The irony upitt is that it was our 4 star guy that got the penalty that set up that scoring jet sweep. Although they should have never given up that kind of play anyway.
My comment was related more to the verdict that PITT is not ready. Also, at the time the INT was thrown, even though I agree PITT should keep running, the playcall was 16 rushes and 4 passes.
Apparently there was a change in holders. Was Dick Scarton last week. Bostick thinks Scarton got hurt. “I don’t know how a backup kicker gets hurt?” he quips…
Scholarship needs revoked at the half. Totally inexcusable for a punter to not be able to hold a ball. Other than kicking it’s all you have to do. Fire him now.
If Penn State scores first in the second half this game is OVER. Someone needs to open up the playbook on O and for the love of all things holy play a different fing D just one time.
Scarton was the holder. He was shown on the sidelines in a sling arm brace type of thing giving a talk to the punter after he dropped the punt. I don’t get why we are afraid to pass.
If you can’t get a punt off, a FG off or an extra point off, you can’t beat a good HS team. I thought Narduzzi had finally learned to be a good head coach in his 4th year. I guess not. I don’t mind getting beat by a better team but just giving this game away…..ugh.
At home in a driving rainstorm with an inexperienced QB, AND you elect to take the ball instead of defer???? What kind of neanderthal makes that decision? Nice 3 and out statement Narduzzi. I will take brains over brawn any day when it comes to decision making…looks like Watson pulled out his goal line playbook from VaTech game. 4th and 4 and he goes with an off tackle right??? Wasted opportunities…. Hopefully the trainers can get the Crisco off of Christodolu’s gloves at halftime. They were so impressed with his quick release, nobody evaluated his hands. Disaster.
In an alternate universe where our backup kicker does not get hurt (i.e we have a competent holder) and our punter can make a routine play, this score is 13-7 in our favor.
Another utter breakdown in Pitts D.
God awful coaching. Penn State has run that play since Paternos days on3rd and three. Folks this ones over and not only have we lost but we are barely above a D3 team in coaching
I was planning to point out that if PITT does eke out a win we may be able to look back to the 3rd down defense as a reason that is the case. Then the roughing the passer penalty occurred.
We (Derry Area) are doing just fine without him, thank you. By the way, why are we always the butt of everyone’s joke? Don’t get me wrong, we are the Trojans so we can take a good ribbing.
I guess the recruiting debate has been answered. We have how many 5th year seniors playing? Doesn’t make them any better players. PSU players are obviously more talented.
I think that is a good possibility Reed. This is one of the reasons for me not posting a season record or game day scores. This game was basically horrendous. I am a rabid Pitt fan but you have to accept reality because it shows truth.
That’s what two stars get you. But the optimists believe they can be coached up don’t they. Talent always wins in the end unless your coach has meatballs for brains.
Haven’t commented forever, but need to vent…Narduzzi could send his resume to Barnum & Bailey. This is an f’in circus. 4 years of him & this is where we are. Pathetic!
isn’t that basic coaching? I see how we got busted on that block in the back. You see, our coaches teach the blockers that if they see the name of the player on the uniform, do not make the block. Dairy College has no names on the backs of their jerseys, so it must be okay to block there…
Good grief! Sorry guys, just frustrated. Still only 3 possessions away from a comeback. Our OC will probably try to run out the clock now and we won’t be in hurry up mode.
Actually I thought the cleats worked out pretty good tonight. See QO.
But you had to be in Pittsburgh today to appreciate the field conditions – not an excuse – the field will need re-sodded between the hash marks – it is all chopped up.
Max Browne, Max Browne…..he was really ok. It was a line and OC that got him killed. Kind of like Pickett tonight. How much yards per attempt? my guess is worse than browne.
I say that half way in jest. KP is much better, but the result is the same. No OL. No WR’s that can stretch a field. If you can’t stretch a field you lose in the college game.
The real test of coaching is how a team does when they are getting their asses kicked. Pitt has totally given up and surrendered. That’s on the coaching staff!
N- Not smart
A- Akron is better
R- Really bad
R- Really crap
D- Defensive Coordinator Nope
U- Unhited
Z- Zebra is a better coach
I- I have no faith in this team
Total and complete blame is on Narduzzi… his awful coaching and leadership, his secrecy, his lack of recruiting and his massive ego. Have you ever seen a Fuentes team play like this. Never.
It will be interesting… Duzzi asked the team how they wanted to go home after the game, walking down the street holding their heads high or slipping down the alleys …. wonder how he goes home.
Have to admit Narduzzi had no idea how to win this game. He has such a undisciplined team and this offense is a complete failure. PSU is embarrassing Pitt and how can any coach play Briggs game after game or Stocker.
ACC can still be something to shoot for but I never imagined Narduzzi would be this bad. He is here no matter what this year and next and if there is not a significant improvement, he has to go. Shame his coaching and preparation are so poor. He really let me and his supporters down tonight. He no longer gets the benefit of any doubt. Not over reacting, I saw a bad coach tonight.
Now it is purely economic for Pitt. The AD will keep him as Pitt can win some games this year. But he was exposed tonight even to supporters. He is not good enough. I really hoped he was the coach that would break through to elevate the program. This game was a sea change for any thoughts he will be that guy.
I’m glad Narduzzi wants to be Pitt’s coach. For a while, that alone impressed me. Here’s the thing though. I no longer want Narduzzi to be our coach. He has shown his mediocrity in many ways. Tonight was the final (plastic for you libs)
Straw.
Last week some Pitt fans were beating their chest on how PItt won big last week. Last week some Pitt fans were mocking PSU for going to OT with App state.
Every week is a different week in college football.
Defensive guru gives up 50 to the in-state rival. Now I see why he doesn’t let anybody into the practices.
Does he talk about how well they stopped the run in the presser? Keystone Cops on the sideline. Shawn Watson is at Pitt because he had no other opportunities… Mark, looks like that dinner at Hibachi will be on me in December.
This has been a comically nightmarish performance tonight. Year four and getting your brains beat in like this at home is as bad as it comes. I never would have thought last year’s game would be more competitive than this year’s.
Pitt has a Pitt problem. It doesn’t matter who the coach is. The football program is just atrocious.
The excuse of the weather will be used as why the game plan was so poor. This is not how a coach in his fourth year coaches. This is demoralizing as a Pitt loss has been in years. I said GT games was more important due to ACC. It doesn’t matter. Narduzzi is not good enough and he will lose the team. .
You could possibly allow yourself to watch the first half. The issues of concern highlighted in upgrade/downgrade articles show up, but there is a strong run game established.
However, I presume it may be better to listen to the wisdom disseminated from family rather than someone posting online.
I believe Akron keeps it closer than 45 points. That used car salesman Franklin has executed what he said he would do. Utter domination. If Pitt loses to Georgia Tech, that seat better get pretty damn hot for the defensive guru. Foge Fazio II?
Howdy Pitt haters! I guess you’ll be firing another coach and hiring another assistant from the B10 to do more losing. Just watch it… ACC is watching that empty stadium and a Pitt admin that hates football. Your next coach could be coaching in the MAC!!
Heather should be fired for extending this coach. Gallagher needs to be fired for extending Heather. Only Pitt could waste millions and get nothing in return. Worse than government.
I try not to overreact, but. . . a good case can be made that our football program is in worse shape now than at any time since Walt Harris began rebuilding it:
Wannstedt took over a team that had gone to the Fiesta Bowl, and eventually had some success.
Haywood was an embarrassment, but wasn’t part of the program long enough to do lasting damage.
Graham was another embarrassment, but also didn’t really do any long-term damage here.
Chryst was average.
It’s clear that we lack talent. Narduzzi’s recruiting has been subpar for a P-5 school for years, and it will take years for the program to recover. It sounds like he alienates local HS coaches and potential recruits, and has burned a lot of bridges in Western PA. Meanwhile, I don’t see any signs that he is above average at developing talent, and he sure isn’t above average as a gameday coach. I don’t see any reason to expect that the same coach who is digging us into a hole can be the coach we need to dig us out of it.
It appears the High Water Mark of this coach’s tenure was the loss to 6-6 Northwestern in the Bowel Movement, when we could have been 9-4. Progress after a 8-5 season.
We got literally ‘jobbed’ in that game by the refs. Again the Football gods have forsaken us.
The Pedo’s only out-gained us 382 to 291. How do lose a game by 45 points by only being outgained by 91 yards ?
But don’t feel too bad. You’re far from alone. Plenty of others here and elsewhere were SUCKERED too. One name that comes to mind is the infamous Dokish.
Narduzzi is not getting fired this year. He will be back next year unless things go really south and can’t see that happening. But then again, I never ever thought he would be this bad in year 4. I think the wagons are beginning to circle in the AD’s eyes.
Uh, not much to add. I thought we’d be bad, but never this poor. They quit like dogs after the Duzz went for it on 4th down. Sad day for the program. Brother in law said they were running High School plays. And Upitt, he was all city at Carrick! Well, I’m too wound up to,sleep, and too scared to,start drinking. I am interested in anyone with a positive spin, oh, wait, at least it wasn’t a double header! Sad.
Pitt hasn’t been good in football for 39 years or so. Pitt hasn’t committed to sports like other schools. Everyone on this site knows this truth.
Nobody is forcing any of us to be Pitt fans. We are Pitt fans of our own free will.
The sun will come up tomorrow. And Pitt football will either improve or it won’t
You and I have minimal say as to Pitts commitment to sports.
Guys like Upitt, Jay, Huff, Tex and others on this site have listed ways that PITT can commit to, and improve sports. IMO, their ideas are correct, but I don’t see any of them being implemented.
It is what it is, so don’t put too much of your happiness into the outcome of Pitt football.
Franklin did a decent job of trying to end Pitt football tonight. Many fringe fans will walk away.
I really hate penn state – several fights in my area (none that I participated in) – Franklinstein is really a jerk – nothing to Lyke about him at all.
Agree EE….can’t believe Nardo…..shook hands with him and tapped him on the shoulder. I would have punched him out. Up 51-6 and challenging a call on the field with a minute left in the game.
So would have Woody Hayes. clocked him. Wanny would have too !
There is GOOD news. Heather Lyke is the AD. And based upon her totally CLANDESTINE move to hire Jeff Capel (“JCIII”), I do believe she can hire a HEAD Football Coach.
After all Capel wasn’t the first choice. Glad he got it, as I don’t think much of Dan Hurley as others do. And if they couldn’t read his was a Eastern boy, and everything over the Appalachians is the hinterland, doesn’t say much.
Pitt doesn’t know how to win.
That’s on Heather.
The culture ain’t right.
She can fix it by firing narduzzi.
She can fix it by making football a priority and a money maker.
Pitt loses money playing at Heinz.
SOP. The cycle will never be broken given Pitt’s leadership has and will always be utterly clueless.
Continue being a second class program by playing at a rental stadium, by going cheap on assistant coaches, by believing that mediocrity is ok.
Pitt will be lucky if 20k show up next week.
Heather you should be ashamed.
I had a corporate managers career of 48 years. I’ve seen em come and go and at times I’ve been a prick and a tough guy to get along with…..but to act like that…you better win! Hear me Mr. Narduzzi ! You embarrassed us tonight the likes of Dave Hart and you are a prick and very hard to get along with. You should be made by Heather to read out loud every comment on this post and beg for atonement and forgiveness. When I had a loss like tonight and I wAs in charge, I fired someone.
Otherwise people would assume I was the incompetent one. In your case you have proven over and over, you are incompetent as a head coach. If I was Heather your ass would be gone tomorrow. You are a disgrace to the University of Pittsburgh and the City of Youngstown, where I was born. Please offer your resignation and do the right thing. You are not qualified to be the Head Coach at a major university let alone my beloved Alma Mater, Pitt.
Oh, I almost forgot. Took the T back downtown. It made the traffic in Oakland look good. Also, has anyone ever walked past the line of Pitt students waiting for busses after the game? I can honestly say, for the first time I would not do that to go to,a game. While Heinz is convenient for me, it must really, really suck if your a student. Experience it for yourself one time. OCS looks better. Seriously, it was a real eye opener! Then again, a few more games like this and you could hold the crowd at the Riverhounds stadium!
Just got into bed after attending the most dreadful day of Pitt Football ever.
I feel like I could write for hours about all of the different ways that today was awful. But at 12:45 a.m., nobody will be reading this. So I feel like I’m just writing just to make myself feel better about what happened out there today.
Inept does not even begin to cover it. Sad. Pathetic. Embarrassing.
So I’ll just go to sleep, and hopefully wake up in the morning with l
LET’S GO PITT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s do this!!!
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OK, fixed. Here we go…!!!
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May the Panthers triumph over the arrogant Nitters. Joe knew but looked the other way.
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Still hate Penn State 40 years later.
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It’s you and me Jim!
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Sounds good to me!
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Hopefully Blackledge can attempt to stay neutral in his comments but I highly doubt it.
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The Cubes!! Should be owner of the Pirates
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Crappy as it looks weather wise?
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Win toss and take the ball in this crap weather….ugggh!
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C’mon OL!
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Worse Duzz told em to kick and defer
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Bad call taking ball first in this weather.
Really dumb
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One or all of the captains made the choice to take the ball.
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What? Is Berry punting for Pitt?
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This is what I worried about…the OL is outmatched (so far)
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Jeez McSorely had enough time to eat a sandwich back there.
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Sounds good to be Reed!!!!!
:>)
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well reed you are spot on so far. our Oline can’t block and our d-backs can’t cover. granted it’s early
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Hopefully the safeties are not a big issue tonight.
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I see the refs got their checks from Jimmy!
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That looked too f’ing easy.
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4-5 star talent vs. bums
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What an awful start!!!! Duzz tells em to kickoff and we f that up and give up an easy 7. Ugh!
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Yes, Dan he should have kicked. Whole house here said that here.
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Duzz told em to kick and defer. The captains screwed it up royally!! Duzz was curious w them.
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Narduzzi is outclassed and outcoached already and making 3.5M
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3 play drive for 63 yards. I am laughing to keep from crying…
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YIKES!!!! Down 0-7 already!
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Wirginis was lost on that TD.
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Ollison did well this drive, but the wildcat play concerned me as it was unfolding. It was executed well, of course, however.
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Not the start we were hoping for
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Maybe in his 7th year Narduzzi will have a clue about his defense.
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UGH!
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The irony upitt is that it was our 4 star guy that got the penalty that set up that scoring jet sweep. Although they should have never given up that kind of play anyway.
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Duzzi told them to defer. The Pitt captains selected to receive.
Secondly, that was Booster getting pushed down and he looked lost on that 3rd down blitz. He had an easy pick up and stood there.
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Duzz signalled to decline/defer choice to 2nd half…..bookser blew it and Narduzzi f bombed him pretty clearly. It’s bad when you get that call wrong…
It’s too late for my prediction as I just got in from another game…
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Details. Details. Details. It matters.
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Hamlin is a liability I think.
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I haven’t noticed yet, who is the other starting safety beside Hamlin? Hopefully its not Briggs.
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He sure seems to be.
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Yeah Us!!!
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Our O line getting shredded
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Kenny’s running for his life…
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Galls me that they swiped Kevin Givens from us at the last minute and now he is terrorizing us
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Him and Bowers.
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Our OL collapses every play it seems.
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We better get this one yard…
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Pickett leaves pocket WAY to early
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Yup.
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Pickett has good self preservation instincts
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Need 7 here.
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I’m listening to Hillgrove and Pat B is saying continually that their D line is destroying our O line (as we feared).
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Ollie!
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TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!
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Nice. That was easy. Both D’s giving up easy scores.
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Y E S!!!
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If you had asked me 5 minutes ago if we’d be position to tie it up 5 minutes from now, i’d have said no
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Gross……
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not strong in the kicking game… smh
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If we lose by 1….
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Ollison looking good, good play calling
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All right!!!!!! TD
Crap bad snap 7-6
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Using a kid who never played American football as the holder might not be the smartest move.
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The other place kicker is the holder – Jake Scarton
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Special teams=BARF
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Details. Details. Details. It matters.
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How bad is our special teams? What The Facemask…
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Year 4 and Briggs is a starter……..OUCH!
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Our D looks like soft butter
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Has Campbell seen any action?
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He’s hurt
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We are badly losing on both lines of scrimmage
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Are you surprised? This was expected.
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Roy…his one good play per game. 🙂
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That was his second one today🤣
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Dodged a bullet
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Got lucky there. Good.
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No Good! Two of the most beautiful words in the english language. D line stepped up when it counted on those last two plays
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Somehow we got a stop!
…..don’t ask me how ( actually they missed the FG).
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Yoi special teams for both are going to struggle.
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Thank God Jimmy is a bad coach. In the rain the go for it when you get 5 yards a run.
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Totally agree. Can’t believe he kicked. Make him pay
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go deep
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Correction to your post frank. Roll Pickett out and go deep. Apparently we can’t block
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Pitt sure seems to have a pretty diverse play book this year. Lots of different looks and formations so far.
Just need to give Pickett some time and hopefully block better on runs.
Let’s go Pitt!
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Anno was me..
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Delay of Game and you don’t call a timeout Narduzzi?????
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Just cannot make stupid mistakes
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Pitt made a lot of them in the 1st half
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Yea that was bad all around
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Pickett = stupid mistake eraser. Hope he can stay in one piece
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Kenny has no fear.
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Quit Dancing Pickett.
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Our OL can’t pass block at all. Got a gift on that play.
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YeaYeaYeaYeaYea! Keep making mistakes Penn Stat
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Big ten refs giving us a call
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Blackledge crying was was waa
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Will take the 15 but that was a garbage call.
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Damn it Kenny
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Pickett’s long ball is his weakness.
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Can anyone explain why Pitt can’t seem to tackle Sanders?
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WHY. U r running and winning. Why throw that ball into the wind!!! Why why why
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Bad throw great run by Sanders
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I swear this is true. My wife just walked in, looked at the tv and says “who is penn state playing”…
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Reed u were right We’re losing line battles badly.
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Narduzzi’s Defense has zero discipline.
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And not much talent either.
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I disagree
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I hate blackledge, Wirginis was tackled, no call
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tackling continues to be a painful weakness.
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Again, details matter…….
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Damn sounds like the keystone cops out there…
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Idiot
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WTF Here (MT) Montana St vs S Dakota St is on ABC instead of the national broadcast. Any suggestions other than the radio stream?
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Narduzzi is a moron. Heather get us a real coach.
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Narduzzi looks lost.
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And if i recall correctly, Narduzzi was shooting his mouth off about lobbying referees not too long ago. People read Pat.
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Fire narduzzi Heather.
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Stick a meatball in his mouth.
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Considering how badly we’ve played and how much were dominated on the lines I’ll take 7-6…
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Big game and his team is not ready. Bush league.
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Pickett: 1 of 5, 0 yards , 1 INT and running for his life on every pass play.
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I agree Dan. I have a feeling it’s not sustainable
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Use the DVR, clear hold on Wirginis on the big run
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Reed, is there is “dislike” button… those numbers are brutal
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I am afraid you are all overreacting. However, PITT’s play is not that pretty.
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How do you ‘overreact’ to 0 yards passing?
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My comment was related more to the verdict that PITT is not ready. Also, at the time the INT was thrown, even though I agree PITT should keep running, the playcall was 16 rushes and 4 passes.
But, your point is well taken.
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just got into the TV feed, wow our d-tackles just go backwards..
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On the Int, it looked like the ball slipped coming off Pickett’s hand.
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I was at the last 7-6 game in 75. I stopped crying about 5 years ago.
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Pitt is pitting
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So far our lines are both outclassed
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So just for kicks, how bad do you think the Nit fan base is complaining right now. They should be up by two touchdowns
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In their minds
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PSUs punter is Gilligan?
Where’s Ginger?
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Ollison again.
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Damn, Ollison wasn’t even touched. Big gainer.
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Like I was saying
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seems like our o-line blocked it?
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If you can’t watch the game on local abc.. try going to espn3.com. Disney owns espn and abc so you should have access to the game there.
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Bookser with the whiff on that jet sweep. Dude looks slow
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That’s why he was a guard
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Shockey may have pulled a hammy……looks like he grabbed it when he hit the turf
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Details again.
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Holder again. This is bad staff coaching.
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Agree. Just because he’s the punter doesn’t mean he’s got to be the holder. Horrible, just horrible. We have now left 4 points on the field.
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Rain definitely a factor
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Yea but when it the last time you saw two missed holds in a row ? In any football game at the HS level and above?
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Narduzzi – Here is a hint Moron. Get a backup qb there to hold the snaps.
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Unreal! Kicking. Ugh! Always a curse at Pitt. The sooner we get off this 7-6 score the happier I’ll be
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Ollison 10 for 97 yards.
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We’re killing ourselves
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And now I have to admit that I was perhaps underreacting as it pertained to special teams…at least with the holder.
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Pitt deserves to lose. Coaching sucks. Players couldn’t start at IUP.
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States D backfield owning our receivers.
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So far their passing game better than ours
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Apparently there was a change in holders. Was Dick Scarton last week. Bostick thinks Scarton got hurt. “I don’t know how a backup kicker gets hurt?” he quips…
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Send him back to Australia
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Trouble in paradise w/ an angry Kessman
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We can’t win this game by missing extra points and 35 yard FGs
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Could use a turnover.
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TO!
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FUMBLEOOOOO!
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NIce turnover, gotta make it count.
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Called it!
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That’s using your head
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Ollison dragging tacklers
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Love the emotion from Ollison
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O line starting to block the inside counters really well
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Should have passed there.
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Pitt oline picking up steam with our huge rushing attack. 200+ yards already.
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Yep
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Yeah, it was to long of a distance to run the ball.
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FG?
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This game should be tied. Two mishandled snaps by Pitt and One miss by dairy kicker…..
Get the fg. We can’t get a natural hat trick on field goal holds, can we?
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Well they screwed up two holds. Third time’s a charm?
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Announcers are idiots. You have to take the field goal
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Yes, the FG is the right call here.
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Strange game so far. We need to get some passing going for the 2nd half.
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It’s not a bad move for an underdog to go for it.
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That was really really dumb
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The crappy holder affected the decision.
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Don’t like the play call there.
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That call had ZERO chance. Narduzzi made the wrong call.
Details matter.
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Terrible call. You know they are run blitzing. Damnit!
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Can’t believe you wouldn’t roll picket out in that situation
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wow!
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We have now left 7 points on the field.
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Nice play.
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Yea veteran play by Idowu
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Needed a “Panther Special” down there.
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We still need to kick fields and throw the ball can’t give up
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Wirginis came to play fellas
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McSorely has sucked so far. Hope he keeps it up. Zero salutes from him this game would make my night.
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Pizza delivery
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We outplay them but …..
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We have the wind. Throw the ball
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Watson for the most part doesn’t even try to go vertical.
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Take a shot down the damn field.
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4th and 3 with 10 defenders in the box….what?
good hold on defense….we are winning this game everywhere but the scoreboard.
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Pepperoni, anchovies and black olives please
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Watson needs Fired.
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We are winning total yards. We are winning time of possession. We are tied in turnovers. We are losing in the kicking game.
We are so close to dominating these dudes. Big opportunity for Narduzzi to prove us all wrong after halftime.
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C’mon Watson
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Watson Sucks. Happens when no one wants you.
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Pitts line sucks
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SHAWN PLEASE STOP CALLING RUNNIG PLAYS TO THE RIGHT SIDE
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All things considered, with all the mistakes made, were lucky to be down only by one point.
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Yes.
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He’s running the clock out!
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hah
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Bookser owned again…
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So I think they’ve seen all our running plays.
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Finally
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There has been more commercials than football.
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Just bend over. It will distract penn stare.
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Brian from Flower Mound, TX. says bring back Canada.
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Run the ball there you idiots. Make them use a timeout.
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Only a high school coach doesn’t go for that field goal.
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gotta stay in play
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This kid is a complete train wreck.
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Please fire our punter
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In the special teams article I mentioned his not playing American football…
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Yes you did say that Reed.
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Any walk on punter is better than this dude
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Maybe it doesn’t rain in Australia
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Your being kind to train wrecks!
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Safetys for sale anywhere??
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That was bound to happen
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Now, no coverage on the TD pass. Details.
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Typical Pitt. Dominate the half and turn the ball over on mistakes 4x
At least we are off 7-6
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who is 23? he looked straight up lost on that TD. Turned the wrong way.
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Idowu. Bad bad
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Totally unprepared to play.
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Fire narduzzi.
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We are going to lose because of our fing punter
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So far special teams have cost us 14 points.
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Put narduzzi in a tarp.
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I think Christodolou is trying to make a name for himself.
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Sale on meatballs. Only thing in narduzzi head.
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Wow look at that. Run to the left side, get positive yardarge.
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Terribly coached team !
Hamler by far PSUs best player. Won the game last week.
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Chickens*t way to end the half.
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Agree.
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Out coached big time…
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Wow…definitely giving this one away
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State receivers running wide open. Pitt receivers covered like a blanket.
Pickett running for his life every pass play.
Someone said it earlier. Details details details. Diff between winning and losing. Duzz not good.
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I called out Hamler last week as the player to stop
We self distruct
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This is a really poorly coached defense. I wish someone knew a defensive guru. Anyone?
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Go back to Ohio
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Scholarship needs revoked at the half. Totally inexcusable for a punter to not be able to hold a ball. Other than kicking it’s all you have to do. Fire him now.
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If PSU loads the box, we need passing
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Pitt is sh!t
Hoopie Fan
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Someone check the punter’s bank account for a recent large deposit….
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If we don’t have the confidence to kick a FG from the 5, we are in a world of hurt. It would take a hurricane to affect a kick from the five.
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Really bad call by the coach, wonder if punter’s was thinking about that with that last botch.
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On-line pass blocking no good. Punter’s hands no good. Other than that not too bad.
Defense gave up a few big plays which is to be expected.
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Receivers can’t get open at all….Pickett can’t see if they do on those rare occasions.
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And yet, with all of the mistakes, it is still a one score game
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It’s not over!
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O – line damn auto correct
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If Penn State scores first in the second half this game is OVER. Someone needs to open up the playbook on O and for the love of all things holy play a different fing D just one time.
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I still say the punter should not come out of the locker room after half.
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This isn’t a big game in Australia I guess….
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Actually they just need to call a sensible mix of run plays (not to the right side…) and high percentage quick passes. Our ball control is a plus.
Also I think they need to blitz McSorley a bit. 4 man rush not getting it done
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Christodolou mishandled the punt as well….he may really be having troubles holding the ball…so maybe going for it instead of the three was smart.
As a poster above pointed out, Scarton (actually Jake) is the normal holder. However, the depth chart shows McAlone as the backup.
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Scarton was the holder. He was shown on the sidelines in a sling arm brace type of thing giving a talk to the punter after he dropped the punt. I don’t get why we are afraid to pass.
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Why can Pitt NEVER get it together?? I never post but the kicker had me screaming at my TV…SOP.
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There is 45 guys in the stands that could have caught a snap and punted. The fact that a P5 punter can’t is ridiculous-fire him now
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If you can’t get a punt off, a FG off or an extra point off, you can’t beat a good HS team. I thought Narduzzi had finally learned to be a good head coach in his 4th year. I guess not. I don’t mind getting beat by a better team but just giving this game away…..ugh.
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At home in a driving rainstorm with an inexperienced QB, AND you elect to take the ball instead of defer???? What kind of neanderthal makes that decision? Nice 3 and out statement Narduzzi. I will take brains over brawn any day when it comes to decision making…looks like Watson pulled out his goal line playbook from VaTech game. 4th and 4 and he goes with an off tackle right??? Wasted opportunities…. Hopefully the trainers can get the Crisco off of Christodolu’s gloves at halftime. They were so impressed with his quick release, nobody evaluated his hands. Disaster.
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His name is Alex Bookser. Well-documented bonehead. Narduzzi told him to defer and he disobeyed orders. Also he is getting owned on the O-line.
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Mcsorley hasn’t even begun to scramble and run for big plays….yet!
Always a good idea to have backup qb to be the holder. Punters should not be holder’s. They typically only touch the ball 3-4 times per game.
Our db’s have their backs turned and have no clue when ball is coming.
Welp, GT gave up 2 kick return touchdowns today and lost to usf.
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Run game and most of the first half D looks like an 8-4 Team.
Special teams and pass blocking looks like a 3-9 team.
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Sooooo 6-6 then?
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Yep and headed to Detroit
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It’s one thing to lose, but to beat ourselves??? I was a fan of Narduzzi, but it is probably time for a change.
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We were one of the least penalized teams last year…so far in 6 quarters we have 12 penalties this season.
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Narduzzi is all smoke and mirrors.
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Another 5 win season
Can Heather begin looking for a replacement now?
Narduzzi might be good at making pizzas.
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So we left 7 points on the field and gave away 7.
In an alternate universe where our backup kicker does not get hurt (i.e we have a competent holder) and our punter can make a routine play, this score is 13-7 in our favor.
Ugh
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Word on the street is that McAlone has taken over holding duties in teh 2nd half
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0 yards passing looks like a bad team. Keystone cops secondary not cutting it…
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PSU has a great punter.
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At least one team has a good punter.
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You can’t give that pass play up!
Just mistake after mistake after mistake! After a while our HC will become a mistake!
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I need a cold shower
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Still in the game though
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I’m enjoying the comments. Misery does indeed like company.
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I’M liking this team, guys are making plays.
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I love Pickett but he’s staring down his receivers.
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a pump fake to shockey and go deep…it is set up
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Pickett hasn’t been able to pass out of the pocket yet.
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The Nard dog lost me tonight.
I am sorry because pitt needs stability, but he really has this thing going sideways.
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Our OL is as advertised
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No passing game.
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Only a busty tree nymph can cheer me up at this point.
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Pickett not ready to hang in and throw. Gun shy with that O-line. Too bad.
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No outlets available, where have I seen this before?
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field is tilting….
Need a fumble recovery, stat
and no mcsorley scramble
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Basically when you are overmatched you have a play a perfect game to win…
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Duzz and Pitt just giving this game away. 27 yd punt. I was the 3rd team punter in HS. My worst 38 yds.
It’s almost over now. Pitt football is its usual disgrace.
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This punter is absolutely killing me
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Lucked out there
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Our DBs suck
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no pressure on qb…5 seconds easy
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Nitts letting us hang around…
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The passer needed to be roughed. But that was dumb. Dumb Dumb.
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Dumb
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This is the most undisciplined Pitt team in long time.
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I am beginning to believe your theories about something rotten in denmark
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But its never Narduzzi’s fault. He will pass the blame.
Roughing the passer….details matter
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Total lack of discipline. I e coaching
Game set match! It just gets worse and worse for Pitt
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Game over…
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How could you not know that would happen?
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Wirginnis wouldn’t start at Gannon.
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Well Wirginis was kind of in the right position and he fell…
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4 and 5 stars make a difference
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Another utter breakdown in Pitts D.
God awful coaching. Penn State has run that play since Paternos days on3rd and three. Folks this ones over and not only have we lost but we are barely above a D3 team in coaching
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GT next week should have a field day…
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Year 4 of Narduzzi leaves much to be desired.
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I was planning to point out that if PITT does eke out a win we may be able to look back to the 3rd down defense as a reason that is the case. Then the roughing the passer penalty occurred.
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Somehow their special teams are flawless and their receivers get open.
Must be nice
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That is what a committed fanbase an administration will get you
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Game isn’t over but our coaching staff is filled with on-the-cheap hires. Especially Bates.
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Who is Patrick Jones the 2nd…missed him on the Depth Chart. What a blunder that was
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For those who thought seven plus wins, you are crazy and should be in diapers.
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14-13 with a competent punter. We are still in it!
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Need a dramatic reversal of 17 yards passing !!!
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Bates Sucks.
Narduzzi should make Pasta in Heidelberg
Lyke wake up.
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pickett’s stats in the first half are like max browne’s. But everyone mocked max browne and said he stunk.
Look, our line is not good and our wr’s don’t get space. I do look for shockey deep if our OC was watching what happened. A pump and go is golden.
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oh good a penalty on the runback. Was hoping for some more special teams miscues
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And we start off w a blocking in back penalty. What a surprise.
Gets more embarrassing by the second.
Ok enough damnit!!!
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9 penalties in less than 3 quarters
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oh good a false start from the 8 yard line. I was hoping for some worse field position.
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Dallas Mike says Watson should be coaching at Derry Area.
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We (Derry Area) are doing just fine without him, thank you. By the way, why are we always the butt of everyone’s joke? Don’t get me wrong, we are the Trojans so we can take a good ribbing.
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we are not close enough to the goal line to start our offense yet…..
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This is what happens when Heather gives narduzzi everything without question. He couldn’t manage a dog catcher business in Youngstown.
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Afraid to pass because of the OL
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Dallas Mike says Watson is a moron.
Stadium Empty.
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Safety
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I would like to take a positive out of this game. For one, I will never ever be a Pitt optimist again.
This team is a complete and utter dumpster fire.
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Game over
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4-8 And you guys called me crazy,
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I hate to say you are right, but I think you are right.
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This is UGLY.
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I’d rather eat dog sh!t than continue watching this game.
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Did someone say “maybe the worse we have in modern history”?
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if our punter drops this one……
hahahhahaha we are kicking it
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wtf….are these BigJoke refs
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Emel – Refs??? That bum from Kent State tackled him in the endzone.
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Its NOT the refs fault.
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For the optimists, you really need to get real.
SOP
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Quit hiding behind anonymous….d*pshit
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The head coach did NOT have his team prepared to play tonight. They even screwed up the coin toss, and that is is pretty hard to do.
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This guy couldn’t coach Holy of Jesus pee-wees!
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Outclassed and outcoached. I’m ready for a change. Enough. My high school Baldwin is a better coached team than this.
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I guess the recruiting debate has been answered. We have how many 5th year seniors playing? Doesn’t make them any better players. PSU players are obviously more talented.
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Good thing we have UCF and Notre Dame on the schedule. With a strong out of conference slate we could be a National Championship contender.
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Thanks for the non-con Herman….or was it Cornhole
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Fire narduzzi and hire someone without meatballs for brains.
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push in the back was kind of obvious
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OK, just drive down and get the field goal and we’re back in it….
I crack myself up…
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Folks, it may not get all that much better as the season goes on.
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Wait doesn’t the biggest improvement come between games 2 and 3? Oh that’s games 1 and 2…
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I think that is a good possibility Reed. This is one of the reasons for me not posting a season record or game day scores. This game was basically horrendous. I am a rabid Pitt fan but you have to accept reality because it shows truth.
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That’s what two stars get you. But the optimists believe they can be coached up don’t they. Talent always wins in the end unless your coach has meatballs for brains.
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Undisciplined, unprepared, joke. Groundhog Day every year…
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We are not that much worse in talent than State. But much worse coached.
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I disagree Dan. The talent gulf is huge.
In the last two recruiting classes PSU had 2 5s and 31 4s…31!
We’ve had two 4*s…no contest.
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You guys are idiots along with the psuX loud mouths sitting in front of me.
They started one fight so far
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We would of lost to App State by 17.
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Haven’t commented forever, but need to vent…Narduzzi could send his resume to Barnum & Bailey. This is an f’in circus. 4 years of him & this is where we are. Pathetic!
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Hard to believe….Total Yards….Pedos 231 Pitt 226
Just mistakes at the wrong times.
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PSU Sucks, that is the crazy part.
This team on 2nd and 14 runs a qb sneak.
The whole nation that has to watch this garbage is laughing.
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Look you aren’t at the game. The conditions are terrible, the officials are B1G Joke refs and our kicking game is really bad.
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They are playing on the same field. In the same weather.
Don’t cry about the refs.
Cry how you thought this was a team that could win 8 games.
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Pickett beat a Terrible Miami Team.
Plus FCS Albany.
Sadly he isn’t that good. He is young and will improve but he pulls it down way to fast and runs.
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isn’t that basic coaching? I see how we got busted on that block in the back. You see, our coaches teach the blockers that if they see the name of the player on the uniform, do not make the block. Dairy College has no names on the backs of their jerseys, so it must be okay to block there…
Good grief! Sorry guys, just frustrated. Still only 3 possessions away from a comeback. Our OC will probably try to run out the clock now and we won’t be in hurry up mode.
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We can still win the ACC Coastal…
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Watson has been so awesome in the 2nd half, great 1/2 time adjustments.
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a freaking qb sneak!!! We are in college, coaches!
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I can think of far better ways to use $3.5 million at Pitt.
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Complete and utter surrender by Pitt. Not a single first down 2nd half.
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was the purpose of the qb sneak to make room for the punter? Good grief!!!
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I predicted 2 – 5 to start the season. I hope not but …
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40 yard punt!
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A&M just failed on a 2 pt conversion with 46 sec in game to tie it up. Looks like Clemson will win it.
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I’m gonna go cook my T-Bone Steaks….oy
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More penalty yards then passing yards!
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I’ve never seen a Pitt team thus undisciplined…
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Clemson holds on to win…go acc! Please send check.
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12 penalties…
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#9 all day to throw and their WR’s are dropping a lot of balls.
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If their receivers could catch they’ve have 40 points by now
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did hamlin ever look for the ball? no pressure from dl.
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Things of course can change by the end of the game. However, I wonder if PITT may be a poor second half team.
They played well the first half last game. Then 0 points the second half.
200+ yards running in the first half. Several three and outs on defense in the first half. Different thus far in the second half.
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The psuX lineman are pushing our pass rushers in the back and getting away with it all game.
McD should have been sacked except for the block in the back. Alot of holding too…
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Stopped them!!!
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Stop crying. Pitt has nobody to blame but themselves. One mistake after another.
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The defense hasn’t played bad.
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Still plenty of time. Need a turnover or some momentum building play. Now is the time to see what the players and fans are made of. Let’s go Pitt!
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Pitt needs to apply to the MAC. But even that conference wouldn’t take them since they are an ACC doormat. Pitt truly is little brother.
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So at least we haven’t dropped a punt. Oh wait. The embarrassment continues.
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A dropped punt!!? Are we even a college level team!
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McSorley not NFL talent. Good college QB
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Box loaded by PSU and we run.
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Pickett and Watson are no threat to the psuX D.
Pittiful
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What’s wrong with throwing on first down?
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Do you think Watson and Duzz know they are run blitzing every play yet?
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ever have deja vu…..wasn’t this the same play sequence last time?
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I can punt farther!!
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The beat goes on………
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I there a mercy rule here?
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Agree Mr. Hemel. I’m out.
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A punt return TD was pretty much the only thing we were missing, so glad they checked that box.
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Emel…
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Pickett holding the ball way too long. 1.2.3.. pass. Not hold for 4 and run somewhere.
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Is there any mistake we haven’t made tonight????
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our special teams coverage sucked last year also
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Fire everybody!!!!! Third and long from the 5 and you try and play fake. OMG the worst coached game ever.
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We played better against PSU last year.
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What a poorly coached team…..
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In fairness, not one but TWO blocks in the back on that TD, on the same player
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This is Pickett’s second start ever. None of this is unexpected. Penn State is a top ten team.
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PSU is a 7 win team. They aren’t good. We are atrocious.
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I have not seen worse coaching since Dave Hart. What an unprepared team.
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I’m thinking that Akron would give them a better game.
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Gotta love Bostick. “At least we’ll have better field position now”
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that punt didn’t go 30 FEET in the air…..it was a fastball
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The commercials are more interesting than the game
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13 penalties now
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Is Watson coaching to win? Serious question.
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I couldn’t bring myself to make the following comment until I saw yours: They are playing it vanilla to not give anything to next week’s opponent.
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Is Watson coaching is the better question.
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Worst special teams play I’ve ever seen in Div. 1 football. Please, get us a walk-on punter this week and send this clown back to the Bush country.
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good gollie….the wr receiver is looking backward and the play was already in action
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This is Dave Hart football.
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Can we just send our punter back to Australia and have Narduzzi go with him
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Get Ox back!!!
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Actually I thought the cleats worked out pretty good tonight. See QO.
But you had to be in Pittsburgh today to appreciate the field conditions – not an excuse – the field will need re-sodded between the hash marks – it is all chopped up.
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I remember the chant of “Help Jack Pack” …. what will it be this time? This is just sad.
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Long gone Shawn…
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That quarter was a disaster for us…
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No way we can keep up with GT scoring.
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For God’s sake hire a real head coach. Atrocious display of ineptitude.
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The other silver lining is that maybe they won’t show us on national TV again this year so we won’t have to be nationally shamed twice in 2018.
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Ask yourself as you continue to watch… “Is this a WELL-Coached Team?”
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Sigh and double sigh. Can’t watch any longer. Turned game off. Deleted recording. Maybe without me watching, Pitt will do better. – Hobie
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101 yards in penalties!
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38 yards passing.
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Our QB and OC really under performed tonight.
Bostick said late in the 4th qtr that we may not have ever had a worse performance in Pitt’s history.
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You guys at the game, are any of our receivers getting open….at all….ever???
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Yes – KP is not seeing them. He holds the ball too long.
#11 and 5 were open a lot –
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Max Browne, Max Browne…..he was really ok. It was a line and OC that got him killed. Kind of like Pickett tonight. How much yards per attempt? my guess is worse than browne.
I say that half way in jest. KP is much better, but the result is the same. No OL. No WR’s that can stretch a field. If you can’t stretch a field you lose in the college game.
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App State would beat us by 21
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By half time….
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Thats now two 40 yard punts!
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The 2nd one had a 1.5 second ‘hang’ time though.
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It’s fun to have expectations going into the season and equally disappointing to have them dashed so early on (again).
I know, they can still win the Coastal. Pickett will improve.
Next year may finally be the year but I doubt it. The coaching just isn’t there and there is no imagination.
It’s tough being a Pitt fan…..
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I think 5 wins is our ceiling this season…(sorry Pickett)
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Figures when it’s 30-6 he can catch and get off a good punt WTF
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Narduzzi in year 4 and he is a Defensive Guru. What a fraud.
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Wirginnis and the entire Defense are a joke.
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Wirginis played well – he is the only one other than QO and Shocky who left the field limping midway through the game.
The other 2 starting LB’s should not be on the field – their back-ups are better in McKee and #9. The LB’s and DL tackled poorly except for Wirginis.
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The real test of coaching is how a team does when they are getting their asses kicked. Pitt has totally given up and surrendered. That’s on the coaching staff!
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What makes me sick is they’ve quit
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Did we quit….this is crazy.
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Cancel next year’s game Monday
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N- Not smart
A- Akron is better
R- Really bad
R- Really crap
D- Defensive Coordinator Nope
U- Unhited
Z- Zebra is a better coach
I- I have no faith in this team
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The sad thing is we were way better last year and have a tougher schedule this year. No bowl game this year I’m afraid…
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Hope they don’t score 50 points…..
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They did…
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Hey Narduzzi, keep trotting Briggs out there. I mean, he is a senior.
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never turned and played ball….again…2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
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Dallas Mike says wait till Narduzzi gets his guys. Hahaha.
Defensive Guru….
Lucky if Pitt draws 28k for the rest of the year.
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I’ve been waiting since 1984 for Pitt to get it’s guys….
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Their 2nd team receivers are owning Dennis Briggs.
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I’d rather go to Alabama and be 5th string longsnapper than be 1st string quarterback at Pitt
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How many of you were there when one of our best teams ever went down 48-14.
This is nothing.
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At least the next game on the schedule had promise back then. This is actually the team to look forward to all year this time.
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I was there and blew it off as an anomaly.
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True – you hit the nail on the head.
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Pickett is 7 for 12 for only 38 yards
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He should have been replaced in the second half.
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About to switch to Netflix. How depressing to be blown out again by Penn State. Turn the heat up on the hot seat. Fry Narduzzi fat ass.
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Someone should be canned after this mess just to make a point.
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Why was this on national tv??
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I cannot remember the last time I was this embarrassed to be a Pitt Football fan. We are Penn States bitches.
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lock the gates…keep whats left of the fan base out so they don’t see this crap! It is bad. They quit.
Even Lopes dropped 2 punts tonight. To his credit, he wasn’t catching fast balls with no hang time.
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It will take about 7 games before this team plays as a team.
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Better check and see if Duz bet on this game.
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Pickett with this line is recipe for failure.
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Need to do something different and get ready for the Mountaineers in 2020.
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Can’t stand watching our coaches and team lay down and give up like this.
Makes it really hard to want to watch them and root for them.
I don’t care if we lose a game. I can’t stand if they just give up. That is very disrespectful to our school. That is no way to represent Pitt.
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The coaches sucked tonight but recruiting matters.
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Next year’s defense is going to be amazing when Narduzzi finally gets “his guys” in there. SARCASM FONT
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PSU has 2nd string in now.
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How Franklin sends his local message to recruits….
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Play Towne. Pickett is going to get hurt this quarter.
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Doesn’t matter. He stinks.
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P- Pity fans
I- Ill coached
T- Terrible team
T- Talk with no walk
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This team is beaten down.
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franklin will keep running up score….
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gc… How about your guy A.J Davis?
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When did he become my guy?
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I don’t think he saw the field.
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Total and complete blame is on Narduzzi… his awful coaching and leadership, his secrecy, his lack of recruiting and his massive ego. Have you ever seen a Fuentes team play like this. Never.
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It will be interesting… Duzzi asked the team how they wanted to go home after the game, walking down the street holding their heads high or slipping down the alleys …. wonder how he goes home.
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The Subway….
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We couldn’t adapt in the 2nd half and PSU could
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Why just why
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Sooooo… how long does a rebuild take?
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25 yard punt I’m done
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Reed – 4-8 sounds maybe overly positive.
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8 yards of offense in second half…pathetic
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8 yards of offense in the 2nd half.
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To rub it in. PSU second team now crushing us 8 yds of offense in second half. Unreal. Boy was I wrong.
Stayed home w the flu. Best decision I’ve ever made.
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30 yard punt, YAY!
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It all goes back to recruiting. There are few stars on this team. None today.
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Reed. Good luck w your surgery. Won’t sober up until til Tiesday so good luck.
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I want to turn this game off but it’s so bad that I can’t turn away.
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Can we still have the option to forfeit and save a little bit of our pride
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Fire Patrick Jones too
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Pitt won’t get better
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Franklin stupid to keep his QB in.
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They are pretty much just practicing the passing game. Based on the number of drops, the receivers could use the reps.
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This team will be worse next year with all that two star talent narduzzi is accumulating. Along with his meatball brain.
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The problems that were talked about on here are certainly real and our talent level is average.
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The only add on unexpected concern: Penalties
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Pitt crapped the bed again on the big stage. The Nits are likely to cover the original double digit line.
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Wanny was fired for less.
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Up by 31 and trying to score more.
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This game was a failure on so many levels.
Have to admit Narduzzi had no idea how to win this game. He has such a undisciplined team and this offense is a complete failure. PSU is embarrassing Pitt and how can any coach play Briggs game after game or Stocker.
ACC can still be something to shoot for but I never imagined Narduzzi would be this bad. He is here no matter what this year and next and if there is not a significant improvement, he has to go. Shame his coaching and preparation are so poor. He really let me and his supporters down tonight. He no longer gets the benefit of any doubt. Not over reacting, I saw a bad coach tonight.
Now it is purely economic for Pitt. The AD will keep him as Pitt can win some games this year. But he was exposed tonight even to supporters. He is not good enough. I really hoped he was the coach that would break through to elevate the program. This game was a sea change for any thoughts he will be that guy.
He is not a P5 head coach.
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I’m glad Narduzzi wants to be Pitt’s coach. For a while, that alone impressed me. Here’s the thing though. I no longer want Narduzzi to be our coach. He has shown his mediocrity in many ways. Tonight was the final (plastic for you libs)
Straw.
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Can’t wait for the bad, terrible and worse article……..
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I expected a rough season. Winning tonight was the only game that I didn’t want Pitt to lose. No chance to redeem it and absolutely god awful.
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This display will set us back a decade. This is worse than Tino vs Miami
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“Tonight was the final (plastic for you libs)
Straw.”
That’s not a “libs” thing dear.
Now go complain about the color of a Starbucks cup.
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here comes a trick play
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Franklin showing no class
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Our pass defense is bad and if they didn’t drop all those passes the score would be in the 50s
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Did Robert Foster make the Bills?
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I guess we just need to give narduzzi another 3 years and then Pitt will be like Michigan State.
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This is approaching Stallings level
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Maybe we need more Albany’s on the schedule
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PITTIFUL
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Look, PN’s recruiting has been pretty terrible and it shows . We have very few really talented players who can play at a consistently high level.
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Thank God something UPitt said registered w me and I did not bet this game. UPitt next time you are in Uniontown. Cigars and dinner on me.
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The BAD news is… It’s all DOWNHILL from here.
All aboard the NARDUZZI Train!
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Another penalty!
14 for 116 yards
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can you even flipping fair catch a kick off that bounces????? I think that was a bad call and a confused returner by PITT again.
If you can do that, wouldn’t you fair catch all on side kicks???
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I will be at next weeks game to see the GT option game.
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Why are we not trying other o lineman? They can’t be worse.
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Were down 44-6 and Watson has allowed 15 pass attempts. I’ll ask again, was Watson coaching to win tonight?
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No, I think he is home with the flu lyke Dan72
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We are terribLE all around.
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Wow. Passing.
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Back-ups now putting up points in our starters…
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Narduzzi taken to the woodshed tonight. There is no love lost between narduzzi and franklin.
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Bring back DiNucci!
jk
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Pitt could get better results paying the homeless bum in Panther Hollow to coach than some guy from Youngstown with sh!t for brains.
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Last week some Pitt fans were beating their chest on how PItt won big last week. Last week some Pitt fans were mocking PSU for going to OT with App state.
Every week is a different week in college football.
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I’m still watching to see the handshake.
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Defensive guru gives up 50 to the in-state rival. Now I see why he doesn’t let anybody into the practices.
Does he talk about how well they stopped the run in the presser? Keystone Cops on the sideline. Shawn Watson is at Pitt because he had no other opportunities… Mark, looks like that dinner at Hibachi will be on me in December.
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Narduzzi is not a HEAD Coach. But you didn’t listen. Oh well.
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Emel… Where were your Tea Leaves when it mattered?
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The key for me was when Narduzzi wouldn’t allow anyone to see the scrimmage statistics because the offense was so bad in both of them.
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This has been a comically nightmarish performance tonight. Year four and getting your brains beat in like this at home is as bad as it comes. I never would have thought last year’s game would be more competitive than this year’s.
Pitt has a Pitt problem. It doesn’t matter who the coach is. The football program is just atrocious.
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The excuse of the weather will be used as why the game plan was so poor. This is not how a coach in his fourth year coaches. This is demoralizing as a Pitt loss has been in years. I said GT games was more important due to ACC. It doesn’t matter. Narduzzi is not good enough and he will lose the team. .
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Rain in the forecast for GTech next week.
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Wow, just wow
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Franklin is just rubbing Duzzi’s nose in it now
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Got home from a wedding, eager to watch the recording.
My daughter, a Pitt grad, too, said DONT WATCH. PLEASE DONT WATCH.
HOW BAD COULD IT BE?
51-6?
Uh, that be worse than 48-14, if I can still do math.
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You could possibly allow yourself to watch the first half. The issues of concern highlighted in upgrade/downgrade articles show up, but there is a strong run game established.
However, I presume it may be better to listen to the wisdom disseminated from family rather than someone posting online.
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Totally classless
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ACC review team saves us.
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If I’m Heather, Narduzzi is gone tomorrow. This is not going to get any better. He has proven he can’t coach under all circumstances.
Don’t know where we go from here.
Thank God Capel is the BBall coach. Improvement coming big time.
God Bless you my fellow Pitt fans. No words for what we’ve all been through
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Ohio States offensive coordinator has been impressive.
He gets my nomination for next coach.
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He has a loaded team. He comes to Pitt he’ll be like the past coaches: he’ll have no balls and clam up and it is the same ole crap.
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How about doing the right thing and paying for somebody that has actually been a HC before.
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Lyke Herman at Texas – no thanks.
I’ll take a HC not a want-a-be…
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Will not help local and national recruiting
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Neither did the win in 2026
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2016
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If we don’t bounce back next week it is going to be a long year.
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Fire narduzzi
And many thought he deserved another two more years?
Many thought he was a good coach
Many defended his recruiting
Many of you are just delusional or on drugs
You optimists are enablers of mediocrity.
Join the resistance.
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It’s not pancreatic cancer.
It’s not catching ur wife banging a homeless guy under a bridge.
It’s not finding out ur daughter is a porn star.
But I’m tired of 35 years of this crap.
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Best post today! My daughter was a porn star though!
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I believe Akron keeps it closer than 45 points. That used car salesman Franklin has executed what he said he would do. Utter domination. If Pitt loses to Georgia Tech, that seat better get pretty damn hot for the defensive guru. Foge Fazio II?
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The Aussie punted 6 times with a 33 ypp average. He pretty much sucks.
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You have to factor in the conditions – the rain fell all day and night – the field was the worst I ever saw it.
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I think I need a time out from
Pitt football, like for the rest of 2018
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Reed… If I’m not mistaken, usually you’ve let the Game Thread run until Monday Morning.
However, this FIASCO marks such a TURNING POINT in Pitt Football, I think a “Morning After” might be in order.
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Pitt should be taking the morning after pill. The program is an abortion right now.
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Howdy Pitt haters! I guess you’ll be firing another coach and hiring another assistant from the B10 to do more losing. Just watch it… ACC is watching that empty stadium and a Pitt admin that hates football. Your next coach could be coaching in the MAC!!
HAHAHAHA
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Yea but the ACC still said NO….to WVCC……hillbilly. enjoy your trips to Lubbuck….a h o l e
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Go back to raping sheep without a condom.
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The ACC cares about academics. WVU is academically laughable — it would never be let in.
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What’s wrong, Beckley?
Ur sheep run off and u have nothing better to do?
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No his sister did !
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Heather should be fired for extending this coach. Gallagher needs to be fired for extending Heather. Only Pitt could waste millions and get nothing in return. Worse than government.
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I try not to overreact, but. . . a good case can be made that our football program is in worse shape now than at any time since Walt Harris began rebuilding it:
Wannstedt took over a team that had gone to the Fiesta Bowl, and eventually had some success.
Haywood was an embarrassment, but wasn’t part of the program long enough to do lasting damage.
Graham was another embarrassment, but also didn’t really do any long-term damage here.
Chryst was average.
It’s clear that we lack talent. Narduzzi’s recruiting has been subpar for a P-5 school for years, and it will take years for the program to recover. It sounds like he alienates local HS coaches and potential recruits, and has burned a lot of bridges in Western PA. Meanwhile, I don’t see any signs that he is above average at developing talent, and he sure isn’t above average as a gameday coach. I don’t see any reason to expect that the same coach who is digging us into a hole can be the coach we need to dig us out of it.
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Emel… Tried to warn ya before he was hired. Narduzzi… or “Nar-DOG” as you like to call him… was NOT Head Coach material.
Now look at what we have to deal with!
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It’s Nard Dog….d ip s h it
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It appears the High Water Mark of this coach’s tenure was the loss to 6-6 Northwestern in the Bowel Movement, when we could have been 9-4. Progress after a 8-5 season.
We got literally ‘jobbed’ in that game by the refs. Again the Football gods have forsaken us.
The Pedo’s only out-gained us 382 to 291. How do lose a game by 45 points by only being outgained by 91 yards ?
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How would firing Nqrduzzi two games into the season help anyone ?
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How is narduzzi the future?
If you know he’s not the one, best to get rid of him right away.
Not like he’s recruited any 4 stars that might leave.
After 4 years we all know that what he is building is a grave for the program.
Keep narduzzi and he will only be a caretaker of a graveyard.
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Not Duzz but get rid of Watson. Our punter could call a better game…
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Many thought Pitt could compete. Tough to compete when your quarterback is in diapers and your coach has Alzheimer’s.
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But don’t feel too bad. You’re far from alone. Plenty of others here and elsewhere were SUCKERED too. One name that comes to mind is the infamous Dokish.
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I don’t feel bad. I felt bad 33 years ago. After 33 years of this, you’re more numb than anything else.
Anyway I lobbied for Justin Fuente….since his first name started with a ‘J’. Like Jock, John, Johnny & Jackie.
But cheesehead didn’t leave for another year and VT gobbled Fuente up.
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Narduzzi is not getting fired this year. He will be back next year unless things go really south and can’t see that happening. But then again, I never ever thought he would be this bad in year 4. I think the wagons are beginning to circle in the AD’s eyes.
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The good news: Teams show the most improvement between the first and second game.
Oops!
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Well, PSU SURE DID!
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Uh, not much to add. I thought we’d be bad, but never this poor. They quit like dogs after the Duzz went for it on 4th down. Sad day for the program. Brother in law said they were running High School plays. And Upitt, he was all city at Carrick! Well, I’m too wound up to,sleep, and too scared to,start drinking. I am interested in anyone with a positive spin, oh, wait, at least it wasn’t a double header! Sad.
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The Bucs have a 5 game winning streak. And another game against the Marlins. Oh….Nutting..I forgot.
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But you compromised yourself by BUYING IN. Shouldn’t have done it.
Hoping now you’re officially SELLING!
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Narduzzi is a good coach. Oops.
Pitt is heading in the right direction.
Oops.
Pitt will win more than 5 games this year.
Oops.
Heather is a genius.
Oops.
Gallagher has a nice front porch.
Oops.
Those that are critical of Pitt are wrong.
Oops.
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Pitt hasn’t been good in football for 39 years or so. Pitt hasn’t committed to sports like other schools. Everyone on this site knows this truth.
Nobody is forcing any of us to be Pitt fans. We are Pitt fans of our own free will.
The sun will come up tomorrow. And Pitt football will either improve or it won’t
You and I have minimal say as to Pitts commitment to sports.
Guys like Upitt, Jay, Huff, Tex and others on this site have listed ways that PITT can commit to, and improve sports. IMO, their ideas are correct, but I don’t see any of them being implemented.
It is what it is, so don’t put too much of your happiness into the outcome of Pitt football.
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Were there really 17 senior starters ? Wow, I’m really encouraged for next year.
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Where is Max Browne when you need him ?
Was he really that bad ?
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Yes
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I truly believe in Heather. She will fix this. …maybe it’s just unfixable.
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Franklin did a decent job of trying to end Pitt football tonight. Many fringe fans will walk away.
I really hate penn state – several fights in my area (none that I participated in) – Franklinstein is really a jerk – nothing to Lyke about him at all.
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Agree EE….can’t believe Nardo…..shook hands with him and tapped him on the shoulder. I would have punched him out. Up 51-6 and challenging a call on the field with a minute left in the game.
So would have Woody Hayes. clocked him. Wanny would have too !
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Whoever said pre-game….when ever Pitt brings all the former greats….into town for the game.
Spot on……always the death knell. Had the same feeling, didn’t want to jinx the game.
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There is GOOD news. Heather Lyke is the AD. And based upon her totally CLANDESTINE move to hire Jeff Capel (“JCIII”), I do believe she can hire a HEAD Football Coach.
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She did extend him, right? Let’s hold off on Heather for a little while. This is the ultimate big boy hire. She may need a much, much longer vacation!
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But right now, that’s where the GOOD news ends. In the meantime, we’re going to have to STOMACH watching Pitt Football coached by “Nard Dog.”
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How long you been watching Pitt football PoD ?
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After all Capel wasn’t the first choice. Glad he got it, as I don’t think much of Dan Hurley as others do. And if they couldn’t read his was a Eastern boy, and everything over the Appalachians is the hinterland, doesn’t say much.
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Pitt doesn’t know how to win.
That’s on Heather.
The culture ain’t right.
She can fix it by firing narduzzi.
She can fix it by making football a priority and a money maker.
Pitt loses money playing at Heinz.
SOP. The cycle will never be broken given Pitt’s leadership has and will always be utterly clueless.
Continue being a second class program by playing at a rental stadium, by going cheap on assistant coaches, by believing that mediocrity is ok.
Pitt will be lucky if 20k show up next week.
Heather you should be ashamed.
Tex
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I had a corporate managers career of 48 years. I’ve seen em come and go and at times I’ve been a prick and a tough guy to get along with…..but to act like that…you better win! Hear me Mr. Narduzzi ! You embarrassed us tonight the likes of Dave Hart and you are a prick and very hard to get along with. You should be made by Heather to read out loud every comment on this post and beg for atonement and forgiveness. When I had a loss like tonight and I wAs in charge, I fired someone.
Otherwise people would assume I was the incompetent one. In your case you have proven over and over, you are incompetent as a head coach. If I was Heather your ass would be gone tomorrow. You are a disgrace to the University of Pittsburgh and the City of Youngstown, where I was born. Please offer your resignation and do the right thing. You are not qualified to be the Head Coach at a major university let alone my beloved Alma Mater, Pitt.
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Maybe the entire football program needs to go on vacation
I’m sure Heather could recommend a few places.
Tex
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Oh, I almost forgot. Took the T back downtown. It made the traffic in Oakland look good. Also, has anyone ever walked past the line of Pitt students waiting for busses after the game? I can honestly say, for the first time I would not do that to go to,a game. While Heinz is convenient for me, it must really, really suck if your a student. Experience it for yourself one time. OCS looks better. Seriously, it was a real eye opener! Then again, a few more games like this and you could hold the crowd at the Riverhounds stadium!
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Just got into bed after attending the most dreadful day of Pitt Football ever.
I feel like I could write for hours about all of the different ways that today was awful. But at 12:45 a.m., nobody will be reading this. So I feel like I’m just writing just to make myself feel better about what happened out there today.
Inept does not even begin to cover it. Sad. Pathetic. Embarrassing.
So I’ll just go to sleep, and hopefully wake up in the morning with l