It is Senior Day and a game that needs to be won to keep this good 2nd half of the season going.
Here’s your game thread for it…
It is Senior Day and a game that needs to be won to keep this good 2nd half of the season going.
Here’s your game thread for it…
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LET’S GO PITT!!!!!!!!!
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We going to sell this one out? From what I hear stub hub tix were dwindling last night
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I’m blocking out SOP from my mind and am predicting a win today 31-24 Pitt! Let’s get a win, Panthers!
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a few of my friends are going to the game that rarely do, in fact, this may be the first Pitt game for one of them. Maybe we will get a decent crowd.
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I’ve never been more excited about a game in the past twenty years! H2P
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HTP!
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Pluck them Hokies!
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Looks like Wake won’t be a pushover next week…
https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/wake-forest-demon-deacons-north-carolina-state-wolfpack-201811080007/
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Great pass! Glad Mack is back…
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Can’t take a sack there….
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On this cold day I figured having a kicker used to making long kicks at Heinz Field would be a good advantage for our Panthers.
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Our defense full of holes but they play hard and compete… VA Tech QB not very good, so that helps
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We’re running well against them…looking real good now.
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Catch 22,,,with the 1 cut
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Great run for TD by Ollison. Great run by Hall to set it up. Go PITT
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I’m calling for a shutout
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I think the biggest story this year is the development of the O-line…at least the running game.
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Pitt TRAIN is rolling !
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It’s taken me the whole 1st W to sync Hiigrove with the tv. It’s like 30 seconds behind.
GO PITT
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1st Q
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FFrench 78yds TD.
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Ffffffrench! This is starting to look like the last Steelers game.
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The Mad Bomber is backkkkkkk….to the
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Let’s go Pitt!
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Fffffrench Connection
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Emel… Seems you were one Game too early with your prediction of French having a BIG Game.
Gotta rework those numbers!
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Up 17 – 0. Erie with his ff’s for this
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Left of Emel & his love for the FFrench connection.
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No letup I hope.
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Don’t let up boys!!!!
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Holy Sh!t. Please don’t let this feeling end. H2P!!!!!!!
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Take note… Rashad Wheeler NOWHERE to be seen. But Jones II now CEMENTED as a DL Starter.
Two things I predicted after Penn State. But what do I know.
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WOW!
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17-0.
And yet I keep waiting for the collapse.
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Nice!
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Blacked out in the ATL so listening on delay. Pitt playing like the other Pittsburgh team, thus far. H2P!
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Why would ESPNU be blacked out in Atlanta?
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If I was VaTech… I would throw at ANYBODY covered by No. 3.
Let’s hope they’re not that smart.
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Shhh!
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Your not a fan of Central Catholic are you?
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Impressive development on the defense this season too. Maybe Lyke does know what she’s doing….
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Defense definitely playing better due to more control by Bates.
Hamlin now regularly sitting it out on the sidelines… especially when the Offense is expected to PASS!
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Oh my….58 more for Hall….how can this be? 🙂
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Wow, Hall!
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Man….this game was over….. 😦
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Pickett’s willingness to COMPETE a little better that time than his ability to hang on to the football.
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A shame
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Really bad TO by Pickett!
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Turnovers hurt!
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Is Hamlin hurt? Not his biggest fan. But usually he does play a little more snaps than what we’re seeing today.
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Don’t get rattled damnit
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14 point turnaround
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man. rhe DBs really suck.
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Instead of up by 24 we’re up by 10.
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10 to 14 point swing. Turnovers really hurt.
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Pitt needs to suck it up.
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Hall & Ollison! Yes!
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Hall and Ollison, yes!
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Amazing that some actually believe Pickett’s competitiveness is not WAY ABOVE average!
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Just unstoppable…
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Does anyone know the attendance yet?
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Same Old Who???
H2P
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Nice Drive, Q runs & PITT TD to answer the Turkeys !!!
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Another Emel’s FFrench Connection 24-7. Go PITT
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lol…love that
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Way to suck it up! H2P!
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All the Runningback U talk has to be good for recruiting.
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Sack!!!!
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We’re getting some good announcing, talking up Pitt today !
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Punt it baby
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Let’s punch in another 7
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Notice Pickett getting BETTER! A future NFL Quarterback.
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You bet he is!!!!
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Oh man, 1 yard too long
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Backup Quarterback!!
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That injury helped us
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… I do up the VT kid is OK
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As I said.
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Now we have a passing game too? Mack being back is YUGE!!! Ffrench is improving too.
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Aston TD. Feel sorry for Mack.
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Kenny misses 2 wide open guys and then threaded the needle to Taser
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Pitt 97.6% probability of winning.
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The Animal Airborne!!!
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Let’s go Pitt!
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Hey,
It ain’t over til it’s over!
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True. Remember Houston. Ouch!
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Don’t even mention Cincinnati…
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wow….what a half…can’t remember last time against P5 up so large at half
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Kaboom…end it with a VT downer….a QB sack
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Man has Hendrix improved since the mid season. The NFL may even be paying attention.
The game’s a laugher….undefeated from here into the ACC Championship game!
Didn’t this transformation mysteriously start when Reed had his back surgery? 😉
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Indeed….Nard Dog’s D has transformed too ! Reed & Nardo….lol
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Lots of that Steeler mojo left at Heinz. No let up Panthers!
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The Dog has them playing the Bend but Don’t Break D……which is how you beat teams that
run the Spread….like Texas Tech…and lots of pressure
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Man-to-man press coverage too (unlike the Steelers). Can we re-run that “Does Narduzzi Know What He’s Doing” thread again….
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Starting to relax…just a bit.
Thankfully we get the ball to start the third.
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Come on guys….no talk of Pitt games past…..The Ghost of Season’s Past
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This game is boring.
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Of course jk
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SOP is DOA!!!
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So Narduzzi was right about winning the conference. Hard to believe.
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Everyone outside that locker room laughed when said that, including me. It’s a wonder Narduzzi isn’t more popular with recruits and their coaches and families with his belief in his team and enthusiasm.
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One thing though before we start talking upsetting Clemson again in the ACC Championship, VT has a ton of injuries on defense. Still, that running game…
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When I said that Pitt would score 31 points today, I meant the first half! 🙂 Maybe Pitt should further extend Narduzzi’s contract!
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It makes it hard to guesstimate his $ & compare to USA Today. But it can be done.
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Boy, that Paul Chryst really can recruit!
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Hard to believe we’ll have the same record as them 10 games into the season.
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Pitt has offers out to three undecided 4 star running backs. Two from Florida. I hope they’re all watching this game!
Kenny McIntosh, Daniel Carter, & Joachim Bangda
https://pittsburgh.rivals.com/offers/football/2019
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Hamlin not hurt. Back in the game. Gets TRUCKED by VaTech Runningback.
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Generous spot on the 3rd down pass by them
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Dang Jackson!
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Pitt has to stop beating themselves.
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OK,
Let’s get the mo back RIGHT NOW!
Only a 2 score game. Time to wake up!!!!!!!
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only good thing about that….VT burned 7 minutes off the clock…thanks
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We better get serious in this half. Houston… remember?
That was absolutely offensive pass interference on the 2 pt conversion.
So tired of having to beat the ACC refs too.
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agree about burning the clock. But we have to cover somebody. their guys are wide open. luckily the QBs suck.
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He’s got a 140 QB rating…not chopped liver
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We need to drive down the field and score. Forget about just trying to burn clock and not lose. We must keep the peddle to the medal!!!!!
Come on!!!!!!
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150 rating in Conf games
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Catch 22…in ur face
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What?! Hall, Hall… wow!
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HOF Hall!
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That’s what I’m talking about!!!! YES!
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That Paul Chryst sure could recruit!
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Pitt’s Quick Strike…Rushing Offense 🙂
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WE got the Fffrench Connection & The Youngstown Connection….Love 22
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I’m on a ESPN STREAMING delay but I like what I’m seeing. H2P!
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7 rushes for 186 yards……26.6 yards per carry
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Nice.
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Hall 186 yards on 7 carries! Wow!
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POD,
Aren’t there still a decent amount of Chryst recruits on the field????
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The BAD news is… next year not one Runningback on the roster who can compare to either Ollison or Hall.
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Worry about next year, next year.
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Q only has 96 yards
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Yes. Chryst recruits including both Ollison and Hall.
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Hall signed with Duzz.
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Shane Roy blew up that play…nice
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Pitt has 507 yards of Offense thru 3……345 on the Train
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Thanks Marietta.
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Welcome!
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“4🤚4🤚4🤚4🤚”
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EMEL – didn’t know ow his qb rating. doesnt look like it to me. good on us!
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Yep htp….Willis is 3rd in Conf in QB rating in conf games
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I notice everyone at the gAME seems seated…worst way to stay warm…STAnd UP AND STOMP UR FEET
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But, here’s a name you might want to write down… Carter, as in Daniel.
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Do we put in George for a series or not chance it???
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No way…..too close from being a 2 score game
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Pittman… Good idea. I say play George. Let’s see what he got.
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Pitt needs to tighten it up.
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Come on Weaver DUMB!
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Penalties! Ouch!
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again…..the DBs..
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Let me take back what I said about playing George.
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Forget about backup QB now
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wont or cant tackle…..but we will win anyway….im here freezing my butt off.
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Not buying any Dove products…haha
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Here comes on side kick guys….
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Discipline is the word and Pitt’s D needs to play with some.
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I had them scoring 24…so that’s enough for them
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Watch the onside kick. Nobody does it better than Tech
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Get those peeps standing up …stamping their feet and going wild….htp
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Great defense.
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Alright Fffffrench
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I hope this isn’t becoming SOP. The defense is celebrating already.
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I’m in Heaven!
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Ollison! Yes!
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QQQQQQ ……to the RESCUEEEE
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Same old Pitt! NOT!
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Thank you!!
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Bowl eligible!
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Q is avg’g over 9 yards a carry…..138 total
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Defense needs one stop!
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Discipline!
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I don’t smoke or drink in the house. Late to the Q run. Go PITT
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Holy moly! H2P!
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What’s with the short kicks??
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Richard,
You may need to take the tv outside 😎
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OK. Put George in!
Lol
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How much time left.
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On delay.
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704
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Thanks
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C’mon defense…what the heck?
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What a sendoff for our seniors!
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On delay
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Whistle was blown.
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Don’t think so
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Stop someone!!
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wait a minute they’re always whistling QB in grasp quickly…since D always gets a penalty if they hit him
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So tired of having to beat the ACC refs as well as the opponent.
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I hope that comes back. Bizarre!
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his knee looked down as well, before he turned over
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Crap non call
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This game is not yet won!
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Gotta play to the whistle
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Justice there…after they bogus ACC ref no call
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Great STOP!!!!
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That should do it….HTP!
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Great stop but should have done it earlier. Anxiety time.
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Again take note… No Hamlin on the field.
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Let’s run this game OUT!!!
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Bend but Don’t Break D….yardage means squat if u don’t score
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Yeah but they were moving way to quickly down the field.
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Might be Carter Time…..since they will be putting 7-8 in box
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Keep Carter out of this game! He only gets a couple more….
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er I met….Q Time !
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Pittman – I watch thru the front window. Usually have Serius radio on but forgot to hook it up.
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O My! Q!!!!!!!!!
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This is AMAZING!!!!
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My PC locked How much time and who has the ball?
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4 and some change
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We had it and q ran it 96 yards.
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See acc refs gave us a break.
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i guess every 10 calls against us..they give us 1 break
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Setting more records… 52 pts for Pitt & Steelers. Another score and we set the all time Heinz scoring record!
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The ghost of Marty Gilyard is officially exorcised
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Steelers left mojo for Pitt yes!
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Q….just went over 1000 yards for the season…one of the few Panthers EVER to have 2 1000 yard seasons.
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markets,
Q just ran 97 yard TD
4:43 left
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421 yards on 23 carries combined. I know this is a great Senior game but I sure wish they were Sophomores.
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OK…or Juniors 😉
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Ball was over goal line when Q flipped I think
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eXACTLY…which is why they didn’t bring it back !
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Like the uniforms!
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Rashad Wheeler sighting.
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Great job to the coaches and players. Narduzzi has done a helluva job this year.
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Illegal Forwad Pass HUH?
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What an incredible day for Pitt. For you youngsters this used to happen all the time 1975-1981
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Seems like a lifetime ago. And if you’re 30 and below, it is a lifetime.
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Amazing Pitt & Steelers both scored a Heinz record 52 points each.
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Bowl eligible and maybe more…
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PITT WINS PITT WINS PITT WINS !!!
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H2P! YES!
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Hey wouldn’t that be something if BC wins tonite…and we could play them in Charlotte.
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No…I want an ACC team in the playoff. If anyone beats them let it be us.
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How sweet it is…we owed the Gobblers a beatdown for awhile. And most likely ended their 25 year Bowl Streak
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Payback for knocking us out of a bowl with that dreaded goal line stand last year.
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44,398 happy folks at the game. OK, a few were Hokies….
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Catch 22 ended up 2nd in Rushing Yards….which is incredible when u think about it.
Q with 235 yards, 3 tD’s and several Gobblers flattened and 1 Trucked run over !
Catch 22 with 186 yards, 1 TD and 26.6 ypc
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On to Wake Forest.
Two things:
1.) If your bucket list includes visiting every ACC home field, this will be your last chance for 12 years.
2.) Celebrate a potential Coastal Division CHAMPIONSHIP.
Actually three things – I will be there with my son(in-law) & grandson.
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WF’s most famous alumnus in sports is Western Pa’s own Arnold Palmer, the King !
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Maybe I should say,,,,,,(you can’t) Catch 22
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Might want to think of changing it to “Catch 30″… if you can!
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They can catch him…they just can’t bring him down 🙂
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Since Catch22 was National RB of the week, last week…..this week Q with 235 yards & 3 TD’s.
This might land us the Daniel Carter or another top flight RB recruit.
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A lock….just like this game was.
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Find it hard to believe he would pick K-State over us….but who knows.
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That was good….the VT db that caught Catch 22…in the 1st half,,,,was the same one…Q Trucked in the 4th
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Our other Q….
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Billy H…..is losing it…..Blackburn…lol …not it’s not a post-mortem
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It must be the bobble head…
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Mad Bomber 2.0 had a good game too !
7 of 11 for 162 yards which is 14.7 YPA…..and a very good 23 YPC
and Bomber ran for 58 yards as well with a 6.4 ypc
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Another feather in the cap for Ollison:
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Hard to believe Curtis Martin didn’t do it. I remember he was injured a lot at Pitt. Then he goes into the NFL and goes 10 straight years without missing a game.
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I thought Ironhead had 2….1000 yard seasons. Apparently not. Yea Curtis was injured quite a bit, only played 2 games his Senior year.
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Win out!
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I also remember Pickett saying “No way we’re going 5-7 this season” and we laughed….and laughed…
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Yea and Nardo’s prediction of being in the ACC championship game, which looks like a good bet now.
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Actually I thought Q…..could have quite possibly had four (4) 1000 seasons…..but he was in Nardo’s dog house for quite awhile.
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It’s too bad, some Pitt fans are not enjoying this transformation. Only a few of us making comments after Pitt’s most YARDS ON OFFENSE EVER !!!
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I’m loving it and enjoying yours and others…but I agree with you. Hope everyone is too tipsy to type.
H2 P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The POV post-game tailgate was still going strong when I left it — lots of commenters occupied there…😊
Hail to Pitt!
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Close to perfect game by the offense and the D line was tough throughout.
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I don’t think that’s it. The game is long over, and unlike us, others have a life (LOL) :>)
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Somehow I think if we lost….that would not be the case. Of course the log-in process established has eliminated quite a few of the pedder and hillbilly trolls.
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Much of this offensive explosion has occurred once they opened up the passing game. Just makes the running game more potent!
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Wow….the PG’s Brian Batco has a really good article on George Aston.
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Not commenting is just smelling the roses.
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Kudos to the O-Line and Coach Borbs. What a rushing game we have!!!
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Had a family event today, so just finished watching the game…I don’t care what VT’s record is…That was a damn impressive victory! That’s the type of performance that gets you prime minutes on Sportscenter. H2P!
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Ollison rushed for a total of 2,700 yards in his Pitt career, passing Curtis Martin for 10th place all-time amongst Pitt rushers.
https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2018/11/10/ollisons-record-breaking-night-sends-pitt-over-virginia-tech/
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One game at a time. Great win today. Pitt totally dominated Ffuentes’ hokies. Pitt is now bowl eligible – who cares as we should expect more.
Win out and play in the ACC championship. Now that will make ffolks care.
H2P!
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44,398 at the game today. The Pitt ffans saw a duzzy.
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Enjoy…
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I did!!!
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BEAST MODE!
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I also enjoyed this one. Never enough highlights after a V.
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Those highlights are amazing.
I will always savor my Billy Hillgrove bobblehead because it will remind of the day Charlie Brown kicked Lucy in the head and pummeled her into the ground.
What a great day at Fran’s before and after tailgate and being with the guys.
Hasn’t been as satisfying a victory in many a year.
What a running game, not since Dorsett and Walker have we had a tandem like this.
Tony D. and Conner were there to cheer them on. And the longest run from scrimmage ever!!!!!!
HTP.
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Man I wish they were juniors….
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Think it may be the longest Pitt play for a score eveh – not just from scrimmage!
H2P
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I think we only need to win one of the last two to win the Coastal.
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correct. we also can still win if we lose the next two and UVa loses next week to GT – but I would hate for this to happen
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H2P!!! Keep it rolling! Q and Hall…awesome.O line and Aston punished VT defense. Pickett made plays. The D played very well. Fun game to watch. Clinch Coastal next week!
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Narduzzi Presser:
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Everyone has been waiting for the “Next Dan Marino.” Well, he has arrived.
Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence is the CLOSEST I’ve seen. NOT the perfect comparison in terms of build or quick release. But close enough.
Going to predict that the Marino Comparison will soon become the NORM as Lawrence continues his development to being an NFL First Round Pick.
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Never be another Marino PoD….Mold was broken after Danny boy.
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I’m feeling great tonite! Trust the process
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Qadree Ollison Postgame
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One last feel good story H2P
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Okay, so our very own Michaelangelo was in the building for today’s game — and the Panthers came up with a masterpiece!
With memories of Cincinnati, I couldn’t be comfortable to quite late in the game, but what a fun Pitt game to be at.
And another great job by Fran Lokar at the tailgate… Great to see so many POVers… Missed you Reed.
Hail to Pitt!
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Between the tailgate and the game, what a great day !!! Someone said it was cold. Huh, I didn’t notice. Altoona Josh and Zach, sorry we didn’t make it down to your section , but…..care to join me on the Bright Side?
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Coach Borbely for the Heisman!
Go Pitt!
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after the game, Narduzzi called Borberly one of the best OL coaches in the country. OK maybe a bit of hyperbole, but you have to give Genghis his due.
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If we beat WF we win Coastal. If we lose to WF we may have to beat Miami to win Coastal.
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My wife has Alzheimer’s and her condition keeps me away from the Burgh.
As an old timer, Class of ’63, I have to SHOUT that todays thumping of the Hokies
was almost too good to be true…H2P!!
This team is on a mission and I think we are finally headed in the right direction.
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Prayers for your mom…
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Sorry, meant wife… (long day)
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A reminder — in the Aston/Idowu combined interview last week, when George was asked what he’d like to have happen in his final game at Heinz, like maybe score the winning TD, he said he’d just wants a win and for the offense to have it’s best game yet.
Well, George got his wishes – plus he got a TD!
Hail to Pitt!
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Wow, lots of demons exorcised today. Hopefully the team has two more wins in them for the next two weeks. Crow does not taste that bad! Happy to eat it. Keep feeding it to me Narduzzi!
Great effort by the entire team. Do not underestimate Wake Forest or Miami. We need these two wins to be ranked at the end of the regular season. The offensive line continues to be incredible as do our two running backs.
Wow, just WOW!
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Actually we would still win the Coastal if we lost our last two games as long as VA lost one of its two last games. We own the tie breakers against VA, GT, VT and Duke.
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We need to win the next two games to reestablish Pitt being taken seriously as a football school. If we back into the Coastal title, we will get passed over by the bowl committees until they have to pick us. This seems capable of winning out and that needs to happen!
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This team seems capable of winning out and that needs to happen.
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As great as the run game was there were a few great catches today, none more important than the early one that Mack held on to after a quick bobble and then big hit. VT needed to defffend the pass.
Listen to the Hall post game, very well spoken.
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Hall 156 from 1000. Great if he gets it but I bet HE wouldn’t trade it for a win.
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Great game, great blog. Thank you Reed for all your time spent on this. I guess my early season negativity was really misplaced. Running game looks to be one of the best in the nation at the moment. I think if we win next week we might just scratch the rankings, and we’ll definitely be ranked if we win out.
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Hey UPitt — pre-game, they had the Pitt baseball team sitting at a long table outside Heinz signing autographs!
I never got to do that. Would have been kind of neat. 👍
Hail to Pitt!
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Boy it was cold today in Pittsburgh…until the Pitt offense generated some serious HEAT in the 1st Quarter!
Holy ‘Charlie Brown’ Batman – Pitt kicked the SOP meme to the curb today! What a memorable game. Nice crowd, excellent salute to the Seniors…
…and by the way Tony Dorsett AND James Connor were in the building to see the ‘HO’ train run throttle wide open down the track…492 yards On The Ground! Now that is some power football.
And how about the D…coming through when it had to, the punter actually having some success, and (oh yawn) – another long field goal in crap weather; had to be the most complete game played all year IMHO.
Kudos to the Seniors, the underclassman, and especially the coaching staff. Good overall game plan and Narduzzi’s team walks the walk today just like he predicted.
Enjoy it tonite, then get ready – the Biggest Game in Narduzzi’s tenure is coming up next Saturday in Winston-Salem. Somehow I think the Panther’s will answer the bell. (and no, it won’t be Le’veon).
We want Clemson.
H2P
(oh yeah – those Pitt Uniforms rocked the world – even a talking head on ESPN U said so…)
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Hard to believe after how many good Pitt offenses we have seen that today’s performance was the most yards by a Pitt offense ever.
What a game. What a team.
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Coleton Beck.. chose VT over PITT.. running back U doesn’t need you!!!!
Tommymac… good to meet you
You need to see the real PITT Mustard… that was Wes Virginny yellar on display tonight…
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Take your word BigB…and I want them too…can you say Camping World Bowl?
H2P
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In their last 4 wins, that crappy Pitt offense is averaging 43 points per game.
Who let the Panthers out?
Did Oh Canada come back to town?
Hail to Pitt!
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Reed..UPitt.. Tex… WFRU… you guys desert these kids… shame on U….best PITT FB in 30 years s and crickets .. WTF
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Big,
I had family matters yesterday. Jumping on now at 7 am.
Great game by Pitt.
Team was ready to play
Pretty much 2 complete games in a row now
Need to keep the momentum and stay hot
The Wake team next week is now pushover…could be a trap game for Pitt
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Anyone still calling for the Pitt backup QB to play now?
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As soon as the knee brace came off…no coincidence.
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Darren Hall within striking distance of 1000 yards. If he gets there I might have to dig up the Preseason predictions thread as I believe someone predicted that Ollison and Hall would both get 1000 yards!
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You are correct.
Just had breakfast with Shane Roy and family.
Pitt is blessed with high character people –
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Back to reality …. exactly 100 years today, on the 11th day of the 11th month in the 11th hour, an armistice was reached meaning the end of WWI. It was the first time USA really showed its might on an international basis;
Hats off to Reed and all you SOP vets ….. (and if I may be self-indulgent) to my dad, 6 of my uncles, and 4 of my cousins.
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Freudian slip …. hats off to Reed and all you POV vets.
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First helmet sticker on ESPN College Football Final was issued to PITT’s Quadree Ollison. He deserved it but so did the O-line & Aston.
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Qadree did his best James Conner imitation on that 93 yard run.
Bowling over the first DB who caught him, and that falling down DB tripping up the next DB, was priceless.
Reminded me of JC’s late TD run against Clemson…
Hail to Pitt!
PS: If you’re just waking up, it wasn’t a dream!!
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These are the types of performances and wins that are memorable and clearly shows why athletics, especially football, are so important and should be taken very seriously. The administration needs to double down here with the football program and try to make it the best in the Coastal for years to come.
Winning is contagious, so let the academic people do their jobs and keep their noses out of athletics. Is that too much to ask, Gallagher, to make sure this can happen? No excuses.
Onto to Wake and the chance to clinch the Coastal. This just feels like a trap game and it sucks that the Deacons’ back up QB looks really good after the senior starter went down.
Can’t say enough about these seniors and their ability to keep grinding away when the record stood at 2-3 after the UCF game and staring down Syracuse and ND.
I know there was talk about Narduzzi losing his team after Sear quit (hardly knew you, kid) and recruits were going to start looking around, but that all seems to be quenched with how things are rolling at the moment. Hopefully some of Florida recruits are at the Miami game after Pitt has clinched the Coastal and look to stick to Miami after so many losses over the years to the Canes.
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Narduzzi does need to recruit some TE’s now though. Would love to see that dimension in the offense right about now. Or maybe he’s saving that surprise for the ACCCG.
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So many big plays yesterday! Great game to watch live. I hope it will be replayed somewhere on TV.
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Getting a positive comment from this guy just might Pitt’s best accomplishment:
Andrew Fillipponi Verified account@ThePoniExpress
14h
Bowl eligibility means little, but when you play Pitt’s non conference schedule it counts for something. ACC title game is an inevitability. Job well done.
PS — heck, even Ron Cook wrote a positive article in today’s PG
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I still can’t believe this is happening. What a great win yesterday!!! This string of victories was so unforeseeable which I think makes it so much more enjoyable. Credit to the coaches and players for sticking together. May this winning never end!!!! H2P!!!!!
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Scroll down for the Pitt game:
http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/?startDate=20181110&type=replay
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Can’t thank enough people for assisting with a kick a$$ tailgate yesterday.
Major Majors, the Aston family insisted that I hand George the poster you created and we all signed at the post game celebration. He was beaming!
Bernie held court with the Aston crew and presented George with a Pitt flag.
I wish I could be with the Road Warriors at Wake but having minor surgery the next Monday.
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Good luck with the procedure Fran!
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Fran — Sorry that I had to leave the post-game tailgate before George showed up. Glad they liked the poster.
As usual, you did a great job with the tailgate and with handling the poster.
BTW, In addition to signing the poster, I wrote at the top of the poster “George — Best Wishes from Reed and the Pitt POV!”
What a class family the Aston’s are…
Go Pitt.
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Sure Ollison’s 97 yarder with that devastating stiff arm was the highlight of the game, but probably my favorite moment was earlier in the game when either Hall or Ollison popped off a big run, and Ffrench was trying to block someone down field … he didn’t really get a piece of the guy, allowing him to make the tackle, and you could tell Ffrench was unhappy that he missed the block. In fact, he seemed more upset with himself on that play than when he couldn’t hold on to the long bomb right before Mack’s amazing catch (which by the way, I was there in person and its hard to tell from the scoreboard replays, and I know he stepped on the out of bounds line, but it looked like he was leaning forward; I think the ball might have been breaking the plain at the moment he stepped out of bounds). That shows what kind of players we have, to have that kind of reaction when they can’t help their teammate get a score.
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The game replay should be available to view on Watch ESPN on your laptop or other device with internet access.
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https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/james-conner-pitt-letter-to-nfl-gms
Enjoy.
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Wow. Thanks for posting – required POV reading IMO
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Really Good
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I remember reading that. Remember thinking they were damn bold thoughts from JC — but now he’s backing them up…
Qadree’s 97 yard TD run, and how he manhandled that DB, sure reminded one of JC.
Hail to Pitt!
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The young man from Erie sure did “express” his thoughts well in that letter to NFL GM’s, with a ton of character.
H2P!
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Three articles from the SBNation college football home page.
I’ll post one here & the next two on another post
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/11/10/18078644/pitt-acc-coastal-scenarios-standings
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The other two from SBNation
https://www.sbnation.com/2018/11/11/18083396/college-football-northwestern-pitt-syracuse-uab
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/11/11/18078650/college-football-results-week-11
These last two articles mention PITT in week 11 results.
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Thanks JoeL…super minor outpatient procedure.
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Was there a posted attendance for the game?
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something like 44,500
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Can’t wipe the smile off my face.
In case you missed it on Friday, even if you didn’t….
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Maybe one of you can help me. I can’t find the Highlight video from the ’76 season.
The music on it was from this album.
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I remember a 76 highlight video using the song ‘Year of the Cat’
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Al Stewart from Baltimore
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Yep both the Johnny Majors Show & the Jackie Sherrill TV Pitt football shows used all Crusaders music as the background music for the game highlights. Crusaders Images album was used extensively on Jackie’s show….particularly their song….Snowflake.
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40 years ago if you were watching the Jackie Sherrill show, this tune would be bouncing around in your head.
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@ Gordo….if it was off that Album….it was either the title track…..Free as the Wind…we cut off some of the song and go to after 35 seconds. Or it was…..’Feel it’…the middle part. As those 2 are the most upbeat songs of that Album. Although that wasn’t released to 1977. I’m thinking what you could have heard,,,,was ‘Spiral’….of Crusaders…..Those Southern Knights which was released in 1976. Plus Johnny and a lot of his staff were Southern Knights 🙂
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My favorite Crusaders album!
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SB nation has Pitt in Sun Bowl. SI has Pitt in Pinstripe vs. Wisky. Interesting. CBS sports has Pitt in Belk Bowl in Charlotte vs BYU. Quiet a variety.
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I really believe right now we’d clean Wisky’s clock.
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Yea Jerry Palm flipped flopped Pitt & Duke, with Sun Bowel & Belk Bowel from last week.
Gotta think the Belk would want the Dookies, with them being an in-state school.
Plus if Pitt plays in Charlotte for the ACC Championship, can’t see the Belk taking us again.
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https://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions
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Solution to all of the Bowels…..just keep the Winning Train going ! Always a Lovely Day after a W against
a hated opponent.
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Cycleboy Bobby got canned this morning by Loserville.
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Coach Duzz to Louisville!
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Yeah….just when we started to Lyke him….
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I could see him going to Maryland and back to the big 10
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On CbsSports … ‘Winners & Losers’ column. Only 5 teams made it as ‘Winners’. Pitt is it !
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-scores-winners-losers-in-week-11-playoff-contenders-flex-their-muscles/
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Nice wins for Pitt BB, FB and wrestling this weekend!
The wrestling match was live following the FB game and both were dominant performances! H2P!
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Pitt women’s BB won on Friday too…
Go Pitt!
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Thanks for the cool music guys.
Emel, loved the Crusaders. Street life one of my favorites…was on the soundtrack to Sharkys Machine. 1980s Burt Reynolds flick.
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Oh yea Fran….one of the all-time great songs, with Randy Crawford on vocals….. on one of the few Crusaders songs with vocals.
Good flick too, with Rachel Ward, who was a real babe.
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For all you do Fran !
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Hey BigB, Unbelievable what happen yesterday to miss tailgate, however, thinking of coming to Wake game. Any idea where we should stay? Not sure exactly where stadium is. Appreciate any suggestions. Thanks, Randy
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I’m not BigB but no one can come close to being BigB.
Wake Forest is in Winston-Salem, NC I am going & staying at the Courtyard (Marriott) on University Drive. Supposedly 1/2 mile from stadium. Pricy for me but here is telephone #1-336-727-1277
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Well well well, back in the saddle and have lots of different feelings. It does feel good to believe in something….. stay patient and see you were rewarded for it. I’m wrong every bit as the next guy and know it.
That was a good crowd in some cold weather. What I don’t get is why some people go to the game to sit there and gab like they are some sort of bingo hall?
I think this PITT team and the players get along just fine if not great.
I wasn’t so sure about this O-Line either but they are a tough bunch of hombres.
I noticed many Narduzzi recruits in and out of the game yesterday. PITT will be just fine the next couple years.
Sad this was the last home game. We had a blast at Fran’s tailgate.
Bernie holding court, the man is hysterical. (a big kid)
Nice to see the passing game click. You run the ball like PITT does passing should be easy.
Narduzzi gets it, he’s the head coach of a football team from Pittsburgh, play like it!
Hendrix has come on and played well recently
Met the Count of Monte Cristo. Nice young man. ??
It saddens me that we all can’t enjoy this unusual but great football season. It really boggles my mind.
BTW, not 100% sure but I think the Wake Forest QB taking the place of their injured starter is last years starter. It’s going to be a tough game and I never take Miami for granted either. Need one win but want two. or even four more .. …ike
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Pitt put it where they want it yesterday
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Haven’t had a chance to read all the comments from this morning, so don’t know if this was mentioned previously.
Pitt’s offense yesterday, besides being the most offense (654 total yards) EVER in Pitt History.
It was also the most yardage a Bud Foster VT defense has EVER given up.
Foster has been DC at VT since 1995.
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If we beat WF Saturday and play Clemson in ACC Champion Game in Charlotte, do you think that they will remember that we gave them their only loss when they won the National title in 2016? I think so.
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Their are reports that Clemson fans were holding up at least 2 signs on the ESPN Game Day national morning show – “We Want Pitt”
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And we want Clemscum, if we win the next two games.
I heard one of the pundits on XM 84 College Sports Radio today say he thought Pitt was the best team in the ACC to match up against Clemscum. Our run attack would challenge the tigers D and our D is scrappy and gritty. Also, Narduzzi beat the tigers in Death Valley the year they won the National Championship. He also mentioned this senior lead team may be better than the 2016 team at this point in the season.
Win out and we shall see.
H2P!
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That’s just a clear assumption that we won our side of the conference.
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Game replay…scroll down to Pitt game: And if you click on Friday the 9th you can watch the BB game too.
http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/?startDate=20181110&type=replay
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A couple of us thought that the Pitt offense would “pick it” up after the ND game for two reasons.
1). When they said George was ready to be the backup QB, we figured that would mean that Watson would turn KP loose to run a bit more, (since they now had a legit backup ready to go); and
2) we would now be playing teams more comparable to us in talent and most importantly, teams who were not likely to have the type of pass-rushers we had seen in the earlier schedule. Thus KP would likely have more time in the pocket — indeed even have a pocket!
After three wins in a row that looks to have been the case. Now may it continue!
Hail to Pitt!
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In ACC games, the boys in (Royal or Navy)Blue & (yellow)Gold are avg’g close to 40 ppg.
Currently 3rd in the Conference, a tad behind Syracuse, Sicily.
Dino being the coach of them makes sense now 🙂
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Ike nice meeting you at the Hyatt Place. Walked over to 5A to visit but was later than I planned and you had left to go into the game. I will make it a point to go over early next seasons home games to meet all of you. HTP and no more SOP, you got the right to say its buried!!!! I think Wake may be the tougher game left, Miami isn’t looking to good although I wish they would have put down Virginia.
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I’m not sure what we really have with the Pitt backup QB. But it’s probably a pretty good guess that we will lose an excellent runner if Pickett has to sit. With our current power running game Pickett is always a definite option to run with the ball in the opposite direction from the flow of the backs.
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EMel, Randy Crawford is one of my all time favorites, and the Crusaders are the best back up band of all time. Ya, some like their other stuff, but as a backup band, they never, ever miss.
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Right Joe….Crusaders are one my fav all-time bands. With Joe Sample being my favorite Crusader as he rode the keys……like me 🙂
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Thanks Emel…really hope to meet you one day.
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Likewise Fran….perhaps that is going to happen come ACC Championship game.
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^^ Warren, it was great meeting you guys and sorry we didn’t hook up at the great Fran tailgate. I’m sure you were treated well. Hope to see you next year! Take great care. ike
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Tree teams that have more votes in the Coaches poll than us are Cuse, VA and Duke. Voting seems to rely solely on records.
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Many have that very point ad nauseum on this board. The first thing the voters look at is in your win-loss record. Then they look at who you played and how close those games were. Maybe if you played a weaker schedule, they’ll bump you below a team that has one more loss than you if that other team had a hard schedule. But as we see here, we don’t have a good enough resume to get ahead of teams we have beaten because they simply have more wins.
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Right Frank, should we re-review the OOC schedules of each of those teams compared to PITT’s? That’s ok though. I’m sure UCF will travel with 30,00 fans to Heinz next year. (eyes rolling)
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I have an extra Lanny Fratterie bobble-head if anybody wants one.
Richard, I’ll save one for you.
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Ike – Rick said he was sending me one. Appreciate your offer.
Is Lanny Fratterie a way younger looking Bill Hillgrove?
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apparently he is Richard. 🙂
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I don’t believe Clemson has ever beaten Pitt in football. They looked very beatable vs BC last night. Their QB looks like the QB in Remember the Titans
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When he comes out he’ll be the #1 pick in the Draft. Lock…
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Pitt opens as a 6 point favorite vs WF.
Wake lost to cuse and was hammered by Clemscum 63-3.
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WF is ranked 103rd in rushing D.
Pitt ranked 10th in rushing O.
QO is ranked 14th in rushing yards with 1,054 / 7.1 ypc / 10 TD’s. (Several spots ahead of Miles Sanders)
D.Hall is ranked 39th with 844 rushing yards / 8.6 ypc / 8 TD’s.
One game at a time…
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Robert Foster is still hanging in there. He had 3 catches for 105 yards today for the Bills
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Glad he turned down that offer from Home Depot…
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To Fran and the rest of the POV gang, the wife and I had a great time at the tailgate. What a great “warm-up” for a fantastic game. I wanted to drive to WF to be with you guys but have a prior obligation.
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Here’s a strange fact. I have been charting SEC & ACC team W/L records starting with 2015. In the 4 years, PITT is the first team to go 1-3 in OOC to make a bowl. Only 2 teams have made a bowl losing 2 P5 OOC games (PITT & NC St.). Another 4 teams (Louisville(twice), Va. Tech, Arkansas, & Miss. St. loss two P5/G5 OOC games.
I doubt if any other P5 team could have lost 3 OOC games. It may be more common in G5 conference teams.
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Actually, Northwestern went winless in its OOC schedule this year, including a loss against Akron, yet they won their Big 10 division with 2 games to spare! http://kwese.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25245072/northwestern-wildcats-ranked-no-24-ap-top-25-poll-win?platform=amp
NW is ranked with 4 losses. NW lost to Duke, who we beat, and played ND as close as we did. Beyond that, their wins over Mich St, Iowa, and Wisconsin do not impress me at all, sorry. Certainly none is as quality of a win as ours over Syracuse, who is a top 15 team (at least according to pollsters).
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You are absolutely right. My bad on the post above. NW did play 2 P5 OOC & Akron & lost them all. Thanks for the correction. Guess I should pay more attention to the Big 10/12 & Pac12.
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here’s what a joke some of the rankings are. … in the Coaches’ poll, UVa got more votes than Pitt. All some of the guys look at is the record … they can care less or don’t have the time to look at quality of schedules
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Oh How…it was my pleasure meeting you and your wife.
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Nice!
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-players-of-the-week-qadree-ollison-leads-pitt-past-virginia-tech/
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For anyone keeping track — the Oregon State Fightin’ Beavers, led by infamous AD Scott Barnes, lost another game. It was 48-17 to Stanford, making OSU 2 and 8 on the season…
Mr. Barnes is getting the results that he deserves. 😊
H2P
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Pitt’s best trade ever….that clown for Heather.
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Forty years ago, Pitt also put up 52…
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Rick Trocano!!!
Go Pitt!
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From the Trib: Pitt recorded 13.9 yards per play. The NCAA record is 13.5 (Georgia Tech vs. Kansas in 2011), but there is a qualifier of a minimum of 50 plays. Pitt had 47.
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I’m not sure if anyone will be working on a MMQB article in Reed’s place so just a few thoughts:
Good: where to begin. (1) Finally a pass in the middle of the field by KP, hope its not the last as I think the middle will be open with safeties cheating up to stop the run. (2) the best RB combo at Pitt or maybe in any school in a very, very long time. (3) an even better stiff-arm than JC’s against Clemson and that is hard to do. (4) a much grittier D starting to emerge, with secondary playing much more aggressive and confident. (5) the best O line run blocking unit in CFB. (6) George the Animal taking flight!!. (7) 45k in the stands not bad but what was great was the noise that they made.
Bad: Hmmm honestly struggling to come up with anything. Oh yeah, Nard-dog’s slip up in the post game referring to “2 remaining guaranteed wins”. Chalk board material.
Ugly: The mugs on some of those O-lineman, but man do those guys Know how to brawl on running plays. JK they all look like models, especially in helmets mowing down D-lineman and LBs.
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Finally getting some positive TV coverage including College Football Final on ESPNU yesterday. Ollison got a helmet sticker. And they asked for one of our retro helmets for the future.
Exorcised a lot of SOP demons on Saturday. Hoping we drive a stake thru the heart of SOP with a win over WF.
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Shhhhh! It’s like a library in here. Seems like everyone is either in shock or lying in the tall grass. So following Taxing’s start I will follow.
THE GOOD:
Just the big win, I don’t buy into the notion that what happened 30 years ago has any effect on game days now. (sop) but I do get a kick how when it’s brought up we only go back to when PITT’s football program struggled. Never seems to make it back to the late 70’s early 80’s.
The run game, holy while! PITT’s O-Line surprises even me and quieted down a few others. All of a sudden the Borbeley hire doesn’t look so bad and Heather looks pretty smart extending Narduzzi’s contract.
KP looked like a different QB back there. Confidence is growing and the offense looks more balanced.
Nice crowd for a very cold day. Home game weather this year really sucked.
Right uniforms, wrong colors but I’ll take them
THE BAD:
It was the last home game, always sad for me.
I find it funny that they put these restrictions on women’s purses and then hand out 6 inch bobble-heads that have to be lugged around. Buy enough and hand them out when the customer leaves. I saw bobble-heads laying all over the place from people getting tired of carrying them around.
Again, it was cold and most games at home this the weather was bad.
THE UGLY:
The two thousand people sitting in the east club the entire game like they were at a bingo hall. The players deserve the support. (at least poke your head out for a few seconds). Saw a young man with a VT jacket on in a wheel chair that looked severely handicapped braving the elements while his team was getting crushed. He never left at sat outside the entire game.
On to Winston-Salem!! . … … …ike
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for those interested. ESPNU is airing a replay of Pitt-VT today at 4
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