ike, does Pitt even need to bother to take the field, or can they win it from the locker room? 🙂 If the CBs are hurt, maybe they can play with only 9 on defense… Seriously, a solid lead at halftime would be great to get some young players in the game as one of their 4 game appearances without losing a year of eligibility. These 3 stars can use all the playing time they can get!
Ugly so far,,,,Patti can use the work. Gragg and the guys need to know the play formations better – coaching? Receivers need to go get the ball, adjust to the somewhat less than perfect passes
Another bad decision by Narduzzi not to kick the field goal. He has a kicker who has been struggling, and should have let him take a shot at the 46 yd field goal. Instead he lets Delaware keep it tied through the 1st quarter.
After that missed block late in the pedo game, Sibley didn’t get to play last week. Now he has 7 yards on 3 carries against 11 chickens. He looks like a transfer to Robert Morris is in his future…
Watching the first quarter because had to go to a birthday party. What happened to the deep balls we connected on in early? I saw none of that when I tuned in in q2
I think this game tells us nothing. We were ready for a letdown after playing Penn State and UCF. Most of our starters aren’t playing. We will pull this out and move on.
Heather please take down Coach Rocco’s number before he leaves town because Pat is going to need to run the table if we lose this one, and I don’t think he’s going to do that.
I’m just getting home from soccer (kids). Why is Nick Patti playing (starting?)? Is Pickett injured? Why do the two Davis RBs not have any carries? Was this all planned? Are we taking a game off?
Sorry for all of the questions. Just trying to catch up.
I find Jay’s comment disgusting and way out of line. How is the hell is he allowed to use a word like that? He thinks he’s too good for this Bog when PITT wins…… OUT OF LINE!!!!!!!
If I was head coach:
Ulizio would never see the field.
I’d speed call Saluhuodin
Whipple would Be fired.
Id apologize to all the fans and alumni for this product.
No excuses, 2nd string starters at QB & at other key positions as well doesn’t matter we should be dominating. We’re not,,,, THAT is the definition ofSOP! Sorry, fasts is facts!
The rhetoric will be:
Wanny lost to Ohio.
Potato lost to Youngstown.
But HCPN beat Clemson and if his schedule wasn’t such a humdinger, he’d be king of the world.
Just to state the obvious, this game is critical. The only half hearted mistake that we can sheepishly make if we lose is that we played with a second-string quarterback.
Starting QB, top two running backs and starting CB not Playing………. = what you just watched. No excuses just the facts. Oh and almost a dozen penalties to boot…. Bad Bad game for PITT but they got healthier….
Post game presser:
Nobody wanted to believe me, but I told you it would be a grinder.
Delaware always plays tough.
Yeah, that injury bug put us in a bind.
Proud of our kids.
Refs had some questionable calls…but hey, that’s football.
Boy, they were tough.
Proud of our kids.
Ugly win and it’s still a step forward.
Proud of our guys.
Character!
Good coaching when we needed it.
Can’t say enough about the play calling.
Get ready for Dooook.
Well, it was a classic trap game after facing two ranked teams in a row, and we managed to squeak out a victory. Let’s pretend it never happened and move on.
You must have been looking at a different game than me. Patti is a big drop-off from Pickett and right now and Sibley would rarely see the field if I’m the OC.—-My apologies to those I’m rudely dismissed this past week when they that the SOP might show up. With the exception of the defensive line play the rest of the Pitt game was just plain ugly.
It could end up a blessing in disguise to bring everyone back down to earth but if I am narduzzi I am lacing into the team in the locker room. Despite some bogus penalties they were still highly undisciplined and need to focus. Also helpful that Duke crushed VT.
Gordon Conn
September 27, 2019 at 8:01 am
There are a lot of upsets by lesser teams these days because the difference in personnel is not as great as it once was.
No way to tell what will happen, but with Pitt you can never be surprised by any outcome. Pitt history is filled with belly flops. To think somehow Pitt is now immune to this sort of thing is folly. A few mistimed turnovers and Pitt could have its hands filled. Not saying it is going to happen.
I think we learned a little more about what we got with Whipple. He is all in for the passing game. When it works it will be very good, when there are turnovers it will be trouble.
That’s what turned the tide for UCF last week. The fumble by AJ Davis at the PITT 21 and the Knights scored a TD that started their 31-0 run. Turnovers are proving to be the Panther”s kryptonite this year.
Well that was certainly interesting. Lol. I’m pretty sure Delaware’s punter can’t land on his feet after a kick. Reminds me of when I use to take shots on goal in soccer when I was in high school except I wasn’t acting and looking for a penalty.
Patti gets some experience. Sibley rushes for more than 100. D plays great! Got the win! I’ll take 7 more ugly wins and an ugly win in a bowl game. On to Duke! H2P!!!
I don’t agree with the decision to inform Patti 45 min before the game that he was the starter. Not that I don’t believe there could be some argument in that every player should prepare as if they are one play away from being in the game, but….
and I’d like to hear PN’s explanation of that decusion but don’t expect to
Pitt rolled out the JV team and still outgunned Delaware by 200+ yards. Pitt’s propensity to get yards but not points is still concerning. I know some will criticize the victory but a win is a win is a win. The penalties were concerning. It indicates a lack of focus which showed in the final score. Back to real football and hopefully some pride and extra motivation to make this week’s performance become a forgotten blip of the regular season.
All in all, it is what it is. A Pitt win regardless of how uninspiring it was. H2P and onward.
… and one more thing … For the most part, I liked Patti. As a redshirt freshman I see a lot of future potential. He could be a good one and will have some competition behind him to make him even better.
I’m going to be the “voice of reason” here: I pretty much called this game for what it was, close due to a let down after two big games. But none of us knew that Narduzzi would sit all of the banged up players, which changed the objective to just getting a win. With new players in, there are going to be penalties and turnovers.
This hopefully means that they will not occur in a future ACC game when the subs are in. Narduzzi made a strategic move to rest players and scratch out a win, and it worked this time, barely. Now as far as his sideline decisions, many proved to be absurd and will cost Pitt a game in the future. Bypassing the 46 yd field goal in the first period was one such bonehead move. At this point, we should just accept the W and move on…
First off, this is my public apology to VoR in regards to his previous comments of the potential of the SOP Syndrome raising it’s ugly head from the dead prior to the game with Delaware.
You called it! No excuses, even in light of those key Pitt positions being occupied by the back up players, this game SHOULD still have been a cake walk. It wasn’t. My prediction, if the subs were playing, was 34-14. Not covering the spread but still winning easily. Not even close to what was the reality of the situation. We came out flat, we committed tons of penalties & we committed key turnovers that gave Delaware two short fields that they capitalized on to the Max, scoring all of their points in the game off of them.
Those facts my friends are all self inflicted wounds, that’s the very definition of SOP! The only thing that keeps this SOP from it’s full bloom was that Pitt eked out the win. Good for us, whew.
Well, going forward, this is, yet again, a learning experience for this team. Coach Duzz says that using each game as such in order to get better from one week to the next is essential in order to continue improving. Well, I prefer learning from our “wins” rather than from our “loses”. So at least we have that going for us from Saturday.
Lastly, lets give the Fighting Blue Hens some credit for their own play. They played OUT OF THEIR MINDS! The Ffrench fumble recovery is a fine example. IMO, Ffrench didn’t really “fumble”, instead he literally had a secured ball ripped from his own arm from a defender who just wanted that ball a little more than Ffrench did. Nuff said. The Blue Hens accomplished a moral victory for themselves on Saturday, just like Pitt did against penn state a couple week earlier. The sad thing is that the only thing moral victories actually earn you are “Ls” in the loss column.
We’re now, 3-2, with no injuries resulting from the Delaware game, & looking forward towards our 2nd contest in the ACC against Duke.
I will sleep well tonight. That is all that matters after a game like this where Pitt wins.
Narduzzi still yet to have one of those WTF losses.
Our O-line gets no push off the line. I blame Pappy for not going heavy set early and try to pound the ball from the start. Wheeler played, so why not try to establish the ground attack against a smaller team?
Seems like Hamlin could have set the tone on the first play as the ball went right through his hands or else it would have been a pick six.
This offense needs way more speed and talent on the perimeter.
Kudos to Patti coming up big in the fourth quarter. Two huge passes to Mack.
Patti knee long before 45 min. He went on to say he took reps as the starter all week. Starter banged up and sore shoulder. Good week to rest up. Same w the Davis “brothers”.
Maybe Reed will weigh in. He’d probably say that Pitt doesn’t have the depth and talent level to just sit the QB and RBs without impacting the game. And the game plan didn’t adjust for the sitting of Pickett.
Almost Dan…. Hand grenades and horseshoes. That was an awful awful football game but a win never the less….. Let’s check PITT out next week……. What do you say.?
Breaking news…pitt first team ever to have a letdown after a big win the week before.
Come on guys…today sucked. But we had a lot of players out and were coming off a huge win and two huge games. Not too much to take from this game. Burn the tape and move on.
is this the type of game we all wanted to see today? NO!
Is this the game we all expected today? ………………. NO!
Is this the outcome we all expected to see?……………YES!
When you turned on your TV today did you expect Nick Patti to be the starting QB with two top RB’s out? If you did, well we need to talk because you knew something I sure didn’t. Today’s game essentially became a surprise bye week. Would I have liked for PITT to kick more butt in the game? Yes. Last question, do you think Duke has any idea who and what they are facing next week? As goofy as Narduzzi is, he never shows his cards and imo that strategy works!
The only thing I care about the Delaware game is that we won. On to the next game versus Duke. Narduzzi showed a lot of confidence in his back ups. They will remember that for a long time. He rested his most important banged up players on offense and defense. Hopefully they are at full speed next week. One game at a time. North Carolina and Duke are looking very formidable. We will find out how Pitt’s season will go next week.
FYI … this was written on this site on Thursday by an astute commenter ……
formerlywwb
September 26, 2019 at 8:51 am
“IMO it is not possible for the team to focus this week the way it did the last two. Yes, they mean to not overlook the Hens but it is human nature to do so. I can even see a tightly contested game where Pitt finally breaks away a bit in the 4th quarter. This is not an uncommon formula …. look at UVa last week, and about 2 or 3 other ACC teams last week.
The saving grace is the defense. This unit will keep the team in contention for the remainder of the games. Pitt may lose a game or two it should win … (don’t know) .. but Saturday won’t be one of them”
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Last year, Alabama and The Citadel were tied at halftime. I don’t care who you are or who you play …. you have to be focused. But this is not a bonehead decision by the coaching staff, this is on the players
1) Coaches cannot come on the field an make tackles
2) It’s not the coaches who make one silly penalty after another
3) It’s not the coaches who continue to drop passes
Pitt players are not used to playing a game against an opponent they should have little problem with. They learned a valuable lesson today
PSU won 59-0 last night. UCF right now is leading 42-0 with 10 minutes left in the 2nd Quarter. Pitt went head-to-head when the team was focused. So you glass-half-emptiers can continue with your negativity; I choose not to,
The box score really tells a story of total domination with the exception of two INT’s and 113 yards in penalties. As bad as the game was to watch with the exception of the bad throws and shooting themselves in the foot, lots of really good plays were made. Individual stats were very solid as they should be.
Still very lucky to pull it out, with a rookie QB making two great plays with the game on the line. Mack made two very sweet catches or we lose this game.
Some penalties were poor officials. Some were caused by a new QB and a different cadence. Some were caused by not having all the starters. Some penalties were players trying too hard. Whipple has greatly improved our passing game. Rumor is Rutgers maybe interested in him. He has to stop looking mad when speaking to the QB’s and even Narduzzi. Narduzzi appeared almost afraid of Whipple during the game. Patti throws a nice accurate ball with feel. Good recruiting by PITT. He is one of the best QB’s I’ve seen coming out of the Northern New Jersey Catholic powerhouses. The defense played well. PITT is good. In the coming weeks we will see how good.
Well Pitt has no room for error in ACC play. If they play like garbage, it will be exploited mightily. Duke is do for a win much like Pitt is against NC.
I see Pitt going 4-3 the remainder of the year. They will play down to some competition. Bowl win makes 8. A blah year 5.
Dave Wannstedt got Pitt into the final top 25 in his 5th season. And it was actually No. 15. Walt Harris took a program that was maybe the worst in P5 and finished No. 19 in his 6th season. Narduzzi is currently in his 5th season so he needs to get it done soon.
When Duzz took over a total clusterfk from years mismanagement ( who would have wanted the PITT job and didn’t the most recent HCPC gave something to do weigh getting Snuggie a Steve shown the door)…and being a long time assistant I thought I would take 6-10 years to build a winning culture at PITT….
I am not disappointed from yesterday’s game… realistically, this team has competed in every game…Dookies up next… yesterday our guys / backups gained some valuable experience… Sibley and the running game started to assert themselves in the 4th quarter… took the gas off the pedal at the 2:00 mark…
Hope Duzz can get some athletic lineman… I would try to get 15-20 lbs of blubber off their fat asses… Danielson is also carrying to much fat… makes them heavier but slows them down… it’s unnatural and not healthy… need Annie’s SPORTS NUTRITIONST ( for the DEMON DEACONS) daughter to give her opinion.
Not sure the point of that tweet. Pitt is playing much more difficult schedules under Narduzzi and that will change these next two seasons although this year the record was 3-1. That is worst case when playing three cupcakes and a good team in 2020 and ’21.
If Narduzzi is getting Pitt to 8 or 9 wins and not finishing in the top 25 getting rid of him would make Pitt look really bad. It is bad enough playing in Heinz and kids busing to a practice facility. Wouldn’t shock me if the school thought it could do better at head coach when coaches and agents across the country don’t think much of the job.
I think getting rid of narduzzi and conducting a feasibility study for an on campus MPC would show the world that Pitt is seriously interested in sports. In having higher aspirations and greater expectations.
Right now Pitt is showing some serious mediocrity. What coach wants to sign up for that?
But I know there is the Pitt fan base that is content with unranked 8 win seasons, playing off campus in s pro stadium and value players graduating, saving kittens from trees and helping little old ladies cross Forbes avenue.
I want value for my entertainment dollar. Sports is a business. Players represent my alma mater. They get a free ride. Coaches make millions to perform with field results. Directors get paid to ensure compliance, enhance the brand and to stay in the Black.
My mindset is obviously different than most who have borne witness to 40 years of carelessness, mismanagement and utter incompetence.
I may sound harsh with players but I expect every university student to graduate and be a good citizen. Student athletes are no different.
They should earn that scholarship with respectable field results. If you’re not contributing and earning that scholie, it should be taken away and given to someone else.
You don’t need 85 players on scholie when you can field a team with 60 comfortably.
Pampered athletes and coaches are paid to entertain us fans. That’s reality folks.
A garbage product like yesterday would not be tolerated at schools where sports is a business. That’s the difference in mindset between elite and wannabe.
Ironic to me that Pitts mindset is so soft given the tough blue collar history of the region.
No shock the Pitt leaders never tried to build a stadium on campus that is similar to Franklin Field. Not too big and if you wipe out the track and move the sides in less space is even needed to build it.
It will never happen because building a stadium on campus would mean the BoT, and a lot of the fans, thinking Pitt is becoming a football school first, which is completely absurd, but we’re talking Pitt.
Patti got away with another possible interception when the ball bounced out of the defenders hands and popped into Sibley’s before halftime. Then again we couldn’t score a touchdown and had to settle for the FG.—Please note Delaware used two plays in close when one WR screened for the other and the result was a touchdown. I guess Whipple and Narduzzi have never seen that type of play before because I haven’t seen Pitt use it in the past. It’s a highly effective play in close quarters. A hell of a lot better than a jump pass in the corner to a well covered WRer.
Pitt claims nine national championships and is among the top 20 college football programs in terms of all-time wins. Its teams have featured many coaches and players notable throughout the history of college football, including, among all schools, the 12th most College Football Hall of Fame inductees, the 12th most consensus All-Americans, and the 5th most Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees. Note: it seems our 3 star college players get better at the next level.
I’ll take the win yesterday with our back-up QB and 3rd string RB. It wasn’t pretty and I hope that the experience for the players is one they will carry the rest of this season in a positive light. NO OPPONENT CAN BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
Yes, Pitt football did not look good yesterday on the national stage. But let’s not forget all the other times recently that has been the case.
Every game is a new adventure. Plenty to work on this week. Duke looked mighty good this week and we looked plenty bad. We rested a lot of guys, hopefully they will be healthy for next week.
Albeit the INT’s and the near miss, Patti looks to be a great back-up. In his first game he led a comeback victory drive, something Tino never accomplished in four years. He will only get better.
The O-line with it’s penalties still the key to future wins. As was mentioned cadence had a lot to do with motion penalties, but not with holding.
too busy to watch the tape…glad we get the win. Moving on to Duke with the road warriors.
Great tailgate crowd again…good to see Reed and Jim pre and post game.
Eric / missingwlat wife attended and had Eric on a live feed on her phone pregame.
HUGE tip of the cap to Wolfe for cooking breakfast for the gang. Awesome job buddy.
Got to sit with pittPT and Annie again…always a pleasure.
From what i heard in my section, Heather will be receiving some emails this week. Haha.
Defense with another solid performance, will need to have another this week.
Still don’t understand why Mathews is getting so few targets, especially with Tipton out.
Still hoping, probably in vain for a more balanced offense. Game could have been secured a lot earlier with a solid running attack. It was a great time to work on it.
Pitt is good at putting up impressive stats but is lousy at scoring points. This offense is red zone deficient. It’s special teams sucks except the punter but he doesn’t score points. The defense doesn’t score either off turnovers. You don’t win many games if you can’t score points. And halftime woes continue.
If Kenny was 80 percent, he should have played at least one quarter. And the Davis running backs. Bad coaching decision if you ask me. Pitts second team wouldn’t have beaten a top 5 Texas high school yesterday. I’m being serious. The lack of talent on this team is evident and is made worse with coaching.
I hope heather wasn’t entertaining any big boosters or corporate sponsors yesterday. They saw a product that I would have refunded monies to all that paid to see it. Garbage smells better.
you are correct Tex. Pitt cannot close. Three times within the 10 yard vs PSU … 1 TD, 1 FG and 1 missed FG. Many times on the plus side of the field vs Ohio … scored 20 points.
And, just like vs Ohio, penalties stopped most of their drives yesterday …. total lack of focus and discipline. Amazing how they can play before a hostile crowd of 107k and not commit one pre-snap penalty, and just have a total of 2 penalties for 18 yards.
If you get the chance, go back and look at the PITT special play again. Pay attention after KP catches the TD and Griffen Stewart hugs Kenny around the shoulders. I see a lot of pain on Kenny’s face. PITT got a win and the game was almost a bye week with all the rested players. Plus, Duke has no clue what to expect next week except for BigB and Frans traveling road soldiers. A win next week and all is forgiven and forgotten.
Was Pickett’s injury that serious that he couldn’t play. No. Why. Because he was suited up wasn’t he.
Pain can be managed. Again if he was 80 percent he should have played a few series. The games tone would have be different and carried through. He is Pitts leader.
I plan on emailing heather a picture of the pain on my face while watching the game.
The same playbook that says to kick a field goal on 4th and goal when down by a touchdown with five minutes to go? That book should be thrown in the trash.
QB Kenny Pickett
RB A J Davis
RB Vincent Davis
CB Jason Pinnock
LB Elias Reynold
LB Chase Pine.
That’s a lot of players and when talking about a second string QB who has never started or played extensively… what did we expect? I think it was the shock and awe of all the above?
Here’s some fat to chew on..
psu ……… 59
Maryland.. 0
UCF……….56
UCON…….21
PITT has to be doing something right? Wouldn’t you say? PITT went for a soda yesterday…..
Those teams played starters. And have killer instincts.
As a former youth and adult intra league coach myself, I never felt bad about running up the score and reaching the mercy rule when I had the chance
I also had players play through manageable pain. Pain to me is weakness leaving the body. As an athlete you are always banged up. I believe in rest and recupe but Pitts starters didn’t earn that day off. They needed practice and real game experience even if it was for just a quarter or half
And frankly the fans who paid money deserve to see starters in action
The sign of a poorly coached team is getting up for big games but playing down to the level of competition. Pitt is poorly coached. Very similar to the Steelers don’t you say?
We will find out in six days if Pitt is trending downward or Narduzzi was playing possum before starting the ACC schedule. If the latter, he truly has no interest in or grasp the concept of the importance of sustaining media buzz. All the excitement of last weeks big win has gone down the toilet.
I enjoyed reading all the game thread comments last night. I can tell you there was a lot of holding our heads in our hands in horror in Section 536 yesterday!
Tex – Who didn’t earn the time off? LMAO. Vincent Davis was in a cast on the sideline? Pickett left the game for a TD drive. He was seriously hurt. Pinnock left the previous game multiple times. It was a non-con game that has no affect on the season.
Narduzzi said in his presser that he was told (by the trainers) right before the game that Pickett could’t go. He could override them but I respect his decision to protect his kids. These guys are not pain millions to play.
Did we get better as a football team yesterday? That should have been the goal for this type of game.
On the one hand we got better by getting Patti and Sibley a full game of experience. Patti made some nice throws and Sibley some nice runs where he carried a couple of tacklers with him… And, lots of subs saw the field building experience and depth.
On the other hand… lots of penalties; while we played solid defense we got beat on quite a few rub routes, their QB broke rush containment 6 or 8 times, we made two bad turnovers, and it appeared that Delaware nearly blocked two of our punts. Our TEs were almost non-existent.
So, I’m not sure that we used this game to improve, other than getting a few guys some needed experience.
Like Tex and others, I would have liked to see our starting QB and RBs in game (if they were healthy enough to play) to work on things and get ready for Duke.
Glad that Narduzzi didn’t pull Patti after the INT. That may have killed the kid’s confidence…
and another BTW. The way KP plays the game of football, we all may realize the benefits of Patti cakes starting, playing and winning an entire football game
You realize pitt had to come from behind and only won by a field goal in one of the worst played games in Pitt history against an opponent that that wouldn’t even rank in the top 5 of Texas high school teams. You did watch the same game as I did you?
BTW, if play had played almost any Power 5 team like they did against a good FCS Delaware team, Pitt loses! The Panthers were very lucky to get out of Heinz Field with a win on Saturday.
I think Patti has outplayed Pickett.
Deep throws…Patti.
Touchdown passes…Patti.
The interception and misses can be blamed on inexperience.
As for scrambling, I’m sure he was told DO NOT RUN…YOU ARE ALL WE GOT.
I don’t think having him in the lineup was a detriment whatsoever.
Agree that Pitt didn’t take Delaware seriously and almost paid for it.
Kind of knew it right away when Pitt’s first play from scrimmage was a long pass out of the endzone. Who does that?
Pitt’s lack of scoring prowess through the first 5 games is the greatest concern.
Mostly has to do with no power running game leaving the offense pretty one dimensional.
The lack of a strong tight end also hurts. Like to see Mathews used more on the goal line too.
Really liked the Delaware passes at the goal line, maybe Whipple should have taken notes.
However, Patti now has three TD passes in his first two games, not too shabby.
Well, Clemscum was a 27-1/2 point favorite over UNC and was fortunate to win by one only after stopping UNC’s 2-point attempt at the end of the game. Loved Dabo’s response after the game:
”Most of the time, when I make a birdie it hits off a tree, runs on the green, hits off the golf cart, bounces back up there close to the flag and then I putt it in, and then I write 3 on my scorecard. Ain’t no pictures on the scorecard.”
Since that’s also my only way to make a birdie, I choose to sit back and wait feather than getting my
panties in a bunch after a poor showing.
Dish Network added the ACC Network a few weeks ago and now dropped the Big 10 and Fox Sports…double good for me until I need to watch the Penguins on Fox.
People who don’t like Narduzzi are just looking for something to complain about. He took a gamble yesterday and it paid off (barely) as we won the game and rested injured players. Period.
I do not understand why PITT hasn’t score yet on these tomato cans?
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ike, does Pitt even need to bother to take the field, or can they win it from the locker room? 🙂 If the CBs are hurt, maybe they can play with only 9 on defense… Seriously, a solid lead at halftime would be great to get some young players in the game as one of their 4 game appearances without losing a year of eligibility. These 3 stars can use all the playing time they can get!
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No Davis twins!?
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Looks like trying to rest KP…
Go Pitt.
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I’m glad they’re not risking playing Pinnock in this game. Rest him up for Duke.
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Nice first catch by Mack but needs to go get that second one
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Receivers need to learn to come back to QB when he scrambles. Mack just stood there!
No Pickett. Patti time
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Please don’t make a game if this Pitt!
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Disagree with not starting KP
He needed at least one full quarter
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KP must be more beat up from last week’s game than we thought…
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Team looks flat – not a good look to start the game
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Pitt not motivated
No killer instinct in this team
Nitters would be up 21-0 by now
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A fine coaching effort thus far!
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Reynolds not dressed
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Idiot!!
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Now they don’t look flat
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Narduzzi being outcoached by a guy that makes 1/20 th his salary.
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Patti has a “funny” throwing motion….
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Patti getting yelled at, hope he isn’t too sensitive
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Horrible punt. We are as flat as a pancake! Every Pitt Fans worst fear.
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I’m not fearful
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Run the damn football please
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Whipple not happy with Patti’s decisions – it appears.
For Patti, this is called GETTING EXPERIENCE!
Go Pitt.
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Pitt will not cover. Lots of big boosters will be making a call to Heather after their bookie calls to pay up.
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SOP
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Were those boos I was hearing at the end of the 1st qtr?
Sad Orchestration People
of a P5 FB team playing a lesser FCS team.
Pittiful!!!
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Pitt win % has dropped to 94%
Ugly so far,,,,Patti can use the work. Gragg and the guys need to know the play formations better – coaching? Receivers need to go get the ball, adjust to the somewhat less than perfect passes
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Kessman booms those xp’s
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Another bad decision by Narduzzi not to kick the field goal. He has a kicker who has been struggling, and should have let him take a shot at the 46 yd field goal. Instead he lets Delaware keep it tied through the 1st quarter.
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Bad punt and not a poor kick off. This team is flat through and though.
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Now not NOT
What a head scratcher this is turning out to be. Pitt cannot run the ball on an FCS team.
Hmmm…
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Deep sigh.
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Remember everyone, we’re a 1st half team…
Patti is 8-13 for 119 yards and a TD. His QB rating right now is 164. He’s a backup with almost no experience. Whipple needs to chill out….
The D is holding them to -5 yards rushing.
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Running game ???????
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That’s a horrible call. Offensive PI
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After that missed block late in the pedo game, Sibley didn’t get to play last week. Now he has 7 yards on 3 carries against 11 chickens. He looks like a transfer to Robert Morris is in his future…
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Hey I have an idea. Let’s give up a TD and make this really hard!
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Nice run by Delaware # 25 for a 1st down.
Nice throw by QB too.
The better team seems to be…
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Lots of stuff to clean up!
Who was it who said being a Pitt fan is like raising children? Always something no matter how old we (or they) are.
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Amen … especially on the children side
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We miss Aston.
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Brutal…
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and now you see why Pickett is the starter …
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Who said that Coach Narduzzi was a good coach and this team has ACC caliber players?
Not me.
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Damnit!! No excuse for that. This is what drives me nuts about Whipple. Like Ariens we run the ball well but he simply has to pass. It’s all ego.
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It was a similar throw to the one he almost had intercepted last week
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Pitt will score zero in the second half
This game is over
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You may be correct –
Pitt needs to score before the half or the hens will cluck up Pitt’s season.
Wait, we could still win the Coastal…
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Maybe Narduzzi is just getting them experience in “overcoming adversity”
I would not want to be in that loser room at half time. He is going to like them the hell up
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Have we given up tackling in the backfield?
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My Blue Hen daughter just called me clucking. Ouch !!
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I’m embarrassed beyond words!
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Shame on me for not predicting Same Old Pitt.
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Yeah, HCPN has built depth.
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Okay…so easy TD by the blue hens. Now 7-7
Nice rub route.
If we don’t pick it up, we could lose this game.
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not sure I’d call this out-coached
definitely out-executed at least by Delaware receivers and QB
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Is it too early for me to start drinking here in LA?
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You need to begin hitting the hard stuff
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🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
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We must be lulling Doooook into a false sense of security
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Two sloppy penalties on that drive…
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Well at least one. Targeting wasn’t called
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Narduzzi just wants to set them up and not give them any game film. Smart….
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Well, we all expected 2-3 after 5 games….still better than the Steelers will have….
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Id take mike Tomlin at this point
It’s that bad
Nardoozle goes from meatballs for brains to genius to back to meatballs
Can someone rid me of this coach…heather in yellow
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win % dropped to 89.6%
maybe there will be some yelling at the half,,,maybe a broken piece of chalk or dry-erase marker, LOL!!!
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Captain Jackson looked lyke we interrupted his nap on that TD play
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Anyone else have a problem w Duzz not letting us know about Patti?
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He’s more secretive than Bill Belichick
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Staring down receivers throwing into triple coverage. .
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And tentative on that scramble
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Beyond furious here.
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Mind blowing!
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I hope we don’t need the Pitt Special today.
5 minutes left in the half and we’re tied. No points Pitt in the 2nd half will be tough to watch.
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Narduzzi is handing out sleeping pills at half. Again
If you think the first half was bad, just wait.
Kids weren’t prepared for this game. That’s coaching. They think they are better than a .500 team. Well they are not.
Probability of meatballs being fired after this season just climbed from 5 percent to 13 percent.
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Listening on the radio — play by play calling absolutely terrible.
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The thing is that we can line up and get 6 yards in the ground any time we want
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you sure about that?
I am not at all.
not LOL!!!
lol
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RUN THE FOOTBALL
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If I see one more yellow flag….
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Pitt 5 for 50 so far…
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Soon here comes the missed Fg
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😢
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Hillgrove on his 7th screwdriver by now.
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The big question will be does Duzz kick it on 4th down.
LOL
SOP
SAD
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Dodged a bullet there. Should have been a pick
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Our O line getting knocked around like bowling balls.
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ACC refs hate Pitt for some reason….
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Boo
Yes I’m booing
Hope the staff hears me
Hope heather hears
Hope the 30k fans in attendance hear
I bet only 20k fans show up for the 3rd. Poor product and bad value for the entertainment dollar
Reminds me of 90’s Pitt football. Except off campus.
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Its GOOD!!!!
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Narduzzi said Kessman’s troubles are over….would he lie? (sarcasm 2.0)
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And I say that with the utmost sarcasm
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BOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOO
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A least we got a long scoring drive and ate up the rest of the clock.
That’s the good news….the bad news is we’re a 1st half team.
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Somewhere is Heinz field Reed is chuckling to himself and saying “I told you so Michaelangelo. I told you so”
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Text him this:
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Maybe we can beat Dartmouth next week.
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I’ve seen enough. Put in Boy George.
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Doesn’t help us in the future but might help us avoid an embarrassing loss today…
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This is Patricia’s game to lose
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I’m heading to a bar. Cannot believe my eyes.
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Okay fellas (and lady if you are out there).
What are your second half adjustments?
The coaching staff may not make any but that doesn’t mean we can’t
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Bring in the jumbo package and run it down their throats. Throw short stuff that Patti can handle off the triple option.
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about an hour and half ago I actually thought Pitt had a chance to win out
reality has set in
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Let’s see how they come out in the 2nd half… (I know I know…)
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You are all in a bad dream…zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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The Penn Quakers put 27 points on the board against the Hens — think about how
FLAT our pussycats are this week.
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Watching the first quarter because had to go to a birthday party. What happened to the deep balls we connected on in early? I saw none of that when I tuned in in q2
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Quakers are pacifists too….
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What in the world is Whipple thinking having a rookie QB sling it like Drew Brees.
Then with no time outs they try to run the ball.
Terrible game plan.
You should be able to run the ball down this teams throats then open up the passing game.
Did they know all week that Patti would play? Of course they did.
Now you let Delaware think they can win.
Well I wrote that no one should be surprised.
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Duzz was afraid to give the ball back to the hens
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Cocaine
That’s the adjustment I’d make
They are either popping sleeping pills or smoking weed at half
Need a new drug
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It’s very obvious that Patti does not have a very strong arm and he’s a little to read a defense on the intermediate routes is questionable at best
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I’m still 89.1% sure we got this.
I’m 99.9% sure we will not run the table.
I’m 100% sure the Delaware QB is better than ours and the receivers are equal to ours.
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What % chance that we still have the lead at the end of the third quarter l?
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Annnnd…we open the third quarter with a flag.
Is anyone surprised?
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Annnd on our second play from scrimmage Delaware straight up steals the ball from Ffrench.
Is anyone surprised?
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I think this game tells us nothing. We were ready for a letdown after playing Penn State and UCF. Most of our starters aren’t playing. We will pull this out and move on.
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I disagree
This is Pittiful
The captains are playing and they are sleep walking
QB and RB are the only starters not playing
How long will Duzz allow this to continue
My take – run the ball on the next 3 series, win the turnover battle and win 28 to 14
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ok, their receivers are better than ours also
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Delaware now winning 14-10 in a blown coverage.
Heather please take down Coach Rocco’s number before he leaves town because Pat is going to need to run the table if we lose this one, and I don’t think he’s going to do that.
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This is a perfect example of the importance of playing with emotion. We ain’t got it.
Think the D, when not placed in bad spots by the O, is doing OK.
Whipple should change run/pass mix towards the run in 2H.
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Or just playing fundamentally sound football
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So we run the ball out of the endzone then trow two passes.
Whipple is an arrogant jerk, run the ball.
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nice rub route on the opposite side,,,problem is, nobody from Pitt even needed to be rubbed
74.5% confident we got this
when do we bring in KP? at 50%?
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Oh, we’re gonna be favored in the rest of our games.
Oh, we’re gonna win out.
Oh, nine win season.
Oh, next year will be even better.
Oh, too bad we had UVA the first game, cause we’d kill them now.
CharlieBrown expecting Lucy to hold that ball again and again.
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UD is a well coached team.
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Pitt football is bad for ur health. This just sucks
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Why can’t our quarterbacks throw a simple swing pass? Ever ?
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Tino, Jr.
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And why in the hell would Pitt even try a 60 yard field goal????
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It actually looks like we are trying to lose this game.
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Why a field goal there???
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Told ya we’re a 1st half team….
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57 yard kick a real confidence builder– STOOOPID!
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It will be tough to win now the Kessman misses the FG
I’ve got yard work to do
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V Cater isn’t a RB… neither is Sibley…
HELP WANTED: Running backs at RBU
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Also we need to run behind the left side of the line not the right
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Two terrible misses there by patti. Leads to a missed fg…SOP
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Deplorable that we neither have the talent nor the fortitude to simply line up and run the ball down their throat.
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ESPN stopped updating the %win page
I think we must be close to KP time
Maybe Patti is confused by the opposing team’s uniforms looking too similar
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I don’t understand why throw a pass on 1st and 10 with Patti showing accuracy issues.
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Pitt being outcoached on both sides of the ball
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I’m done… Its like Nardozzel is treating this like a scrimmage. Shame on me for believing the hype.😫
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I’m just getting home from soccer (kids). Why is Nick Patti playing (starting?)? Is Pickett injured? Why do the two Davis RBs not have any carries? Was this all planned? Are we taking a game off?
Sorry for all of the questions. Just trying to catch up.
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Pickett being rested we assume
Same with RB
Yes
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Davis twins…injured.
Pickett…injured? Discipline? Not revealed.
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Thanks. And, yikes!
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So far, I’m hanging this on Whipple, Patti and a couple drops by WRs.
Hopefully we will rebound from this crappy play next week
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For you Steeler fansthis is what Monday will look like
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Pickett injured with a sore shoulder.
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It’s all one big conspiracy.
And you’re all in on it.
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This is the worst bad dream I’ve ever woken up to
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Bunch of 2-3 yard passes blowing up or getting 2-3 yards…
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D needs to score …
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Patti is not ACC caliber. George????
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Remember the exuberance when Whipple was announced as OC?
Dreadful.
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I don’t think that Kenny Pickett is a good QB. I now know that Patti is a bad QB and our WR are doing him no favors
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As we all know Pitt is a scoring dynamo in the 2nd half—- I can’t hide how disgusted I am about
the way we are playing.
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Thank god for the defense out we’d be down 3 td’s
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Mistakes continue. We ran into the kicker on that punt. Ref decided not to call it.
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Every run play Ulizio is standing around…clueless
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And a false start on 4th and 4…
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I guess I’m good with Patti getting some reps. But how about getting a lead first. Or, work him in for a series or two throughout the game…
All the goodwill built from the UCF come from behind win is being blown up here. This type of game has negative revenue implications…
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I think he injured his shoulder last week. Staff not sharing it.
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4 down territory
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We ran it three in a row. Couldn’t get a first down. Terrible
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Lotta fat chicks in the stands.
Free Fanta?
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True fans, maybe. Or, similar to late night in a bar, staying until the… well never mind…
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Hey! Yiznzer shit bags. Still loving Narduzzi? We are a national joke- win or lose. It’s FUCKING Delaware. Delaware!
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Edited and re-posted bc relevant from JaytowerA
Hey! [Pitt fans]. Still loving Narduzzi? We are a national joke- win or lose. It’s F——-ing Delaware. Delaware!
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I find Jay’s comment disgusting and way out of line. How is the hell is he allowed to use a word like that? He thinks he’s too good for this Bog when PITT wins…… OUT OF LINE!!!!!!!
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Had to delete your next post Ike. No personal attacks goes both ways. I agree that jay is out of line but you can’t call him a loser
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I am no Yinzer
And my bags are not full of crap.
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yes, but not 4th and 9
i feel ill
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What a Jekyll and hyde coaching staff.
More Jekyll than hyde
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Or is it more hyde?
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More hide maybe…
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We are saving it for the Dookies….
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The only way Pitt scores is on defense
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Defense will have to get a pick six. Offense lousy. Sloppy play. Too many penalties.
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We need more of these sure win games… that’s how you get ranked!!!
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Pitt sh*tting the bed…again.
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This game has the possibility of going into the Pitt Hall of Shame.
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If we lose … and it’s a real possibility … it would be the worst loss since I’ve been a fan. (97). We were 24 point favorites. 24!
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This looks like the back breaker drive for the Hens
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This is bad…
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Free meatballs will be given to fans that stay until the 4th quarter.
Sponsored by Youngstown native Pat Narduzzi.
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If I was head coach:
Ulizio would never see the field.
I’d speed call Saluhuodin
Whipple would Be fired.
Id apologize to all the fans and alumni for this product.
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Gasman.. But you exhibit cognitive understanding. MM says “all’s good.”
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We’ve got two options here jay.
You read my comments today and agree I’m as pissed as you are. Yes I missed in a prediction this week. Oh well.
Or
I delete all your comments
I give two flips if you ever post again
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We won’t lose anything if YOU don’t ever post again.
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Keep me coming jay. The delete button is easy to press
House rules are no personal attacks. You’ve been attacking me all day.
I get you are pissed. Take it out on narduzzi. Take it out on whipple, take it out on the players (some of whom) sucked it up today .
Don’t take it out on any poster on this board, including me
Last warning
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Don’t let that idiot get under your skin Mike. He was no where to be found last week. Remember the high grass and weeds and who lives in there?
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Jay has my Email Mike…… he can get in touch with me anytime…. I would welcome it!!!!!!
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ok, Hen line better than ours too
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Stupid stupid stupid Cam
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bright, not bright
moron
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Nice play 38… dumbass!!!
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Taking my Pitt shirt off… Don’t want to be seen (even out here in CO) with it on.
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No excuses, 2nd string starters at QB & at other key positions as well doesn’t matter we should be dominating. We’re not,,,, THAT is the definition ofSOP! Sorry, fasts is facts!
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Just when you think this team couldn’t be any dumber a man named Bright will prove you wrong
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Dumb penalties. Dropped passes for first downs. 8 penalties. Late hit out of bounds beyond dumb.
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HCPN should connect his mouthpiece to the PA system and apologize for this travesty.
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The third quarter was not a disaster. It was a f——ing dumpster fire.
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Hens WB is much better than ours… our OL is not very athletic… slow and stop blocks too soon…
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Hens QB Is much better than ours
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so stupidity of watts exceeded by bright
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I hope we lose this and every game after it. Can’t watch or support this team. It’s too much.
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Like Major, I have to leave for a wedding. Perhaps a blessing.
Hens score here and we are done.
We found the answer on the kids maturity. It’s lacking.
All this win out talk looks pretty silly now, doesn’t it?
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This could be the worst of all poor Pitt performances ever. We have seen some bad ones but this is a train wreck.
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im 46.5% sure we will win
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The rhetoric will be:
Wanny lost to Ohio.
Potato lost to Youngstown.
But HCPN beat Clemson and if his schedule wasn’t such a humdinger, he’d be king of the world.
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Gut check time. Fourth Quarter! Is this your destiny Pitt? Wake the F*CK UP & win this CUPCAKE match up. SERIOUSLY?!?
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Should have known better.
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Pitt is enough to drive people to madness. What’s Narduzzi’s excuse gonna be now?
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“Getting the team motivated for Duke”.
I’m being sarcastic
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We cannot get out of our own way…
This is a travesty
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9th penalty.
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The sign of an undisciplined, badly coached team!
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I predicted 35 – 17 Pitt win. So, technically there’s still a chance that I’m right…
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😂😂😂 laughing to keep from crying
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Holding on a punt into the end zone.
Sweet.
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Penalties, turnovers… drops.. poor execution…
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10th penalty.
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Pitt is awesome! Buy tickets!
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Haha.
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F you, go cry in you Wheaties
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Bailed out by Mack
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Ike’s going to need to eat three dozen rocky mountain oysters to make amends for this debacle…
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🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄
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why the f does he lolligag it to the out of bounds?
more stupidity this time by Patti
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How the %^*^^^** was than not a PI
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11th penalty
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Bailed out by Mack again
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Great toss!
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OK we scored a touchdown but how many goddamn penalties do we have to endure!
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We don’t deserve to be ahead.
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sure we do
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U can breath again
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For now…
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we are definitely a 4th quarter team…
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Two excellent plays Patti to Mack.
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thank God for random accuracy of Patti
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We got the lead. Time to put the second team in. Jeff George time for mop up.
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That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
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Just to state the obvious, this game is critical. The only half hearted mistake that we can sheepishly make if we lose is that we played with a second-string quarterback.
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*excuse
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On the positives… D line is playing well and Jay tower A is back!!!
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You’re the best Bernie!
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Sadly
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Pitt: Too many penalties
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No replay on that call? At least it didn’t matter.
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Jay – fair weather foe
kidding buddy, really happy to have you back
not
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Don’t care what you think.
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For the record, I don’t care what you think. You wait until PITT struggles to talk….
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We have worn Delaware done with our penalties and mistakes… Time to shove it down their throat
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How in the name of Ike’s dog can the scoreboard be this close and the boxscore be so lopsided!?
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Maybe therein lies the reason for which we never have that killer instinct…Indeed, what is amiss?
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Starting QB, top two running backs and starting CB not Playing………. = what you just watched. No excuses just the facts. Oh and almost a dozen penalties to boot…. Bad Bad game for PITT but they got healthier….
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Or in the blue Hens case… Shove it down their gizzard
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Maybe it’s a hydration problem today?
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Is Whipple in idiot?
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Today…yes
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The last time we were in the situation we drew ourselves outside
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Offsides
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If Delaware drives and scores, they will likely chew up all of the clock…
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Three “thrilling” endings in a row! They are trying to kill off us old guys. I can’t watch and I only get the ESPN game cast.
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No excuses for sloppy play now. The Hens are hopefully out of eggs.
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The old expression, “ Narduzzi would f*ck up an iron ball”.
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We’re on the front page of ESPN.com right now as the upset watch. Lame.
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National embarrassment
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Penalty #216
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I might skip Monday Morning QB this week…
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I may not even post one…
No I will. But I won’t enjoy it
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BURN…THE…TAPE!!!!!!
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Not sure why whipple hasn’t run a bootleg for patti or let him use his legs.
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My feed is behind. Looks like Delaware will get the ball back.
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You would be better off if u had no feed
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“We’ve got a few things to clean up for next week”…
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Understatement
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Get 7 here now! Forget the knee…
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Bring on Duquesne. This game was shameful.
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Well we got the win and rested guys that needed it. Mission accomplished right???
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Ugh…
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Didn’t feel like it but Sibly rushed for over 100 yards
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I still would give very few carries going forward.
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Yes I’m in no way suggesting he become the feature back.
My thought is that if we have a guy go over 100 it should feel like we ran the ball a lot. And yet it doesn’t feel that way
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Well, we won. Had 275 more total yards but barely squeaked it out. Not happy, but it’s over.
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You say a win is a win but this was ugly and disgraceful. Sorry.
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Ugly and disgraceful is as good description as any today’a play by Pitt.
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Oh well, a win is win I guess, but I am not happy in the slightest bit. Are any of you!
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We had em all the way
A win is a win is a win
So much for overconfidence.
HTP
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A win is a win, regardless how ugly. H2P!
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Hey, we have a winning record….
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Post game presser:
Nobody wanted to believe me, but I told you it would be a grinder.
Delaware always plays tough.
Yeah, that injury bug put us in a bind.
Proud of our kids.
Refs had some questionable calls…but hey, that’s football.
Boy, they were tough.
Proud of our kids.
Ugly win and it’s still a step forward.
Proud of our guys.
Character!
Good coaching when we needed it.
Can’t say enough about the play calling.
Get ready for Dooook.
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Thanks for being positive. It helps.
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Well, it was a classic trap game after facing two ranked teams in a row, and we managed to squeak out a victory. Let’s pretend it never happened and move on.
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MPGA. Sigh, – Hobie
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We have a decent backup QB and RB.
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You must have been looking at a different game than me. Patti is a big drop-off from Pickett and right now and Sibley would rarely see the field if I’m the OC.—-My apologies to those I’m rudely dismissed this past week when they that the SOP might show up. With the exception of the defensive line play the rest of the Pitt game was just plain ugly.
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All aboard…. it’s on to Duke!!!! Hail to PITT!!!!
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Win and move on
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Right Dan, it was a crap game that PITT rested plenty of starters and won….. It’s as if PITT will have two bye weeks out of the next three weeks.
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Who else is fired up by this come from behind win? I know that I am…
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It could end up a blessing in disguise to bring everyone back down to earth but if I am narduzzi I am lacing into the team in the locker room. Despite some bogus penalties they were still highly undisciplined and need to focus. Also helpful that Duke crushed VT.
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not proud of a few of our guys
glad we won
hard to feel good about much of anything today
still feeling nauseous,,,,won’t and should not go away unless we win next week
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oops, forgot to say – H2P!!!
hurl to Pitt
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I hope that win against UCF was not just lipstick on a pig!
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We used to lose these kind of games. Painful to watch but still a victory.
I think Patti is going to be pretty good, a few rookie mistakes but all in all definitely on the plus side.
The overall sloppiness and penalties were brutal but correctable.
The game plan was pathetic. Sibley should have had over 200 yds in the game if used properly.
Mack was awesome except for the one drop, but definitely redeemed himself and we don’t win without him.
The defense was strong.
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Perfect game. Duke won’t know what to think. We rope-a-doped them. Or maybe they’ll injure themselves laughing their blue devil rear ends off.
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Did anyone predict 17-14?
Gordon Conn
September 27, 2019 at 8:01 am
There are a lot of upsets by lesser teams these days because the difference in personnel is not as great as it once was.
No way to tell what will happen, but with Pitt you can never be surprised by any outcome. Pitt history is filled with belly flops. To think somehow Pitt is now immune to this sort of thing is folly. A few mistimed turnovers and Pitt could have its hands filled. Not saying it is going to happen.
Look at UNC this year.
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I think we learned a little more about what we got with Whipple. He is all in for the passing game. When it works it will be very good, when there are turnovers it will be trouble.
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True story. All 14 of their points were off turnovers
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That’s what turned the tide for UCF last week. The fumble by AJ Davis at the PITT 21 and the Knights scored a TD that started their 31-0 run. Turnovers are proving to be the Panther”s kryptonite this year.
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Well that was certainly interesting. Lol. I’m pretty sure Delaware’s punter can’t land on his feet after a kick. Reminds me of when I use to take shots on goal in soccer when I was in high school except I wasn’t acting and looking for a penalty.
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The sloppiness and penalties are consistent over the ladt 4 years….you decide who thats on.
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That’s on the players…a lot of POVerts were concerned over a possible drop-off this week… not unexpected… so let’s be real…
Carolina who was beaten by Appalachian State is hanging in there with Clemson… Tied7-7…
JoeL Is Quoated”Don’t under estimate the emotional factor in the game.”
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Patti gets some experience. Sibley rushes for more than 100. D plays great! Got the win! I’ll take 7 more ugly wins and an ugly win in a bowl game. On to Duke! H2P!!!
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Damn pathetic performance
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I don’t agree with Tex much but today I do.
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I don’t agree with the decision to inform Patti 45 min before the game that he was the starter. Not that I don’t believe there could be some argument in that every player should prepare as if they are one play away from being in the game, but….
and I’d like to hear PN’s explanation of that decusion but don’t expect to
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The Citadel beat Georgia Tech.
Just be happy we squeaked it out.
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I’m happy for the win. I’m pissed because I wanted to believe this team turned a corner.
It is safe to say that I no longer believe that.
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Pitt rolled out the JV team and still outgunned Delaware by 200+ yards. Pitt’s propensity to get yards but not points is still concerning. I know some will criticize the victory but a win is a win is a win. The penalties were concerning. It indicates a lack of focus which showed in the final score. Back to real football and hopefully some pride and extra motivation to make this week’s performance become a forgotten blip of the regular season.
All in all, it is what it is. A Pitt win regardless of how uninspiring it was. H2P and onward.
… and one more thing … For the most part, I liked Patti. As a redshirt freshman I see a lot of future potential. He could be a good one and will have some competition behind him to make him even better.
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100+ penalty yards doesn’t help in the points Dept
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Very true but continuing a trend. I was hoping this was the game to break the seal but apparently not.
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Agree.
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I’m going to be the “voice of reason” here: I pretty much called this game for what it was, close due to a let down after two big games. But none of us knew that Narduzzi would sit all of the banged up players, which changed the objective to just getting a win. With new players in, there are going to be penalties and turnovers.
This hopefully means that they will not occur in a future ACC game when the subs are in. Narduzzi made a strategic move to rest players and scratch out a win, and it worked this time, barely. Now as far as his sideline decisions, many proved to be absurd and will cost Pitt a game in the future. Bypassing the 46 yd field goal in the first period was one such bonehead move. At this point, we should just accept the W and move on…
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Most of the penalties were made by the regulars and not the backups from what I was watching.
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Passed on a 46 yarder and went for a 57 yarder.
Hmmm…
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First off, this is my public apology to VoR in regards to his previous comments of the potential of the SOP Syndrome raising it’s ugly head from the dead prior to the game with Delaware.
You called it! No excuses, even in light of those key Pitt positions being occupied by the back up players, this game SHOULD still have been a cake walk. It wasn’t. My prediction, if the subs were playing, was 34-14. Not covering the spread but still winning easily. Not even close to what was the reality of the situation. We came out flat, we committed tons of penalties & we committed key turnovers that gave Delaware two short fields that they capitalized on to the Max, scoring all of their points in the game off of them.
Those facts my friends are all self inflicted wounds, that’s the very definition of SOP! The only thing that keeps this SOP from it’s full bloom was that Pitt eked out the win. Good for us, whew.
Well, going forward, this is, yet again, a learning experience for this team. Coach Duzz says that using each game as such in order to get better from one week to the next is essential in order to continue improving. Well, I prefer learning from our “wins” rather than from our “loses”. So at least we have that going for us from Saturday.
Lastly, lets give the Fighting Blue Hens some credit for their own play. They played OUT OF THEIR MINDS! The Ffrench fumble recovery is a fine example. IMO, Ffrench didn’t really “fumble”, instead he literally had a secured ball ripped from his own arm from a defender who just wanted that ball a little more than Ffrench did. Nuff said. The Blue Hens accomplished a moral victory for themselves on Saturday, just like Pitt did against penn state a couple week earlier. The sad thing is that the only thing moral victories actually earn you are “Ls” in the loss column.
We’re now, 3-2, with no injuries resulting from the Delaware game, & looking forward towards our 2nd contest in the ACC against Duke.
What are going to do about that? H2P!
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I will sleep well tonight. That is all that matters after a game like this where Pitt wins.
Narduzzi still yet to have one of those WTF losses.
Our O-line gets no push off the line. I blame Pappy for not going heavy set early and try to pound the ball from the start. Wheeler played, so why not try to establish the ground attack against a smaller team?
Seems like Hamlin could have set the tone on the first play as the ball went right through his hands or else it would have been a pick six.
This offense needs way more speed and talent on the perimeter.
Kudos to Patti coming up big in the fourth quarter. Two huge passes to Mack.
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Why are we nor seeing more from Shocky? He’s quite dynamic with the ball in his hands. Surely he must know some plays besides the jet sweep.
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Just landed. Glad I missed the game. I really did try to tell you guys. Overconfidence is a good thing my butt.
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Credit where credit is due. Kool aid can be a very dangerous drug
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Pitt rolled out the B team. I saw a team get penalized 100 yards on 13 penalties. Not sure how that justifies over confidence.
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Patti knee long before 45 min. He went on to say he took reps as the starter all week. Starter banged up and sore shoulder. Good week to rest up. Same w the Davis “brothers”.
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Welcome back, Jay.
Don’t let the koolaid drinkers get under your skin.
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Maybe Reed will weigh in. He’d probably say that Pitt doesn’t have the depth and talent level to just sit the QB and RBs without impacting the game. And the game plan didn’t adjust for the sitting of Pickett.
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Still doesn’t explain 13 penalties.
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Anybody feeling a different season outcome prediction after that nonsense?
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Young kids trying too hard made a ton of penalties. Stupidity made the rest.
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Phew!
Glad to see the O respond with that TD drive. Timely.
Gotta believe the kids will be sharp next Sat in Durham.
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And hope the wounded return for the game!
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The good from this game to me was the uniforms still look great.
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Carolina playing with the injury bug too… Big game….Big effort!
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Whipple = Bruce Arians.
Successfully run and run but then must pass! Almost cost us the game.
Took five years off my life today. Not sure I have 5 years to give!
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Almost Dan…. Hand grenades and horseshoes. That was an awful awful football game but a win never the less….. Let’s check PITT out next week……. What do you say.?
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Breaking news…pitt first team ever to have a letdown after a big win the week before.
Come on guys…today sucked. But we had a lot of players out and were coming off a huge win and two huge games. Not too much to take from this game. Burn the tape and move on.
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Fair enough, so I’m walking away from the cliff but it will be a short sprint back and no koolaid stops along the way.
🙂
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Penalties! No Picket, no Davises. Missed FG. .Slow offense.
Duke playing much better than us.
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Matti played good. Beville still learning?
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is this the type of game we all wanted to see today? NO!
Is this the game we all expected today? ………………. NO!
Is this the outcome we all expected to see?……………YES!
When you turned on your TV today did you expect Nick Patti to be the starting QB with two top RB’s out? If you did, well we need to talk because you knew something I sure didn’t. Today’s game essentially became a surprise bye week. Would I have liked for PITT to kick more butt in the game? Yes. Last question, do you think Duke has any idea who and what they are facing next week? As goofy as Narduzzi is, he never shows his cards and imo that strategy works!
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Virginia and Carolina go down…PITT takes down the Dookies next week!!!
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But the Virginia loss is non conference
Doesn’t matter in the division standings
Does matter for top 25 though
Pitt can’t afford to lose more than two ACC games. So more than one loss over remainder of play will cook their goose.
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Watching “ the Huddle” on ACC channel some talk that a couple of the players might have been sat down for disciplinary reasons.???????
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.miamiherald.com/sports/article235589442.html
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The sad thing is that a Miami paper writes way better Pitt articles than either Pittsburgh paper…especially the Trib.
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Lotsa Fla players on the team… the write up is a good thing and can help recruiting IMO.
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I loved the article, but it’s sad the writers we have here now. Years ago Pittsburgh had great sports writers.
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The only thing I care about the Delaware game is that we won. On to the next game versus Duke. Narduzzi showed a lot of confidence in his back ups. They will remember that for a long time. He rested his most important banged up players on offense and defense. Hopefully they are at full speed next week. One game at a time. North Carolina and Duke are looking very formidable. We will find out how Pitt’s season will go next week.
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Exactly John. Narduzzi had more important things on his plate than style points. Style points are not calculated in the final assessments of a season.
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After the loss to Virginia said the shame was the Cavs were so BEATABLE and that Va and QB Perkins were destined to lose to GOOD Teams down the road.
Today isn’t the last.
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FYI … this was written on this site on Thursday by an astute commenter ……
formerlywwb
September 26, 2019 at 8:51 am
“IMO it is not possible for the team to focus this week the way it did the last two. Yes, they mean to not overlook the Hens but it is human nature to do so. I can even see a tightly contested game where Pitt finally breaks away a bit in the 4th quarter. This is not an uncommon formula …. look at UVa last week, and about 2 or 3 other ACC teams last week.
The saving grace is the defense. This unit will keep the team in contention for the remainder of the games. Pitt may lose a game or two it should win … (don’t know) .. but Saturday won’t be one of them”
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Last year, Alabama and The Citadel were tied at halftime. I don’t care who you are or who you play …. you have to be focused. But this is not a bonehead decision by the coaching staff, this is on the players
1) Coaches cannot come on the field an make tackles
2) It’s not the coaches who make one silly penalty after another
3) It’s not the coaches who continue to drop passes
Pitt players are not used to playing a game against an opponent they should have little problem with. They learned a valuable lesson today
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PSU won 59-0 last night. UCF right now is leading 42-0 with 10 minutes left in the 2nd Quarter. Pitt went head-to-head when the team was focused. So you glass-half-emptiers can continue with your negativity; I choose not to,
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What is in your “half-full” glass?
Lol
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is Pitt the team of the last 2 weeks OR the team you saw today?
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Last night at Maryland, their coached panicked after 2 ints and a 14-0 PSU lead and switched QBs. It was a disaster and 45 points later
it was over.
Duzz easily could have pulled Patti several times today but stuck with him. I think it was the right decision.
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If only I had an ARM!
The Patti lament.
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“If I only had a brain!” ~ Scarecrow Whipple.
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” Ditto that ! ” ~ Coach NoDoz
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I think Narduzzi almost outthought himself today. But, I think resting those starters will pay dividends in the weeks that lie ahead.
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At the end of the day this win counts just as much as the previous two and as much as those to come.
Another reason for an easier OOC, you can still win when you play very poorly.
Important lessons were learned today. Sibley is our best power runner and Carter ran a nice rout and caught a TD.
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Lotta effort today from the players.
Seemed to be kinda odd the players who didn’t play were ‘injured.’
Time to move on.
Beat Dooook!
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The box score really tells a story of total domination with the exception of two INT’s and 113 yards in penalties. As bad as the game was to watch with the exception of the bad throws and shooting themselves in the foot, lots of really good plays were made. Individual stats were very solid as they should be.
Still very lucky to pull it out, with a rookie QB making two great plays with the game on the line. Mack made two very sweet catches or we lose this game.
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That game was so horrible I turned on TCM to watch Sparticus for the 100th time in the 2nd half.
Can we make NoDoz & Toilet Paper….. gladiators and have them fight to the death ?
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Who won?
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A very short game highlight film:
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Some penalties were poor officials. Some were caused by a new QB and a different cadence. Some were caused by not having all the starters. Some penalties were players trying too hard. Whipple has greatly improved our passing game. Rumor is Rutgers maybe interested in him. He has to stop looking mad when speaking to the QB’s and even Narduzzi. Narduzzi appeared almost afraid of Whipple during the game. Patti throws a nice accurate ball with feel. Good recruiting by PITT. He is one of the best QB’s I’ve seen coming out of the Northern New Jersey Catholic powerhouses. The defense played well. PITT is good. In the coming weeks we will see how good.
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Well Pitt has no room for error in ACC play. If they play like garbage, it will be exploited mightily. Duke is do for a win much like Pitt is against NC.
I see Pitt going 4-3 the remainder of the year. They will play down to some competition. Bowl win makes 8. A blah year 5.
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I agree
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When Duzz took over a total clusterfk from years mismanagement ( who would have wanted the PITT job and didn’t the most recent HCPC gave something to do weigh getting Snuggie a Steve shown the door)…and being a long time assistant I thought I would take 6-10 years to build a winning culture at PITT….
I am not disappointed from yesterday’s game… realistically, this team has competed in every game…Dookies up next… yesterday our guys / backups gained some valuable experience… Sibley and the running game started to assert themselves in the 4th quarter… took the gas off the pedal at the 2:00 mark…
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Hope Duzz can get some athletic lineman… I would try to get 15-20 lbs of blubber off their fat asses… Danielson is also carrying to much fat… makes them heavier but slows them down… it’s unnatural and not healthy… need Annie’s SPORTS NUTRITIONST ( for the DEMON DEACONS) daughter to give her opinion.
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Not sure the point of that tweet. Pitt is playing much more difficult schedules under Narduzzi and that will change these next two seasons although this year the record was 3-1. That is worst case when playing three cupcakes and a good team in 2020 and ’21.
If Narduzzi is getting Pitt to 8 or 9 wins and not finishing in the top 25 getting rid of him would make Pitt look really bad. It is bad enough playing in Heinz and kids busing to a practice facility. Wouldn’t shock me if the school thought it could do better at head coach when coaches and agents across the country don’t think much of the job.
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I think getting rid of narduzzi and conducting a feasibility study for an on campus MPC would show the world that Pitt is seriously interested in sports. In having higher aspirations and greater expectations.
Right now Pitt is showing some serious mediocrity. What coach wants to sign up for that?
But I know there is the Pitt fan base that is content with unranked 8 win seasons, playing off campus in s pro stadium and value players graduating, saving kittens from trees and helping little old ladies cross Forbes avenue.
I want value for my entertainment dollar. Sports is a business. Players represent my alma mater. They get a free ride. Coaches make millions to perform with field results. Directors get paid to ensure compliance, enhance the brand and to stay in the Black.
My mindset is obviously different than most who have borne witness to 40 years of carelessness, mismanagement and utter incompetence.
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I may sound harsh with players but I expect every university student to graduate and be a good citizen. Student athletes are no different.
They should earn that scholarship with respectable field results. If you’re not contributing and earning that scholie, it should be taken away and given to someone else.
You don’t need 85 players on scholie when you can field a team with 60 comfortably.
Pampered athletes and coaches are paid to entertain us fans. That’s reality folks.
A garbage product like yesterday would not be tolerated at schools where sports is a business. That’s the difference in mindset between elite and wannabe.
Ironic to me that Pitts mindset is so soft given the tough blue collar history of the region.
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No shock the Pitt leaders never tried to build a stadium on campus that is similar to Franklin Field. Not too big and if you wipe out the track and move the sides in less space is even needed to build it.
It will never happen because building a stadium on campus would mean the BoT, and a lot of the fans, thinking Pitt is becoming a football school first, which is completely absurd, but we’re talking Pitt.
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Patti got away with another possible interception when the ball bounced out of the defenders hands and popped into Sibley’s before halftime. Then again we couldn’t score a touchdown and had to settle for the FG.—Please note Delaware used two plays in close when one WR screened for the other and the result was a touchdown. I guess Whipple and Narduzzi have never seen that type of play before because I haven’t seen Pitt use it in the past. It’s a highly effective play in close quarters. A hell of a lot better than a jump pass in the corner to a well covered WRer.
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Agree. Where were the rub routes they ran against us? He better be saving that for the acc
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Pitt claims nine national championships and is among the top 20 college football programs in terms of all-time wins. Its teams have featured many coaches and players notable throughout the history of college football, including, among all schools, the 12th most College Football Hall of Fame inductees, the 12th most consensus All-Americans, and the 5th most Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees. Note: it seems our 3 star college players get better at the next level.
I’ll take the win yesterday with our back-up QB and 3rd string RB. It wasn’t pretty and I hope that the experience for the players is one they will carry the rest of this season in a positive light. NO OPPONENT CAN BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
Yes, Pitt football did not look good yesterday on the national stage. But let’s not forget all the other times recently that has been the case.
The kool-aid is a little stale this morning.
H2P!
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I believe the 6 AP poll votes from last week will disappear after yesterday’s display of Pittiful football.
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EE, if that happens and we take care of business at Duke I say we are getting more votes,,,
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Every game is a new adventure. Plenty to work on this week. Duke looked mighty good this week and we looked plenty bad. We rested a lot of guys, hopefully they will be healthy for next week.
Albeit the INT’s and the near miss, Patti looks to be a great back-up. In his first game he led a comeback victory drive, something Tino never accomplished in four years. He will only get better.
The O-line with it’s penalties still the key to future wins. As was mentioned cadence had a lot to do with motion penalties, but not with holding.
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too busy to watch the tape…glad we get the win. Moving on to Duke with the road warriors.
Great tailgate crowd again…good to see Reed and Jim pre and post game.
Eric / missingwlat wife attended and had Eric on a live feed on her phone pregame.
HUGE tip of the cap to Wolfe for cooking breakfast for the gang. Awesome job buddy.
Got to sit with pittPT and Annie again…always a pleasure.
From what i heard in my section, Heather will be receiving some emails this week. Haha.
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Defense with another solid performance, will need to have another this week.
Still don’t understand why Mathews is getting so few targets, especially with Tipton out.
Still hoping, probably in vain for a more balanced offense. Game could have been secured a lot earlier with a solid running attack. It was a great time to work on it.
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Although the stats say 39 rushes and 37 passes, which is very balanced, it didn’t feel that way during the game.
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Pitt is good at putting up impressive stats but is lousy at scoring points. This offense is red zone deficient. It’s special teams sucks except the punter but he doesn’t score points. The defense doesn’t score either off turnovers. You don’t win many games if you can’t score points. And halftime woes continue.
If Kenny was 80 percent, he should have played at least one quarter. And the Davis running backs. Bad coaching decision if you ask me. Pitts second team wouldn’t have beaten a top 5 Texas high school yesterday. I’m being serious. The lack of talent on this team is evident and is made worse with coaching.
I hope heather wasn’t entertaining any big boosters or corporate sponsors yesterday. They saw a product that I would have refunded monies to all that paid to see it. Garbage smells better.
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you are correct Tex. Pitt cannot close. Three times within the 10 yard vs PSU … 1 TD, 1 FG and 1 missed FG. Many times on the plus side of the field vs Ohio … scored 20 points.
And, just like vs Ohio, penalties stopped most of their drives yesterday …. total lack of focus and discipline. Amazing how they can play before a hostile crowd of 107k and not commit one pre-snap penalty, and just have a total of 2 penalties for 18 yards.
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If you get the chance, go back and look at the PITT special play again. Pay attention after KP catches the TD and Griffen Stewart hugs Kenny around the shoulders. I see a lot of pain on Kenny’s face. PITT got a win and the game was almost a bye week with all the rested players. Plus, Duke has no clue what to expect next week except for BigB and Frans traveling road soldiers. A win next week and all is forgiven and forgotten.
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Was Pickett’s injury that serious that he couldn’t play. No. Why. Because he was suited up wasn’t he.
Pain can be managed. Again if he was 80 percent he should have played a few series. The games tone would have be different and carried through. He is Pitts leader.
I plan on emailing heather a picture of the pain on my face while watching the game.
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Can you post that pic on here too Tex, lol.
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Duke can expect a team that falls asleep at halftime.
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It has been debated on whether Narduzzi hides the playbook at times against weaker teams… I assume that is what PITT was doing yesterday??
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The same playbook that says to kick a field goal on 4th and goal when down by a touchdown with five minutes to go? That book should be thrown in the trash.
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LOL Tx, I think that playbook has been thrown in the fire-pit.
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These player were out of the line-up yesterday:
QB Kenny Pickett
RB A J Davis
RB Vincent Davis
CB Jason Pinnock
LB Elias Reynold
LB Chase Pine.
That’s a lot of players and when talking about a second string QB who has never started or played extensively… what did we expect? I think it was the shock and awe of all the above?
Here’s some fat to chew on..
psu ……… 59
Maryland.. 0
UCF……….56
UCON…….21
PITT has to be doing something right? Wouldn’t you say? PITT went for a soda yesterday…..
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Those teams played starters. And have killer instincts.
As a former youth and adult intra league coach myself, I never felt bad about running up the score and reaching the mercy rule when I had the chance
I also had players play through manageable pain. Pain to me is weakness leaving the body. As an athlete you are always banged up. I believe in rest and recupe but Pitts starters didn’t earn that day off. They needed practice and real game experience even if it was for just a quarter or half
And frankly the fans who paid money deserve to see starters in action
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“Those teams played starters. And have killer instincts.” But those teams played their starters with killer instincts against Pitt too, right?
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The sign of a poorly coached team is getting up for big games but playing down to the level of competition. Pitt is poorly coached. Very similar to the Steelers don’t you say?
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https://vimeo.com › barry stone › Videos
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https://www.straight.com › blogra › 30-years-ago-today-kim-mitchell-goes…
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We will find out in six days if Pitt is trending downward or Narduzzi was playing possum before starting the ACC schedule. If the latter, he truly has no interest in or grasp the concept of the importance of sustaining media buzz. All the excitement of last weeks big win has gone down the toilet.
I enjoyed reading all the game thread comments last night. I can tell you there was a lot of holding our heads in our hands in horror in Section 536 yesterday!
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Tex – Who didn’t earn the time off? LMAO. Vincent Davis was in a cast on the sideline? Pickett left the game for a TD drive. He was seriously hurt. Pinnock left the previous game multiple times. It was a non-con game that has no affect on the season.
Here is a good read on the topic … https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2019/09/29/vukovcan-pitt-fans-relax-a-win-is-a-win/
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If you are a starter and team leader most importantly, and you are 80 percent, you play at least for a few series.
I’m just old school coach of youths and adults. What do I know right?
I’m just a non division 1 athlete who’s played in officiated rec leagues. But what do I know right?
I’ve just watched football for 40 years of my life and read books about it written by players and coaches. But what do I know right?
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Maybe a different view here TX, if we all don’t know the exact extent of the injuries should we be suggesting how much they should play?
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If a player dresses, a player can play
If a coach thinks his second team can beat a scrub team and that his first team deserves a rest, then I have no business with that coach
These aren’t pre season games
Can you imagine Tomlin doing this last year?
He’s be run out of town. But narduzzi gets a free pass because he’s a yinzer. I get it.
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Narduzzi said in his presser that he was told (by the trainers) right before the game that Pickett could’t go. He could override them but I respect his decision to protect his kids. These guys are not pain millions to play.
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We’re entering the argue just to argue phase of the discussion board … MM save us with a new topic … Please!
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Did we get better as a football team yesterday? That should have been the goal for this type of game.
On the one hand we got better by getting Patti and Sibley a full game of experience. Patti made some nice throws and Sibley some nice runs where he carried a couple of tacklers with him… And, lots of subs saw the field building experience and depth.
On the other hand… lots of penalties; while we played solid defense we got beat on quite a few rub routes, their QB broke rush containment 6 or 8 times, we made two bad turnovers, and it appeared that Delaware nearly blocked two of our punts. Our TEs were almost non-existent.
So, I’m not sure that we used this game to improve, other than getting a few guys some needed experience.
Like Tex and others, I would have liked to see our starting QB and RBs in game (if they were healthy enough to play) to work on things and get ready for Duke.
Glad that Narduzzi didn’t pull Patti after the INT. That may have killed the kid’s confidence…
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and another BTW. The way KP plays the game of football, we all may realize the benefits of Patti cakes starting, playing and winning an entire football game
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You realize pitt had to come from behind and only won by a field goal in one of the worst played games in Pitt history against an opponent that that wouldn’t even rank in the top 5 of Texas high school teams. You did watch the same game as I did you?
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I think Tex and Ike are both correct.
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BTW, if play had played almost any Power 5 team like they did against a good FCS Delaware team, Pitt loses! The Panthers were very lucky to get out of Heinz Field with a win on Saturday.
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^^ Good point Doc but if your scenario was true we still wouldn’t know a thing about Patti. Narduzzi is an ace sandbagger.
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I think Patti has outplayed Pickett.
Deep throws…Patti.
Touchdown passes…Patti.
The interception and misses can be blamed on inexperience.
As for scrambling, I’m sure he was told DO NOT RUN…YOU ARE ALL WE GOT.
I don’t think having him in the lineup was a detriment whatsoever.
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I think Patti will make a fine QB. Seriously.
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It was a win. Treated game like a scrimmage and it almost backfired. But after 2 emotionally draining games something like this was expected.
Can’t be too mad given all that and as I say it was a win. Big one at Duke then a well deserved bye. Should be well poised for acc season
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Agree that Pitt didn’t take Delaware seriously and almost paid for it.
Kind of knew it right away when Pitt’s first play from scrimmage was a long pass out of the endzone. Who does that?
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You mean other than the “Bombs away” Steelers.
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It is better to be arguing about the details of a win than a loss.
Pitt’s play and the Duke margin of victory make for an interesting story line this week.
I don’t think either one means a thing, unless Pitt guys are still out due to injury.
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The Duke game will show us all what team Pitt is
I expect Pitt to lose a close one
They are a seven win team
Not the ten that some delusional fans think. I’d rather believe in the tooth fairy than thinking Pitt will go undefeated the rest of the way.
Look there she is:
Tooth 🧚♀️
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Pitt’s lack of scoring prowess through the first 5 games is the greatest concern.
Mostly has to do with no power running game leaving the offense pretty one dimensional.
The lack of a strong tight end also hurts. Like to see Mathews used more on the goal line too.
Really liked the Delaware passes at the goal line, maybe Whipple should have taken notes.
However, Patti now has three TD passes in his first two games, not too shabby.
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Well, Clemscum was a 27-1/2 point favorite over UNC and was fortunate to win by one only after stopping UNC’s 2-point attempt at the end of the game. Loved Dabo’s response after the game:
”Most of the time, when I make a birdie it hits off a tree, runs on the green, hits off the golf cart, bounces back up there close to the flag and then I putt it in, and then I write 3 on my scorecard. Ain’t no pictures on the scorecard.”
Since that’s also my only way to make a birdie, I choose to sit back and wait feather than getting my
panties in a bunch after a poor showing.
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Dish Network added the ACC Network a few weeks ago and now dropped the Big 10 and Fox Sports…double good for me until I need to watch the Penguins on Fox.
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People who don’t like Narduzzi are just looking for something to complain about. He took a gamble yesterday and it paid off (barely) as we won the game and rested injured players. Period.
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No truer words ever spoken……………………
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