It’s that time of year again – a couple of days before the season opener and our favorite team has broken camp and are in game week preparation.  That means it’s time for The Pitt POV , its readers and its commenters to put their thoughts about the 2018 version of the team, players and coaching staff out in public for all to read.  First off here is the “Predictions Card” I passed out at the 2nd Annual POV Gold Tournament.

As you can see it hits a lot of issues and I put it in this format so you can copy and past into your comment if you wish.

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☻What will be Pitt’s season record?

☻ What will be Pitt’s ACC record?

☻Will Pitt win a Bowl Game?

☻Will Pitt’s QB2 throw a TD pass?

☻Pitt’s Leading Rusher, Yards Made and How Many TDs?

☻Pitt’s Leading Receive, # of Catches, Yards & How Many TDs?

☻Pitt’s Leading Tackler? How Many?

☻ Pitt’s Sacks Leader?  How Many?

☻Pitt’s Interceptions Leader? How Many?

☻Pitt’s Offensive Points Per Game Average?

☻Pitt’s Defensive Points Per Game Average?

☻Opponent’s Rushing Yards Per Game?

☻Opponent’s Passing Yards Per Game?

☻Who Will Be Pitt’s Offensive MVP?

☻Who Will Be Pitt’s Defensive MVP?

☻Will Pat Narduzzi Scream at a Coach on the sideline?

☻How Many times Will He Do It?

☻What will be the score of the Pitt Panthers vs Albany Great Danes game?

So with that here are some of the tallied results of the prediction cards I got back from the golfers – pretty interest stuff actually and you will be able to see the difference between how our fans felt in April as opposed to now after fall camp is over – they will be much more optimistic in their comments on this thread then earlier I think.

I filled the table out not with every actual answer but to give readers a flavor of what the combined answers were (the “Semi-Totals” on last row of each table). For instance under “Season Record” 9-4 got 1 vote and 6-6 got 7 votes as the votes are in parentheses.

The answers in red are what Reed thinks will happen.

Hope you all can read that.  Let us all know what you think about the upcoming season and we’ll look back at this in January to see how well we knew, or thought we knew, the 2018 version of the Panthers.

So for my season W/L total I feel we will win five games and possible six.  I don’t see us winning more than that or less than that.  I base that on the Offensive Line being poor (maybe terrible) and the defensive front seven getting the same or less pressure on the QB which will keep our opponent’s passing yardage high like it was last season.

Two things of note happened since spring ball that I think helps the team.  WR Taysir Mack being eligible and us getting QB Jeff George, JR on roster.  I am firmly convinced George will be pushed up to the QB2 spot as soon as possible and that makes me feel a whole lot better than Town going in if Pickett gets injured.

So 5-7 on the season feels right to me – 6-6 at the best.  Let’s hope I’m off base with this but I called for five wins last year at this time and that came true.

As far as the opening match against Albany I’m calling it: Pitt 28 – Albany 21.  I am absolutely not overlooking this game.  I stated last season that YSU was going to give us problems and I won’t be surprised if we have score points late in the game to win this Albany match also.

HTP!!

Reed’s Picks

☻What will be Pitt’s season record? 

5-7

☻ What will be Pitt’s ACC record?

4-4

☻Will Pitt win a Bowl Game? 

No

☻Will Pitt’s QB2 throw a TD pass? 

Yes

☻Pitt’s Leading Rusher, Yards Made and How Many TDs?

Ollison, 900, 10 TDs

☻Pitt’s Leading Receive, # of Catches, Yards & How Many TDs?

Araujo-Lopes, 55, 550 yds

☻Pitt’s Leading Tackler? How Many? 

Idowu, 93

☻ Pitt’s Sacks Leader?  How Many? 

Idowu, 6

☻Pitt’s Interceptions Leader? How Many?

Ford 3

☻Pitt’s Offensive Points Per Game Average?

26.5

☻Pitt’s Defensive Points Per Game Average?

28.6

☻Opponent’s Rushing Yards Per Game?

135

☻Opponent’s Passing Yards Per Game?

245

☻Who Will Be Pitt’s Offensive MVP?

Pickett

☻Who Will Be Pitt’s Defensive MVP?

Idowu

☻Will Pat Narduzzi Scream at a Coach on the sideline?

Yes

☻How Many times Will He Do It?

Lots