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Michaelangelo holds a degree in Travel Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He was a former staff writer for InPittsburgh Newsweekly, and currently resides near Atlanta, Georgia. He has been a Pitt fan since 1997 after he witnessed Pitt upset #22 Miami on Thursday night at Pitt Stadium.

730 thoughts on “2018’s Penn State Game Thread; 9/8/18”

  17. 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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    1. 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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  30. 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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  31. 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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  32. 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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  37. Galls me that they swiped Kevin Givens from us at the last minute and now he is terrorizing us

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  43. 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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  48. 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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  65. 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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  71. 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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  89. 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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  97. 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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  100. 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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      1. 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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  115. 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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  122. 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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    1. 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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    1. 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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  132. 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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  136. 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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  154. 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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  177. 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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  180. 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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  219. 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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  223. 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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  227. 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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  228. 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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  232. 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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  234. 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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  235. 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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  236. 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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  238. Why can Pitt NEVER get it together?? I never post but the kicker had me screaming at my TV…SOP.

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  239. 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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  240. 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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  241. 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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    1. 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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  242. 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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  243. 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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  245. 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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  248. Another 5 win season

    Can Heather begin looking for a replacement now?

    Narduzzi might be good at making pizzas.

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  249. 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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  261. 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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  269. 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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  284. 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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  287. 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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  295. 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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    1. 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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  302. 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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  306. 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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  318. 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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  319. 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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    1. Wait doesn’t the biggest improvement come between games 2 and 3? Oh that’s games 1 and 2…

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    2. 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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  325. 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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  328. 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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  329. 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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    1. 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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      1. 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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        1. 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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  331. 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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  332. 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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  350. 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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  351. 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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  353. 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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  354. 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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  367. A punt return TD was pretty much the only thing we were missing, so glad they checked that box.

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    1. 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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  383. 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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    1. 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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  392. 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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  394. 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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      1. 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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  397. 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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  400. 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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    1. 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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  405. 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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  409. 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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  410. 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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  414. 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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    1. 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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  419. 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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  422. 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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  427. 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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  428. Next year’s defense is going to be amazing when Narduzzi finally gets “his guys” in there. SARCASM FONT

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  435. 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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  436. 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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  444. 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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  453. 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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  454. 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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  459. 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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  460. 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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  462. 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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  464. “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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  477. 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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  486. 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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    1. 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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  488. 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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  492. 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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  493. 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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  496. 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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    1. 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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  499. 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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    1. 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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  503. 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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  504. 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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  505. 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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  508. 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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  510. 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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  512. 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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  513. 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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  514. 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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  515. 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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    1. 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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  517. Many thought Pitt could compete. Tough to compete when your quarterback is in diapers and your coach has Alzheimer’s.

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    1. 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.

      I

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  519. 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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  521. 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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  523. 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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    1. 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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  527. 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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    1. 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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  528. 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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  529. 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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  530. 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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  532. 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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  533. 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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  534. 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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  535. Maybe the entire football program needs to go on vacation

    I’m sure Heather could recommend a few places.

    Tex

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  536. 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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  537. 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 less anger.

    One question before nighty night. Did Paris Ford play? I was looking for him on the sideline, and did not see him.

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    1. Good question wlat…..and he wasn’t listed on the depth chart either. He’s probably transferring….just kidding 🙂

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  538. Took some medicine tonight.

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    Pat Narduzzi is here, and: “The first thing I wanna do is apologize to the Pitt nation out there. That was not Pitt football right there. … All of that falls right on my chest. I’ll take it all.”

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  540. For me, The sign was Canada leaving and not getting Jurkovec. Those are the types you need to win championships. Watson, Lopes, Briggs. Those types get you 5 and 7 seasons

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  541. No chance we beat VT or Duke. Maybe Miami bc they suck. ND we have zero chance. I think UVA improves. UCF no chance. Plus WF is probably a L.

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    1. No way we’re gonna beat Miami…they’ll be out for blood after last year.

      And I don’t think Pitt has ever beaten Miami, 2 years in a row unless it was like pre-1970

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  542. At most schools, losing like this to your rival would result in major changes. But Heather will probably just offer a grape Fanta instead of orange Fanta to the 100 students who stay past the 3rd quarter against Tech next week. Heather will continue to coddle narduzzi and enable the mediocrity. Gallagher is back home sipping tea and playing bridge totally clueless that the front porch was burned down to the ground.

    Tex

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  544. That game was 6-14 at halftime.

    Pitt has now scored a Grand Total of 0 (zero) points in 2 games this year.

    Watson has gotta be a moron. What did we have 10 yds of offense in the 2nd half.

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  546. @EE – Dairy punted 5 times for a 43 yd avg, with 4 of 5 inside pitt’s 20. Pitt punted 6 times for a 33 yard average with ZERO inside the 20 and a long of 42. Take that long one out and he averaged 30 yds a punt with an average 3 second hangtime which caused the punt return td, and a blocked punt which resulted in a td.

    So can someone answer my question when it happened. Dairy kicked off to us late in the 4th. The ball bounced around the 10 and our returner caught it after the first bounce and signalled a fair catch. Can you do that and if you can, why wouldn’t every team signal a fair catch on an on-sides kick? I think our returner blew it and so did the refs because of our incompetence.

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  547. BTW… Joe… You hit on the head. The whole thing of Heinz is a TOTAL DISRESPECT to the Student Body.

    A good rule of thumb… Don’t take Pitt Football seriously UNTIL they officially announce the building of an On-Campus Stadium.

    It really is that simple!

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    1. Pitts only commitment is to mediocrity. Just do enough to breakeven and to not get kicked out of the ACC. Heather learned nothing from her days at Ohio state.

      Tex

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  548. Mark/UPitt: You have this guy pegged. Today was way worse than Okie St. last year. OK St. was so much better than we were. Today, we self destructed. The coaching ineptitude was at a new level. The players didn’t help. However bad it was on TV, it was ten times worse in person.

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  549. The Game went SOUTH with the initial Kick-Off when Pitt elected to TAKE the Ball into the wind. Of course, Narduzzi later BLAMED it on the Captains misunderstanding what he meant by DEFER.

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    1. It is a Pitt thing. I have the 1979 Pitt/PSU game on DVR. Game was in State College and it took about five minutes for the ref to sort the coin toss. Pitt won the toss and the Pitt player kept saying he wanted the ball AND to defend the end zone to his right. The ref kept explaining to him that he only got one choice- the ball or the direction. The player would say he wanted the ball, and then just as the ref was about to make the announcement the player would add that he wanted that end zone. The ref couldn’t seem to get the Pitt player to understand a simple concept of how the game operates. Unlike tonight, that Pitt team had players, coaches, and even on OCS (even though it was an away game) and won easily.

      Watched the game on TV and you could clearly see and read HCPN questioning what happened and reiterating that he told them to defer.

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  550. Guys, I think you all are missing the AD game. Our current AD was hired by a committee that included the head football coach. Because of that, the head coach gets a big raise and extension (quid pro quo).

    AD fires at least 7 or 8 coaches and says to the chancellor that the state of the program is much worse than she thought. Chancellor believes this because of all the terminations. AD explains to chancellor that new hires will take 4 years to turn things around. Chancellor says wow and extends AD. AD strikes gold with pay on her way to next job. It’s a sham, kind of like politics. The only ones getting screwed are the fans.

    Can someone explain again why we wore the Akron colors? Is it because we play like them? Aspire to be like them? What? I am so confused.

    Franklin was not trying to rub narduzzi’s face in it by challenging the call. He did it so that the dairy announcer would tell potential recruits that Franklin coaches these kids hard until the final whistle and helps him recruit. Narduzzi blocks all reporters, Franklin embraces them. Poor marketing by athletic department. Who runs that show anyway? This is why Heather is not the answer. Still laughing at the hurley swing and miss and how everyone thinks she is great because of capel hire. Capel hire was the result of a mistake with hurley. I am not impressed yet.

    We did have a 6 yard small logo of Pitt at midfield. Wrong colors….How I would love to sit on the athletic committee and have heather Lyke report to me. Just for two years.

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  552. @POD – kickoff calls are very simple and if your captains don’t know what to do before they go out there, they shouldn’t go. That is on the players. Win Toss = Defer. How hard is that??? A player should grasp that. It was not narduzzi’s fault other than having someone out there that couldn’t figure out the algebraic equation, if this, than that.

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  553. Universities are run like Gov’t agencies. At least Pitt is and incompetence reigns supreme. Gallagher was in the Federal Gov’t before, so it all fits very nicely together. It’s all one Big Gravy Train.

    The fans of Pitt truly are the suckers as Huff suggested.

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  554. Yes, I did write Max Browne earlier. Many beat him up and candidly, he did okay. I like Pickett’s potential, but with our line and inability of wr’s to create their own space, he will struggle. Pitt’s offense is so vanilla. Play calling was terrible. OL terrible.

    ollison had a 63 yard carry. Take that away and he carried 20 times for 56 yards.

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      1. The point Reed is that Browne wouldn’t have done any worse than Pickett last night and Pickett gets a pass and Browne got crucified. Neither is OKAY. And Dinucci got crucified (deservedly so in my estimation). And all other Pitt qb’s get crucified. MacPittie didn’t get a chance to be crucified. They get crucified because they have a bunch of 2 stars protecting them that never played the line before and a 2 star OC with no imagination.

        Go back to our first game roundtable last year. I said, the fact that we have some 2 star guys starting that have never played a lick or a certain position (Zeise, Roy, Dintino) and walk ons is terrible.

        Run off all your 4 stars and poof!

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  555. just you and me emel. Any last thoughts?

    Open up the offense so it is fun for the kids! When they have fun, they will play loose and with passion because they enjoy it so much.

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  556. Huff III… Still defending Narduzzi?

    Sorry, but it’s just not true. Sometimes even the Refs get it WRONG (See Steelers… Jerome Bettis… Detroit… Thanksgiving).

    Point is, even if your Captains do get it wrong, well then Mr. Head Coach, you picked the WRONG Captains.

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    1. ummm, POD. I haven’t been a defender of narduzzi or are athletic department, or executive leadership and if you re-read my comment you will note that I said exactly what you typed. You send out an ACC academic and he can’t figure it out, that says it all. Narduzzi should know if the player is capable of figuring out that if you win the toss, you defer to the 2nd half.

      This was not an issue of the refs getting it wrong. Please don’t try to muddy the water pal. It was the player. It was also the player that dropped the snaps. It was the punter that couldn’t hit one. A field goal kicker that missed.

      Penalties like they got were terrible and on the coach for the discipline issue. I am sure narduzzi doesn’t teach his players to grab facemasks, hold in the end zone, drop punts, miss tackles. Be mad at the results, not the ones that tell it like it is and not how we want it to be.

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  557. Yep Huff…hear ya bro. Well with 150 yds passing against a D2 school and 50 tonite. Boy George might be playing sooner than most ppl think.

    Something nobody ever thought possible. Possible.

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  558. MOST people here said Pitt would win.. some by double digits.

    I think upitt, Reed and myself all picked double-digit losses. But we’re just negativos– or maybe we don’t let our love for Pitt neuter our brains.

    5-6 wins.. and the Duzz is walking.

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    1. Jay,,,,I think Duzz only is cut loose if we win 2 or 3 games. Reason.
      Pitt can’t afford, to buy out his contract (which was extended), so soon after buying out Otis’s contract.

      Which is one of the reasons (probably the main reason) why I then decided to be on the Duzz Train.

      For if you got back and look in the winter or spring I noted that Pitt would most likely or somewhat likely go 4-8 this year. That was before (i think) they fired Otis and had to eat $10 mil and before (i think) they extended Duzz.

      Once all that stuff happened, my thoughts were they couldn’t unload Duzz, so you gotta support him.

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  559. Anyway I’m out for the Night. Surprised I lasted this long. Must be the Apple Cider Vinegar and Blue-Green Algae, Spirilina, stuff. No kidding 🙂

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  561. Woke up this AM. Guess what? The sun did not come up! It’s just as dark and gloomy as when I went to sleep. Good, bad, and ugly should be interesting. There are so many issues, but one that I kept harping on all last year seems to continue, at least from my perspective and that is the S&C coach. All players love whoever the guy is at any school. But the second half performances have been awful. So many problems, guess this is really minor but it bugs me.

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  564. I didn’t check the POV until morning but at 674 comments in folks are rightfully mad at this pathetic display. The 4th down call had the exact same formation after the timeout. No creativity! I usually positive but PN is not a good coach, he rode Dantonio’so coattails. I hope Lyke has a nice list of potential replacements. I bright innovative mind on offense!

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  565. I have long supported Duzz: excited he’s from my home town, thought he would be like Stoops or Tressel or Pallini, thought it would energize after ho-hum blah blah PC.
    Last night broke me, I felt bad for my 11 month old son that I put him to bed prior to kickoff in a script onesie, I felt ashamed to be a fan.
    Narduzzi-this is your last chance, this week will say to me (one of your most ardent defenders) if you got what it takes. After this week either I’m still with you or I will admit like so many others that it’s time for another change.

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  566. Good: I didn’t fly in for that.
    Bad: coaching, special teams, lines. You name it.
    Ugly: this season is shaping up for taking the under from Vegas (5.5 wins)

    Tex

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    1. I think franklin got into narduzzis head. Scrambled those meatballs around.

      Kids weren’t mentally prepared. You saw that on the coin toss. Bad omen. Pitt also didn’t have the talent.

      Akron would have given the Nitters a better game. Maybe we hire their coach?

      Tex

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  568. I forgot that narduzzi was on committee to pick the AD. Explains why Heather extended narduzzi and doesn’t critique or challenge him. It’s as much her fault as his.

    Tex

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    1. Tex – I wrote an article about how ludicrous that was… and got the ire up of the Pitt fans who felt Narduzzi could do no wrong and should be able to choose his boss. Well, he did and he’s getting $3.5M that Pitt can’t afford to pay.

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  569. That game made me happy in my decision to give up my season tickets. This was an awful game all around: the inability to pass the ball, the stupid penalties, and worst of all the special teams.

    In the first half alone, the special teams—and one player in particular—was responsible for an 11 point swing due to his inability to catch the snap. I did not agree with that 4th and 3 call when Pitt showed absolutely zero ability to pass. Penn State just loaded the box and stopped QO. No doubt in my mind that was going to happen.

    In the second half, the special teams’ penalties on punt returns had 3 or 4 straight possessions start inside the 10.

    Such an awful night of football. The OL is awful. I’m not sure whether Pickett is not confident in his ability to throw the ball down field, if the receivers are getting no separation, or whether it’s that he’s running for his life due to OL play, but it could be all 3.

    Special teams are a disaster. They killed Pitt last night when the game was still close (and continually through the remainder of the game).

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  570. Rain continues to fall today, in buckets, but it will need to resemble Noah’s problem to wash away the stench from last night. How do you prevent having a knee jerk reaction to the debacle? Still stunned at how poorly we played, how bad the coaching was, and how demoralizing the whole situation is. It’s like the Waterboy all over “Oh no, we suck,again”.

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  571. I honestly can’t believe the I’m surprised crowd?

    Have you seen Narduzzi’s recruiting?

    Have you seen his Boastfulness?

    Haveyou seen his coaching?

    His Bum hires? Bates,Watson, Ming

    Did you watch the Albany game?

    PSU is a 7-8 win team. Not even that great and they score 50 with 2nd and 3rd teamers.

    I gave Pitt to much credit only losing by 13.

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  572. Narduzzi was brought in for his swagger and defensive genius.

    If anything, he has shown himself to be a braggart and his defense is offensive.

    He still hasn’t learned how to be a head coach and his recruiting has gone south.

    I’ve seen enough to know he’s not the future. But Pitt is stuck with him since Heather rewarded him with a contract extension making a buyout financially impossible.

    Tex

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  573. Bad assistants and bad recruiting is why Pitt is where it is at in year four under Narduzzi. Some puzzling coaching on display for sure. Why Zeise and Idowu continue to play and Brightwell and Pine sit the bench reeks big.

    So if it rains we cannot expect to throw the football because I know Kenny can throw the ball when it is dry. Where are wide-open offenses Watson had at Nebraska and Indiana? Who was the former receivers coach recruiting that no one on this roster can get separation? The freshman Louis might be a good one, but he about broke in half when he got crushed and fumbled in the fourth. Why did Ffrench not return those kickoffs and when he did looked like he ran a 5.5 40?

    Pitt has a Pitt problem. Moose was .500 here and Dixon was treading down and both are at different school and winning. Dixion picked up a four-star point guard late last evening. He was recruiting classes at Pitt in the end that weren’t even totaling four stars all together.

    This university doesn’t care about football. Forget firing Narduzzi because Heather will be told to hire an assistant because no way would a coach leave for Pitt playing in a rented stadium. That assistant will be like the old boss.

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  574. Tough to watch the OL last night. Their inability to give Pickett time to throw limited what we could do and the Nits saw that and adjusted accordingly.

    Mark/UPitt – don’t agree with you win prediction of 7-8 for the Pedos. I think they are better than that; let’s see how it unfolds.

    Someone noted some days back that the GT game is a key game for determining how the season will play out. I agree with that remark and will watch with interest to see how Pitt responds to the humiliation of last night.

    Bright spot – Great tailgate last night with plenty of POV celebrities.

    A long nasty, wet ride home today – ugh. Would be more tolerable with at least a respectable showing last night.

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  575. On Friday, I posted about Narduzzi needing to “Know thyself” in reaction to his boasting about how he had warned Players to NOT be “that guy” who gets penalized.

    Well, look who got hit for 15 yards in the FIRST Quarter for arguing with the Refs.

    Laughable.

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  576. Quick question. Mark Cuban did a spot at the beginning of the game. Can he be Pitt’s T Boone Pickens? Need a new coach and OCS!

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    1. After that performance, Cuban will be disassociating himself from Pitt again. As will David Tepper, who has never really embraced Pitt as he does CMU

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  577. You make a good point. PC is now having great success. Dixon seems revitalized.

    PC wasn’t given the resources to succeed at Pitt.

    Dixon wasn’t challenged and was protected by his good friend Stevie.

    Pitt doesn’t have the funds for good assistants so it gets retreads that nobody wants. Heather doesn’t challenge narduzzi. Pitt is more concerned about grade point averages than wins and losses.

    Pitt allows others to dictate tailgate policy and students wait two hours to get bussed back to campus. What a wonderful experience.

    Pitt doesn’t understand college athletics, doesn’t care and thinks fans are foolish enough to keep buying season tickets.

    The only thing that will get Pitt’s attention is a drop in season tickets.

    Show me you’re serious Pitt when you release the feasibility study for an OCS, when your AD has final say on coaching hires, when you increase the budget to compete, when you hold coaches accountable and demand results on the field.

    Again, Pitt is fine with mediocrity as long as they breakeven financially and as long as the ACC keeps them as a member.

    Pitt did a fine job embarrassing the conference on national TV though.

    Tex

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  579. Waited until this morning to post, so my head is a little cooler. Obviously last night was horrendous in the end, but Jesus Christ you guys are depressing to read. Here’s my take because I don’t think the sky is falling like most of you.

    Positives:
    -run game in the first half
    -Oline opening some holes in the first half (and not getting manhandled like some people were posting)
    -should’ve actually been winning at the end of the first half against a top ten team
    -most teams we play won’t be as good as Psu

    Negatives:
    I think we all know the negatives as evidenced by all the posts (and I’m with you on many of them), but my biggest concern is the lack of resiliency. We were in this game for a large part of the game and it seemed like the players just gave up towards the middle of the 3rd quarter. I know Psu has the more talented players, but we were in this and it shouldn’t have gotten so ugly.

    Also, really hated the play calling and game plan. When our run game was working, we looked pretty good. But when it wasn’t working, we did not have any answers on offense. Hopefully we don’t have to play any more games in the rain this year, because we’re obviously not competent in these conditions.

    Time to move on. Ugly final score, but I’m attributing this more to the players giving up and not being prepared/experienced for terrible weather conditions. So obviously not good, but for all of you saying Narduzzi and Lyke should be fired and are terrible, gives me a break. It’s one really bad half and final score. I get being frustrated, but let’s not be irrational here. If at seasons end, we’re 5-7 or worse, then I’ll jump aboard the “can the coach” train, but not after one bad game. You’re all smarter than this.

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    1. You can’t be serious or don’t know football. Yes,blane the weather. When PSU wins 8 games this year and are ranked 25th remember they beat us by 40 with 2nd and 3rd teams. Narduzzi is a joke.

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    2. did you watch the second half?
      Pitt doesnt get a participation trophy for 1st half play.

      Is it surprising that Pitt got blown out? The worst loss in the series since 1968. Yes and No.

      I really thought Pitt had a chance. Predicted 23-15.

      I’m very rational after analyzing the past 4 years. Narduzzi is not the future. Rivalry games like this really show it and the rest of the nation now knows.

      Many will argue to let this year and next year play out since he hasnt been playing with his players and he’s still learning how to coach. Hogwash.

      Here’s what Pitt should have done:
      Hired a proven head coach
      Had money to hire young assistants with high potential (subject to AD approval)
      Focused a greater effort on getting 4 star talent to join the program
      Committed to footballs future by releasing a feasibility study for a multi purpose facility
      Had an AD that was not indirectly hired by your football coach

      Could of, would of, should of

      Pitt’s BoT and Gallaghers leadership team should be embarrassed by this performance. However, I’m sure the Nitters on those boards and teams are very happy at the outcome. They planted the seeds for Pitt’s athletic destruction long ago.

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      1. “Hired a proven head coach. Had money to hire young assistants with high potential (subject to AD approval”

        This is the problem: Pitt never wants to spend on a proven coach. It would also be tough to pull a proven coach away from his current gig to coach in a rented stadium. Pitt is screwed when it comes to football.

        You’re right, those Nitters on the BoT must be so happy.

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  580. Watson, I believe, was a consultant at Indiana.
    Ming was relieved of actual coaching at Maryland.
    The defensive coordinator was never a defensive coordinator…except at some division 3 pimple school.
    Anyone see a pattern here?

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  582. At fade,
    Your points are accurate, but the negatives are seriously issues within the football program program that shouldn’t be happening in year 4 of this coach.

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  583. Pittastic… A success like Cuban wouldn’t invest in an inept business such as PITT… throwing good money after bad… although they honored a couple at half time the Just threw 2 mill into the championship fund.

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  585. BTW… the sky over Narduzzi Land started cracking and chipping away a LONG time ago.

    Me, personally. I was vehemently opposed to hiring Narduzzi and posted as much during the search. It seemed pretty obvious that he did not have the MENTAL or EMOTIONAL makeup to be a Head Coach and was nothing more than a career Assistant.

    But Gallagher and Juhl, who clearly know NOTHING about football… fell for whatever Narduzzi was selling.

    Now look where we are. In my opinion, worse than Post Graham.

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  586. Best thing is that it was too late to get into the morning print papers.
    When we did not move the ball in the second series in the third quarter, it was over, PSU had loaded the box. Offense was dead. PSU then scored 3rd TD.

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  588. Ya Bernie, I was there. Mrs. JoeKnew is not a big tailgater, plus she is always( rightfully) concerned over my behavior. It was quite the show, huh? Hope we get together sometime and talk.

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  589. Upitt- I don’t know football? U know nothing about me so stfu- I am simply trying to point out whatever positives I can in an ugly loss- and I’m not blaming the weather- obviously both teams played in the same conditions- we just weren’t as prepared and that’s on coaching.

    I get all the negatives. I’m just choosing to not join the bashing (although it is deserved).

    As far as Psu, I think you’re wrong about only 8 wins, although I’d rather you be right and they’re 8 wins or less at end of season.

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  590. Sorry, that was a little harsh. Just as frustrated as everyone else and I’m not ready to write off this season. And I think there is more talent on this team than what we saw on a disgusting night.

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  592. Narduzzi = Foge
    Heather will be like Bozik if this isnt addressed this year

    The worst beat down to your main rival in 50 years
    Narduzzi got extended and is getting paid $3.5M for a national embarrassment (probably lost millions in PR alone)
    And his recruiting is trending down leaving Pitt with little hope for the future (ranking at #55 this year based on avg stars)

    Pitt is on a path to become Rutgers

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  594. That game was a game changer for me. That was farcical and was a summation of all things Pitt football. Now will Narduzzi be fired? No. But he should be today. That was so piss poor of a effort going into a big game on national TV. Narduzzi embarrassed the University. He will be here until PItt has no choice. NO one will get behind this program now. Even his detractors have to be stunned just how abysmal this effort was. How you call no passing plays at all. NO bubble screens, no quick slants, no nothing. How you play Briggs over and over is insane. If you are a leader who demands excellence, you have to fire Narduzzi today. UCF is going to make Pitt look like that Houston Arizona game. Complete fiasco. Just so stunned on the ineptitude shown last night. .NO one including me saw this coming. NO one had PSU wining by this amount. Look the coastal is bad so who knows. But what I do know is Narduzzi was exposed and his program is not close to being good.

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  595. Guys – new article up. It’s not a pretty picture of the program.

    Forget about an OCS. I personally have had candid face-to-face conversations with two ex-Chancellors (Posvar and Nordenberg) who both told me “Pitt (didn’t) doesn’t want it and the City won’t allow it”. Add to that Gallagher couldn’t give a rat’s ass about it either and the subject is dead.

    It will never be in Oakland – somewhere else maybe, but not on the main campus.

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  597. It all goes back to recruiting. I have been complaining about it for three years. It has been a complete fail.
    Seventeen seniors should tell you all you need to know. The makeshift O-line should tell you all you need to know. No wide receivers or tight ends with the ability to separate. Mediocre transfers playing first string on the O-line, at wide receiver and tight end. Most of the best of the WPIAL playing elsewhere.

    This is the major difference between Narduzzi and Franklin. Franklin smart enough to hire Terry Smith to recruit the WPIAL. ND getting what they want out of the WPIAL. Narduzzi offering most 4 and 5 star guys nationally and not getting them. Franklin losing great players and replacing them with more great players.

    Man for man, at almost every position Pitt was outclassed. After the adrenaline wore off Pitt was manhandled. Penalties and mistakes came frequently, PSU missed a field goal and dropped many passes too. But they made more big plays and had a decent passing game because their QB had time to throw and receivers that got open vs ours that did not.

    The buck stops with him, but firing him won’t make a bit of difference if we can’t afford top flight assistants, and get a coach that can convince elite players to come to Pitt.

    There are no stars on this team. Ollison, Wirginis, and Weaver had good games, but you need much more than that. After PSU realized we couldn’t pass, they shut down the run, game over. Pickett ran for his life, and Ford was not heard from. You can’t compete without stars making plays. There are no Aaron Donalds, James Conners, Tyler Boyds or Q Hendersons, Blewitts or Winslows on this team. Guys that still looked great in a loss and kept you in the game.

    All that being said, everyone should have had this one penciled in as a loss. If we bounce back next week who knows. We will find out how much pride these guys have left.

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