716 thoughts on “Quick Lane Bowl Open Game Thread”

    1. LA Tech playing in front of a home crowd. Big game for them. Pretty meaningless for Miami. Miami did use three different quarterbacks though.

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    2. Agreed. When I saw Miami getting blanked , I said,
      “Ouch.” But then I remembered it’s a team sport. La. Tech. – the alma mater of one Terry Bradshaw- had 23 Seniors with 6 Bowl wins in a row.
      Maturity , experience, and teamwork.

      Oh-oh….Eastern Michigan is marching down the field.

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  8. Old Pitt Stadium sign at the goal line in the 60s:

    “PAY DIRT: No Visitors!”

    Loved that sign…

    Hail to Pitt!

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  10. EMUs coach might be mistaken for the maintenance man at the game tonight.

    His outfit is a bit different and them breaking through the brick wall.

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    1. Word Press stopped working for me– in my over 60 years of watching Pitt this is the first time that I will admit that I will not be unhappy if we lose. It is time to clean house and remove Narduzzi.

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  26. Pitt will need to score 30 plus to win this game. I’d be playing D with 6 DB’s, 4 down lineman and one LB. You have to invite them to run the ball. Narduzzi’s stop the run first won’t work if they don’t even attempt to run.

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  28. EMU has come to play with a wide open offense. Pitt is a step slow. At least they held for a field goal. I didn’t feel that Heather gave Narduzzi a complete vote of confidence, but once again she used the tired old line that after 5 years he “is continuing to grow as a coach”. I guess this means that after 10 years he will have REALLY grown as a coach. But does it mean any more wins?

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  29. Obviously these announcers haven’t seen Pitt play much (or at all). Or they’re delusional. Toilet Paper love fest coming

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    1. Literally all Pitt has to do to win this game is not turn over the ball.

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    1. Not surprised at the mindset of We’re too good to be in this bowl game against Eastern Michigan so why should we be ready to play

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  35. Ok first scotch of the night. Pitt looking like Pitt. Fumble by Pickett.

    Good to see genius coach Narduzzi has em up for the game!

    And God forbid Whipple would actually dun the ball.

    As I said EMU comes out high and Pitt comes out scratching their asses!

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  40. The turnovers continue to plague the Panthers.

    The offense is stumbling, bumbling and fumbling!

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  53. Don’t call the holding on the offense but call the PI. Gonna be a long night. I may turn this off and watch the baking show or MSNBC.

    H2P!!!

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  55. So let’s catalog the last series of events …

    Fumble
    Hamlin gives up 35 yard pass to sophomore mac receiver
    Twyman jumps offsides
    PI on same play

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  63. Well I’ll tell you what 2 drives 2 scores.

    Let the evaluation process begin.

    This team looks poorly prepared.

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  67. Wow. I can’t even make fun of this team anymore. But, I will continue to make fun of myself and my family for being Pitt fans!

    Pathetic

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  68. Somebody earlier asked how we lost to Miami?

    We’re down 10-0 to Eastern Freaking Michigan seven minutes into the first quarter

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  71. March march down the field bow wow wow Eli Yale. We look like a weak Ivy League team … bring on Dartmouth.

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  72. Thanks Heather for scheduling an easy team for Narduzzi to pick up his first bowl win. I feel sorry for all the Pitt fans who made the trip.

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    1. If we lose this game heather has every reason to start looking for a new coach

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  75. Is this the same defense we saw the first 8 games this year? I can’t believe how poorly they are prepared to stop either the run or the pass.

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  82. PoD – the Duzz haters have been right all along. And we all knew it and didn’t want to admit it.

    That said, we will win this game in pathetic fashion and the coach and administration will declare victory.

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  86. With the false start penalty, The only thing missing now is the inevitable targeting penalty on the defense, likely Paris Ford

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  89. Six plays run.

    1 fumble
    1 penatly
    1 sack (fortunately negated by a personal foul)

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  97. We’ve all listened to NoDoz speak (not exactly a wordsmith), I kinda of like him but he’s not really gifted speaking and I dare say in motivating speeches. In a game against a scrub team from the MAC, you have to find a way to motivate your team.

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  104. Missed field goal. Box checked.

    I’ve seen Pitt unprepared before, but I’ve never seen them THIS unprepared.

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  109. I’m amazed all of you were not ready for this. It’s been 5 years of futility under this god awful coach.
    What made any of you think Pitt would represent well in this game!

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  112. Hail! Hail! The fighting Nardgogs they screwed up again.
    Hail! Hail! The fighting Nardogs they will lose in the end.

    (One team is thrilled to be here and one could care a less…can you tell).

    but the folks griping about getting dissed at selection time are now seeing what the bowls see.

    They deserve to be where they are (or maybe at home).

    Dave

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  113. Team not ready to play
    Fumble in 1st qtr
    Points off turnover
    False start
    Pass interference
    Dropped passes
    Missed FG

    All mixed up into another Pitt loss

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  115. Well, all the bars are closed on Christmas so it can’t be a group hangover……or does room service deliver cheap Scotch to the rooms?

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  116. Like watching a compilation of all the bad crap we did on offense this year … over and over and over and over….

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  117. BOOO is right anonymous.

    KP is not a P5 QB. Everyone by Duzz (“he’s our QB”) knows that. Not only will recruits bail but I think finally some of us long long term season ticket holders will bail. My wife just begged me not to renew for the sake of our marriage!!

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  119. I’m speechless

    We are losing to a horrible MAC team with a midget quarterback.

    What will Whipple (www) do ?

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  120. Pickett has a bad shoulder, that was really stupid, not going out of bounds. I predict he gets hurt and Boy George comes in.

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  122. Hail! Hail! The fighting Nardgogs they screwed up again.
    Hail! Hail! The fighting Nardgos they will lose in the end.

    1) Yes there is a lot of game left, but it’s apparent that one team wants to be here and it’s not Pitts
    2) Those who felt dissed by the bowl committees need a dose of reality…this team is exactly where it belongs if not at home.

    Dave

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  126. The underclass men are too distracted by sending off the seniors and have forgotten there is a game to play….

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  127. But remember what Heather said: Narduzzi is continuing to grow as a coach. Exactly what does this mean?

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  128. Actually there was one game where they were just as poorly prepared.

    The third and final BBVA Compass bowl right after Fraud Graham left. I was at that game. They looked baaaad.

    Sad that our fifth year head coach has the team just as prepared as an interim head coach and a team that got carpetbagged via text message.

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  132. So, who all’s looking forward to another season of The Duzz & Pickett “the Great” Show next season?

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  134. Sad, when you think Pitt can’t even throw the ball downfield against a last place MAC team. And NoDoz thinks his QB and OC is grand.

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    1. Our o line has not gotten better as the year went on. That’s a problem

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  140. FG’s spell failure.

    I’m sorry, but we can’t throw down field on the bottom of the MAC we deserve to lose.

    Pittiful – SOP – fire the whole staff, AD staff and BofT’s

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  144. You can no go into halftime losing against a 3-5 MAC team. All these recruits will be bailing. Signed or not.

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  166. One thing, if these guys can’t stop E. Mich on defense, what makes them think they are NFL ready?

    You’re back in the $$$ Dan….

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  169. Actually I have words. This MAC offensive line is completely stonewalling one of the best defensive lines in that power 5.

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  171. Look at the time Glass is getting to set his feet just 4 yards behind the line of scrimmage. No Pitt pressure on the QB at all.

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      1. Haha. Well he sucked egregiously in one pass play, but he had a nice seal block on that TD run so i guess your right

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  176. I know to some a win is a win…but my expectations are higher. Pitt should clean these guys clocks if they want to be considered serious players in the ACC.

    If they win I think many will be satisfied but if this is a death struggle throughout I will not be satisfied.

    Dave

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  177. I really don’t get how this D line can be so dominant all season but get physically man-handled by the last place MAC team. EMU is fired up and prepared. We just got off the bus, took the Detroit gift bag, and expected to win.

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    1. After he ran the wrong play out of the wildcat he has not returned to the field…

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  180. Red Zone Running TD. Didn’t see that coming! Hopefully KP can stay successful on long passing, and open up the run game. Hope our OL can beat em up, cuz it doesn’t look like the DL can!

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  181. I think they said, this is the best run of Eastern Michigan football ever. Lyke after Heather left ! 🙂

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  187. Wvwn the announcers are talking about how their offense is handling our defense.

    And tell me you wouldn’t trade Glass for Pickett at halftime. .

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  190. Defensive line is being beat and we are missing tackles at all levels.

    This is the worst performance of the defense all season.

    The Pitt offense is going to have carry them.

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  198. Horrible O series by Whipple. No threat of a run at all. EMU dominating both Lines of scrimmage. Horribly horribly coached Pitt team!!

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  200. I opened with Pickett sucks. Closing the half with the same statement. Sucks. If Breville or a transfer QB can’t beat out Pickett in the spring it’s all on Narduzzi.

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    1. The line is doing him no favors. But we know he’s an average p5 qb with substandard pocket presence

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  201. 3-5 MAC team on track to score 40 points against this overrated defense. ACC has some pathetic teams which padded the D’s stats.

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  203. Pickett is hurt the ball is sailing on him and our stellar offensive line gives up a killer sack.

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  204. Yeah! Knew after starting my Birthday day out at the ER for 5 hours today meant we were going to shit the bed as usual. 3/4 of the way through a 1/5 of Crown. Glad I have another one. We suck.About to be down 10 at the half.

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  206. Pitt will be very lucky to keep emu off the board. Pitt is committed to do whatever they have to do to lose!!

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  210. Pitt has no heart, no soul, and no coaching. But ah… next years our year!! The great and powerful Narduzzi will pull off win after win after win!!

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  213. I use to wear a visor to play golf like eons ago. But that was to stop sun glare and cooler than a regular hat.
    What on Earth is NoDoz wearing a visor, at night, in a domed stadium. lol

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  215. Pitt and Miami fixing to be the laughingstock of college football this bowl season

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  218. Their lines are playing better than ours, their QB is better than ours. their offensive coordinator is better than ours. Plus they have been lucky with tipped balls. Other than that….

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  222. I put the booze away // not worth getting s hangover over this pathetic team.
    Narduzzi//Whipple the diarrhea duo.

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  223. Aside from the ending of the half, I would say the EMU head coach audition is going well for the Pitt job. Lyke hired him once and may have to do it again.

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  224. Halftime stats:

    Total yards
    Pitt 267
    EMU 275

    Turnovers
    Pitt 1
    EMU 0

    Possession
    Pitt 12:37
    EMU 17:23

    1st downs
    Pitt 13
    EMU 16

    3rd downs
    Pitt 2-5
    EMU 4-8

    Rushing
    Pitt 14 – 61 – 4.4
    EMU 17 – 54 – 3.2

    Passing
    Pitt 14-19-206-1 (10.8 avg)
    EMU 16-27-221-1 (8.2 avg)

    Points
    Pitt 17
    EMU 20

    Good thing we’re a second half team

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  225. The fumble, the missed field goal and the tipped touchdown are the difference.

    Other than their screw-up at the end they have played pretty mistake free. Gotta get to their QB and cover those screen passes.

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  228. Gutless describes the team thanks to the coaches.

    I don’t want to hear from the apologists no matter what happens in the 2nd half. This is a total embarrassment.

    Nobody with any sense is watching this game (thank god) so they are only seeing the halftime score and laughing their asses off.

    You think we got shafted by the ACC elite?? Give it a rest. They know and the bowls know what we are. Sad but true and we got exactly what we deserved.

    I feel very badly for anyone that made the trip.

    Again, 2nd half doesn’t matter. Even if we win 41-20. Everyone (including potential recruits) have turned this off and this team and staff have shown their true colors – like they have for the last 3 games.

    I’m past mad at Pitt. I’m now mad at myself for watching and posting.

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  231. I still expect Pitt to win…only two reasons I expect this

    Positives:
    1) This team has more talent on both sides of the ball
    2) I think there are turnovers to be had on this QB. Couple of tipped balls go the other way and viola

    However if they lose it will be for 4 Negatives
    1) Nardog’s legendary halftime adjustments
    2) They just don’t care enough to execute
    3) Typical Nardog cranal-analectomy gameday execution
    4) KP’s late great Turnovers

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      1. Sarcasm aside, watching the long TD by Ffrench tells me that…he was just toying with them on that bomb.

        🙂

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  236. Too many of the important skill players are under performing or didn’t show up. Other than French, what skill players have played well?

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  237. Got home from movies, tuned in game, down 10-0. Chuckled. Ya, a win is a win. Keep telling yourself that. They are poorly coached, they play down to competition, they show how undisciplined they are with very poor fundamentals. They are getting whipped by a team whose coaches are dressed like they wor in a Jiffy Lube. No one should lie to themselves about a win is a win.
    Well, now time to get some rest, very, very busy season. I expect them to win, but if not I don’t want to here how they didn’t care, or were disappointed in bowl selection etc. Don’t make excuses, and that would be all it was if they lose to this team. Man, no heart, no soul..

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  238. And based on the 2nd half of the season and tonight’s game, can’t everyone see that Duzz is “below the line” and should be a coordinator but not a head coach. Sure, the kids seem to “like” him and he creates a “family” atmosphere. But, he has low head coach IQ, panics “in the moment” and gets outcoached all the time. All the time….

    And here’s the worst part…I’m trying to be nice

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  243. Three and out another stellar start by the offense.

    Late flag against EMU undisciplined penalty.

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  245. I can’t wait for these halftime jerk*ffs, er I mean adjustments from Toilet Paper & NoDoz. TP almost fell on his face after tripping over himself and well NoDoz…..is adjusting his visor from the sun glare. Nepotism & tenure, is not a way to run a football program. When they aren’t even Pitt men !!!

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  249. Halftime.
    Pitt locker room:

    HCPN: Hey Whip, got the WiFi password for this joint?
    Whip: Coach, we’re losing. perhaps you shouldn’t be worried about EBay or video games.
    HCPN: I aint worried about them. I’m planning a trip. Italy. Perillo Tours. Can you say pizzelles? Veeno? Gnocchi? Gonna rent me one of them scooters, too.
    Whip: But what about EMU?
    HCPN: Taking Ulizio with me. Probably the only way to stop him from making false starts.
    Whip: But EMU is a MAC team.
    HCPN: No shame in losing to a MAC team.
    Whip: But they’re 6-6.
    HCPN: Not much different than us.
    Whip: But we could lose our last three games once again.
    HCPN: Hey, Heather says I’m getting better…and who am I to argue with my boss? Besides, if she really believes that, then I smell another contract extension. Know what that means?
    Whip: She’s an idiot?
    HCPN: Nope. Buona Fortuna for Me!

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  251. We are being craved up by a former juco qb and a walk on wide receiver with no rivals profile

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  253. I’ll be very surprised if the Pitt O can score 10 points this half. I can’t see us having many sustained drives with our porous OL blocking for Pickett.

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    1. I’d be surprised if we tried to establish the run. The irony is that I think we could if we wanted to

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  254. Nard needs to go. Bet Heather regrets the extension after KP Heisman performance versus Miami. KP according to our coach is “great” – remember the fall camp talk he never turns it over; Nard let him interview Whipple? No pocket presence, cannot feel the backside rush, average speed. All that said this rests entirely on Nard. We are again unprepared to play on offense or defense. I h8 zone blocking OL which is awful. Ultimately this falls on the coach and it is time he goes. He is arrogant, alienates boosters etc etc. 10 wins next year with our number one draft pick QB – not gonna happen. What happened to all you who ran BN out of town and were all KP all the time? If Trevor Lawrence were signed after KP he would still be on the scout team. Heather only hired one of these two coaches the one at EMU. Complaining done. God Bless you Ike for your optimism.
    HAIL TO PITT! Nighty nite.

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  256. Seriously if they lose to the last place team in the MAC….NoDoz needs sent packing to the MAC.
    I’ve had it with these embarrassing performances on national TV.

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  261. You know what is the worst of this joke? The play calling is once again atrocious and based on fear. The kids all have their heads down and moping around….soft kids bred by soft coaches.

    And Pickett is proving for the 20th time how horrible he is.

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  262. Pitt needs to win the second half 7-0 to avoid utter humiliation. They’ll still be embarrassed but at least not humiliated.

    I’m not sure they can do this though

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  265. I no one throws into triple coverage more than Whipple/ Pickett.

    I’m winning a ton of money on this game and I’d give every penny to see Pitt play like a real football team with a real head coach!

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  267. So there was 1 EMU defender covering our RB who could go out into the pass pattern…or stand there, not block anyone and stay where Pickett was going to run. One EMu defender covers 2 pitt guys and stops us on 3rd down…

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  273. kick the fg now……

    6 unsportsmanlike penalties…..they will be on sportscenter now! Great discipline narduzzi!

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  275. Kradel and Huoy are in there. They must assume they will win and are substituting liberally. Nice interception but of course there are penalties. Do they know how to run off tackle?

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  277. If those players did that at any other D1 school they would be off the team forever. Right there is why we need a complete coaching change ASAP. Glad Narduzzi is best buds with all these guys. No discipline at all. In furiating!!!!!!!

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  281. That’s it. I’m done. And anyone who isn’t embarrassed by that undisciplined crap, well, you’re full of it.

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  283. No discipline on team. Showboating like we are blowing them out. Pathetic.
    Offense moves backwards. Pathetic team.

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  287. Boy does this team suck.

    All the PSU fans saying we should play in the MAC, might be over-rating us. Duzz would be lucky to finish 4th in the MAC with this staff and players. How sad…and utterly predictable.

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  288. The makes a good play, celebrates while losing to a MAC bottom feeder and costs the O valuable field position.

    This team is poorly coached.

    Duzz must go…

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  290. They squandered a prime scoring opportunity to take the lead.

    An undisciplined penalty and almost a turnover, they are lucky enough to get 3 points.

    It’s

    SOP
    SOP
    SOP
    SOP

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  291. Pitt doing everything it can to NOT win the game. Keep EMU in the game so they can win in the end. How STUPID can we get?? Coaching is to blame here. No accountability- not thinking of the team- only themselves.

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  292. Stupid penalty by 6 players cost us 1st and goal- totally undisciplined bunch – you finally make a play then you need to show off! It cost your team the lead!

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  294. we tried to give that away…

    this performance has been embarrassing to the university. Narduzzi is still growing as a coach. See, he let’s his players run into the endzone and make complete fools of their university. Just like the pro’s.

    Do you think that any of the players were told they cannot get another one or they are out? Would anyone let one of those players play a down this next defensive drive? I wouldn’t

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  295. And this is what they learn practicing with the Steelers???

    Narduzzi should be fired on the sideline right this moment. Somewhere at practice within the view of coaches they practiced that demonstration. Starting to root for EMu

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  299. Correct jrn. This is on the coaches. These are 18-22 kids who’ve been told by their parents they were great since they were 8 years old. The Pitt coaches treat them the same way. We are so lacking talent, the coaches can’t discipline or sit any of them. How does that bode for the future when this is the best we have and there is absolutely nothing behind the starters.

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  302. So assuming Narduzzi is returning, will any assistant coaches on offense be made to pay for Pitt’s incompetence on that side of the ball?

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  303. can we not catch punts. that is 2 punts that bounced and bounced for a bunch of position yards against. We will learn…………

    nice snap…

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  307. There is a bright side….Kenny will get his 10,000 steps on his fitbit today running away from the high school D Line and running back and forth on every play to ask Whip which 1 yard pass or run for a loss to call. Burn those stubborn calories!!!

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  308. lucky Pickett has been appointed our starter next year and wishing we had em for longer……

    I hope the kid turns it around but when belville hears that, it must kill the morale…jurcovec doesnt like that either

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  309. The biggest problem is still the offensive line. They’re unable to create any holes for the backs. And what’s worse is that there is no depth behind them

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  314. Johnson down. Sincerely hope this does not impact his draft prep. Dude played hard all year.

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  316. 3 and out SOP, SOP almost a blocked punt.

    I’m done and out I’ve wasted my night on watching this pathetic performance.

    Even if they win who cares they are struggling with Eastern Michigan, what a joke.

    Let the Heather evaluation begin.

    It’s been fun reading everyone’s comments.

    Take care all

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      1. I’d rather see us lose too, to quicken the firing of NoDoz. Clearly this team is not getting better in Year 5 of NoDoz era.

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        1. I have to ask myself…how motivated are these players going to be in the offseason after this late season implosion? Next year could be a disaster

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    1. Seems hard to believe we won seven games this year and upset UCF. That was ages ago. Team has regressed badly in a month

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  322. And into the 4th Q….tied 20-20 with a MAC that has played in 4 Bowl games EVER, 3 of those in the last 4 years.

    NoDoz must Go !!!

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  323. We should have recruited their 2* s instead of our2*s. Just prove once again stars don’t matter when your P8tt.

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  324. Noticeably absent from recent game day posts… Ike and Tx Panther. Can’t wait to hear their respective post game comments.

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    1. I plan to be harsh and uncompromising in my post game article. It pains me to do so because there are a lot of things I like about narduzzi and I love the program but even if we win this performance (and also the preceding two games) are inexcusable

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        1. Runs a clean program (got this from reed)
          Built pipeline to Florida (is he making the most of it? No on offense, yes on D)
          Hired Bates

          I personally like his interview style / the way he talks. HOWEVER if you are going to talk like that … you gotta back it up on the field. He hasn’t. My high school coach called it alligator mouth with a tadpole a$$

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  334. Trying again (hate WordPress). MIA are Ike and Tx Panther. Can’t wait to hear their respective post game assessments. This is a garbage effort by our coaches and players.

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  335. Wow. Their QB is so much better than ours. Better athlete, much smarter, better passer (and he’s a crappy passer BTW), better runner and confident. Everything we don’t have.

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  338. Heather’s been on my watch list since her hire. She extended the coach. She didn’t see what everyone one of us did because she is compliance, not athletics.

    Pitt needs to clean house and that means the Admin.

    You all can keep playing rah rah, with heather and narduzzi, but the realists understand what is really going on. We can still win the game, but we are awful, just awful.

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  348. Why did I turn this channel on?

    No more football season tickets for me. Until Narduzzi goes…

    The fans I influenced the Stallings firing for much less reason…just sayin’.

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  357. Deservedly owning an awful coached Pitt team with no heart.

    In all my life, I will remember that end zone celebration forever!

    Please Heather Fire Narduzzi now while we still have a chance to win this game!!

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  361. Really embarrassing to be a Pitt fan right now. How can anyone be optimistic about this team? I didn’t think it was possible but we have actually gotten worse over the last few games.

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  362. Pickett is playing like he’s playing against Clemson….9 yards passing in 2nd half.
    (maybe this will lite a fire under his jersey shore butt)

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  365. Glass is an outstanding QB that should be given a shot in the NFL. Very smart very accurate and runs with the ball very well. He’s certainly good enough to be on someone’s practice squad.

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  366. jrn…..reynolds transferred because narduzzi promised a starting job to johnson thru the portal. I would transfer too. The portal should be used when there is a definite upgrade only or it kills morale.

    We should use the portal for a new coach and new AD.

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  368. I would like to apologise for all of my previous negative posts. Narduzzi clearly has this program pointed up. After this loss, Pitt will be 30-30 against FBS teams in Narduzzi’s tenure. If we pull it out, we’ll be 31-29. Simply outstanding. Clearly, I’ve been wrong all along.

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    1. No Jay…you’ve been right. You’ve 100% earned this comment. I used to be a believer. This season changed that.

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  380. The refs should overturn this TD just for the comedy of watching Pitt try to score from inside the 1

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  384. I just realized after 35 years of this crap. Pitt and it’s administrators revel in torturing their small but loyal fan base. You see they secretly always hoped we’d all go away and they could go Ivy League or something.

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  385. I hope the Narduzzi comments that Picket is the starter next year were only made for his confidence for the bowl game. Otherwise there is NO BENEFIT to making that statement right now. Our young qb’s should absolutely have the opportunity to unseat Picket next year.

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  389. The fiasco following the Wanny firing left me with no appetite for another coaching change. But I’m feeling hungry again. Duzz has to go.

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  395. EMU striving for their first bowl win since 1987 and the bowling trophy that goes with it.
    And Pitt is doing everything they can to help them.

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    1. One would think so

      I think win or lose he gets another year. The difference is how hot of a seat he’s on.

      I could be wrong though

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  400. The AD, administration and BofT’s will be fine with this game – in their minds, Pitt was competitive.

    Meanwhile, the fan base diminishes even more.

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  402. Noticing how these low bowls are putting local teams in them to pull some live bodies. 34,000 Record for the Pizza/Quick Lane thing. Both FIU and FAU are in florida bowls, so their programs have popped up fast to fill the bowl abundance.

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  403. Wait I thought this was Narduzzi’s defense now? I thought he finally had the players he wanted in the secondary? Yet they have given up 416 yards. 287 in the air.

    Any optimists give me anything after tonight please see the simulated hand I am holding up in response.

    Sorry, it’s over. Coach Narduzzi needs to go. You give 5, 10, 25 years the results will be the same.

    Dave

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  405. Our vaunted, showboating D has given up 40 points to a MAC cellar dweller.

    With six minutes to play. Still time for more.

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    1. Well 30. Unless I’m on a massive tape delay. But your point is well made

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  409. Narduzzi’s seat shoudnt be hot. It should be eliminated!! Enough

    What else do you need to see?? It’s been five years of this nonsense.

    What’s going to change next year?
    What???

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  424. Fire Whipple NOW. What an amazingly stupid play call. They deserve everything they get. I really want someone to defend this mess. And if Heather thinks it’s all good with him, she should be the first one kicked off the bus.

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    1. The fact that Pickett even threw that pass is incredible. Surely he has an option to throw to a secondary receiver.

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  426. Hey whoever posted that before….a Saleem Brightwell sighting…just occurred. ikr
    (first time i’ve heard his name called since @ clemscum.

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  428. So this has happened all year long…was that a good time out or should it have been saved for once Pitt actually had the ball.?

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  434. ACC: Hey Heather, we’re going to give u a gimme game so your moron of a coach can get a bowl win.
    Heather: Pat doesn’t need a gimme game. He’s a winner. And quite brilliant, I might add.
    ACC: Brilliant, u say?
    Heather: U bet. Just like me. That’s why I extended him until, well, forever.

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  436. This is looking like it should be called the Quit Lane bowl for Pitt. Hard to figure how Pitt can be so over confident that the defense doesn’t show up

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  438. Look, heather and narduzzi are going to say they went into a hostile environment, yadda yadda yadda…..

    Some will believe the excuses because most make excuses for why we can’t recruit, why we can’t win 8-9 games consistently, etc. The Eeyores rule. The realists actually get it, yet get ostracized for stating the truth. AD and coach must go.

    OMG catch A punt!!!!

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  441. In over 60 years of watching Pitt this is the first time I hope they lose. Time to clean house and dump Narduzzi. Word Press wouldn’t let me post– garbage,,

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  442. Well – told you guys i was turning it off and I did. Until my phone rang and my son said, “sorry but you gotta turn it on and see the replay of Whipp turning another 3rd and 1 in to a 4th and 6.”……

    So now I’m stuck in the nightmare again with the rest of you.

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  448. Shame to see that drop by French and then see him on the ground. He’s having a career day as a receiver and he’s leaving it all in the field (except maybe as a punt returner)

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  457. I’m rooting for Pitt.. make no mistake. But if we pull this off and any of you try to spin this as anything but an embarrassment, you are contributing to our mediocrity. Yeah. You know who you are…

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          1. Our offense is not that good. There is no reason (other than poor coaching) that the defense gave up 30

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  472. Nice drive, have to admit. At least this was way more entertaining for the fans nationwide than the garbage Miami game.

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  476. Extend the Duzz. Heathers a genius. Whip is the best. A win is a win. 2*s come through. Oh, wait, still 40 sec. left.

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  478. This is not a Pitt victory. Shades of a miracle finish against Delaware. Heather willl keep
    Narduzzi and our. Mediocrity will continue 👹👹

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  485. ohh good grief! embarrasing. Ford was fortunate not to hit the qb with his elbow to the head. That is fords 2nd of the game vis a vi the 6 player misconduct fiasco

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  486. Sitting here crying …. just won $1290 and would trade every penny for a head coach that could make Pitt look like a real D1 team.

    Maybe the most embarrassing performance vs expectations in Pitt history. Like beating Carnegie Mellon.

    Never have I been this upset over a win.

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  493. Well duz got his bowl win. You can only wonder if it cost him his job

    8-5 though. In twenty years no one will remember how it happened

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  498. Pitt has managed to – perhaps – pull out a sloppy win that no one will be happy about. Ugly ending . Typical poor coaching and lack of team discipline.

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  501. Well i did predict a 34-24 pitt victory.

    We are terrible.

    Head coaches handshake at midfield. Hey, maybe heather extends you again….yeah thanks, she overpaid for me too.

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  504. Still a joke.. Love my team. Love my University. But if any of you can’t see what a dumpster fire of mediocrity this coach and program is, you know NOTHING about football. Nothing.

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    2. Other than a couple of bad sacks Pickett was not bad. Of course this was a MAC team with a terrible defense…

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  509. Enjoy the win all. Face it. We aren’t that good. Yeah we play in a power 5 conference but the conference is weak.

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  512. Still can’t figure out how paris ford was allowed to stay on the field for the last play. Not that it mattered.

    This is when you can look at Reed’s outlook and say that….absent the 96 yarder, pickett didn”t have a great game. He didn’t. He cannot be your leader going into the fall kick-off, unless the other qb’s are bad.

    I wonder if pitt goes after jurcovec in the portal, and pryts, and a head coach, and an oc, and an AD.

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    1. Just for fun… but Pickett DID hit that 96 yarder (although at least half of it was ffrench RAC).

      Also he (as Kenny is wont to do) made plays when it counted.

      Ffrench probably should have gotten the award though. Left it all on the field and had a great game at WR.

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        1. Still found the open guy…that’s how the play was designed

          If he could do that a lot more we’d have won 10

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        2. Also fwiw just saw it on twitter. Caught on the 40. So 35 yards + 60 RAC. I’ll give you a 40/60 split

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    2. Give Kenny a break with the yac on the td. His receivers led the nation in drops. He isn’t Marino but he played pretty well tonight.

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  513. So any of the “we was robbed” folks who screamed that the bowl we got was total BS want to chime in now? We were in a death struggle with a MAC team for all but 47 seconds (and even that wasn’t decided until about 25 seconds).

    Pitt was exactly where it belonged in the ACC bowls this year and it showed.

    Dave

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  515. It still feels better than a loss, but so many problems. and no discipline.

    Offensive and defensive play calling boggles the mind.

    How can Pickett look so bad, take dumb sacks and then finish with two touchdown drives.

    How can you call such a crap third down play, then punt when you should have gone for it,

    and come our smelling like a rose.

    By the way, to anyone other than a PITT Fan, that may have been the most entertaining game all bowl season.

    I almost feel bad for their QB who played one hell of a game.

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    1. I can only wonder what Brightwell said to him to make him throw that punch.

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  516. After this game I can’t imagine an NFL team wanting to pay big money to Twyman. He was awful tonight. Got manhandled by a MAC offensive linemen playing across from him.

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  517. You see teams play flat all the time in bowl games. Miami got shut out today for god sake. The real concern for me was the lack of discipline and it really should have cost us the game. I don’t recall that being a major problem throughout Narduzzi’s career but it has to be priority number one going into next year.

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  519. This team was not very good for most of the season…In fact, they regressed and saved some of their worst play for the final half of the season. The bowl game played in was the bowl game earned. The opponent was in our ballpark from a performance perspective. So, I was not the least bit surprised by the team’s play tonight. At least it was entertaining for any sports channel surfers that may have stumbled upon this game.

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  521. Well, look at the bright side…after the last 5 seasons, and looking to what the track record shows will happen season ticket sales and attendance will drop to the point that Pitt will comfortably share Carnegie-Mellon’s stadium without having to do much seat upgrades…when the Steeler’s move on from Heinz….finally an almost On-Campus venue!!!!

    H2P

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  522. The way too early Narduzzi has to do this or get fired line in the sand for me. All you chirping about the too hard OOC schedule well here it is

    Miami (OH)
    @ Marshall
    Richmond

    You better be 3-0 heading into a home game against Notre Dame before going into conference play. 3-1 is acceptable.

    Anything else is unacceptable.

    Dave

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      1. I am in agreement with 10 wins. Just really a high bar for the old Nardog. I expect he will lose to ND so 3-1 going into conference play means at a minimum 6-2 in conference play plus a bowl win (or I guess beating Clemson in the ACC championship game 🙂 ).

        So given what I have seen of him…I think the odds are low of 10. I think at best 5-3 in conference play and loses bowl game (and if they happen to wind conference Clemson will make sure to remind him of his statement on his eventual besting of them). So either 0-1 or 0-2 in post season play to find Pitt at

        8-5 or 8-6.

        Pretty interesting comment from formerly known homer Dokish on Twitter tonight:

        You small group of fans that see the positive in everything Pitt does, and wants nobody to criticize them, are a big part of the problem. If you don’t demand more from the university when it comes to athletics, then they have no reason to give you more.

        Dave

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        1. Yes I saw that. He’s turned. A lot of people have turned. I don’t think Duz will get to 10 next year either but I do think it’s a number that will bring fans back around on Narduzzi. Me? I’ll be predicting another 7-5 season that includes lots of penalties and a late season swoon

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  524. Great message tonight from Gasman..

    “Post-game presser:

    HCPN: We ran into a buzzsaw tonight. They were hungry and well-coached. Lucky to pull a W.
    Reporter: You had over a month to prepare against a 6-6 MAC team and yet u barely won. Can you explain?
    HCPN: We had a lot of adversity: Couldn’t find the WiFi password at halftime to plan my trip. Italy. So excited! Then to add to the problems, Ulizio can’t find his passport. As you can imagine, I was going nuts.
    Reporter: somehow, someway, your team pulled this out. How?
    HCPN: It all starts at the top with Heather. She arranged to play the shittiest bowl-eligible on the planet. Hats off to her.
    Reporter: And you think that will help the program?
    HCPN: It’ll help me; I get a bonus for the win. In fact, I can see after this come-from-behinder that I’ll be mentioned along side Southerland, Majors and Sherill. I could see my number being retired.
    Reporter: Coach, you don’t have a number.
    HCPN: Sure I do, 3.5M. Best number in the world!”

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