Well I did my best to tamp down expectations with my preview post last week. Here’s to hoping Pitt exceeds whatever expectations we have and plays their best game of the season. The 19 seniors on this team deserve it.
Hail to Pitt!
PS here is an interesting note on the Stanford mascot. No matter what happens, we are going to win in that department, hands down.
Standford will always be Jim Plunkett and the Indians to me…
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/college-football/2017/12/9/16756038/stanford-heisman-trophy-runner-up-second-place
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Just seems like a malaise of apathy before this game. Calling all Pitt Fans….
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Watching the Virginia Tech Cincinnati game… I did not know Luke Fickellwas the head coach of the 10-2 Cincinnati Bearcats..
I’ll watch the game with you Gordon!
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The Stanford-Pitt game that is
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Anybody remember — might have been 2004 — when Pitt beat a Phillip Rivers led NC State in a bowl game?
I was in Charlotte when Wanny’s team kicked a last second FG to win a bowl game — maybe it was against UNC?
I’m trying to get some good vibs going… 😊
Go Pitt!
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I have no good vibes left after yesterday. Pitt is outmanned at all but 3 positions and badly out manned on both lines. I see the Clemson/Miami game all over again. Hoping for a Festivus Miracle!
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UNC. I watched it. Great win!
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I guarantee that Pitt scores more than zero in this game.
I’ve got good ju-ju for this game…smoking it now. 🙂
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Watching the “ Young and Restless” on CBS waiting for the game to come on… I am “ Old and Tired!”
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Ike… bean and ham soup you made was great !
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From Jerry:
https://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/14455501-74/5-things-to-watch-when-pitt-plays-stanford-in-sun-bowl
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Good link Tex. Will be interesting to see what wrinkles Bates comes up with
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So the six highest paid QBs in the NFL did not make the playoffs… 🤔
Go Pitt!
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Pee on the Tree…
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We’re at the Columbus Pitt Club game watch. Small but enthusiastic group. H2P!
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2001 Tangerine bowl…I attended with my wife. Beat Rivers NC st team.
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2 pm is here. Let’s play some football!
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Time for Narduzzi to get a bowl win. This is not the same Stanford team from the Harbaugh era. No Bryce Love so Pitt needs to get it done. I’ll take Pitt 24-21.
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Pitt getting a nice amount of attention from cbs in the pregame
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Well here we go PITT. I’ll be stepping aside most likely. I need to focus!
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Chase Pine starting MLB…
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End zone logo is better than our midfield logo at Heinz.
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20 mph winds. Works good for running game.
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Costello looks like he may have had a few tequilas last night. I’ll take it
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Good start on both sides of the ball!
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time for a screen….
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That would beg the first one all year
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Bonjour de Paris. Salut à Pitt.
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Snaps look slow in shotgun….
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Frenchy could have had that ball.
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Penalty stalls out that drive
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As usual…
With that being said the line looks like they are getting a good push. If we can play clean we might have a shot
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Bonjour Trevor. Crazy place to be right now, no?
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Not yet, the French are still at dinner.
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If we hold them to 0 yards passing, we may win.
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Their receivers and tight ends are enormous. Our db’s look like a bunch of elves out there
RaRa came to play in the punt game
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Defense good so far
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Are we more physical thanStanford? Hope we can minimize stupid mistakes.. hard to cure stupid
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It appears that we are. I agree on the stupid part
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Is the wind hitting the snap? He shorted the last one on the run by hall.
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Happy New Year guys!!!
HTP! Must say it’s early but these guys came to play today.
Dave
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Defensive front seven of Stanford doesn’t look like Miami or Clemson!
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bad spot
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Why In the heck are we throwing the ball twice in a row when we are running at will?
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shewwwww, corrected. Good spot! lol
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Watson clearly setting up the 3rd down run with the pass (right?)
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Offense looks unimpressive
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well stated mike….
big 3rd down
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So much for FG range…
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wow. Hall bulldozed like a little girl
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we are on pace for a 3-0 game.
can’t take a sack there.
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Pickett pretty much a zero so far
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Passing game is useless!
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That’s why Hopeful NFL Draft Picks sit out these Games. Hopefully nothing serious.
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Good for the ones who don’t.
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Darrin Hall with the Lookout block. Lookout Kenny…
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Dang, thought we might be able to get some points during that drive.
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Southpark…you killed Kenny!
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Well Fran I think you finally found a name for the o-line…lol
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Haha…good one.
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Will Pitt football ever find the end zone again in El Paso? Somewhere Bill Stull is smiling.
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Fast Track… Wind at your Back… Running Game working! No Points. NOT Good.
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Refer to my preview article, re: gameplanning.
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“So far this coaching staff not shown that they know how to prepare the team to win in the postseason, and I won’t believe they can do it until they show me.”
Michaelangelo Monteleone
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IE we should just hand it off every time
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OK…..help me. Does Kenny suck or does he never have enough time to even see the field? I really don’t want him to suck!
I hope be gets a play this half qith time and throws a bomb for a touchdown.
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We need Ollie back and healthy!
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We are winning the yards but not the game!
They should have tried the FG on 1st drive with the wind. It was doable
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Stupid penalties!
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Damn Georgie. Saving up all your penalties for today or something ? That’s two in the first quarter
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Wow, beautiful spin, Darren!
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There is our boy Darrin Hall!
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Put on the brakes and he’ll fly right by. (Top Gun)
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Hahahaha. A classic!!
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Take it in to start the 2nd qtr!!
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Good post Maverick…haha.
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After one quarter we are on pace for 380+ rushing yards.
Stanford not very interested in tackling.
I will be perfectly happy if we don’t attempt another pass the entire game.
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Two runs should get us a score……..
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Dang Ollie, I feel so bad for him! Kenny cannot take a sack there!!! AHHHHH!
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Always good to go with the strength of the team Watson
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Hull can not block like Ollie. Not good!
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So sad!
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ForTheLoveOfGodKennyThrowItAway
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No time to think!
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Pickett bad but Hall a pathetic blocker
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Watson has been an idiot in a lot of situations when it mattered. Run the balll!!!! We can’t protect and Kenny is terrified….stop trying to prove how smart you are.
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OK… Costello and Stanford with the wind. Now we see if Narduzzi has learned anything about coaching up a Defense for a Bowl Game.
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Stanford looks disinterested… Mistakes on our part and KP takes the worst sacks in CFB…
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We should be romping
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Hmmm – 3-0
Can we hold on?
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Agree on all Watson comments. If Stanford’s offense decides they want to play we are going to need a lot more than 3 pats.
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Stanford with the wind now
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Hope Ollie is ok long term.
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Someone mentioned a screen???
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Man Stanford just looks bad
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Or…… pitt making them look bad!
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Defense is playing pretty well but I’ve seen at least three badly thrown balls and one drop. Costello 1 for 6
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Stanford has given us a prime opportunity to blow this game wide open early and we have 3 points. We better put it in gear now!!!! Come on Panthers, SCORE!!!!!!
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Need a nice long clock-consuming drive the ends with 7 pts.
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Well, for future reference, PiTT only won because Stanford had a terrible QB.
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Well the the subtext would be that Pitt wanted it more
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i think we agree that stanford is stinking out the joint.
the problem is that they are stinking out the joint and are only down 3.
not a good sign for our team. we should learn how to capitalize on teams that don’t play hard for awhile.
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maybe salhuddin gets touches. i don’t think we used his redshirt in number of games.
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Wow, what a bad set of plays…
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that wasn’t real close on that pass
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can we finally admit, all of us, that Kenny cant be handed this job next year. Nice kid, no QB instinct or temprament.
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I think the receiver read that one wrong and didn’t break. Good throw by Kenny
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Maybe we need the D to get a score for us….
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They called the play against Clemson two times… Same results… Receiver kept running and the ball landed harmlessly out of bounds… Must be one of their bread and butter pass plays
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Haha
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People were worried about Pitt being motivated. Right now, it looks like the Stanford Fans should have been the ones worried.
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What is this game would end up three to nothing
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squandering opportunities…..will always bite you. Great teams don’t squander good chances to knock an opponent out.
this one is up for grabs, but i feel uneasy
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love you, MM, so I hope you’re right. That said, since we pass the ball 5 times a game you think we’d have the. “coached up”. Frustrati g watching thja being handed away and putting our D in the impossible situation of having to hold another team to 10 points.
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Totally agree. At this stage in the season qb and wr need to be on the same page.
Great hit by Chase Pine
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no, i said we should screen
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Chase Pine brought the WOOD!
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pine tarred
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Stanford starting to wake up
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Oh no
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This is Trouble
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like i said….cant hold them forever. we arent that good.
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This is the Stanford I was afraid of
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There it is.. Pitt’s offensive costing us.
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Uh oh –
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Without Ollie, we need a passing game.
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Offense needs to pick it up NOW. We should be up by a couple scores already.
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There you go. We just squandered our chance to take a big early lead and our now down 7-3. Unreal!
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Not unreal, it’s pitt.
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Shaw has been a CONSISTENTLY Productive Coach for awhile. Gotta think he’s going to be under consideration by one of the many NFL Teams now Head Coach-LESS!
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salhuddin needs touches. or davis.
Can’t keep hall in there if he can’t block, sorry.
need to seize momentum right back. worse thing will be to go 3 and out.
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Houdini is injured and did not make the trip
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That was too easy. D needs to regroup
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Hi guys,
Watson has clearly been hanging out on the other side of the UPMC building with those red zone calls. Run the damn ball!
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Great looking venue and a good crowd
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My fear is that Watson will think he needs to “Open it up.” now that he is behind.
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We could use some TE throws as well….
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Do we have one?
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Aston with a great block on that AJ Davis run
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Pickett helped up by a Stanford player. Love to see that kind of sportsmanship.
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Is Pine in for Zeise? I saw McKee in there too.
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Pine in for Reynolds. Zeise got trucked on that TD run
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Pickett actually looks pretty good when he has time.
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Tough kid
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We’re in the red zone and need 7 here.
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Getting Pickett knocked around on those running plays might be the best call Watson’s made today. Pocket plays better when he doesn’t think
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YES!
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Bang
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TD!!!!!!!!!! YES!
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Wind is definitely a factor in the passing game. Maybe Narduzzi should call Billy Stull for some tips. Or not.
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Nice drive. Good running by picket. He may have a future as running back. Lol
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Pine in for Reynolds. Broke some kind of rule.
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Good play calling and execution
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TD!!!
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Haha there must be delay on my feed. You guys called that TD before it happened! Hail2Pitt!!!
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How can a team win their division with this passing game? It is an embarrassment!
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Almost looked like Stanford gave Pitt the TD to get the ball back. I,ll take it!
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Pitt has to seriously consider moving Pickett to Tailback.
Not serious.
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the 3 pt curse of el passo….is gone via el runno
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Good drive
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Kenny much more comfortable with called run plays for him then dropping back to pass.
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Keep takin’ what Stanford is givin’!
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I was wondering why they hadn’t used KP’s legs earlier. Thought they would on the first third down in the red zone.
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big 3rd and long hold here fellas….cmon
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need a 1st down. They have all their to’s left
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Maybe the MO is changing…
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Not sure I would have called a TO yet.
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i don’t like our TO call….especially if we dont get 1st down
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you can’t go out of bounds…not smart
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Nice pass…
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Db was clearly early on the PI call. Good call by the sec officials
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How is that helmet to helmet?
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It was certainly hand to helmet right? Still a penalty?
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Forearm to the head is OK
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And that was P.I. if that bs was called against Pitt in the Notre Dame game
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That long ball was actually PI, Db turned Mack ever so slightly with his left arm. Damn
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I saw the Pitt coaching staff is paying homage to Paul Chryst today.
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Those sweatshirts look great
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Here are my Halftime adjustments. Feel free to chime in wit your own.
Offense:
1. Keep Kenny engaged with those RPO’s.
2. Keep feeding DH
3. Keep Aston in to block that guy who keeps blowing us up (or chip him)
4. Let Kenny throw a few deep balls to keep ‘em honest
Defense
1. Keep doing what you’re doing but watch out for the screens
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Well, we have a half time lead and while it wasn’t pretty, I’m proud of our boys at this point!
Let’s get the W!!!!
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Refs missed a couple there at the end of the half.
Who gets the wind at their back in Q4?
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Pitt
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Oh wait I thought you meant 3rd quarter. My bad
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Could be better, especially if Ollison didn’t go down. But Pitt in pretty GOOD shape.
Now, it’s all about the Half-time adjustments.
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We’re good at those right POD??
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VT is wearing the ugliest uniforms ever today. Must be something like that ugly Christmas sweater stuff…
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Well if you are going to lose to Cinininnati, might as well lose ugly…
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Pickett 7-14 for 71.
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Scus… there’s always hoping.
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Oh. I just commented about how ugly the VT uniforms are. The burgundy-orange combo is hideous.
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What are halftime adjustments??? duh
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keep doing what doing but take some more risk
not too impressed with Stanford
I know they are missing some starters on O
But they just dont look they want to be there
Pitt’s players must have laid off the Tequila last nite
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Luke Fickell has to be a candidate for a higher profile job. Great coach! Possibly WVU if Holgerson bolts to Houston?
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I guess KP didn’t get smacked in the head at the end of the half?
I guess Stanford sucked giving PITT half of a chance in this game
Not a big fan of Watson but he ‘s figured out to use KP’s legs this last game
Not trying to be self important here but I think PITT represented well first half. I hope that continues….. Hope that didn’t piss anyone off… ike again… you’re all welcome to email me at ike210@comcast.net
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Ike you are always welcome to state your opinion about the team. I agree they look pretty good, and Stanford looks really bad. We’ve got a shot at this one if we can keep it together in the second half.
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Hall should be a prime candidate for a wheel route, with his speed versus a linebacker. Yet we don’t see it.
Or, if Hall can’t block, send him out in the flat, let the blitzed come, and flip it to Hall. This isn’t rocket science…
Go Pitt.
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Here is another adjustment. Get some more pressure on Costello!
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Screen could counter their blitz… but we don’t have that one in the play book…
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Going to be interesting to see if Shaw is able to light a fire under his Players. So far, looks like the TREE might have done a little too much bad Tequila.
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H2Plets go Pitt. Believe
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not a good read on the 2nd and 6….ugggh
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Three and out to start the half. Sad
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Those were the offensive adjustment (singular), gc
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Ike,love your positivity, but Kenny cant throw simple short passes (certainly not consistently). So, we should be happy with the D and Hall so far and that will be our only hope.
I keep saying this over and over so he proves me wrong today since I don’t win at gambling very often.
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Down goes Frazier
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Is there a Pitt fan at the game? They keep showing our band.
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Excelente pass. Rush
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Wheeler just UPPED his NFL Draft Status!
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I know about 30 people who went to ACC championship game, and not anyone who went to this one.
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To bad our quarterbacks name wasn’t Abbot because then this could be the Abbot and Costello show!
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Weaver… the good Rashad.
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Come on hidden vigorish!
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Big break with that punt
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We need points after that lame punt!
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That shanked punt reminded me of one of Bill Stull’s passes in the Sun Bowl.
Sorry Bill!
Go Pitt!
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Pitt can put this team away with a score here.
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Still very disappointed in PITT’s passing game…. Unacceptable SO FAR
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Did that pass to Mack make you happy?
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Nice call Ike….
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Cmon boys, we need a nice drive and a score! Woo hoo! Big play!!
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What a catch by Mack!!!!
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Yahoo
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ill happily eat that. nice catch as well.
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That’s what a quarterback does!
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C’mon Watson
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Lost opportunity there!
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Pickett needs t
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Six defenders, three blockers on the pitch out to Hall. Not a good ratio.
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Our anemic red zone efforts are going to hurt
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How did he not see Lopes?
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Right you have to go to the endzone
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No field awareness!
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Another lost opportunity! Not what was needed! We needed 7
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I wish we could have gotten it in for 6….Dang, field goals will not win it.
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Absolutely no reason to not pound it between the tackles against this team.
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Until they show they can stop it
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Exactly
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Agree MM
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George is getting a ton of TV time and commentary today
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An int would sure be sweet
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Another way to say that lol…Watson’s not got going to outwit anybody.
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Patrick Jones going to be a good one for us next year
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Costello is thinking of going pro. I want some of what he has been smoking!
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MM, so true!
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Almost a turnover, but D line is stout today
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What we need now is a clock-chewing, ground pounding touchdown drive to break their back
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Lots of camera coverage of Pitt band and cheerleaders. Does Stanford not have any?
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YES MM, from your lips (fingers) to the team’s ears!
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KP needs to stay in the pocket and move up. He is not good running towards the sidelines.
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Ok boys – go down the field and score a stink’n TD or we could easily lose this game!
Get er done!!!!
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All kidding aside, CBS has shown the Pitt Band about 15 times. Not one picture of any Pitt Fans. Sad. I’m not sure if Heather or Gallagher had any pull, but they need to take note: Pitt fans don’t travel West of the Mississippi.
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As I recall Stanford has a walk on band and no cheerleaders.
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Hargrove down. Who is our third string guard? Ugh
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Starting to get concerned about lack of offense.
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All it takes is one breakdown in the secondary
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Who’s the backup punter
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And now no punter…
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Kessman?
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Pitt Defense reading things well.
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I’m still worried about the lack of point production from the O.
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Guess we are just going to have to go for it on 4th down A lot
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Me too Annie
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Repeat after me- do not pass just run
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NO TURNOVERS!
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Somebody all Shawn Watson and tell him to stop trying to be cute
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It’s like we’re waiting to lose the game instead of taking control of it! How does this happen?
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Now what? Who punts from the end zone?
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this is the problem when there is absolutely no chance to complete a pass. Stanfords not even pretending to care.
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Need to flip the field here
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Flipped it. Nice punt by a one legged Aussie
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Have to admit we’ll designed d of the jet sweep by Stanford, deep safety sees motion and runs up. Now if only Watson could exploit that…
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Least creative offense in the country
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Very poor play calling – KP not executing either
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10-4 pittman – winning is a mindset
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Christadoulu – warrior
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Are we not SICK of seeing the Canadian Jet Sweep already?
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Carter on the sweep is not effective. Stanford solved this. Show it, but don’t run it.
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Excellent punt!
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Amazing how much this Offense drops off without Ollison.
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Usually if you stand around waiting to get beat, someone will beat you. At least we have the wind.
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What happened to the 4th quarter water dance?
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Watson’s best offense with Bridgewater at Louisville averaged about 35 ppg. I’m beginning to wonder how much it might have averaged if there was a competent OC
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PITT doesn’t win this game, I’ll be pissed more than usual. I beg then not to blow a great effort so far!!!!
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It’s all on the D ike. Unless the o line decides to assrert their will
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No points in 3rd quarter.
Anybodies game. Right now got the old knot in the stomach feeling.
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I am glad stampferd has lost three starting OL…..giving us a chance! Let’s shut them down right now boys!
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The way Stanford is flowing to the ball now cries out for a reverse, doesn’t it?
Go Pitt!
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Lol no
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Our O keeping Stanford in the game … in 2016 our D kept teams in the game…
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watson and pickett have put this D in a terrible position. plain and simple.
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If they score here we are hosed
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Score a td that is
Fml a Pi
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And here we go…giving up the big pass…
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Oh lord, we are going to blow this game.
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Good grief!
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Ugh! KP’s poor play is paying dividends for Stanford
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We held
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like i said.
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Typical
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He turns around and that’s an int
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New expression- we have been Nardoozled!
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If we lose this, the expression will be “we’re awful.” But alas it won’t be new.
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So hard to be a Pitt fan
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Yikes!!! We are cursed
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Only Pitt could get scored on with a fumble.
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We have to make our own luck. Not gonna come without effort.
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UGH, not agin….
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Unbelievable
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Why should anyone be surprised??
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Not surprised
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Talk about hard luck. Fumble pass for a TD.
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I didn’t think you could fumble it forward on offense in college and get rewarded. I thought it was placed at the spot of the fumble…unless they ruled it a pass
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Well that will be on ESPN as a top10….against our Tulsa uni’s
Let’s go get it right back. Need to answer methodically and not panic. We have 2 more possessions, maybe 3 left.
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scus7,
We’re surprised because of the new ways this always happens!
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that probly goes as a pass, but either way, they are winning…..for now
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TD’s vs FG’s
Big difference!
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You guys ready to see the offense choke?
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We cannot go 3 out here
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We need a sustained drive for 7.
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At least the refs have a strong Pitt lean.
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Stubpanther, I came here to ask the same thing. Are you now allowed to fumble the ball forward on offense in college? Anyone know the rule?
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Maybe cause it never hit the ground
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Nice run by Hall
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Pickett HAS to be better.
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KP is 10-22
Pittiful
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No ones been more of a Pickett fan than me, but I am having my doubts.
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I think the fwd fumble rule applies to fumble out of bounds
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Davis has to catch that
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KP looks more and more like TS. NOT GOOD
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Boy George?
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Like watching the Browns…run the damn ball.
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We need a 1st down, stat!
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Hahahaha Pitt…. way to fumble on 3rd and ten
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Kenny is struggling for sure
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Great defense so far but Pickett stinks…stinks.
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no sack, no loss
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LOL
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sorry guys, Pickett might have a lot of heart but he’s not a DI qb. How many screwups will he be allowed before he’s pulled…. that last series showed us all we need to know
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Wow, not a good decision to kick that. Pitt self-destructing again.
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Another missed Blewitt moment.
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Duzz and Pickett combining to lose this game. Horrible decision. Punt the frickn ball!!! This one may be over.
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that looked like an EE lob wedge
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Tidying up for a New Year’s Eve night out at the comedy club.
Laughter will be good for the two of us after that terrible display of offense.
Huff you made me laugh with your wedge comment.
I turned off the TV to go have dinner with my two nephews.
Poor O, but the D sure came to play.
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Kessman kicked that like how I use to hit a golf ball! Now I don’t golf!
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worse than the browns… The Charlie Browns. This team is embarrassing even if they lucknout and win because Stanford sucks. Ike, no sugarcoating this complete ineptitude and it starts at the top!! Must be in the water at the practice facility.
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Disaster. Time for Boy George to put on the old doctored #96 jersey and sling it around.
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Why did we stop running the ball?
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Inquiry minds want to know.
Makes NO sense.
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let’s be clear. we should not be relying on 53 yard field goals. That was a 1st, 2nd and 3rd down failure to gain yards. Actually, we lost yards.
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That might have been the ugliest FG attempt ever
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3.5 Point Spread.
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So glad I didn’t travel to el Paso for this
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Moi Aussi!
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So to recap:
That will be too 10 for Pitt disastrous offensive series of all time
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*top 10
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After the Stiller’s season end, I feel like there’s not an ounce of good luck left in Pittsburgh
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If Pitt makes that fumble it goes through the endzone for a touchback.
Redzone offense cost us this game. Watson + Pickett= not good enough.
Looks like we sguandered a pretty good defensive effort.
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welcome to arm tackle city. Somebody needs to step up!
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slow death….cmon! pick it up defense. Play of the game right here
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That Narduzzi
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timeout because of 10 guys….WUP’s
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10 men on the field forces a TO? Are you kidding me???????
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Always a step ahead
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Does anyone besides Ike think Watson- Pickett can engineer a win?
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Now we see the killer combo of Duzz poor game coaching and lack of attention to detail …wasted TO with wrong players on the field.
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Duzz and Tomlin…2 peas in a pod!
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AMEN
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Ha! See that timeout changed the juju
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Ike——> sending you good juju so you won’t be as pissed as you should be.
Can we please not go offside or rough the kicker and then have a 25 yard field goal attempt to win the game?
Oh, and make it
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Can? Yes.
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ok, nix our offside…
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of course….
And Stanford will put 10 in the box to stop the only thing we are capable of…..
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Slow, painful death….
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we need 62 yards for a solid chance. 4 down territory
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and now we run…….the clock out
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take your time in the huddle guys….
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Someday we will have a QB who can look off a receiver.
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Take your time in the huddle in the end zone. No need to rush guys! Are you kidding me?
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Take the safety.
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definitely the right decision over going for it on 4th and 10.
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Is Tomlin watching Shaw?
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hurry no replay
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Too late.
It’s clearly not a catch
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This one is over. SAME Old PITT.
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Yep
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He might of already been down before the ball goes between his legs
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Needed to take that hitch and make it 3rd and makeable. Agreed SOP.
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The sad part about it is that Watson is going to get another year.
Hey Pat Major Applewhite just became available!
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Ugh, totally inept coaching decisions lost this game, plus inferior QB play, and a couple non-catches. Pitt-iful!
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NICE!!!!!
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Woah they gave us that catch????
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Somehow we are still in this game!
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Well we can’t blame
The refs if we lose this one.
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Pickett….
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4th down again. YIKES!!!
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I know it is wrong for me to hope for a career ending injury for KP and PN and Watson.
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He was looking to run as soon as he got back in the pocket….again
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Duzz. U can run the ball and call time!!
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That INSANE conversion a payback for the TD Pass that wasn’t and was.
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@tvax: – 1
Gotta pull this one out…it is the next play of the game. Who steps up?
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Season over. Lets start the hype of how great all Kenny’s off season youtube workouts are and get “psyched” for next year!!
He’s not good and doesn’t have “it” and never did. Yet, the stubborn one will anoint him starter next year during this post game press conference….and offer Wataon a 5 year extension.
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No one
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KP is not the answer. Neither is Watson….neither is Narduzzi. H2P. Happy New year all!
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Another bowl disappointment….
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That last play….no Hall? He’d still be running. Yeah Narduzi, put it in your great QB’s hands. Just shoot me already…
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KP and Watson are both useless.
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This was our game to lose….and we did.
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All I have to say is same old chump change offense and thank you Shawn Watson…NOT!
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No fear of Shawn Watson getting plucked away by another suitor. Wow, that was hard to watch.
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it’s nice to see Nard ask the official if they have one timeout left
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good god, what was that?!? We’re awful. Just awful. Losing this game is the ultimate pathetic loss. give Jeff George a shot next year, what do we have to lose?
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Play calling sucks. Find someone creative and has a brain for the future. OMG I am so sick of this feeling.
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How much is Narduzzi’s buy-out?
Like I said, he’s an 8 win ceiling coach that will never win a bowl game.
Definitely not worth the $3.5M when you can get the Toledo HC for $2M
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Narduzzi, 0-3 in bowl games and 7-7 hitting the recruiting trail, and Pickett is his guy. What a future we have to look forward to.
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Just really inaccurate as a passer. Not sure you can teach accuracy. Not a QB coach though so I really can’t say.
It can be less about his physical traits and the clock in his head where he rushes his throws because of phantoms in his head.
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Amen. Accuracy and pocket presence are not going to improve.
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KP did not win as a senior in HS – probably not going to win at Pitt.
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I have nothing to say except why do we subject ourselves to this misery year in and year out? We are the stupid ones!
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Been 54 years for me. I’m done w football season tickets and will put my $$$ toward Pitt Basketball and a real coach.
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On to basketball
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Happy New Year guys. I am out.
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Hats off tobthe D today. But offense, special teams and coaching looks foolish again like they have in the last 2 games.
KP will not get better and don’t give me the crap that this is his freshmen season. He has made “0” progress this whole year – mentally or physically.
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Any chance Heather pulls the plug on Shawn Watson?
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Kenny Pickett has made no progress and is an inconsistent and in accurate passer… The only thing he is good at is taking a lick
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You know it’s a bad football year when Pittsburgh is calling for both head coaches to be fired.
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Sick to my stomach. Even though I predicted it.
Damn you Pitt Panthers. Dn you all to hell.
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So what is worse Huff, my hope for career ending injury or damning the Panthers to hell?
I guess they would simply be joining us IN HELL.
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3 bowl wins in the last 10 years…UNC, Kentucky, and Bowling Freaking Green. Not good enough.
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nice to hear shaw say they didn’t play well….
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Not a chance I even consider season tickets. MAY try to go to one game if the weather is perfect and KP is not at QB.
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Me too. FWIW, I’ll have to convince the wife to skip next season.
There has to be something better to do with our entertainment dollars.
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Amen MM.
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KP has devolved into TS. This was sickening. The D played well enough. Another disappointment which is to say just another year being a Pitt Fan. We will get to see Pedo win tomorrow and just twist the knife a little more
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Noooooooooooooo!
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TS was a better passer
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If that wasn’t SOP, I don’t know what is. Find a way to lose, that is what we do best.
This one ranks with Houston.
Tough break to lose Ollison, but they were playing without a lot of their stars too.
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16 points in 2 Sun Bowls.
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the game was lost simply because we had to settle for a FG instead of a TD
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Twice…
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Three times – Kessman blew one wide right…
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Lesson of the Day… a BIG Leg does not a Big Game Winning Kicker make.
Blewitt’s legacy STILL intact.
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One good drive when they used Kenny’s legs, then they forget all about it.
The sweeps were just stupid. Especially the one to Hall.
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Time to get offensive coordinator who has some control. No throws to tifgt ends all year one dimensional. Picket has shown no progress in two years. He will play till he graduates and we will be 500 team every year. I’m discussed with the whole Narduzzi ego and lack of coaching skills. A lot of thought will go into season tickets next year. I’ll pass after fifty years of rooting. This game was lost in first half and all season with inept offense. You must be able to throw and use tight ends it’s been a frustrating year sign me out
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And, oh, by the way, when judging how well or bad Pitt did today… keep in mind that Stanford was playing without 4 or 5 NFL Draft Picks.
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Pitt was playing with none….
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Weaver is One… a FUTURE High Pick.
As for this year, I believe Ollison goes somewhere. Hall and Aston maybe.
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We need a full and open QB competition in the spring and summer. Put the best QB on the field. I’ll just say this, Jeff George Jr must be an abysmal QB.
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I would love to know what the receivers truly think of KP… too much expectatation was placed on that 2017 Miami game… he could not live up to his own billing…
D looked great for much of the game…
Happy New Year to all my POVert friends!!! 💥💥💥
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Is Larry Fedora an offense guy, he had Mitch Trubisky and Ryan Switzer….How about AVP, isn’t he with Green Bay who is changing coaches?
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AVP would be an excellent choice IMO.
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No excuse for this loss but Narduzzi. That wasn’t a P-5 offense we all watched out there today. Heads should Roll!
That said, the defense played a game worthy of a victory.
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So had we not waited 35 seconds to get the play off after ffrenchy’s no catch, we would have snapped the ball without a timeout by stanford. The reason was because the three or four replays didn’t show anything and then bam, the turf! Then double bam, the timeout. We needed to get to the line and get that thing snapped. Frustrating coaching.
Glad we wore the Tulsa uni’s.
We are not opportunistic as an athletic department and sports franchise. Tomlin future being discussed as we speak with ownership group. If they find someone they think is better, he is out. If not, he will be saved again. Two years left with Ben.
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Mike McCarthy, Bruce Arians?
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Cincy will pick up Tomlin then. The Steelers should hire Marvin Lewis as their DC.
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Huff – you speak like you know something about the Steelers. Hope someone in that meeting can see the Emperor Mike needs to be surrounded by more capable coordinators and an analytics guy/gal. Hope we don’t lose Munchack.
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My apologies to all yinz of Eastern European descent on the misspelling of Munchak. Apple spellcheck should know that Munchack is not a word, but my bad on letting it get through.
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Tomlin has been isolated as the problem. We have gone through his DC’s and OC’s.
Most importantly and tied into this thread is administrative support. The Steelers have put many of the best offensive players in the league together….and paid them handsomely. You can’t get past the fact that the organization under-performed with excellent talent.
This is similar to Pitt. If the Administration makes a full commitment to winning, they will win . If they just dip their toes in the success ocean to test it, they will be mediocre. Steelers got mediocre results with above average to excellent support. Pitt has been an interesting case because we have overachieved based on what the Administration has supported.
Now, the pressure is on for the Pitt Administration to finally tell the truth and define who Pitt is to its alumni. Is the Administration going all in towards excellence or are they happy with mediocrity. That is the BIG question. Pitt needs to tell the truth, period. I am tired of being told how the bar is championships here and then support it like a YMCA league. So who will hold the Administration to the fire?
Why has our OOC not changed? Why is it only the Pitt fans that challenge the OOC of Dairy and Syracuse? The answer is because nobody else cares because everyone else is just winning.
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I’m with Ike…get out the guillotine…storm the Bastille.
Let em eat cake.
No, I’m not drinking…yet.
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^^ I suggest you start my friend Fran. As your brother of a forged friendship, a libation is good medicine and I wish you a very Happy New Year! I’ll raise a glass in your honor this evening. here here!
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We averaged 5.0 yards per rushing attempt. Yet we passed 29 times (completing only 11). It’s like we didn’t expect the running game to work today, so we just stuck with the game plan mix. At some point you would say, “Hey, the running game is working. Let’s stick with it.”
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My thoughts as well. Watson has had a tendency to start a series with passes, which I guess is to make a point and keep the defense honest. Problem is, it doesn’t work. Teams already know we prefer to run and struggle with pass protection, so why throw away a series? That happened more than once today.
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The question will be: Does Pitt think a 7-7 record is acceptable?
I’m sure Pitt does because Pitt won the Coastal, made it to a bowl game, and achieved high GPA’s, graduation rates and did it all without scandal or cheating.
So from Pitt’s perspective, this season was a success.
To fans like me, it was a disaster.
Pitt will be lucky to win 7 games next year.
Pitt will be lucky to draw more than 30k fans to Heinz.
More SOP and Pitting.
Pittsburgh must love mediocre programs and coaches like the Steelers and Panthers.
What is it? – 3 playoff wins in 10 years and 3 bowl wins for the Steelers and Panthers.
Thanks Mr Rooney and BoT
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7-7 is not acceptable and I’m sure the AD agrees. But a better record should not come at the price of not getting the things you noted in your 2nd paragraph.
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Pitt doesn’t think 7-7 is an acceptable record, but Pitt doesn’t want to pay to bring in a top coach who CAN get the job done. A coach who CAN get the job done doesn’t want to coach at Heinz Field and doesn’t want his players bused to a practice facility.
Pitt should give Narduzzi two more years to see what he can do in the 2020 season when the non conference schedule is thankfully a joke.
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Waiting to hear NardDog on the post game…why am I torturing myself?
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Sigh….Tough being a Pitt fan.
Losing Ollison really hurt us today. Hope his injury is not serious.
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Lots on Twitter holding donation / ticket renewal unless changes are made.
Mainly calling for Watsons head.
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This was a game that most teams who are positioned like Pitt —throughout 4qrts — are going to win.
Yes, I am very disappointed in this loss. The defense was very good. But again the pass game — take away one to TMack — was anemic. (Pitt likes to throw laterals under Watson, whether it be to an OL, RB, WR. But demonstrates a total unwillingness and lack of confidence to execute a simple screen pass. (Anyone here can recall the screen completed to Mathews about 3 weeks ago, and it was a big, successful play. So I am befuddled why there’s no work to make that a part of the game plan again, among many, many other things that could’ve been incorporated).)
It’s unfortunate, but there’s no doubt at this point that Pickett is no where near a lock to start at QB in ‘19. And our OC has no place calling another game IMO, either.
I thought for a moment that PN might take a couple series with JGeorgeJr in the 3rd Qtr. Nope.
Watson is in need of being sidelined indefinitely. And Pickett needs a more thorough evaluation. As many have stated, it’s looking like the optimism we took out of Miami’s ‘17 win was premature as a measuring stick for what amounted to a lot of confidence in the freshman signal-caller at the time. And whereas I was reluctant to judge too harshly, this game has my attention as poor play atop the other questionable performances.
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Calling Davis Beville we would like you to be our true freshman QB.
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It’s working for Clemson….what do we have to lose? One thing for sure, Pitt doesn’t have another season to throw in the toilet with Pickett at the helm.
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That would have been at least six weeks ago RE screen pass at Mathews
Was a nice example of play calling that I don’t care to look up at this time (with certainty as to date/time/place). Why is because there’s nothing congratulatory about looking back at this season. The highlight reel after Wake Forest isn’t complimentary and the season got stuck in SOP there-afterwards.
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I believe Pickett again showed signs of being pretty DECENT over the long run. POOR QB coaching and playcalling are not helping the situation.
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I am really searching for answers on this one, POD
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Was this year a success?
Many will ask at this time and would tell anyone asking me with a definitive “yes and no” answer. And it’s a fair answer if being asked directly. And I will conclude more on the “yes” side (it was a success). BUT ONLY IF there a major personnel changes as indicated above. AND if not, and we (as Pitt fam) keep on in the same direction (i.e. retaining Watson; anointing KP as definitive starter) then it must be considered a fail in this postseason.
Hope y’al recover from this let down.
—Neil
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Well, is anyone really surprised with this considering what we have seen from Pitt when we play any team with even a little bit of talent?
Outscored 80 – 26 to end the season with three straight losses… Lost third bowl game and looked like crap in all three losses.
Is this what anyone expected in Narduzzi’s third and fourth seasons?
Keep telling us how great his recruiting is…in keeping with the fantasy that this HC can do anything at all with “his own players”.
Sorry, but this is typical play from Narduzzi’s team when anything really important is on the line.
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Typical of you Reed, tacking on a one point loss into the final three games point loss. Doesn’t jive with your theme to me.
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I wrote the truth Ike, you should understand that.
We just lost to a not so great anyway Stanford team that had five NFL draft kids missing from the lineup…five missing starters and all good players. Yet we choked anyway.
PN holds form and blows it yet again.
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So when Pitt went on its winning streak you posted on here that you didn’t watch one minute of the games but now that the team ends with three-straight losses you’re posting after the games?
Pitt has had a Pitt problem for three decades now. You don’t think Narduzzi can fix it then who can? Surely not someone Gallagher would pay the money to win.
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Does what I do or don’t do change the outcome of Pitt football?
I think not.
I watched each game on DVR at my leisure and you know what?
We still had another successive non-winning season under this HC in his 3rd and 4th seasons.
I’m not sure I had much to do with that…
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I thought you were unhappy with the winning streak and happy with the losses, hence not posting and posting based on results.
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We are paying this guy a lot of $$$ to lose game including three bowl games.
Since he got that raise to what? 3.5M and the extension he has coached Pitt to .500 ball.
Last year he had the worse W/L record in 11 years…this year .500 ball.
Gee can’t wait to see what he does next year when almost all of his decent ballplayers will be gone.
I Know!
Cancel any decent OOC games we have and pay cupcakes to lose to us!
But Delaware and Ohio might give us hard times as you know UCF & PSU are going to.
While we are at it pay UNC millions to cancel that game also.
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Missing a wide open Lopes…Argh….Announcer/Danielson commented that KP focuses on one receiver…I like KP but the lack of a passing game is holding back the team. Pitt post game show comments that KP had a disappointing season and failed to set himself apart as starting QB for next year very true. Time to open the QB position for some competition?
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Every Position including QB should ALWAYS be open for competition. That’s if a Head Coach really is dedicated to winning above everything else,
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Chance for 8-6 season and optimism for next season. Coastal division champs nice but team lost steam after Wake Forest win. Extremely disappointing end to the season!
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George isn’t the answer as the starter at QB for ’19. So, get yet another transfer or go with Patti.
Belville won’t be ready so forget that bit of wishful thinking.
The whole roster for next year, every single one, is either average at best or unknown… So more wishful thinking.
Watson is poor but really we should jettison the whole staff and start over because there ain’t going to be any major improvements as long as PN runs the show.
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This was a wasted year. Not only did we finish at 7-7 but we lost any opportunity of getting rid of Narduzzi. The year started off promising in only one facet, the possibility of jettisoning Narduzzi at the end of it. Pitt then promptly goes out and plays pretty good football against mostly mediocre opponents to win the Coastal Division. After accomplishing that “lofty” goal, they revert back to their norm and finish the season by laying two eggs in a row before once again crushing us Pitt fans by losing a game in the fourth quarter. Unless we are absolutely putrid next year we will have Narduzzi two more years.
If I was Narduzzi, I would look at changing my quarterback. Pickett is not the answer. During the game I saw him giving receivers heck for not running routes properly. Mr. Pickett perhaps needs to do some self criticism as well because he sure did not play an acceptable game. We need to give a serious look at Patti. If I was Watson, I would turn Pickett into option quarterback assuming they can put some muscle on his frame. He sure is not a passer. Yes he can fling the ball, but he does not go through his progressions well, if at all. While we are at it I would also suggest Watson replace his wide receiver coach. Next year we should have Pickett run and hope he is successful. If not, try another quarterback such as Patti or George. I agree Bellville should not be the starter but should redshirt if possible unless he is the second coming of Dan Marino.
Looking forward to basketball season. Expect to win several more ACC games than we did last year:)
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^^ LOL!
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My comment was directed to the comment two above
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^^ Not to Reed
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As Reed has clearly pointed out, next year Narduzzi goes it without any more help from Chryst in the form of Player Leftovers.
2019 should offer some DEFINITIVE evidence as to whether Narduzzi is someone to hang the future on.
Factor in that other Teams in the Coastal like Virginia look to be ticking upward in terms of talent.
Heather might very well be faced with a decision a year from now.
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Lucky for us that PN is a defense genius or it could have been a lot worse.
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Chryst leftovers played positions that he never dreamed they would play. Don’t give me that crap.
imo, big changes need to be made on the coaching staff. I would say Narduzzi as well but I know that ain’t happening.
FUMBLE!!!! bounces into the arms of the Stanford player. ok, that would have been a good bounce for PITT if it landed in a PITT players arms. Such is life. It’s not like PITT totally sucked today. No I’m not happy with the offense.
Pickett just may not have it. Can’t trade KP so get rid of Watson and see who was the problem…….. Kenny is like a rubber robot. Mechanical one second and loosey gooesy the next. He needs a QB coach or move on.
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That bounce in the end zone for the TD and the sack fumble that bounced right back at the Stanford players. Pitt is still snake bit.
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Realistic comments Ike
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are we really sure a 7-7 record isnt fine by Heather?
they keep bringing up winning the Coastal as this big accomplishment
keep bringing up men of character and high GPA’s, graduation rates and community service accolades
until i see an AD with a backbone, its same as usual to me
Heather obviously thinks 5-7 seasons are worthy enough of extensions
Miami didnt waste time with getting rid of their HC
Their AD was openly critical
Their fans and boosters complained
Pitt’s fans and boosters are used to bending over and saying thank u please may I have another
I will not have another
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Ms. Lyke has plenty of backbone Tx! She fired two basketball coaches in one year as well and got two very good replacements. She also has done well with her wrestling coach hire! Unfortunately she seems to have faith in Mr. Narduzzi for some inexplicable reason. This year though her hands are tied due to Pitt “glorious” Coastal Division title. No coach worth anything will want to come to a school that fires their coach after winning their division in a P5 conference not matter how mediocre said division is! As I stated above the best we can hope for now is Narduzzi getting fired next year but only if we have a very bad year. I would think we would have to go 4-8 or worse for him to be fired next year.
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its easy firing coaches who have never won an ACC game
easy to fire coaches from programs that dont matter
much more difficult to make hiring and firing decisions on programs that make a profit (or in Pitt’s case generates millions in revenue) and gets national attention
she owes Narduzzi her job. Narduzzi was on the selection committee for her
thats why they are chummy
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Typical anti-Narduzzi bias here! You continue to talk about the W-L without any mention of the schedule …. when 4 of the 7 losses were to teams currently in the Top 12.
Compare this schedule to any other schedule Pitt has played in the past 25 years or so.
For that matter … compare the schedule Pitt has played in the last 4 years against any other 4 years. I’m not just saying another 4 straight years —- I’m saying compare it to any other 4 years.
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But they were blowout embarrassment losses. The program stuck with mediocrity with narduzzi
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We lost to UNC this year. UNC fired their coach as his only two wins of consequence in last two years were against Pitt. Today we lost to a very depleted Stanford team that we should have easily beat. We got smoked by a very mediocre Miami team. Most of us are not upset with the PSU or UCF losses but these other games we had no business losing! That is the difference between an acceptable and an unacceptable coach. The Stanford team that competed with Notre Dame into the fourth quarter was not the team Pitt faced today.
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After that great win over WF at the post-game tailgate I said to George Aston’s dad, Rick, that his son and this team had the opportunity to be a pivot point of a historical portion… beat Miami.. give Clemson a battle and win the bowl game… it was all their for the taking…the season ended a total disaster…..
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Proportion
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Pitt had 4 blow out losses. You have to go back to Majors II to find that many.
Pitt also lost to a 2 win NC team (we helped double their win total)
Pitt also lost to Penn State at home in the biggest blow out since anyone can remember since most of us werent born then
Yes the schedule was tough but Pitt wasnt even competitive in many games
That Miami and Domer loss arent looking good now
The best team Pitt beat was the Cuse in overtime at home with a hungover Dungey
I’m anti Narduzzi because I’m pro winning.
Heather and homer fans are lassoed to this loser of a coach for the next 2 years
Pitt will win another 6-7 games next year, go bowling, lose again in a bowl, and yet fans will be happy.
I became a Miami ‘fan’ today and I’ll become a Steeler fan when they get the backbone to do something they should have done 2 years ago.
Winners dont accept excuses and mediocrity.
Its been 9 years and counting since Pitt has been ranked in a final poll.
Narduzzi has no bite
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and yet if Pitt played Cuse’s schedule, they would have 9 or 10 wins and be ranked
BTW, did you know that UNC played at Syracuse this year and lost in overtime? Cuse is not better than us
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Cuse had 10 wins. They are better
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fact is that Narduzzi is not a very good coach but he tries very hard to be …. and he wants to be here!
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I actually think Narduzzi is a decent coach with some bad assistants
Granted he cant recruit but thats solvable with better assistants
and yes he is well liked by players, runs a clean ship, and wants to be here
i’m not over looking those positives
but in the end, its wins and losses that matter along with bowl wins (hardware) and final rankings
for anyone that wants an easier OOC schedule, call Heather and e-mail her directly. There is no reason why Pitt is playing Tennessee. There is no reason why Pitt has to play the Domers and Hoopies in the same year if one is really worried.
But bear in mind, scheduling a MAC or AAC team is no automatic win when you recruit at Pitt levels and have assistants that are incompetent.
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Bottom line is we suck and will continue to suck because those with the ability to change things won’t.
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Regardless of the competition, you would think the team could demonstrate some competence in executing a simple game plan.
They can run the ball but that’s apparently it. No screens, no passes to TE’s, few if any simple slant patterns, etc., etc. Add in bad penalties, poor game management, and less than spectacular in-game adjustments and you have a pretty bad team….such is Pitt football under HCPN.
HTP!
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Drip, drip drip…
A slow leak of fans away from the program…fans who grow more dispassionate after every season when we lose to North Carolina and blow a bowl game. For me, penaltypalooza this season discouraged me from making the hop across state to El Paso.. I thought beating North Carolina and winning the bowl game were quintessential to the program’s future under Narduzzi here. Houston dumped their coach after a horrendous bowl loss. Miami jettisoned theirs after the bowl loss. Let’s face it, Graham, Chryst, Narduzzi, what’s really different? What stays the same is the university’s lack of commitment to winning big.
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Richt was ‘fired’ at Miami despite going 26-13 in 3 years. In those 3 years, he won 1 bowl game and won the Coastal.
After 4 years, Narduzzi is 28-24. He has gone 0-3 in bowl games but did win the Coastal this year. He will probably coach another 2 years at Pitt.
Thats the difference in culture.
Pitt is fine with mediocrity.
If Heather had a backbone, she would realize that Narduzzi is not the answer. She would reach out to the Toledo coach and make him an offer. But she doesnt have the power to do this even if she wanted. The BoT will not allow it.
The goals and expectations at Pitt do not align with fans like me and fans at top 20 programs.
Again, Pitt is fine to win 6-8 games each year, go to a bowl game and run a clean program.
But I have a MAC coach that can do that for $2.3M and he’ll win a bowl game in his first year.
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I’m actually his agent so I’m biased here. 🙂
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Didn’t Toledo lose to FUI or am I reading the score wrong?
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yes by a FG to a Butch Davis coached team
FIU is a conference USA school…think UAB and Marshall
Doesnt Pitt play Marshall next year?
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FIU
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Hmmm
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You’ve become a little more radical in comments TX. Used to enjoy your perspectives.
I understand your views for the most part but your rants won’t change the opinions of the supposed BoT or our current AD. If anything you’re sounding progressively unhinged.
So can you reel it in a little, man, is what I am asking.
And now you’re a sports agent?
Umm… Ok
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In ref to: TX Panther
December 31, 2018 at 8:57 pm
I’m actually his agent so I’m biased here. 🙂
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I like tx’s comments. Just because you don’t, you shouldn’t ask him to “reel it in” just because they don’t align with yours.
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I’m trying to add some levity albeit poorly I’ll admit. More importantly, who is holding Pitt accountable?
I know my ‘rants’ wont change the Pitt culture but as a fan I can choose not to attend games and to not donate and to use social media as my platform to express my opinion.
You wont find me donating or attending football games until Pitt fires Narduzzi and begins to treat football as a business.
I’m sure many other fans feel the same way. If enough of them do, Pitt will be forced to make a change. Just like they did with KS.
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Fair enough, TX Panther. Fair enough. Happy New Year to ya;)
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Would like to see both Watson and the WR coach replaced.
Leaping catch by Mack may have been the only time this season one of our WRs high-pointed the ball. We usually wait for the ball to come down to chest level, giving the DB plenty of opportunity to make a play…
And on Watson, it seems if you watch any other games (maybe except Mich State), you see creative plays. Where was the misdirection today? Where are the screen passes – which seem ideal against a heavy pass rush… And those roll-out pass plays did not work all season, yet we kept trying them. Even the announcer today said our receivers were not properly spaced on that play…
And the total absence of a TE is a whole other story.
Tough being a Pitt fan — and getting tougher!
Go Pitt.
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OK……….. On this New Years Eve… Wish every last one of you that tolerates my constant commenting on the POV the best this coming New Year!
I have four resolutions come tomorrow.
)4 lose a few lbs. << maybe more than a few but I’m realistic