potato Paul decided to get some assistants who can coach & recruit for a change. Nice what a little money and actually caring will do. Of course it’s a lot easier to recruit to Wisconsin that Pitt.
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As for Pitt, Canada trusts Peterman, don’t think he trusts the very inexperienced receivers. Without Ford, did the even have 5 catches last year. I doubt it.
They MUST find a passing game. I like the motion option offense if they can freaking pass out of it. It is more a college offense than we have seen. Henderson running the ball is not a bad thing.
Shit, let Henderson throw when he gets the ball. Lol
I’m out, beers to drink.
Go Pitt
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Chryst also did us the biggest solid ever, telling the new Chancellor what a lightweight Pedersen is and what it would take to win at Pitt.
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Newsflash!!!!!
Potato Sack had Ketchup on his shirt but was camoflagued bc shirt was red.
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Emel
I said wear the yellow throwback half of the games. The all blue looked awesome against PSU.
Also, Ditka wore a blue helmet, did he not?
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Wisconsin’s main players in their offensive backfield are Corey Clements from New Jersey (who was a Pitt de-commit) and Alex Horibrook from Eastern Penna. (another Pitt de-commit).
They have 10 players from Florida. Most of the defensive backfield where you need speed. And the Florida kids are also WR’s.
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Upitt
That was blood from stabbing Pitt in the back.
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We’ll have to agree to disagree notrocket. I did not like the blue helmets at all, with the all blue uni’s.
As far as I know Pitt has always worn Gold Helmets since they stopped wearing Leather ones.
Pitt, Navy & ND always wore gold helmets, along with BC.
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I have my lucky “PITT POV” polo shirt on – wore it in the press box for both our wins…
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Maybe one of the older Panthers would know for sure. Pitt wasn’t in my consciousness until about 1966 or so. They wore all Gold helmets then, with nothing on them. And then the Pitt script was put on with Johnny Majors in 1973, along with the mustard gold color.
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WHO FEELS GOOD RIGHT NOW!!!!
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These announcers have a firm grasp of the obvious…
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Let’s pass the f*cjking ball this game
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lol Reed.
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JW on offense
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Bullrush works. Keep going up the middle and wear their DL & LBs out
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Who was the penalty on?
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Bis is kinda overrated
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Jet Sweep to Lopes – works every time,,,
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I want a shirt..
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bad pass again.
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Sean – I’m having a ton of T-Shirts made
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Coming back! Our ST coverage sucks.
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Narduzi is a idiot penalty or not punting to Switzer. An idiot.
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This link works:
http://cricfree.tv/watch/live/pittsburgh-panthers-vs-north-carolina-live-streaming
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Lucked out there!
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Ugly beginning. We have 0 passing game! Peterman w happy feet doesn’t help. Total self destruction so far.
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Bullet dodged…
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Told you Peterman stinks and he is basically 26. Play a up and comer if we have one.
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Barry Switzer has a Black son?
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Biz has been a disappointment so far
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I don’t like the start to this game. Can we please punt the ball away from the Twerp.
Heard a rumor this week that MacVitte moved into the 2 spot at QB. NP did not look good on the first series – I’d give him 2 more series to score and if not, bring in the FR.
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Bad spot!!!!
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Smart play by the QB though.
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I’d be shocked if they burn his redshirt but who knows – I’d give Stocker a quarter or two first…
2 points!!!
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Yay! Safety
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Great speed by Price!
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If good play them I say.
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Wisconsin looks pretty damn good guys.
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Who had Pitt winning by 2 ?
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Fedora looks like a bookie in Trenton.
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3-1 would be so nice.
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Juan Price is playing for his Sunday ticket.
Yea!
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Should have let that go –
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Someone throw some atripes on our pants.
Let the free kick go out of bounds!!! Football IQ????
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Throw Deep for the love of God.
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They should just line QH up as a RB.
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Price, former OSU commit – the grass is greener here. Locals should think think whether they want to be an out of state small fish. GREAT PLAY
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Please use Ollison. Connor has lead feet.
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UPitt QH makesmental errors but makes up for them in yardage
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Playcalling Stinks
Calling plays to not lose.
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Nice pitch & catch
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Reed – Yep
Ollison Please!!
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JC still dancing around some…
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Ollison transferring before Bus hits Oakland.
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Still no QO with a ball carry
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NP looks hesitant to pull trigger
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4,7v ypc so far
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A lot of FR playing today. Too many to name.
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QO pissed somebody off!
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NC Safety is playing a good game.
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Throw a pass off fake jet sweep. Jesus.
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Let’s see Orndoff
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Can still get another 1st down at the 5
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Just no FG’s.
Orndorf pass to end zone please.
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Tipton looking like T.Boyd’s little brother.
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Officer again!
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SOO
Same Old Officer
Fucking fuck
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Officer must sit.
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Wow, we sure can snap defeat from the jaws of victory!
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3rd & 36 – and sets for a FG.
Pitt hates itself sometimes… 5-0
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Miracle
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by the way…the seats are painted carolina blue, but you can still see tons of empty seats there.
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Kid makes from 50. Cant hit from 25.
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Sit Officer now! This is D1 football not frat flag! Inexscusable!
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Blewitt makes a 50 yarder and NP will keep the QB job for at least another 3 series.
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They score and 7-5 when should be at least 10-7 Pitt.
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Unbelievable series of events….the again Pitt
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How is it possible to snap a ball to a qb that goes 35 yards. Seriously.
It wasnt a snap to a punter.
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nd taking it to Duke in the 1st qtr – up 14 nothing.
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Just keep their offense off the field!
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what is the fascination with Officer. Wasnt it 4 vs villi? aCCOUNTABILITY
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Look for a 2-2 nd to crack the top 25 this week.
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Down to 2.0 ypc with that snap.
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What inning is it ?
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Fumble!
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Down to 2.0 ypc on that snap. Good fumble recovery…!!!
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Now….can we step on their throat??????
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That keeps their offense off the field!
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Need TD’s or lead wont hold.
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D came to play today. O too conservative.
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It I was NC I’d pass on every play.
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Holy Spot?!?!!? LOL
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Good shutout in the 1st qtr by the Pitt D
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We are poor with penalties. Get this TD then open up the offense.
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Hope they don’t review that.
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Keep your eyes on the O line….hoping we can wear down their D line eventually, but right now the line is not getting any push off the line.
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I laughed about that spot too….
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Even Fffffrenchie got a carry. Where oh where is Ollie ?
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Who’s next….Flowers
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NP= 7/8 for 56 yds; JC – 5 for 15;
Pittsburgh Passing
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT
Nathan Peterman
7/8 56 7.0 0 0
TEAM 7/8 56 7.0 0 0
North Carolina Passing
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT
Mitch Trubisky
2/2 3 1.5 0 0
TEAM 2/2 3 1.5 0 0
Pittsburgh Rushing
CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
Quadree Henderson
2 16 8.0 0 16
Chawntez Moss
2 15 7.5 0 10
James Conner
5 15 3.0 0 7
Jordan Whitehead
1 8 8.0 0 8
Maurice Ffrench
1 6 6.0 0 6
George Aston
1 1 1.0 0 1
Darrin Hall
1 1 1.0 0 1
Nathan Peterman
1 0 0.0 0 0
Team 1 -28 -28.0 0 0
TEAM 15 34 2.3 0 16
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Emel – dont know the inning but Locke is up in the pen – look for runs.
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^^^ That is crazy sorry
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Pedos down 14-0……life is good.
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Billy West just passed Ollison on Depth Chart.
Did he sleep with Narduzzi’s daughter!???
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I think Ollison must have slept with HCPN’s wife.
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^^^ Great minds think alike
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LOL @Reed
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Darren Hall with 2 carries for 4 yards.
Michigan up 14-0 on the pedos.
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This offense is very strange
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^^^^^Reed will regret THAT
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Need a TD!
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That is a good pass on the move – they have to trust NP and let him play out of his slump
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Jaymar Parrish with a TE like catch. Now hand him the ball to get the last yard.
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11-0
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Nice. Defense better hold them here.
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Can I re-do my prediction?
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Wow
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Blewit almost misses a Extra Point. Does he have split persoanilities.?
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Fedora looking like a French porn star. Yikes!
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Our D only has to play 3 quarters….
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Jack – Wait till NC starts torching Maddox. Im sure it is coming like death, taxes and shitting after fire ghost chilli.
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Cant wait for Reed to follow up Ollison comment at presser.
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Future ESPN headline: 2021 and Franklin’s still looking for his first big win at PSU
2022 headline: Franklin looking for high school job
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1st quarter stats posted above the video in the article – I’ll keep putting info up there…
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I am impressed I admit.
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That was sad….
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Are you kidding me – tackle the Twerp.
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My mistake – Switzer’s kid is White.
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For Fucks Sake. Seriously??? Try to get excited and we shit in our best pants. Unreal
Made Maddox look like an idiot.
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Sure will be glad when Switzer graduates.
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Price took a bad angle….
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Emel – Bet your ballsack we didnt recruit Switzer.
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Can Webb do anything? Horrible angle
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Pushoff
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Our LB’s and DB’s should transfer to Chatham. Except Price.
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Here we go….
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Might want to read the above article again — our DBs can’t cover shit.
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They held Price, no call
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Terrish Webb should not b on the field
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We might have the worst pass defense in the history of college football!!
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Narduzzi – You sir are a joke as a coach. If you can’t coach these idiots them get Juco transfers. 80% of your D wouldnt start at Edinboro.
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wide open, wide open…..announcer nailed it “nobody runs with him”….. Hey coach, I guess the kids aren’t doing what you told them….
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Four man rush – no pressure on the QB – he could have eaten a hot dog & a bag of chips on that play
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Trubisky – 5/5 for 109 yards and a TD…. 21.8 ypc.
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Maybe not
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This is the worst secondary I’ve ever seen. The D is on the field for 22 minutes or so and still gives up 500 yards a game.
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Why isn’t Mitchell playing safety?
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Peterman still sucks! Terrish Webb sucks even more he’s got to be replaced.
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Upitt, Fraud recruited Switzer and offered then left…..
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3 plays 91 yards. NYC said
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If I was UNC, I wouldn’t run the ball the rest of the game
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No more unc scores this half. None!
Dial up the blitz on every play going forward. That TD drive was toooo easy.
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T.Webb was in no man’s land – what was he covering?
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It was underthrown, the WR had to wait…and still they couldn’t get there.
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Syeve H – this is why I didn’t want Voytik to leave = he could have won the starting job back by now…
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Was terrish Webb running for a Coke and a hot dog?
Head out of your ass, please
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Those 2 pts may be the margin we need in the end.
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We look like a MAC team in these Uni’s. One of the directional Michigans or Toledo.
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31% jet sweeps… good lord
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NP = 10/11 for 116
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@erie
Who knows he wiffed on the tackle and fell asleep on that pass, he is really bad and it’s early too. Maybe another shoot out.
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Honestly, we all said we’d have to outscore them in a high scoring game. So, I’m gonna stop bitching about our D3 defensive backs and assume they will score every time they have the ball and keep my blood pressure down.
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Ollison finally
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For the love of God can our secondary cover someone
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Is that the first good run for hall this year?
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Ollie didn’t look good there…..
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Have to go for it
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these spots..are a joke
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Two bad spots in a row
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Mathews in
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Yikes!
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TE please
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NP playing well so far
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That would have been good time to bring in Manny.
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Another crazy snap!
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Well, we have half a team….
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TD PITT !
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Good OL play
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unc’s D is gassed.
QO sighting…
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Pedos down 21-0…
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Nice Drive!
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Now,meow many passes till UNC finds the same end zone?
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Reed – Mathews has played most of the game. He and Orndoff are not a part of the game plan yet.
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Rushing: 22 for 79 for 2.9 ypc and two TDs; NP is 10/11 – 116 for 10.5 ypc
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Mr Peterman
Comes through, now back to our defense can we execute the scheme set forth?
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Can we at least make them run 6 plays for the TD this time
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another well-crafted offensive gameplan that the offense is EXECUTING
how long has it been since the pitt offense had both a good plan and good execution
matt canada might just finally be the right OC for pitt
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Erie – we have a nice start with two TDs so far but our offense isn’t exactly going gangbusters – we need QO to get more touches.
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That kid is tough to tackle
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Who missed that tackle?
Why, T Webb
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Narduzzi got our kids ready to play
big whiff by Webb again
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Can any corner simply make a F’n tackle!!!
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up-tempo
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Someone fast needs to always shadow Switzer
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Brightwell getting snaps
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Mitchell
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Our pass defense is truly horrid.
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Another missed tackle…
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Whiff by Briggs
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Reed – supposedly our LB recruits for the last two years are still 205 lbs but fast – so too small to play LB. Get Webb out of there and throw one of them out there. It’s like we’re playing 10 on 11.
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Trubisky – 8/8 for 132 and 1 TD
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No team will ever be OUT of a game vs. us unless their QB stinks.
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Make a stinking tackle Idowu – we need to practice tackling technique at halftime.
Coach Haley knows how I’m sure.
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I did not think it was possible to look worse on D than last week but Webb and Co are giving it a good try.
Someone make a damn tackle!!!
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Holes avg’g 16.5 yards per completion.
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idowu is a walk-on or he was a walk-on anyway, that’s what happens with walk-ons
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Absolutely NO pressure on the QB
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I kinda like the field goal range stripe on TV
Maybe Webb needs to come out?
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These announcers are morons….
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That is a good point Emel – any opponent is only one play away from TD… as evidenced just now~~
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too easy, they just walked down the field 😦
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T Webb rocks!
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Secondary sucks so bad!
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Hard to watch this team with this secondary. I’ve never seen anything like them…
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No pressure on the QB and no coverage by the DB’s. Did Conklin make the trip?
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Narduzzi was a defensive coach? This is the worst Defense in the Power 5
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How is it frickn possible that Switzer is all alone?????
D-3 defense. Give me Slippery Rocks d backs!!!
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Briggs is having a stellar game, too.
Time to play some freshman
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Webb again why does he have a schollie oh yea he’s Boyd’s buddy. Please never play him again. What are these coaches seeing?
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Webb doesnt know his name.
Girl in cheetah skirt on Switzer’s TD is smoking hot.
Our Defense is a embarrassment. We better only score TD’s or we lose this game. Only way to win.
A team with a good offense and good defense destroys us.
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NC QB – 11/11 for 163 & 2 TDs and 14.8 ypc
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Tribinsky is on the phone with his OC saying, “coach, this is easier than peewee league FB”.
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Emel – Unis are a joke
Switzer looks like a paperboy from Iowa.
Have a bad feeling UNC takes lead before half.
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Miller, the kid from Florida, did he make the trip?
You’re starting, son
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We better find a way to eat this clock or we’ll be down 20-19 at half.
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Thank God UNC’s defense is almost as bad as ours.
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Jesus – Emel is faster than Ffrench after a 6 pack.
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Our players seem hesitant to run full speed – Henderson, Ffrench and Pederson.
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Time to open it up
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Just run out the clock.
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WVU looks good.
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Can you believe this?
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ah oh
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Crap….
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LOL. There you go. UNC takes the lead bc Henderson wants to be cute.
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That’s what u get for pissing around and not trying to score
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Total Embarrassment. Should be up 21
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He may have gone….
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Too conservative – poor handling of the football by QH.
Look for the bomb on 1st down.
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I say three passes gets UNC the lead
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I would of taken a knee with our cement shoes skilled players.
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they could have the lead at halftime, only having the ball for less than 6 minutes. wow
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This is bullshit!
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You just cannot fumble there. NC TD in 3 plays
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Gasman. 2 plays
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UNC has possessed the ball for5 minutes and is down by 6, our pass defense is a liability and with 43 seconds left ….
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Good Blitz call !
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Holy Shitake a sack!!!!!
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fhttp://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11180798-74/switzer-pitt-yards
for halftime reading on switzer recruitment. to Pitt
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NC QB 11/11 passing for 181 yds!
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TO UNC…they know it only takes a few seconds to go 70 yards against this secondary.
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Blair with the gang sack – bang!
Keep the pressure coming – all out boys – the half awaits you. Rest is coming…
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What we’d do, only bring a 1/3 of the band. That is so cheap if that is the case.
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They’re just toying with us
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Dan 72 – I hope you are wrong – play #3 coming after the TO. We need a stop here.
Go D!
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I have a feeling the 2nd half is going to be very interesting and maybe not in a good way.
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Good God!
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Lol 3rd and 18 no problem
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How can anyone be that wide open????!
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wow was that bad. so obvious pass interference
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Wow does Maddox stink….
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Maddox and Webb comedy team!
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Maddox was completely beat on that play. Take a shot at FG?
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Narduzzi should resign. Total fraud and joke. Cut all your DB’s. You know it is coming. Gross
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Miller, right?
Freshman cornerback?
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This is a really bad secondary.
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upitt could have defended better 🙂
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Why are the CBs singled up in coverage???? We do what we do?!?!?! Ridiculous
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100% on Narduzzi. Stubborn bullshit. He knew exactly how shitty all the D backs are. He knew, he knows and did nothing about it – either in going the juco route or not being too stubborn to change the scheme. Does anybody see any way we win this game?
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How can u get beat with twelve seconds left on the clock?
How?
How?
Is he brain dead?
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16 points in 6 minutes of possession
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Half Band in Script half in Pitt Block Lettering. Who runs this University. Embarrassing
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Maddox must be sleeping with PN or he has pics. Good god, awful
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Emel – after half a bottle of Titos.
I was smart and good. IQ of these DB’s can’t be 5
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NC only had the ball for 5:47?
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Time of possession means nothing with an OutHouse Defense
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Maybe Maddox should line up 50 yds off the line and try to catch the receiver coming up
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Have you ever seen a pass defense this bad. Granted we are still up 3, but with everything that went Pitt’s way in first including 24+ minutes of possession, can it possibly hold up?
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Lucky nfl rules don’t apply or UNC gets the ball on the one.
We dominated TOP, when the ball is thrown against our defense there is always a chance for a big play.
What adjustments do you make because our secondary can’t cover or tackle.
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I just posted the 1st half stats above the article video – read them and weep.
Hard to believe we actually have the lead.
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secondary coach must go as well
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only defense that we could use…..is to blitz on every play to either sack qb or rush his throw, cause we can’t cover. That is plain for all to see, including their coaches.
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@jimbo
Do you remember the burnt toast patrol?
It was under Foge or Hackett, but Narduzzi’s db’s take the prize!
They are bad
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Notice what paul christ did today. Still think Narduzzi is the answer? Hope I’m wrong, but feel like we don’t have a chance in the second half.
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want to see a bottom tier BIG team – ABC
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Frustrating to watch this, it takes us like 20 plays to grind out a TD and these teams just fly down the field and score in a couple plays,
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Zero Chance we win this. To beat us hust throw the fucker up and easy W. No momentum and basically a tied game and they only had the ball 5 mins. It is pure comedy.
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Terrish Webb is killing Pitt. Missed tackles, constantly out of position!
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Chryst wasn’t the answer at Pitt. Come on, it’s very easy to come on here and praise Paulie after a game like they had today. They struggled mightily last against a FCS school.
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Time of possession. 25 mins to 5 mins. 😂
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I don’t know what Renaldo Hill is teaching these DB’s. Cause they are all clueless.
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I think the info I wrote about the last three years of DB play is very telling – and to me that’s all on Narduzzi. He shouldn’t have such a poor pass defense this year. Maddox wasn’t this bad in the past – certainly not in ’14.
Maddox, Whitehead and Webb weren’t even this bad last year. It is all on the DC and thus on the HC also. And sad to say it isn’t going to get any better for the rest of the season IMO. We’ll play better in spots but it is such a glaring weakness other DC’s have to be licking their chops watching our game film.
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PSU visctory means nothing. Michigan utterly deatroying them.
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is our net rushing minus the 35 yard fumble by Officer – not that it matters. Freshman making mistakes cant be worse. Give a 40 yard cushion – might take 7 or 8 plays to score (sarcasm)
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Winning programs fires coaches mid season. Not Pitt we just award 22 year contracts for mediocrity.
Hell a Charlie fires a coach every month.
Chizik will
Make adjustments. Narrduzzi will just choregraph the 4th quarter water dance.
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Reed. About to be heavily into the single malt! Never seen anything like this D!!
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lol upitt
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I don’t think Chryst would have been any better for Pitt had he stayed. He fits perfectly up there and his 14-3 record proves that. But any Pitt fan that keeps running his coaching into the ground is just spouting sour grapes. Hew’s done a great job for Whisky.
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Last time I saw a secondary this bad was when Bulger torched us for about 10 tds and 1,ooo yards at 3 Rivers.
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Va Tech put up 54 points against a decent East Carolina team (2-1, loss by 5 to South Carolina), so with that new offensive minded coach Fuente or something, they are no longer going to be offensively weak,
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VT coach is supposed quick offense ala Fraud – dont see him wasting plays on runs
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Instead of HCPN giving snide, smart-ass answers, invoking the cloak of secrecy, and refusing to discuss injured players, perhaps he can find a few defensive backs who want to play football.
Webb is horrible.
Briggs is clueless today.
Maddox is horrid.
Lewis is bad, but the rest of the jokester so are so horrible, that he hasn’t been burned yet. But stay tuned.
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Over under on snaps until TD?
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Pitt has just enrolled the entire MOrningside Bulldogs secondary and they will play next week
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i would love to know specifically what Shawn Robinson said to REed about our technique. Does he want to coach secondary, available immediately.
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Wirginis makes plays when he gets in…
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How can HCPN say it is technique and if they did it right it is a game of inches? Chryst this is pass defense is a case of yards. Disgrace.
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Sit Hall play Moss
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Moss looking impressive
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Moss!!!
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The Chantez Moss era at Pitt has begun !
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Fedora runs on one play he is crazy
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Gotta like Moss’s attitude and style. I have a strategy for the rest of the game…..I’m going to watch us on offense and then when we have to play defense I’m switching to ABC to watch PSU get the shit kicked out of it. Yep, that sounds like a plan.
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Wow play Moss more!!!!!
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Moss = 5 for 39 and 1 TD – 7.8 ypc.
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this uni combo does look MAC
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Moss and QH looked good on that series. Momentum is back with Pitt.
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Great start to the half, looks like Moss is the real deal. Nice work by the O-line
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Does ESPN think the game is in Miami with this music. Sad how far ESPN has fallen. First it was the UN of announcers and they 89% women who know zero sports.
Play Moss over Connor.
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Yes Erie for 3 nc passes
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Over under is 6 plays for a NC TD. I say under? You guys???
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As UNC’s OC how dont u pass every play?????
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Of course
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RKB – make that 2 plays
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LOL. Switzer for 50 yards. 4 plays left
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Almost Comical how bad our Defense is.
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Here’s an idea….let’s not cover Switzer! Oops I see the coaches have already called that.
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My tv is 3’x 6 ‘. How can there be NO ONE from Pitt in the screen on Switzer?
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Trubisky has 250 yards now
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they setting record for quick drives, sheesh
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Why run?
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the UNC D must be tired so they are going to try to run the ball…
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who wasn’t covering him, wow
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Whitehead sucks as well on D.
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Too wide open – that is sickening…
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See Erie, 3 passes. Mo gon
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Too easy
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DISGRACEFUL!! 2 min 22 sec drive.
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The pass defense design of this defense is an utter joke. There is nobody in the middle of it.
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If I was UNC I’d go for 2 point conversions every TD.
Our Defense could use 21 players and it wouldnt matter. The entire Defense needs therapy.
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C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT
Mitch Trubisky 15/16 250 15.6 3 0
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Dan thank god they were dumb enough to run a couple
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Someone needs to hold Nardo accountable in his presser.
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we have no defense, just throw the ball on us the probability is a long gain or a td
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So Im guessing Conklin will be the goner scapegoat at end of season
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Dont wprry guys. We have a stud HC who was a great DC. Like when Baylor hung 65 on him in 3 quarters. If we lose Narduzzi it will be to Bucknell as a Janitor.
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Did we make any half time adjustments or did the “Eagles” just pick the uni colors for next week?
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PN: “I don’t care what you think. I don’t read the papers or listen to you on the radio. I don’t care”
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OK, say you’re a high school CB….would you want to come to Pitt and be made the fool under Narduzzi’s system? Me either…..
Better start burning some red shirts coach….before it’s too late.
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Briggs had no clue on that pass to Switzer.
Where is that kid from CC?
Bryson?
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http://www.bringbackouthouse.com
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QH is fast but he needs to learn to make better decisions
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Im afraid of a Freshman Fumble coming by Moss. I can feel
It.
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It’s not like the D hasn’t had a lot of rest!
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OMG UNC’s Defense must be coached by Narduzzi.
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Lol upitt I might change my handle to upitty we need it defensively our pass defense is nonexistent and UNC has no run defense
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Joe -yep
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LOL Pumpkin….I’m sure there’s an actual FB account like that out there….
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Running game rounding into form now
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Gimmick offense will work against bad teams. Alabama will give up 22 yards to this carnival offense. Speed at Lb’s and DE’s shuts this down. IE Clemson
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Gasman – won’t matter – he won’t answer any questions. He’ll blame his kids for not doing what they’re told. The problem is they’re being to run fast, cover your guy and tackle…and none of them can do that.
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Don’t worry UPitt – Hall is in the game now. 2 yards and he falls down.
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Oh no…..we’re up by 3 and every play is a run up the middle. Makes Wanny look wreckless….
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Recommendations for db:
Taleni
Tony Pilato
Aaron Reese
Chris Blewitt
Anyone but what they have now
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what is Hall doing in there?
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Aston is a real fullback!
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Gotta keep scoring…Aston !
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WLat and Jack. LOL
Reed you should coch this team. You called Aston.
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I like Aston carrying the ball
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Insert an Officer snap for -28 yards.
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Come on we need another TD !!!
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Is HCPN calling the offensive plays?
We need him to call the D plays – now!
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Duke up on the Domers! We could get the trifecta if Pitt holds on.
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Very quick 3rd Quarter so far
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Anyone worried about Nard leaving early?
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Give the fucking ball to Aston. Or bootleg to Ordndorf.
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If we win this the game ball needs to go to Price for staking us to that 2 pt lead.
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Run Forest Run!
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We may need 5 more Emel….
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RKB – I am. To the “O” as the guy who peels potatos.
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If we win 9-10 games this year I’ll worry.
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Can Zeise play db with his crutches?
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The offense looks good as the defense looks bad.
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so they score in 2 minutes or 3……
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The holes have had to play uphill all day.
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Great offense Pitt. Maybe the best O line we’ve had. Afraid to go pee when NC offense has the ball!
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Narduzzi is jacked that UNC keeps throwing the ball.
Keep working those refs, Pat
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Need a stop, a turnover would be best.
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Let’s see if our D can keep the score the same as we close out the 3rd qtr.
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Please make them stop, guys.
Come on, Ref. Make them stop throwing that damn ball
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Both defenses are horrendous I can see how James Madison scored 21 points in the first quarter against the Holes.
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How many passes till next UNC td? I’m going with 4
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Gasman… Losing Zeise was a disaster for Pitt. He had speed to burn and something only Whitehead has…. Makeup speed!
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Their defense has to be gassed, they have played a lot of minutes.
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Narduzzi isnt going anywhere. No one wants a HC known for his Defense that ranks last in US. People want offense not a HC who gives up 33 points to Whitehall 7th graders.
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They might be getting tired .. go with 5 passes
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RKB 1
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I bet my house they score a TD before 5 plays.
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Laugh my Ass Off
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4 passes may be right on the mark
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DB’s are getting schooled
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Worst Defense in Division 1 sports. Im cruing it is so funny.
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Thats 1
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thats 2
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NC QB 17/18 for 304; 3 TDs and a 16.8 ypc
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Total Embarrassment
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Allen Edwards in…hopefully for Webb.
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thats 3
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Another stupid TO on 3rd and long. I hope this one is our first successful stop of the year…
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Both QB’s have only 1 incompletion thru 3 quarters, don’t ever remember seeing that before.
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If NC had any sort of a run defense they’d be right up there with us in points
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UPitt .. Thanks for the reference. I actually played for the Whitehall Scotties 7-9th grade.
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I feel a running into the kicker
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OMG Narduzzi theGreat actually blitzed.
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hehe blew it
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Fate smiles on Pitt
…for the time being
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That’s 4
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Missed wide right – yeah!
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Dan72. LOL
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Yes
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Horsecollar?
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Run, Jetsweep, forced pass. SMH
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isn’t she the husky looking dance team girl, 😦
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GC – Not a penalty in college.
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better get some more points, cause they can score really quick
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I feeel like we set Football back 200 years.
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Time for the offense to win one in the fourth qtr.
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I’m dancing with the 4th qtr gang. 3rd and 4 to start the 4th qtr. Let’s get one to Orndoff over the middle and keep the drive alive.
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Well nard is right – our only pass defense is blitz
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thought that was a horse allay as well, GC
Need to convert here.
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Horsecollar
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3rd Quarter stats posted above.
NC has 32 yards on the ground.
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Joe – Horsecock? Quit talking anout Emel!
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Just when he was doing rather well…
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NP needs to make that throw – Poor execution
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All game long we roll out and pass on 3rd … Now straight drop back and a pas s toward. Ollison???
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T.Webb with a tackle for loss
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Damn voice dictation
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Ollison got hosed with that bad throw
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Put Moss in NOW!
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Put these fu@kers away!
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Cue the TD drive for the win
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New life and a chance for our offense to make a statement drive right now. Conner should be well rested by now…
If there was ever a time this season, it is now!
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Actually UPitt I’ve seen a bull’s used as a walking stick. Much more Emel-like
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Big horsecock drive here boys! Mount those argyle Tobacco Road provincialists!
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Erie. What has happened to Orndorf??
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Two big defensive series stops in a row.
Need the o to put together a masterful drive.
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Speaking of barnyard animals why is the ram a mascot for the tarheels?
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Lets go Pitt!
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QH is an unreal talent, better than TB I dare say.
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I can hear the Pitt fans cheering on TV
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Please replace Connor. Geesh
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UNC likes their run defense the way we like our secondary.
Listen to the Let’s Go Pitt chants!
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I don’t like NP – sorry, but he is like a turtle in the 4th qtr.
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Peterman chokes on the last two series
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We can’t put away a 98 year old Marlboro Carton a day Skeleton. Need TD’s.
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Thank God we can run the ball….
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We need another safety on D. I’ll take another 3 and out as a consolation.
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Lol upitt.
I’m picturing a team of that smoking lady in beetlejuice.
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If our offense ever gets a really good QB….
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Let me clarify my 6:17 comment – I don’t like NP as our QB because he is like a turtle in the 4th qtr.
Win this game boys…
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Blewitt with two good kicks today
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How does a team pass on us like this and we are in the lead?
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Pittfan 28 – LMAO
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this announcer doesn’t know crap..no lead is big enough for us 😦
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UNC gonna light it up
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Take Marshall Tonight!!! Lock!
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Peterman has choked on the last two passes
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Please leave our defense in NC.
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I luv Price
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NC OC – All you have to do is throw it up. Glad you are throwing 5 yard outs.
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Looks like the Tarhole faithful are bailing on their team.
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Defense is rising to the occasion
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Narduzzi’s Defense he said. Haha. I wish I was in the media in Pittsburgh. I’d love to ask Narduzzi queations and not let him throw up Mike Tomlin answers.
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Malik Henderson, feeling left out in the db train wreck, with a block in the back.
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Cue the winning TD drive redux
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Time for a road grader 9 minute drive with a score at the end.
The offense needs to win this game right now!
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I need Copperfit Pro on my Donkey Shaft.
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Two runs and a bad pass.
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Dont fumble Moss
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Gas. yep. Play to not lose
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Do they trust Pererman to throw?
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Where is the roll out pass????
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cue up Switzer TD Return
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UNC is almost averaging 2 points a minute….yikes…
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Peterman sucks!
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Has peterman completed a pass that traveled over ten yards?
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They may have to get a QB ready to play later this year…
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NP with another choke on 3rd down – 3 in a row.
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Peterman is more effective rolling and throwing . Don’t like that call.
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UPitt…..they do but I don’t….
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Peterman 0-3 third down fourth qtr. Not good enough
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Thanks Einslow we needed that horrible punt!
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crappy throw on 3rd down with a chance to salt away…..oy
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Cant wait for DK to spin Peterman on this.
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0 for 3 on third down when needed … where is CV?
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I might be home and going to Marshall game. Anyone in??
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Reed – and his name would be MacVitte
Our offensive play calling in the 4th qtr stinks. We just gave unc a short field with a 13 point lead.
Ouch!
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We have no qb and no secondary! WTF!
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Why dont we ever throw a 20 yd pass on these 3rd an 5s? Those passes havent worked all day.
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Pick six for a Pitt td would be nice soon.
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They may need a qb later this quarter.
Maybe instead of practicing trick throws he could have, uh, practiced with his receivers
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Up by 13 with almost 8 minutes to go….(chewing nails)…..
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Dinocat still shows its face. Thanks Smiley
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Why is Ryan Lewis getting beat?
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Fingers & toes crossed – let’s get a stop
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“Cant wait for DK to spin Peterman on this.”
Haha 🙂 @RKB what do you mean??!!
I was as irritated as anyone by those awful 3rd down performances! lol do you mean I “Hype-Him-Up”??
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Fedora looks like a Cigar Roller on a Cruise Ship.
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Lewis Sucks
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Pat bitching that the refs won’t deflate the balls
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Jack – I’m past the nails and into bone
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DK I knew that would awake you from your slumber. 🙂
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Could have been easy, not Pitt’s way
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UPitt – best description of the day.
Let’s go Pitt!
Win this game
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Throw to the end zone.
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Lora strategizing to screw up
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Call a fourth time out, Pat
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Erie – I agree! Lets go boys!
Fucking Lewis you suck terribly.
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Interference and a TD, Lewis multi-tasks
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Up to the offense now
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OY VEY
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Yes. More Timeouts Narduzzi you dolt
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Reed,
Do the defensive backs practice with the team or do they play video games during team practices?
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I Can’t Wait for Thomas MacVittie to get his shot — Forget it, just let him play, and consider getting to sit and take-in Power 5 football for 4+ games his “redshirt”!
If MacVittie leaves for the NFL after his RS sophomore year (true Junior) or RS Junior year (True Senior), it benefits NO ONE to not play 🙂 Pitt’s Future 🙂
Thomas MacVittie can hand the ball off, and not accidentally get in the way of jet sweeps —- Meaning he can already do EVERYTHING our current QB is doing. lol plus 6’5”, 220 MacVittie is a Jet, and his running threat will be Insane.
🙂 #HailToPitt !!!! — Pitt wouldn’t be in this situation with a Quarterback who wasn’t playing like a Flaccid Possum frozen in headlights 😦 😦 .
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NC QB: 25/31 for 370 and 4 tds
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Watch for onside kick….all we need is a FG.
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wow, that’s pretty bad when you blatantly interfere and you still can;t stop the catch,….ha
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I say one run for no gainA bad pass.
A pass for not enough yards.
A punt return for a td
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I have a very bad feeling!
Favorable spot on 4th down!
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Gasman – Madden Football is my guess. losing Hall and Hamlin was a killer
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How conservative will O’Canada be?
I hope the turtle comes out of it’s shell.
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3 runs up the middle?
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Another bad pass on the way.
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Right Jack. Gotta roll dem bones
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We are going to need a Penn State miracle to win this!
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Just shoot me….all Conner again. Just like last week. They learned nothing…..
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No wide receivers make the trip today for Pitt?
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at the key moment of time…the O-line gets stood up and then a stupid play call on 3rd down
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Jesus chryst WTF who didnt see a dump pass coming.? Grow some balls PN
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Awful third down calls in Q4 Awful. Could cost us the game.
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Poor playcalling on that series…
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We have just sucked again in the 4 th quarter!!!
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Why can’t we throw to the TE?
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Peterman?
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This is bad game management.
I don’t get the conservative nature…
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Who calls these plays!
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That was the most chickenshit fourth quarter offensive performance ever. We don’ deserve to win.
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Time for Winslow to shank one
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lol Gasman….only the Jetsweep variety
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No confidence in Peterman at all on that last call
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who do I call a bum peterman or the OC?
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Did Jester make the trip ?
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Maybe HCPN can steal all the balls
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That 3rd down play was an extended handoff to Conner – it was a crap play call.
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Good god, what was that?
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We are nothing if not predictable. Get lead, no pass defense, conservative choke in 4th
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Why is it when good coaches come here they instantly become morons?
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Chisik looks like that guy in the steam room with a towel around his neck the tells you about all the girls he banged in junior-college and tries to sell your life insurance
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wow switzer had all kinds of room…we got lucky there
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WLAT – make that the last 4 series. We need to give another QB a shot…
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Aah Jack the question of the meaning of life.
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Absolutely pathetic. I thought Dave Wannstedt got fired five years ago.
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haha upitt or a mutual fund
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We need an INT here….
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Decline the penalty!!!!!!
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thank you ref
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My heart hurts!
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Why did we take that penalty
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double oy
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Crap
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We need the D to win this? God help us…..
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4th & anything is a given. Soul crushing loss forthcoming
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David M. Hale
ESPN Staff Writer
North Carolina has life, pulling to within 6 as Mitch Trubisky throws his fourth TD of the game. It’s gone largely as expected with Pitt dominating on the ground and the Heels carving up Panthers’ D through the air
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Great question Reed
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“Why can’t we throw to the TE?”
—– UNFORTUNATELY, because there has to by a Man who gets the ball from the center, and has to “Manually Deliver” the pigskin to the tight-end.
Pitt doesn’t have that person right now starting yet.
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Has UNC abandoned the bomb?
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Triple oy
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How many 4th down conversions must they give up????
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UNC could run the ball so easily for 10-15 yds.
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Brightwell a young guy, what a novel idea
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Brightwell the inkwell !!!
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Nail biter – might as well blitz because we can’t cover.
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God our Defense is sinful.
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amen
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Chinese Water Torture
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Rush all 11 we can’t cover at all
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So brutal
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Somebody cover him….
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unbelievable we just need 1 GD play
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Why. God
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Narduzzi is a embarrassment to Football.
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How can no one cover Switzer!
Soull crushing on hand
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We deserve to lose
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Switzer is unbelievable…
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Now letting UNC get fresh and gameplan. Stupid.
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How about 2 guys on Switzer Duzzi?!
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Dump off to Hood coming
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To be a Pitt fan is a lifetime of suffering
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this is what conservative offense by Pitt in 4th quarter gets you
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everyone has career days against us….long tradition
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Anon you are quotable
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No we are in purgatory a lifetime of suffering as a Pitt fan
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Can you believe this shit??
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We used up our miracle at PSU.
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please run
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Up by 13, North Carolina is hyped-up, and 150% sells-out to stop the run, Pitt Offense Fails….
Just saying, Make the Change against Marshall before ACC play resumes.
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This is going to be a Wannstedtian loss. Can’t believe how pig headed we were in Q4. Time to learn Coach!!!!!!
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yep RKB a whopping 3 points in the 4th, that’s 10 in the last 3 games, and the TD was the setup punt return by QH
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SOP Tea Brewing.
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I can believe this shit because we have seen it time and time again
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wow how stupid was that
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All we needed was a 1st down. Deserve to lose this. It’s on Canada….please fire this bum….
This team is brutal to watch….
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We suck!
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No words to describe this one
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do they go for 2 or the tie
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Great Job Narduzzi you fucking fraud piece of shit.
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oh they just need 1….:(
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This game is on Nathan Peterman —- all you needed was ONE DRIVE, and string together a couple first downs.
Not Mad, but NEXT MAN UP when you’ve shown that you’re just not good enough.
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hey we 2 seconds and NP,,,,,don’t worry
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block?
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Was there ever a doubt?
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SOP for sure and I need to be convinced we can win the big conference games because we haven’t done that with HCPN yet.
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“Great Job Narduzzi you fucking fraud piece of shit.”
……. ONLY if he doesn’t see the light, and make a change at QB.
SOP is starting Tino Sunseri 3 years, then Chad Voytik, and Narduzzi has to see that Peterman just ain’t cutting it. Can’t run at all, zero Big-Play ability — let the Freshman play man, let him play.
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Ryan lewis gets burned or commits a penalty on just about every play, We will remember you for Pedo State, but please bench this kid.
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This one is on Peterman!
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Barnes Sucks
Narduzzi Sucks
Stallings Sucks
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All on Narduzzi!
Unimaginative play calling in second half.
No substitutions on d line when obviously they were exhausted.
D backs are atrocious.
Fucking around with 90 seconds to go in first half
Who gives a shit if Narduzzi goes back to Michigan State?
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Just another 4th quarter meltdown folks….nothing to see here, move along….
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Gotta be coaches or Peterman ….. or both!
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And we’re dead! Horrible coaching added to hoorible defense and horrible play calling = soul crushing season ending loss!
I’ll be back for homecoming but other than that I’m done. With Pitt football. This ones on Narduzzi!
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Why did he kick there? Squib it 20 yards.
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You should be fuckin embarrassed Narduzzi. Cover the fucking little white guy – what the hell is wrong with you. That’s all I’m going to say. You do not deserve the praise you get as a ‘defensive genius’. You’re living a lie
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We shoukd be 1-3
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Many will blame this loss on Narduzzi and the defence but the fact is we have no QB. He missed 2 third down throws in the 4th qtr and they have no faith in him on late game situations. No QB no wins. No ticky no laundry!
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You have to be kidding me – we give up 453 yards and 5 TDs passing and its on Peterman – Jesus Christ!
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Dark Knight – I disagree . It’s all on HCPN, who told Canada to pull in he reigns in Q4
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This team is 3 years away from winning the Coastal….at least. These players on D are terrible except for Price. And our QB stinks. No D + no QB = a 5 win season.
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We deserve to lose because we suck!
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no, there was never a doubt to be honest. i’ve watch this move for over 20 years. but still unbelievable objectively speaking. besides our pathetic secondary, this is on Peterman. this makes me sick.
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This one is right up there with Houston. Apparently they forgot Doc. Hope you and Big B are drunk.
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The Pursuit….of complete mediocrity year in and year out. When you have the worst pass defense in school history, it up to the offensive play caller to continue to call plays to score points. The final 3 offensive series were an absolute travesty. When you play “not to lose” you deserve to lose. Change the uniforms, change the logos, change the coaches, but nobody can change this SOP culture.
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Ouch…UGH!!!!!…this is on the offense…settle for a FG and then 3 and out…3 and out…3 and out!!!!!
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Herman Munster gives Nardo a raise this year and I will blow an artery
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Why us?
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Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman
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***** LITERALLY ***** Mitch Trubisky just did what Pitt needs Our QB to do —
He brought his team all the way down the field, converting Huge Clutch plays on 4th downs, and threw a Clutch Ball to a contested WR, where only his man could get it, to WIN.
Thomas MacVittie will be Exciting as Hell even as Raw Freshman this year. The Kid’s Got IT.
The time is NOW to make the change against MAC Marshall, then let MacVittie get a game under his belt before ACC play begins.
Nate Peterman is done. He CLAMS UP when it matters most, and he just cannot be what Pitt needs at Quarterback.
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Reed You have been supporting Peterman for 2 years. He is just in the Tino mold. Just not a winner.
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No matter how good the offense is thru 3 quarters…they suck in crunch time.
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Peterman wasn’t given any room to excel.
True, he sucked donkey dick.
But no calls for tight end, wide receivers.
Second half insert head up the ass and see if anyone can find you.
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Replace the QB or I’m done for this season….see ya when BB starts up…
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Replace Canada too….
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We could have put them away but Peterman can’t throw a fucking football!
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Again NP’s stats don’t look bad(14 of 18 for 140), but it’s all an illusion.
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completely and utterly disgusting, 3 points in the fourth qtr. when we absolutely owned them for the first three. That is now 10 points total fourth qtr scoring in the last three games.
You can blame it on Peterman, the O-line but mostly the conservative play calling, effing choke artists.
I do not blame this on the defense. We know they aren’t that good.
Underachieving fourth qtr offense, and conservative play calling.
Dr Tom, I think we forgot about Houston.
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We really were too conservative on offensive play calling in the 4th quarter. Narduzzi as most defensive oriented coaches like to be conservative but we have no defense to protect the lead.
This one is on the defense and the coaches another 30 point plus offensive outing wasted.
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No worries Pitt detractors. The team you love to diss on is alive (or maybe “dead” would be a better description) & UNwell. SOP is back! Just as strong as ever.
NEVER FORGET HOUSTON! Oh and BTW, remember UNC too.
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~ gc, 7 of those 10 points in the 4th quarter in the last 3 games, was due to the 74 yard Punt Return by Henderson. So really the offense is responsible for 3 points in 3 games in the 4th quarter. Basically a point per game ! lol
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These idiots learned nothing last week when they had Conner in there at the end and the whole D keyed on him. Of course they handed off to him too every down…
I can tolerate a lot of things….even 30+ years of this, but I can’t take blatant stupidity from the coaching staff. Where was the pass to the TE
I don’t need this crap any more.
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Doc – Hope it was a good day for you and Big B despite the game. These coaches suck and the players do as well. All while potato cock will play Saban in NCAA Championship.
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How can one receiver have…what was it 17 catches…1 think the stat was 18 throws to and 17 completions…..This was so painful to watch….
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I want some reporter on those Thursday sit down with Pat in his shorts with his trusty water bottle to ask him why did he turn conservative on offense when he has a secondary (save for Whitehead) that plays like a bunch of dead squirrels
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Best part is these snapdick reporters will suck Narduzzi’s dick vs calling him out and calling him a pussy in the Press Conf. Guys is a fake. Rah rah. No stones to be a HC. He is a fucking lifer DC.
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This one is on Peterman. Talk all you want but he can’t throw a football!
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This was completely predictable. However, The offense IS NOT THE PROBLEM!!!!! When you score 36 points and 38 points in consecutive games, you should WIN EVERYTIME!!!!!
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Conservative offense just trying to hold on to a lead late in the game. Is this Wanny or Narduzzi. At least with Wanny we had a Pitt man at the helm who could recruit. Narduzzi may be Wanny without his recruiting ability/connections. SOP
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That was terrible. Cue the standard post game quotes. We couldn’t put it away. Blah blah. Watch Narduzzi blame the players. If they trust and follow the scheme, they would be fine. I have a football question. why is our Free Safety NEVER around the receiver where the pass is thrown. Whitehead likes to hit and play the run and I appreciate the forced fumble but I never see him near a passed ball. Literally never. May be time to put him on offense and try to score 50 a game to win. How is Damar Hamlin’s groin doing?
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I get it ….. defense is also bad right now with the Avonte Maddox, who is fast and quick but is just a Nickel Corner, and Ryan Lewis who is playing because THERE IS NO ONE ELSE YET.
Saleem Brightwell is the FIRST BATCH of Narduzzi’s recruiting and he looked small for a LB, but he is Explosive!!!
*****Unfortunately Pat Narduzzi’s “guys” (i.e. future $tars) are just Babies!!
But Still, Pitt needs to at least win SEVEN EFFIN’ GAMES THIS YEAR, Period.
Look — Nate Peterman is a Dead-End for Pitt. He’s a 5th year Senior, and all he can do is hand off the ball, and do a fake before he hands off for Jet-Sweeps. He can’t get the ball to the tight Ends or ANY receivers. Quadree Henderson clearly has Elite Speed yet Peterman can’t complete any downfield passes to him???
If Thomas MacVittie can just bring some serious TAKE-OFF AND RUN threat on pass plays, and open-up the Read-Option playbook for Matt Canada, that makes him a Huge-Upgrade for Pitt’s offense, RIGHT NOW.
Start MacVittie against Marshall, and let’s see what he’s got. Have some dang-Courage Pat Narduzzi, ‘cus Pitt currently has a straight-up Liability at Quarterback.
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Good point by you Emel.
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The free pass is over.
Accountability time!
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Weah targeted once. Did we ever throw a deep ball. I thought Matthews was supposed to be involved in the game today?
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Compete in the Coastal??? If the Coastal is in the NAIA in Vermont.
L’Ville and Clemson beat us by a combined 85 points.
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For me, the honeymoon is officially over with Narduzzi. I did not think that it was humanly possible to be more conservative than DW but this guy has proved me wrong. Three straight games with 3rd and less than 10 on critical situations and three straight games where the QB was not allowed to throw the ball out of the backfield. We lost 2 of those games on the ensuing possession and were damn close to losing the third….Its official coach Narduzzi’s defense is not just bad it is historically bad.
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OK – you guys watched a completely different ball game than I did – yes the offense was playing not to lose but c’mon – again, 35/46 (76% !!!) for 453 yards and five TDs is completely and utterly on the defense.
When you score 36 points and give up 35 points in the air… it is on the defense.
When you allow a team to make two end of game scoring drives… its on the defense.
Say with me – Peterman played poorly in the 2nd half but this is on the defense…. and Conklin and Narduzzi.
Re-read the article above again and try to figure out exactly how it all went so bad because I can’t figure it out.
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Dark Knight. The D is bad now. You seriously said that like they are a C+. They are fucking atrocious.
Narduzzi’s Guys???? Who the fuck does he have that is good??!? Ffrench? That SOB is slower than Beano Cook after a Ribeye.
They all suck.
Love ya Dark Knight but be honest man.
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DK, Peterman would be ok if they gave him some decent fourth qtr plays.
Let him throw over the middle once in a while. It might surprise somebody.
Or at least let him throw for the markers.
I don’t get it, Canada is very creative for the first three qtrs. then it is three yards and a cloud of dust in the fourth.
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I just realized something. I wait all year for this shit. I am f-ck pathetic!
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215sam – funny you should say that because I heard the exact same thing two weeks ago in the press box.
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Reed look at the scores around college football, everybody puts up huge point totals. You must have a QB that convert 3rd and 5 to 10. Pitt doesn’t have that. The teams that run the football still have serviceable QB’s. Go back and watch the one pass to Weah. Peterman had all day to throw. Look at his feet, he’s dancing even with no pressure. He panics on big plays. We’re going to give up points we need to out score the other team in the 4th. That’s never going to happen with the way this Pitt O is structured. Peterman must play better.
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If you can’t trust your QB to throw the ball 7 fucking yards downfield,he shouldn’t be your QB. You will not win shit if you can’t throw the ball downfield with regularity in ANY conference. It has been quite obvious we can not cover anyone….stubbornness is turning into stupidity when your talent can’t match the scheme you wanna run…..why any te would commit to Pitt is beyond me at this point…..our lb’s are absolute rubbish………
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Peterman missed some pivotal throws 100% but didnt lose the game.
The dogdick defense did and so did the pussy playcalling by Canada who say it with me. Was fired from NC State. OC/DC and Narduzzi all sucked. Peterman played good enough to win but yes he still is average. The SOB is damn near 30
Years old.
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OK, here’s a bright spot. Moss looks like he can run. Ollison’s transfer papers will be completed this week. Was Caprara hurt? He didn’t play a snap. Is Bam Bradley hurt? Didn’t see him either.
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No more Hall pass for Narduzzi or these coaches. That 4th quarter was idiotic and ball-less!! No clue, no guts.
Agree worse loss since Cindy.
Hard for me to defend Narduzzi anymore based solely on his rah rahman bullshit. The coaches need to apologize to every kid in that team. The coaches lost the last two games – not the kids.
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Reed, we know the defense stinks, that is obvious to anyone that has ever watched a football game.
This game and the last one could have been won with one TD in the fourth qtr.
Every team has stopped us cold in the fourth qtr. That is why we are 2-2 and might have been 1-3.
That my friend should be a fixable problem, the defense I am afraid is a lost cause.
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@ Reed: (sigh 😦 ) ….. Until Pat Narduzzi’s recruits are all “grown-up” and make-up the defensive starters and back-ups, Pitt’s Defense is GOING TO $UCK!
No one remembers how AWFUL the defensive recruiting was for years under Todd Graham and Paul Chryst???? THOSE ARE ALL THE GUYS STARTING NOW. The defense right now is ALL MAC RECRUITS WITH NO POWER 5 OFFERS….. plus Jordan Whitehead 🙂 haha.
The problem is, with a Tom Savage at QB, Pitt is 4-0 right now and looking like it’s Pitt vs. Miami for the ACC Coastal showdown to end the season.
OR with Thomas MacVittie at QB Pitt may have that same opportunity.
Nathan Peterman is a much kinder, nicer, sweet….Tino Sunseri, unfortunately. AND PITT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SAME OLD PITT WITH PETERMAN AT QB. lol —- Thomas MacVitie is a “Pandora’s Box” at QB who will be like no-one Pitt fans have ever seen before at Pitt.
Pitt’s ‘Thicker’ Marcus Mariota. Just play the young-stud, and he will Entertain the Heck outta Pitt fans.
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Hire Walt Harris as an offensive consultant.
Let Narduzzi take over the defense.
And let one of the student managers run the show.
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SOfP
Same
Old
fucking
Pitt
I’m done
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Let’s face the facts…..Narduzzi is Foge Fazio II. Pitt is not the place for on the job training….
By February Narduzzi will be begging 2 star players to come to Pitt.
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Maybe we can pick up a couple kids with MAC offers since ND won’t be competing for them. Maybe not.
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And all you guys give me shit. Told you this team and coach are pussies.
AD is as well.
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Best part is UNC is avg at best this year.
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Guys, say all you want about Peterman. He is NOT the problem. Our D SUCKS. Our DBs ARE THE FUCKING WORST.
END OF STORY. I CANT CHEER FOR THIS TEAM. IM SORRY.
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On the brightside of things, the defense only gave up 471 yards. In 19 minutes. They’re improving.
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Sort of
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24.7 yards per minute Emel. LMAO
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Caprera and Bam sat.
Let Brightwell play…at least he made plays.
But how could the db recruiting have turned to shit?
Duke beat Dome and GT is rebounding.
Clemson and Miami will kill us.
Time for Nardo to be a little less glib and smug.
Recruiting is in the toilet, play calling in the fourth quarter blows, and the defense is a shit-storm.
Maybe Herman Munster can hire a consultant.
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BIG KID 🙂
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At least the Pedo’s got crushed and rolled. 49-10
PA football isn’t what it use to be. Maybe Franklinstein and Nardie can switch teams.
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I am so jacked I can’t even get any grins out of the Nits getting blown out.
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Gasman – I’m sure he is related to one that smig fuck. His head weighs 78 lbs.
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Why isn’t anyone calling for that Bum Conklin to be fired? If this was House folks would be calling for his head. He calls a terrible defensive game… TERRIBLE. I defy you to tell me when you’ve seen a worse secondary.
Wait a minute… it’s 3rd and 30… my mom just threw a 40 yard completion on Lewis. Way to go mom.
Nobody in the secondary can cover…PERIOD! I think I could go 16-20 for 350. The sign of a good coach/staff is knowing your personnel and adapting to their strengths and weaknesses… not forcing a system that they clearly can not play on them.
If I see Webb on the field next week I’m done! He’s too slow to play free safety, he takes bad angles, and if he does get there he misses tackles consistently. You can’t tell me there isn’t a faster freshman that they can throw in there to get burned just as well as Webb.
Where are the LB’s? Did 30 play at all today? Didn’t see him.
James Conner is clearly not 100%. He’s being tackled by one guy in space way too easily. And where the %$%#& is Ollison…unless he’s injured give him the ball. Not sure what they see in Hall or Moss but I don’t see it. Moss had a couple of ok runs today, but no explosion or elusiveness from either. So much for the strength of the team.
I don’t put this on Peterman… receivers can’t separate and plays are clearly designed for the short routes. That’s a structural/schematic issue. At least let hm attempt to through downfield. Never mind let’s just have them run 20 jet sweeps a game.
I’m hanging on with Narduzzi for a bit longer, but if this continues without adjustment then I’m jumping off the Duzz train.
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We should have had two long drives in the fourth qtr to put UNC out of its misery.
And we should have been passing to score at the end of the half.
This team could win with overwhelming offense, but never with conservative offensive play calling.
One pass to Weah, two or three to Tipton, were there any to Orndoff?
Jet sweeps seem to be ineffective in the fourth qtr.
What was Peterman’s longest throw today?
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More first downs given up on the last drive than the entire game. SOfP
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Just think if that pedo WR caught that ball late in the game…..I shudder to think…
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Herman Munster has the MunsterMobile warmed up for the long drive to Corvallis.
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MacVittie – Is a complete wildcard man. Like betting red in Vegas.
Imagine the hamdcuffs they would have on the poor kid. Would Canada that puss let him throw a shovel
Pass?
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My only hope for salvation is Franklinstein hanging around until the series is done.
Please lesbian Nit AD, don’t take that away from me.
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Emel, and 2 points a minute too. Embarrassing….
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Reed – We may get to 1000 posts.
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This young man is gonna be amazing for Pitt — Be a MAN @ Pat Narduzzi: implement lots of running plays involving the QB (read options, designed QB runs and ‘Bootlegs’) and ease-in Thomas MacVittie this week as starting QB vs. MAC Marshall.
Pitt fans no longer accept Mediocrity and these stupid, GARBAGE LOSSES anymore — so Play Your Best, period.
Guys, Pitt is already out of the Playoffs, apologies if you thought Pitt still had a chance, haha 🙂 . Nathan Peterman has been propped-up by Tyler Boyd (kinda an NFL Star already), Quadree Ollison last year, and Quadree Henderson and amazing- run game this year. Peterman is a 5th year senior and we’ve seen all he’s got, period.
LET THE KID GET A SHOT.
#Pitt’sFuture
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LOL Emel
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lmao Gasman ( gotta laugh cause it will keep emel from crying)
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Good points PittandPSU grad.
Narduzzi and Conklin’s scheme certainly is no more effective than House’s at this point.
I would agree that the honeymoon is over.
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Duke beat ND too….this could have been a perfect weekend…
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Webb was Tyler Boyd’s buddy. Now that TB is gone, why is Webb even on the team.
Liability.
Same with Briggs.
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Genius coach wasted 3 timeouts in the second half. Great time management. Didn’t he think he may need to save these for a late score. With some TO’s to use at the end of the game, we may have been able to go for a field goal.
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I thought Darknight was Bertke’s dad?
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Caprara & Bradley are hurt & didn’t play. Orndoff was targeted only once, the 3rd of the 3 straight garbage throws by Peterman on 3rd downs.
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Do we beat
Gannon
Cal U
Bethel Park
Mrs. Jones 5th grade recess
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But I still think the only way we win this year is to play four quarters of offensive football.
Not three quarters and hope for a turnover or two.
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Yea he fathered Bertke too !
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Great pic, Emel.
Think the Munstermobile can make it to Oregon?
I will help him pack.
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Tiger – Yep and he should of declined that penatly he took on 3rd down.
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Sounds like Darknight gets around!
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I need a new Hobby, again!
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Lol:
“DarkKnight is McVitties Dad”
I want to see this kid play, asap!!!
I hope the kid’s real-Dad is Whole-Lot Classier than me!!!
But I’m a linebacker guy (sooooooo…..on here this game, btw………… they’re invisible and USELESS all-game, so they don’t get “held-accountable” at ALL…..RIGHT 🙂 expected that from the comments lol) — and I am LOVE great Quarterbacks and great Quarterback play. Quarterbacks are the true guys on a team who every single other player knows-about and watches closely, and feed-off of.
Nathan Peterman has regressed like crazy after that first interception vs. Miami, and he’s just clammed-up and gone glassy-eyed since 😦 . Time for a change, and there’s a guy ready to go on the roster…….My Son!!! —- 🙂 hahaha jk jk jk I’m not quite old-enough for that to be quite possible.
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Imagine this. Franklin fired. Where does PSU look first? Narduzzi wouldn’t have to go far to get $4-5 mil. And would it be shocking to see PSU go after a straight talking Italian football coach. I know we’re feeling low right now but that would not be a welcome sight. And all this on a day when Chryst goes into East Lansing and crushes Michigan State
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Marshall can beat us. We should be 1-3 if PSU werent morons. I bet Narduzzi gets a 10 year extension.
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agree that Narduzzi should have declined the penalty if that was possible.
They did convert 3 straight 4th downs. Almost the equivalent of all those on-side kicks.
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Switzer .. Switzer .. Switzer… Who says white men can’t jump…
So many problems on D… Whitehead and Webb not shutting anything down through the air.. Ints are nnexistent..
Opponents D can stack all players in the box… I don’t think I saw NP even attempt a pass longer than10 to 12 yards.. He. Missed several 3rd down throws… We controlled the ball so much we should have shoved it down their throat the whole 4th quarter… Couldn’t get a phucking 1st down…then watch the heels convert several3rd any longs and three or 4 fourth and longs… Almost as painful as losing 3 onside kicks in a row
Chryst kicke some ass today… He doesn’t need our advice
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The defensive scheme is so very dreadful. UNC 4-4 on 4th downs. 454 yards passing. 9.8 yards per attempt!
But hey, the rush defense is solid! I want to puke right now
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What happened to Reed….he must have fallen off his barstool on that next to last play.
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Yes, we all could see it coming and we could not do anything to stop it – very simple analysis
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215 Speak for yourself. Id love his hairy arm ass to go there. Problem is the standard is to high for someone like Narduzzi. No one wants that bum. You see his Defense?????
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I know everyone wants to hear this. (not) Marshall throws for almost 400 yards per game
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And now we get to watch the Pirates
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215 SAm, why in the world would the pedos want Wannduzzi to come there as HC? They’re stupid, but not that stupid.
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Bad…Bad..Thats all I have to say.
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http://www.espn.com/core/video/iframe?id=17627144&endcard=false
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Big B – my grandmother could set a record against our DBs…and SHE’s DEAD.
BTW. Who farted?
SOfP
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Mathews is 6-5
Jester is 6-3.
Couldn’t Nate just lob a pass their way?
When Canada was hired, Narduzzi talked about wanting someone loyal.
Loyal?
Loyal?
What do I care about loyal?
He could be Taliban for all I care, so long as he can call plays.
PSUcks had that in-bred loyalty…keep your mouths shut, fella’s…and look how that ended.
I want assistant coaches stepping on each other’s faces, fighting for recruits, dying for success…because that’s how they will get ahead.
Because their success is Pitt’s success.
So far, loyalty ain’t paying dividends
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Reed… did you actually pick Pitt to WIN?
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Upitt, so who would we get? Cristobal? Conklin? Greg Schiano? Matt Ruhle? This is not a destination job. I think if Narduzzi wanted to move on, he’d have no problem finding a good/better job. Here’s a scary thought. Do we miss Lafayette Pitts?
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Narduzzi must have some primo stuff from Colorado. He talked about Division Championship with this defensive backfield. Or since I don’t live in the Burgh any more maybe WPIAL Class A has a Coastal Division.
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I think Wannduzzi and his team of stooge coaches have lost 25% of their fan base by best guess….
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Stacking the box the whole fourth quarter.
Whattaya wanna run, coach?
I’m thinking a Conner run.
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And nobody wanted Petrino when he was available. He’s probably old enough now that he has overcome that illness that has afflicted many of us. Pussy madness.
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http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869659
—- Yikes — anyways, so, Wisconsin SMASHES Michigan State.
I glean 2 things that are not really up for dispute, and both are relevant to Pitt fans:
ONE —- Pat Narduzzi CREATED Marc Dantonio’s success. Pat Narduzzi was always his D-Coordinator from Dantonio’s start, and firebrand Narduzzi was the guy who made it happen, period.
TWO —- Paul Chryst INHERITED a Great team up in Madison (albeit with almost all 2 and 3 star players, but super-deep, established, and with strong and consistent coaching and support for years) — and he beat a Michigan State Team that any Football-Junkies could clearly tell has lost 60% of their “$wagger” after Pat Narduzzi left.
****** Paul Chryst MADE THE CHANGE from a 5th year Senior QB Bart Houston —– http://247sports.com/Player/Bart-Houston-7425?Institution=438 —- once a top 220 ranked, High-4 star Quarterback with dozens of Power 5 offers outta California (I.e. WAY more highly recruited than Nate Peterman). Paul Chryst showed some courage and went with a 2-star to LOW 3 star, redshirt freshman, 6 foot, maybe 200 pound, weaker-armed, Southpaw RS Freshman with only a Rutgers power-5 offer outta New Jersey…… AND PAUL CHRYST WON BIG FOR HIS COURAGE.
I’m talking now about (of all People!!!!) PAUL CHRYST HAVING THE COURAGE TO MAKE A DANG CHANGE ——– What you got, Pat Narduzzi??? ‘Cus I read every single comment here, and Pitt fans aren’t happy lol.
P.s. —- Pitt has gotta SURPASS any offer Pat Narduzzi gets from any other schools. Scott Barnes will make sure “Pitt’s Paul Bear Bryant” gets paid 🙂 .
This loss and last week’s loss will be net positives —- lol 🙂 : because they’re gonna “Usher-In” the “Era of MacVittie” (….haha my son!!! haha gonna get all that NFL money from him in a couple years!)
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He got hammered by many last week after picking Okies, so ………..
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Tiger Paul – Yes we are to good for Bobby or whatever people say. Petrino is a fucking stud. I’d give Kifffin a blank check.
We should of hired Hermen from OSU.
Anybody but a terrible DC.
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Pitts got burned regularly in this defense last year, yet made in NFL team. Our pass defense stunk last year as well, not as bad as this, but still piss poor. I think Navy threw for over 200 yards, which is like 400 for everyone else.
So something is amiss, with the design of this defense. How many times were UNC players wide open in the middle of the defense for huge gains or TD’s ?
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Pitts made the roster. Never will smell the field.
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I’m afraid it won’t be long before the players (and recruits) quit on this sub-moronic coaching staff. That day will mark the true end to Pitt football IMO for another 10-20 years at least. What decent HC would want to come to this cursed place when Narduzzi eventually fails like all the others before him?
SOP has been playing us….pretending to be dead….such madness…such futility for us to resist…
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“We should of hired Hermen from OSU.”
@Upittbaseball —–
Tom Herman IS Pat Narduzzi of offense hahaha 🙂 🙂 🙂 —- just Pat Narduzzi decided to jump to a Top-Level Competing POWER 5 team.
Pat Narduzzi is Pitt’s MAN —- it’s just that “Same Old Pitt” is REAL —- it’s “Diagnosable” — Same Old Pitt is a QUARTERBACK PROBLEM. When Bill Stull is by-FAR your best Quarterback of the last years, then that means your school needs to search hard for your Star QB.
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Won’t be 30k there next week. 5 k from Marshall
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The Pedo’s QB only threw for 121 yards today and much of that was in garbage time. Yet he threw for 332 yards (prolly be his season high, unless they play Illinois) against Pitt. Heck he only threw for 209 against woeful Kent State.
Barring Arizona State giving up 450 or more yards passing tonite, Pitt will be DEAD LAST in Passing Defense #128 of 128 schools.
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Here’s our POV Laugh of the Day
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/25279018/pat-narduzzi-ohio-state-stole-our-defense-won-a-national-championship
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Yes. He has the #6 ranked team
In US. We are ranked 134 in defense.
Narduzzi doesnt make a pimple on Herman’s ass cheeks.
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I say this with no sarcasm or joking at all….I miss Matt House. He is a genius compared to Conklin.
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narduzzi 99% talk 1% substance
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@Upittbaseball
……..You gotta admit, you wanna see Thomas MacVitie get his Shot this week vs. Marshall, right??? lol
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Briles is available.Let the Nits hirePat
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I’d like to see my aunt Hilda get a shot at HC next week….and a couple bus station bums as her OC & DC.
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Has anyone seen MacVittie throw a ball in a Pitt uniform ? Reed, Reed, Bueller, Bueller ?
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Gas – Briles would avg 50+ a game and get a 5 star stub wb from Texas. He is a stud here.
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The kid will probably end up transferring to Delaware or someplace and be a #1 NFL draft pick. SoP
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And we gave Rudoplph away for Jet Sweep Sausage Dick Canada.
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Yeah, UPitt,
Let’s see how many people Herman Munster and his fan-excitement program brings in next week.
If I was an offensive coordinator, I wouldn’t run the ball, unless it is the victory formation. What do we have, one interception?
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Nardie must have seen all the calls for Ollie to be given the ball. he got as many touches as Fffffffrench.
If you’re counting….that would be…..two (2). As in the number of Pitt losses in the last 2 weeks.
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Lol and P.S. : Chad Voytik got benched at 0-3 Central Arkansas. His “College Football Career” is over. THAT was Pitt’s “Franchise QB” so to speak: Turrible.
There is clearly a reason that Squeaky Clean Nathan Peterman was pushed-out from Tennessee, when Tennessee was having losing-seasons, and no one there cared at all. Now Pitt fans really have seen “what he is” 😦 .
MacVittie, MacVittie, MacVittie!!! C’mon, enough “Same Old Pitt”, making a really-big change is most definitely NOT “Same Old Pitt” !!!!
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One last comment, in hindsight we should have run on 3rd down on our last possession
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It turns out the hoopies had the perfect week. We lost, the pedos lost & ND lost, and they won.
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Reed was right about these espn QBR ratings being really bogus.
NP’s for the game was 90.7 even though he threw neither a TD pass nor a completion that traveled 8 yards in the air.
Trubisky’s QBR was 87.8. (huh) Even though he threw 5 TD’s and 453 yards. And basically made every throw he needed to make in the crunch.
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Marshall looking good. Athletic and tough. Basically opposite of us.
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We’ll at least we have a better record than ND….
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No way we get 6 wins this season….this team will quit inside 3 weeks.
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453 yards?
And the last QB tossed for 560?
Hmmm, wonder if there is a problem?
I want Jerry DiPaola on Thursday, when HCPN is waxing smug with his water bottle, to ask him what steps he has taken to shore up the worst pass defense In college football.
And, we have Not beaten a team with a winning record.
Just sayin
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“Senior wide receiver Ryan Switzer also set personal records with 16 catches for 208 yards.”
So just another day of giving up 200+ yards to a single receiver…..get used to it folks. Just wait until we play Clemson. LOL…
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~ Gasman.
Well I think OKie State had the ball for like 2-3 minutes more than UNC, which is how they got the extra 110 yards, or a football field and an endzone more passing yardage than the Tarholes.
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Why Wait till Clemson. I’m sure Marshall’s Pittman will throw for 400
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16 catches….lol. That’s a career for some kids.
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With 6:25 to go in the 4th Pitt had a 98.1 winning probability rate.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869449
It’s just amazing how snake bit this program is.
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HCPN: Our first objective is stopping the run.
Howz that working for ya, Pat?
Switzer had 16 catches?
Is that a record?
I bet we are gonna help offenses set a lot of records this year.
High school recruit: I want to be a hall of fame QB.
Coach: well, son, you can play like one…at least on the day we play Pitt.
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Good thing I didn’t go on the wagon this week. 🙂
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Emel, it’s a career for Foster….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXDo4dL7SU
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LOL Emel….the new Pitt song to replace Sweet Caroline….
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“That is why You FAIL “
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We are all Charlie Brown’s…expecting Lucy to at some point hold the football.
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Quarterback Play
A dude named Danny Etling (a 5th year guy who originally went to Purdue and transferred) is now starting for LSU vs. (mediocre) Auburn — because Brandon Harris (lol, former #2 overall QB, top-25 overall) is AWFUL….
Chad Voytik was a top-200, 4 star guy…..Nathan Peterman was a top-200 overall, 4 star guy….both showed they just are not capable of taking Pitt to where they are-headed (upwards!!! haha).
Thomas MacVittie is OUR Guy….I’m tryin’ to tell ya’ 🙂 🙂 ——- we want him to play, as-soon-as-possible 🙂 .
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And Bostic was a 5 star guy…this team is where QB’s come to die….
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I recall the announcers saying: A touchdown for Pitt puts this game away.
And me thinking: you gotta be kidding me.
SOP
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“And Bostic was a 5 star guy…this team is where QB’s come to die….”
No!!!, 🙂 , Not Thomas MacVittie!!! 🙂 haha this youngin’ is beyond-the-reach of even the wort of “Same Ol’ Pitt” Curses!!!
Heck, 2-Low 3 star recruit, Bill Stull, went 9-3, and 9-3 in his only two season starting for Pitt. Bill Stull threw the football like The White Feather floating-around in “Forest Gump” (get it? lol) but still he just made ENOUGH happen — and more importantly that ‘Dude’ just threw the ball-up to his wide receivers to give them a Dang-Shot!!!
Thomas MacVittie will totally EXCITE Our Pitt fanbase, from his first snap. Pitt will win at least 7 games with the youngin’ coming in. LET’S JUST DO IT, @ Pat Narduzzi!!! 🙂
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LOL DK…..keep the dream alive….as for me…
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Look, they beat Ped St. Asking anything more this year may have been too much. For that alone, I will still support NarDog
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Suring post game interviews I thought it was shallow of the reporters to ask our players how did it make them feel standing on the sidelines watching unc march down the field and win the game.
That’s an incredibly asinine question. I’m sure they feel 10 times worse than we do.
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Our program is a complete joke and a real embarrassment. Tired of supporting the fraud. Empty stadium next week, we will be lucky to win another game with this team.
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@Jackagain
And that’s what I sure hope Pat Narduzzi recognizes as well…….
#HailToPitt
#Let’sGoTomMacVittie
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Pitt = loser program.
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Anon….give us a break….it’s only been 30+ years and counting.
It’s not like it’s a trend or anything… 😉
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Update… my mom just completed another 40 yard pass… she’s having her best game ever!
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Pittfan28 – You cant be serious. Most are going home and going to party and get hammered and screw girls and some will smoke some pot. You think these kids care more than they do. Insaw it first hand.
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In other news we just gave up a 4th and 19 to a Gereatric center in Oakmont.
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“Our program is a complete joke and a real embarrassment. Tired of supporting the fraud. Empty stadium next week, we will be lucky to win another game with this team.”
“Pitt = loser program.”
Lol, I Get It —- Pat Narduzzi better shake-it-up.
Defense “Is What It Is” til the youngin’s come-of-age. OFFENSE: NEEDS TO BE BETTER NOW.
Pat Narduzzi, you Fought For MacVitie, and many fans do not realize that without your and Matt Canada’s influence, Thomas MacVittie woulda been put-in tonight vs. Auburn and resoundingly won the game for LSU and Les Miles.
🙂 Start Him 🙂 —– just be “Conservative”, with all of Matt Canada’s creative runs, but incorporate Read-Option runs, along with pass-plays set-up where MacVittie might have plenty of room to scramble. PLUS, MacVittie has that soft touch to throw more screens to the running backs and tight ends *(YO!!! Get Jaymar Perrish the ball!).
We’ll see!!! I would say, “Please stick with Our Team!” —- 🙂 haha but let’s be real: ya’ll are gonna keep peeking-in no matter how angry and frustrated you are, you Die-Hards!!! 🙂 haha
#HailToPitt !!!!
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Hey folks we led for 59 minutes and 58 seconds
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^^^ 🙂 🙂 Jaymar PARRISH !!! lol
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Simply Put this team stinks and coaching stinks.
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@Upittbaseball :
“Simply Put this team stinks and coaching stinks.”
……. C’mon……..let’s get Thomas MacVittie in, right???
You want Nathan Peterman, or do you want some 6’5”, 220-pound, 4.5-runnin, Cannon-Armed True-Freshman Thomas MacVittie to start??!!
#Upittbaseball’sOpinionMatters 🙂 🙂
Just Math: If Pitt has a great QB, and he ends up playing and going to the NFL by the time he’s a R.S. Junior (True Senior “technically”) then there is literally zero point trying to “Save is Eligibility”. PLAY THE $TUD!!!, right??? 🙂
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No catches by our tightend…Need to hang out a help wanted sign… Take down the ” We own the 4th Quarter Sign”
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Can’t remember feeling worse after a loss…maybe 7-6 loss vs PSU in 75. Read a comment on the Blather from an 85?yr old Pitt fan who said he doesn’t even know if he’ll wake up tomorrow, and he’s done with Pitt football. I’m 66 and just don’t see this getting better. Another Pitt HC learning on the job!
Who is this team going to beat? Maybe Marshall, Cuse and UVA. That’s it ….Va Tech is loaded, GA Tech better atheletes ..Miami? Clemson? ….5-7 at best.
And if #5 doesn’t drop that ball from the Pedophiles? Ugh!
Other than homecoming, anyone on this site is welcome to my pair of season tickets. Gratis!
Just give Reed your address and I’ll send them to you.
Utterly utterly soul crushing!
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You can’t lead for 59:58 unless you started the game ahead.
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Loss Today= #BlessingInDisguise
—-Pat Narduzzi is getting Thomas MacVittie Warming Up in the bullpen 🙂 🙂 🙂
—> Quarterbacks “Tip The Scales”.
For example, yes, Tony Dorsett and his incredible, amazing contributions to Pitt 😉 —- BUT, is there anywhere-near the same Pitt “History” without ONE, Dan Marino ????
QB’s are the “Heroes or Zeros” for a reason.——- Nathan Peterman is a………” Guy ” , and he’s had his shot. Thomas MacVittie has gotta play vs. Marshall for Pitt :).
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Well, Panther Fans….. where to begin with this one. First off, this ranks right up there with Houston and Cincinnati. Just awful. My second observation is that many of you did not watch the same game as I did. Anyone blaming Nate Peterman for this loss does not understand football.
Nate Peterman can only do what he is coached and told to do. He runs the plays that are called. Our OC and HC clearly do not have faith in his downfield passing ability. But when he is completing 65 percent of his passes, is not turning the ball over, and is leading an offense averaging 35 points a game. If he is part of the problem, he is only a very small part.
The big problem: we do not have the athletes to compete on defense. I am in agreement that Pat Narduzzi needs to adapt better to his personnel. But the guy was the coordinator of very dominant defenses at Michigan State. He knows how to coach defense.
Maybe he is giving Conklin too much independence. We just don’t have the players. Neither Paul Chryst nor Todd Graham recruited well on the defensive side of the ball. Thank Nordenberg and Pedersen for that.
They set the budget for House, who could neither recruit nor coach. Add to the lack of talent, the fact that we lost Hendrix and Zeise weeks ago, and didn’t have Caprara or Bradley today, we are short on depth too. So the defense is bad. Very bad. So when you have bad defense, and you hold a one or two score lead in the fourth quarter, what do you do?
If you are Coach Narduzzi or OC Canada, apparently you get conservative. After “conservative” bought you a loss last week and nearly cost you the Penn State game, you would think that a lesson would be learned. But clearly not.i understand conservative play calling in the fourth quarter when you have a lead and want to chew clock. But when you know your defense is unlikely to stop the opposition, you need to at least try to keep the offense on the field. We either run the ball or throw low percentage sideline passes that have very little chance of moving the chains.
If the Coaches have no faith in our Senior QB to throw the ball for a first down in that situation, then give MacVittie a shot. Or DiNucci for that matter. I really don’t know how anyone can be too critical of Peterman when we have not really seen him throw the ball. I know this, we had a great opportunity today, and the coaches more than the players let us down. The players have played hard to the end of every game. The coaches have to do a better job of understanding the abilities of their players. Lots of work to do, I’m afraid.
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Off tonight and chillin’ “at the pad”, drinking beer, watching football…….
@MissingWlat —– NO, JUST…NO….SORRY
Like….”Nate Peterman can only do what he is coached and told to do. ” ???????
How about, IMPROVISE WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE???
What I’m saying is that, $orry, unless you are Nick Saban at Alabama and you have such ferocious confidence in your all-5 star player defense……well, Quarterbacks are everything.
—– Saleem Brightwell, the ONE Narduzzi-recruited player besides already-“Dedicated-to-Pitt pre-Chyrst” Jordan Whitehead — looked liked he was SHOT OUT OF A CANNON compared to other Pitt players (3 star recruit who’s gonna play in the NFL).
I’M TELLING YA’LL NOW — That Thomas MacVittie, at 18-19 (!!!) WANTS TO PLAY and he will run like crazy when he gets on the field.
Pat Narduzzi is gonna recruit —– Pitt is gonna be GREAT —— but RIGHT NOW — Pat Narduzzi has gotta have Courage and get MacVittie in. He might actually throw the damn ball to Huge, athletic Scott Orndoff, amazingly athletic Quadree Henderson, and the freakin’ huge and athletic Jester Weah AND Aaron Mathews!!!!
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Nick you are so correct…long day at Kenan … Just seemed like we lead the whole game except for the last 2 phucking seconds … That is the 5 th loss our Panthers have suffered at Kenan that I have personally witnessed over my 64 years … they are a basketball school….
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I’m going to get in my next week score prediction and beat the rush. Here it is:
Who cares….
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And if my last post was not long enough, I’m back for more. Tough to get the taste of this one out of my mouth. A few observations about individual players. I’m usually reluctant to criticize 18 year old kids, who are giving their best, but….
1) Terrish Webb needs to find the bench. Permanently.
2) Jordan Whitehead has been invisible on defense this season vs. everywhere last season
3) Quadree Henderson needs to touch the ball as often as possible. Downfield passes maybe?
4) our hyped offensive line needs to pass block better.
Oh, and if we’re gonna burn redshirts, how about we try to use the players (aaron Matthews) in some positive way. We heard raves about him in camp. He’s 6-5. Maybe try and throw him a pass.
O’ Canada? Or is it Oh…Canada???
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That’s our boys and we need each other… Never .. Never..ever give up.. It’s no crime to get knocked down.. It’s a crime to stay down..when the going gets tough the tuff get going… We are in this to win it… Get some rest.. Get refreshed and recharged . No more phucking whining and complaining. Tomorrow is another gift from the Creator.. Good night men…. One of these years we are gonna beat those sons a bitches from Chapel Hill
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Dark knight. Yes you are right. I can’t visualize it now…. Coach Canada calls a run play late in the game, but Nate decides to “Improvise” by calling a pass play in the huddle. Or when the play call is for a flat pass, he winks at Jester Weah in the huddle and tells him to go deep? You are delusional. I can’t argue that MacVittie may not be the better choice at this juncture, but how would we know that? I know our coaching staff has no confidence in Peterman. But they are not giving him any opportunity to succeed in the passing game. Don’t blame the kid.
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can visualize
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^^^^^^ 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 !!!!
…………..Plus —– Let’s Get Thomas MacVittie in-there vs. MAC Marshall next week 😉 lol lol
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Lol ^^^^ @ BigB — if i May
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“I know our coaching staff has no confidence in Peterman. But they are not giving him any opportunity to succeed in the passing game. Don’t blame the kid.”
@MissingWlat — I totally see your point…
However, North Carolina was obviously-energized there in the 4th quarter (At-Home, HUGE-GAME for them vs. Pitt, etc.) and they totally sold-out to stop any run game after that big Quadree Henderson wide receiver run.
Nathan Peterman had 3 chances to convert 3rd downs where Pitt had to get less than 8 yards. And each play he had so darn much time to make a read, or decide to try and use his athletic ability to extend the play to pass, or potentially run for it himself…….Instead he totally made WORTHLESS plays each time, and even getting one first down on offense in that final-run would have led to a (OUR) Pitt-win.
Nathan Peterman will have all of his Scholarship-“Contractials” fulfilled…..but he’s just not a quality Power 5 quarterback. I wanted him to be, but he’s not even remotely close. He’s the starter at Pitt because Pitt’s by-far next “best guy”, Chad Voytik, was honestly so, so, so bad.
Lol —- And these (honestly???) bizarre and odd – attitudes are why Tyler Palko started 3+ years (AND GREAT SPEECH TO OUR GUYS VS. OKLAHOMA STATE, YOU REALLY DO LEAD PITT TO WINS 🙂 !!! HAHAHA) + why Tino Sunseri started 3 full years —- *WHILE FREAKIN’ JOE FLACCO (‘THE’ Super-Bowl Winning, NFL-Elite JOE FLACCO) didn’t even get ONE START AT PITT????
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If Tyler Palko were the QB of this team, we’d be 4-0 and ranked in the top 10. Just sayin’.
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Watching Baylor vs OkSt ….Baylor corners and DBs not even playing the run. Tied at 21-21 mid 3rd
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“If Tyler Palko were the QB of this team, we’d be 4-0 and ranked in the top 10. Just sayin’.”
I Believe It.
But Nathan Peterman is a Duck at this-point. Pitt HAS to build for the future 🙂 — as well as get a ton of enjoyment in the NOW. #MacVittieTime
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So I know Reed doesn’t want politics here, but I just want to say something I NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. I think I am less disgusted by this presidential election and candidates than this football season. Looking forward to the debates.
H2P???
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SSSSSMH
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Baylor would deatroy us. They are way better than OSU.
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@Upittbaseball:
LOL — But!! Nathan Peterman, OR Thomas MacVittie !!! —- Who Starts against Marshall????!!!!
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Peterman with no hand cuffs and wide open playbook. If he falters at all he sits the rest of the year.
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Peterman isn’t awful he just isn’t very good. As great as the Pitt running game is, it should be easy to have a good passing game. Peterman is way to slow in making his decisions and he is always late delivering the ball and then the ball takes for ever to get there. The shame of this season is that Pitt is wasting some really great offensive talent. If we had a decent QB and an average defense we would be 4-0
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Bro, lol — http://247sports.com/Player/Josh-Rosen-17035 — I’ve seen it: Josh Rosen, “Consensus top-10 OVERALL recruit in the nation, Either the #1 or #2 Top Quarterback Recruit by EVERYONE — Pat Narduzzi probably wouldn’t even offer this kid a scholarship….Anyone watching the UCLA v. Stanford game, only one/outta 50 recruits are any good. Aaron Rodgers was a 0* JUCO recruit, Ben ….Roth-Hamburger (lol) was a 0-* recruit who went to Miami-Ohio……HOW GOOD COULD HAVE GRONKOWSKI HAVE BEEN IF HE WENT TO PITT??etc. haha —> TINO+CHAD+NATE (!) are on the garbage Panther QB list unfortunately.
For big-time College Football fans, Josh Rosen is an Ultimo-Hyped Quarterback (5 star,50 Power 5 offers, etc.) who just is nothing special lol.
—- 🙂 I’m tellin’ you guys — One Thomas MacVittie has THE MAGIC. Lol—- yeah, he was never, ever , ever going to go to Baton Rouge, Louisiana unless they offered him some sort of Voo-doo eternal life or something — look at LSU now too! They lost to a weak-A$$ Wisconsin team lol plus a super-mediocre-a$$ Auburn team. LSU put in some whack-5th year Purdue backup who transferred to try and win the game!!!!
#HailToPitt !!!!
#BlessingInDisguise !!!
Thomas MacVittie is coming-out to start next week!!!! 🙂 🙂
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Upitt the master of negative hyperbole. Baylor was up by 4 going into the 4th quarter.
Unfortunately, there is simply a glaring lack of talent on the defensive side of the ball for Pitt. Webb, Lewis and the limited LB crew are terrible and I guess the guys behind them must really suck. On the offensive side, there is some talent with JC, QH, maybe Moss, QO and others(Tipton, Orndorff, Weah), but Peterman is either not capable of doing much more than “managing” the offense or the play calling is just too basic for other reasons. My son played for a state championship here in Maryland a few years ago and I swear they had a very similar and even more advanced playbook being used by the end of their season than Pitt has shown so far…..and he was on an 8-10-year-old youth team. I should post highlight clips.
I couldn’t watch the game live today so DVR’d it and fortunately, the recording stopped at the 3-hour point with Pitt still up by 13. Offensively they looked good. Honestly, even though I am critical of the limited playbook you really can’t do much better in terms of scoring and helping keep the other offense off the field by dominating time of possession. Defensively, way too many missed tackles and blown coverages. I can’t see things improving unless the coaching makes big adjustments and switches out personnel who play better than expected on defense.
I hope things turn around or at least don’t completely spiral downward. I still like HCPN and see a team who isn’t going to quit. They just need to make a few more breaks for themselves and salvage what can still be a decent season.
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@ tvax1
……. You gonna be okay if Thomas MacVittie Starts next week??? …. 😉 lol
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Yes, and P”DK”N, how do you edit in the italicized text and emojis?
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@ “tvax1”
To italicize you just have to put one-single : * on the bookend of your word / comment. Heyoooo — haha. I did +Heyooo+ —- @Reed btw please get the word-press up to date so we can step our game’s-up here!!!
Lol @ tvax1 : a :+) is a 🙂 , a ;+) is a 😉 ,and….sadly (lol( — a :+( 😦 is a sad-face…. —- or if you ever post on your phone or mobile-device, you can download a “Keyboard Emoji” and just go-crazy with the expressive-faces here lol — 🙂
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Lol, @ tvax1:
to make a “smiley face” — 🙂 is: : and ) right next to each other. to make a 😦 is just: : ( right next to each other —-
; and ) right next to each other —- 😉 lol, @Reed could set this site-up so that we all have better editing abilities lol 🙂 [ : and ) together]
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OK —- “slower than Beano Cook after a Ribeye” The only damn laugh of the day!
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Reed has a son in the hospital and so had to sign off after the final whistle. But silver lining – I was in the hospital lobby when I slit my carotid artery (had to use that as I wouldn’t be able to write with both wrist ligaments screwed up.)
As to Peterman – I have said repeatedly that I wanted Voytik to stay on the roster because I thought there would be a chance for him to play as starter again… when everyone else was thinking that would be due to an injury I was saying that Peterman didn’t play well enough that he couldn’t be replaced – which is the same thing I said about Voytik the year before.
I don’t wear Peterman tinted glasses – I’ll say when he plays badly and have done so ever since the Miami game last season. But I also think he had some darn good play last season also. And he is almost exactly like Sunseri in the up and down sense.
But I will say this also – you don’t regress like his play has unless there are other factors. I think our playcalling this season is so one sided that the passing game hasn’t been given a chance to be a real part of the offense – and when you have a run game like ours a poor OC will make that the only thing he relies on – and I think Canada is proving himself to be a poor OC across the board.
I’m not going to sit here and apologize for Peterman’s play – his execution has been poor and his mental aspects of play have been poor also – he’s way too tentative and slow in pulling the trigger on passes – almost like he’s afraid to fail and is playing down to that.
I wouldn’t mind seeing him yanked starting today if that helps the team – but I also don’t think you throw MacVitte in without serious a try with Stocker first. If Stocker doesn’t work out – after all we don’t need a great deep passing game at this point – we need 3rd down conversions more than anything else – then you go to the true FR.
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If you really want to puke in your Wheaties this morning listen to Narduzzi’s post-game press conference.
After expressing his love for the team he starts off listing the plays that weren’t executed correctly and points his fingers at the players, again – this is his MO after a loss folks.
Jerry DiPaola actually does start off the questions part with a direct question “This is three weeks now, what are you going to do about the pass defense?” Narduzzi says – literally – “You can’t do anything about it” then quickly whips out the “We only gave up 18 yards rushing” and moves on…
The only time he mentions the coaching at all is when he says he “thought his coaching staff put the players (DBs) in a great position to succeed out there”.
Yes fellow Pitt fans, he actually said that when discussing giving up all those passes in the 4th quarter. Then he cuts off the presser after 4:04.
It’s a bit like saying “Hey, at least I quit beating my wife last year”
This guy just can’t bring himself to be honest with the media about his losses – he even goes so far as to say that ‘we did better this week’ than against OSU because we ‘didn’t give up the long passing plays’. He’s deflected blame for two weeks now and I wonder just what he thinks his responsibilities as a HC is. He truly believes that it is only during the time the players are either behind closed doors or during a game and sees the media as an enemy.
You can bet Barnes and Gallagher are freaking out with that approach because Barnes was brought in specifically to fund raise and grow the donor base and you can bet donors look at these actions and aren’t too optimistic or eager to send in $$ for that kind of attitude.
This may sound harsh against Narduzzi but he did everything wrong not only during the game but in his press conference afterward. He needs to grow a pair and 1) be honest and 2) take the blame on his shoulders as the HC.
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Can’t wait until Nardin I begins to feel the heat from press and fans. He’s starting to sound like Todd Graham after a loss. Since the Miami game he is 2-4
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Well, other than waking up with a splitting headache, I can say I survived and am good to go.
Go where?
Let’s see – I have choices as to how I spend my entertainment dollars. And yes, yesterday’s game was to be entertainment, played by college aged student-athletes. Winning is the objective and Pitt has lacked in that area for some 32 years.
Golf is entertaining to me, both playing and watching. Check
Watching a good movie with my wife is as well. Check
Good concert. Check
Professional hockey game live. Check
Time with my two grandkids. Double check
Date night with my wife. Triple check
Pitt football in it’s current state? The tickets & parking are already paid for, but the pain and suffering may be too costly.
My wife has already informed me that she wants to go to the Marshall game (us and 5,000 Marshall fans). “Got to support the team”. So I plan to attempt to “entertain” myself again with Pitt football next weekend at Heinz Field. Reed’s trap game now has become a possible underdog situation considering the Marshall passing attack.
I kept saying with under 10 minutes to go in the unc game – one more score and we win. A FG was all that was needed. But no, our new OC, Mr. O’Canada had a brain freeze on national TV and we could not move the ball on a very weak D. He underutilized TE Orndoff, ACC Rookie of the Year QO and the pre-season 4th ranked Oline. UNDERUTILIZED…!!! Forget the fact that Conner only had 16 carries…
My headache is getting worse, so I’ll sign off and try something else.
SOP, I mean HTP!
PS – if Barney stays (doesn’t take the Oregon State job), do you think he’ll raise the season ticket prices for next year?
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FWIW, twelve different Alabama receivers caught passes yesterday. Robert Foster was not one of them.
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I too will be at the Marshall game due to my wife wanting to attend, but my lord SOP reared its butt ugly head yesterday. I don’t understand how a division 1 football program can have ZERO players in the secondary for years at a time. I love the Nard Dog and was a huge fan of Wanny and see this team and coaching philosophy as Wanny 2.0, is there another Sunseri in high school anywhere???
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I assume most if the comments are very negative about the pass defense, the conservative offense in the 4th quarter, playing not to lose and SOP (all very true), and last night I indeed was angry about all 4 issues But it’s a new day, the sun arose (and is hiding behind the clouds at present) ….. and the following 4 items are also very true
1) I saw a team that included many soph and fresh .. and many of them played well
2) UNC had the better players and athletes yet they were outplayed for much of the game on their own field
3) the defense is missing Hendrix (DE) Damlin and Hill (CBs) who we thought were going to be difference makers this year … and are athlertic enough to compete
4) this remains a works-in-progress for both the players and te coaches
We are where we thought we would be – 2 and 2 – only possibly with closer losses than expected
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I woke up this morning and still had all my teeth, so at least I have that going for me.
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www – pretty level-headed view. I agree with all 4 of your points but here’s the distressing part for me. The coaches and most notably the head coach (the one we all love because he’s not Todd Graham and Paul Chryst) are solely responsible for losing these last two very winnable games. They know what they have and don’t have yet they insist on running the same defense and turtling with the play calling in the 4th quarter. People can say “fire Canada” ..I call BS on that. The head coach sets the tone and we are scoring plenty of points with a shitty qb. Canada’s not the problem. A stubborn Narduzzi is. Watch that press conference again. Pathetic lack of accountability. What he should have said very plainly, “the kids worked their asses off today and I cost them the win. Period.” That would be what every good coach would say – and it has the added benefit of being the truth.
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Ok, so now that I don’t see the coaching getting any better, our only hope is that recruiting makes up the difference. And how is that going so far? Not well enough.
My excitement for all things football at Pitt with HCPN has dropped precipitously. Anyone worried about anyone leaving? NOPE! At least not coaches, maybe a couple key players will bolt.
Just one quick question for HCPN, if he says his defense improved from last game and specifically referring to the last drive where they dinked and dunked down the field saying the kids did fine but there is just going to be someone open at times, why don’t WE take advantage of that?
Truth is, we have a talent deficiency on defense, but now I am seeing a HC former guru DC who will live and die by HIS SYSTEM. That may work given time and talent, but we sure don’t have talent now and I don’t have confidence that we will any time soon. Great coaches in college adapt to the talent they have and have systems they can implement to best put players where they can hide deficiencies and succeed.
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As much as I’d like to get the Sunday Podcast up by brunch-time it will be late today as I have to go to the hospital and will be there for awhile – my son’s surgery of two weeks ago went south and he has to have another procedure.
Hopefully we’ll see it up by 12:00 – 1:00 or so… by then we may have 1,000 comments.
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So, am I willing to throw PN and staff out with the trash, no, but I’ve got to see either coaching adjustments that reflect the reality of our talent or personnel changes that attempt to deal with it. That and as others point out, a coach who sees himself and his staff as at least half of the problem and therefore 100% of the answer.
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Sorry, I missed it, what is going on with your son Reed?
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Hope ur son is on the rebound
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Best wishes to your son Reed
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Don’t worry about us Reed take care of your son,hope things work out.
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And as for that game, welp, I had an engagement that forced me to leave the TV with 6 minutes left. I like Dan72 was totally convinced we would blow it…but of course very sorry we did…and super-grateful I did not watch the end.
A few thoughts:
1. So much for all the talk of the benefits of being in a second year of a system. Our first year offense is kicking, our 2nd year defense is missing assignments and playing more confused than any 1st year system I have ever seen.
2. Some one please tell me, is there hope? I mean, at this point, if you play Pitt, why not just throw deep every…single…play? Seriously.
3. Reed or someone skills at looking up statistics….I would love to know the following: a) average 20+ pass plays against Pitt this season b) FBS average for the same thing. Also number of pass interferences for 20+ years, Pitt vs. national average. I mean if we are not dead last I will be shocked.
I will end with one bit of perspective. Having missed the last 6 minutes, I was actually seriously impressed with Pitt’s play all around, secondary of course utterly excluded. We took it to UNC in Chapel Hill for the 54 minutes I saw. Too bad FB is 60 minutes..
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I actually think NP is being ” coached down” He looked much better at times last year and threw the ball several times 20 to 30 yards for completions. Phuck, Canada is not calling passages that are airborne further than 10 yards. Get our receivers 1-1 and give it a try Weah and Matthews are big fast guys. Tre Tipton has some hands … For crying out loud these Panthers have been playing ball since they were little kids.. They dream of making that play.. UPitt is right “open up the phucking play book” If Canada was a basketball coach he would eliminate the 3 point shot
2 years in a row I have been so disappointed in our offense..Chryst and Rudolph’s running game would have run wild in the 4th quarter against the heels… Carolina would have laid down …We have the line to do it but to much jumping around and shifting playing cute .. Need to play with an attitude..need some moxey
@Reed .. I had the same thought re: if CV were still on the team( I mentally emblazed his hi-lite from 2014) He wouldn’t see the field with this staff much like Ollie.. I watched Ollie pancake a couple of guys yesterday…by default he is a far better runner than Hall and he gets 1 carry yesterday , I think, for positive yardage..why ????
And please I don’t want to start a. CV controversy – he got benched at Arkansas State…
Time of Possession doesn’t mean jack$hit when you opponents rested offense controls the ball for 11 of the last 15 minutes of the game. because we can’t make 1 phucking 1st down which would have taken valuable time off the clock … Then we had a couple of ” injuries” .. really… on one of Carolinas drives… Oh let’s stop the clock… only helped Carolina…no injury and the clock keeps ticking… Tic.. Tic.. Pitt Wins
No need to bitch about the defense, namely, pass coverage.. I told my wife with the score 36-23 and unable to convert on 3 rd down 2 times in a row that we were going to lose 37.36… The SOP stars were lining up before my very eyes.. all the symptoms were there and the patient succumbed
I sat on the Carolina side.. They are a bit aloof, somewhat arrogant and don’t know shit about football.. They love powder blue.. These dummies collectly booed their coach on 2 occasions when they punted from within their own 40 with lots of time left … Then they all shook my hand and heard the great bullshit and how ” we don’t seem to get playing good til the 4th quarter” Give me a break… One of the years we are gonna beat those sons a bitches from Chapel Hill!!
Let’s Go Pitt
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Reed – don’t worry about us or starting another thread, Take care of your family, Heck – we may be up to 2,000 posts if you wait a day.
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I have more concerns re: offense at this point because I have given up on the pass coverage
Duzz used to want to hold the opponent to 13 @ YSU .. What’s wrong with mantra “If the don’t score.. They don’t win.”
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Peterman was 14 -18, and missed 4 consecutive short third down passes in the fourth qtr.
I get that the pass defense is porous and the run defense is stellar. But as bad as it is, the last two games would have been won if the offense wasn’t completely non’existent in the fourth qtr.
As much as this was on Peterman, it has been more on the conservative play calling.
Canada is totally creative for three qtrs then goes in to a shell for the fourth qtr.
116 points scored in the last three games and only 10 in the fourth qtr.
That is why we are 2-2 instead of 4-0
Defenses that we completely own for three qtrs own us in the fourth.
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Prayers for your sons complete healing..
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Lot’s of fair weather fans on here. I graduated in “74 so I’ve seen the full spectrum of Pitt football. I will continue to make the drive from Virginia Beach to the remaining home games to support the players and to meet up with friends. To quit on the team is to quit on recruiting and the future.
Do you think South Bend will be half full the next home game? Or the dairy college? We will get the team we deserve if we continue to whine but not support. How many times have we heard a lost recruit say the game atmosphere was amazing at other schools. That is directly on us, we will continue to wallow in mediocrity if the fans base quits at the first sign of adversity.
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Agree gc, but here’s the question….are the 4th qtr. failings on Canada or Narduzzi? Who is responsible for the atrocious play calling in the last 3 games in the 4th qtr. I honestly don’t know but can’t believe Duzz looks at Canada and says – “hey do whatever you want and look me up when the game’s over”
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I have to say, losing to UNC is killing me. 4 in a row I believe? My boss is a UNC fan. My son’s best friends family all live powder blue.
I hate Penn State but UNC is getting up there…sure NCAA, just let them cheat in the worst kind of way but who cares? They are UNC! They can do no wrong. Makes me sick to see people turn a blind eye while Pitt apparently plays clean…and loses. Just sickening.
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Larry – you’re right. But the problem is we don’t have a “fan base” and aren’t doing much on the field to develop one. The 25,000 of us that show up for this shit, pay our money, make donations, etc. for the past 20 or 30 years aren’t enough. We’ve lost a generation of graduates who did not have any “football experience” in college and won’t be back when they are making money to buy tickets.
We have also lost the “casual” fan who didn’t go to Pitt but lives here and likes college football. Those two fan bases are how you go from 25,000 to 60,000. And, so far, we aren’t giving the other 35,000 any reason to give up their time or money. That’s the problem Larry, not the folks complaining on this board who actually show up and suffer.
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What do you do? The chancellor extended this guy’s contract last year.
I see poor tackling technique from #2 and #23. I see DB’s playing the man instead of the ball – and seemingly content w/ tackling the receiver after the catch. These are all serious flaws on a defense coached by a self-proclaimed defensive guru.
Like Chryst… the team and style are perfect for the B10. NOT the ACC.
And like Chyrst this guy will trudge through 6-6/7-5 for 2-3 years before Dantonio retires and will find success at MSU due to the makeup of the league. Our only hope is someone at Pitt is smart enough to realize you hire a coach to compete in the ACC – not the B10.
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gc.. In total agreement with you.. NP missed a couple of 3rd down passes and threw one poorly behind JC which he caught but far short of the sticks.
NP and aircorps get few oppurtunites and nearly the whole passing game is west coast possession type passes.. Defenses adjust because we have no history of torching an opponent with even an intermediate pass and the deep ball is non existent.. Some of our opponents have to have a weak DD… WE DO… Find him and exploit … This OL is good and will NP time… Time to GROW the OFFENSE
DBs need lots of hugs / TLC … Get those help wanted ADs out tomorrow…
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First, while the offensive play calling deserves some criticism, the defense is the bigger problem in my eyes. I know people hear want to blame the defensive “system,” but I don’t really see it. The players just haven’t been able to get it done, no matter what the coaches do. Someone commented about how they never see the safeties near the ball on a pass play — I remember one long TD throw to #7 on a corner route where we must have been in either cover 2 or a man-free type coverage, and our safety was two steps too slow to get there.
So I can’t blame the coaches there, they were trying something to help the corner and the safety just wasn’t good enough. On that final TD, you can’t call any defense other than leaving your corner on an island. If you double team a split end, then they run (actually walk) up the middle for a score. The secondary has gotten beat too many times during the past two weeks, but there isn’t a magical solution like everyone on here assumes that there is.
My suggestion would be to play more cover 2 with two high safeties but, like I said, I saw our safeties fail to effectively execute a cover 2 type look and it resulted in 6 points. Also, your LBs have to play a role in pass coverage, especially on those intermediate level passes over the middle, but they completed a number of those kinds of passes.
I will say this — we played against two outstanding looking QBs the past two weeks. OSU and UNC had QBs far superior to ours, and the clearly better QB has won both times. Now, I don’t know yet if it’s because our defense is really that bad, or if it’s because those QBs are all-conference/all-America/all-everything players.
I saw Ollison play a number of snaps, but they were almost all at H-back type positions. I’m sorry, but I would much rather have him at tailback for a few plays instead of Hall or Moss. A number of people said Moss looked good, but I didn’t see it, at least not when he lined up at tailback.
No disrespect to Connor (who is playing great), but from what I see, Ollison is the most explosive back we have, at least for purposes of this 3 yards and a cloud of dust offense that Canada wants to run, so he needs a few more snaps at TB.
Finally, we are bad fourth quarter team. There’s no question about that. Do we still do that mosh pit thing? If they do, Narduzzi should think hard of quitting it, because it’s not working for this particular squad.
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LarryV… Great post!!! I free 100% … The vast majority are diehard PITT people who attend and give.. And care… I have had the oppurtunity because of this Madis to personally meet some of these Pitt patriots..We were at Pitt the same time so I can relate…keep posting.. That sounded like a good locker room Knute lecture.. Need you to lecture the boys going into the 4th quarter
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IAgree
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I can hear the excuses for next season’s mediocre record already – we have a young, first year QB running our O.
Burn the redshirt now and get him some playing time in the Marshall game. If NP strings together 3 drives in a tow without a TD, yank him for the true FR. Stocker playing does us no good for next year because he is a SR.
NP had the ball in his hands for 4 series in the 4th qtr to close out a BIG win and delivered 3 points.
Time for a change.
What are we PURSUING today?
How about BEAT marshall!
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Hate to bring this up but Narduzzi brought in Peterman and ran Voytik out of town because he was a better passer.
James Conner is now our leading receiver at 13-169, Henderson second with 12-126.
I know we miss Boyd but this is ridiculous. The rest are not bad with Orndoff, Weah and Tipton.
This is on the coaching and game plan that only works for three quarters.
The jet sweep is our signature play, but it isn’t used or doesn’t work in the fourth qtr.
You won’t win many football games if you can’t or won’t throw downfield.
We now have no power running game, or downfield passing game.
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What I find MOST amazing about this team is that our running game can be as successful as it has been with absolutely no passing threat. This is a team game where each part depends on direct or indirect help from the other part/s. We have ONE functional piece, the running game, and nothing to complement it. How we can still run at all is actually miraculous…even if just for 3 quarters of a game.
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Ollison is definitely the odd man out. Big backs need a lot of carries to be effective Ollison with 0 last week and 2 this week. I though Moss played well and had a burst and was close to breaking a big run.
At least they seemed to lower Conner’s carries to keep him fresh for the fourth qtr. Didn’t make any difference in results though.
Our fourth qtr mantra should be No Guts No Glory, emphasis on the No Guts.
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The running game is interesting, in four games we have 625 yds in power running, 355 in Jet sweeps, and 128 in QB scrambles. I don’t think that is all that good considering we don’t have a passing game, and we shut down in the fourth qtr.
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Just a thought that I had … If we don’t throw the intermediate or deep ball on offense how do our DBs get better during practice through the week….. Daaaaaa… Send the over to the Steelers practice field to get some real experience
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More interesting Stats;
We have run for 1108 yds vs our opponents 435 really good.
We have passed for 643 yds vs our opponents 1444, really bad
Our total yardage 1751 vs our opponents 1879.
Considering that we only play offense for three qtrs.
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Good though Big B.
Hard to get better without any meaningful practice.
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Agree with many of you. The real head scratcher is with our killer running game, how could be NOT be successful with the deep ball? Play action should work better for Pitt than anyone else. I honestly thought our first play for scrimmage was going to be play action and then a 40 yard pass attempt. Oh well I can keep dreaming!
As for how the running game can work when everyone knows we will run, look we have a running game that can make the point of attack anywhere from right sideline to left. That is Pitt’s definition of “spreading the field” and frankly I see no reason it can’t continue to work all season long. What a 1 -2 punch in Connor and Henderson. Beauty and the Beast!
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Perhaps instead of the “jumping dog pile” at the end of quarter 3, we should stand quietly and pray … Thus saving our energy for our Achilles heel .. The 4th quarter.
In addition it makes us look like a high school team, which is the level we play at in the 4th quarter and matches our hideous uniforms!
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Not much to add here as it seems we all get it. If for no other reason PITT needs to chuck the ball downfield early in the game to get the linebackers off the line of scrimmage. If they can do that they may not to run the gimmicky offense as much. It doesn’t look to me as a NP problem as it is a game plan problem. You have A Matthews in the game clear it out for him and throw it as far you can on third and long. Winslow did a good job yesterday as did Blewit.
The problem is with the offense 3 yards and a cloud of dust mentality. You just don’t have downs to waste. but they have to throw vertically.
How about the two kicker’s names yesterday? I thought PITT may have had the all time worst in Blewit but Weiner is very close.
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A huge part of winning football is learning how to finish games. Obviously this staff has a lot to learn.
Hey Blewitt had a great game yesterday. Give the kid some credit when he plays well.
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gc if you are referring to me I did. (look above) My last comment was about his and his counter kicker’s names.
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gc … Right on .. Blewitt is sighted in.. We focus too much on the negative aspects of Pitt football
Back to my earlier comment… If the Dbs don’t see much deep passing in practice cause it’s not part of our offense then ” we play like we practice.”
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Didn’t read any comments about the game as I could predict who said what! So sorry if this was pointed out, but those two passes Peterman threw on third down out in the right flat are probably the toughest to complete for any QB. No room for error and if completed will barely move the sticks.
I had no problem with play calls until last drive. Eerily similar to last week. Wonder if those where Canada’s or suggested by HCPN? Ya, lots of jet sweeps but no one has really stopped it this year..
Not blaming it all on coaches or players,both at fault, but how can a safety constantly leave man and blow coverage?? Shakeup is needed.
Don’t sleep on Marshall , scores lately not indicative of team. Will be a very,very hard game.
I am numb and extremely disappointed, not by record because it’s what
I thought before the season. It’s because we actually could be 4-0! Despite it all,who would have thunk it? Guess that’s what makes it harder to take!
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No worries Ike.
Just listened to Narduzzi’s post game.
Really like to hear him take some responsibility for the result and say what they need to do
rather than just improve execution.
The lack of fourth quarter offense is on the play calling.
The defense should never have been put in the position to “save” the game.
While he is right in saying they made the plays and we didn’t fourth quarter collapses are on the
coaches probably more than the players.
What are the coaches going to do to solve the problem?
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Six months ago everyone felt we would be lucky to be 2-2 at this stage of the season. We could be 4-0 if not for a few plays As an old coach it takes a few years to change kids play in systems. Who do you think is a better coach we’ve had in last twenty years who has energy knowledge and experience.to lead Pitt. The money we pay Narduzzi and his staff is minimal by standards paid to other coaches. Give him time. We have some good young players that can play. His system who are hurt. I am being positive on this game and last. We will win and I and my family will be at the games rooting Pitt to victory. Many of you negative responders who graduated from Pitt with great degrees probably dot attend the games anyhow. We could have a football factory like Oklahoma state and other teams but we don’t we chose to give you a fine education If you want to critisize every game and play do so but understand we all want Pitt to win and they will in time. Be positive. Be patient. How did Sabin do his first two seasons as head coach. Hail to Pitt Go to the games enjoy the game as a sport for all
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Let me say something sacrilegious. JC is not the player he was in 2014. Yes, he has been outstanding as a receiver (better than I thought he would be – he really has nice hands) but he is slower, not as strong, more tentative. This has not affected us for the first three quarters because the other running plays have been so creative and successful that the defense didn’t focus on him. This is s bigger problem than people may think because when the chips are down in the 4th quarter JC has and will have a tougher time getting the job done. The jet sweeps are necessary because JC is not yet himself. No jet sweeps, no 2014 JC and we have a problem.
As for the rest of it, as of the moment I’m going with those who think the glass is half full simply because I want to believe. Then again, that 3rd down pass to JC was so poorly conceived and executed and such a statement about Canada’s lack of faith in NP that I just don’t know what to say.
As for the defense, hey they had a lot of 3rd down stops. And If you didn’t notice Brightwell is fast and has a motor.
Question for you guys who know football better than me: How come we rarely see JW helping out on long passes but we see the other safety failing to effectively help out all the time? Is it just because the strong safety seldom finds himself in deep coverage? If so maybe JW shouldn’t be playing strong safety.
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Hope family is ok Reed.
I never am critical of players even though they get scholarships but coaches get paid. We get outcoached in the 4th quarter especially on offense. We cannot finish games when the opposing team puts on the heat. All 4 games show this. We miss every key play and several close plays to put the game away. How do we correct this error when the game is on the line? Only Lewis did it in the PSU game and he saved our butt or PSU would probably have won.
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Prayers for your son Reed…
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I have been a Pitt fan since 5, 56 years ago. I will be there next week with She who Must Be Obeyed(wife) wants to see Marshall which seems to be in common with other fans. Criticizing is not lack of support so here are some things I think I think 1) James Connor is not yet recovered from the grueling ordeal he went through and I dont expect he willl until next year – where is QO? Why isnt he playing – be honest Nard 2) Jordan Whitehead who has out of this world talent has all but disappeared, Last year teams did not pass at will against us and he was noticeable in run support. The question is he not reading correct or has our DC not put him in position to succeed 3) our secondary sucks and this is PN and JC supposed expertise, I a sick of excuses of not executing. While it hurt to lose Hamlin and Hall where are Thieren and the DB from FLA – they cannnot be worse 4) While NP was not great they have rarely thrown the 20 pass to attempt to get a first down or open up the defense 5) Somewhat related is shown in the post game presser posted by Reed where Nard says they practice a “4 minute” set, If the head coach tells OhCanada to keep it on the ground as defense coaches are prone to – dont risk a turnover, Thsi is why those short swing passes are thrown on third down – they are low risk but low return. The opposing defense doesnt have to worry about us beating them with the 15 yard pass like UNC did. This rests on the Head Coach.
FINALLY, MY PRAYERS FOR YOUR SON REED AND YOUR FAMILY
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