275 thoughts on “Game Day Thread: Pitt – Syracuse”

    1. It allowed me to set up my Sirius Radio outside and listen to Hillgrove and watch TV thru the window while drinking beer and smoking.

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  11. Another close your eyes and heave it up for an int! Slovis is THE WORST.

    Also started with the RB running right past his blocking pick-up.

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  16. Thanks he cuse back-up QB is better than our starter.

    Well, then again our back-up and 3rd stringer are better than our starter.

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  25. Spot them 3. Let’s now see what Kedon “heave it up blind” Slovis does with it.
    A. 3 and out
    B. INT

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  31. Sirius – Hillgrove broadcast currently 5 seconds ahead. Another beer and ready to go outside.

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  32. I want Shocky Jacques-Louis back…..guy has 61 catches & a 12.5 apc
    We got scammed on that trade. Mumford has little YAC.

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  54. Nobody can stomach a boring pro set offense after you have a high octane spread that
    almost led the nation in scoring.

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  55. Our receivers have regressed.
    But these coaches are an improvement.
    Duzz needs to have EJ give him a lesson on keeping his pie-hole shut.

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  61. Duzzi will say at halftime we need to make some adjustments— suggestion for the football genius try the Dartmouth QB if Patti is injured and you don’t trust Yarnell……no more Slovis!

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  63. This team is really bad – starts with coaching and the players lack leaders and play-makers.

    Very disappointed fan!

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  66. Coach “stove-top” schooling Slovis on where he should be throwing the ball. 🤣🤣🤣

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  77. Sports illustrated just announced that Izzy was injured last week, and won’t play today. Yet Pitt announced Izzy as the starter at game time and Hammond was the actual starting RB.

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  78. As reported by PSN –

    “AHC/DL coach Charlie Partridge out working with the special teams unit during warmups. Very hands on with the kickers and punters.“

    No wonder our pass rush is so poor again today…

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  79. For those at the game they just flashed across the screen that Narduzzi does lead the nation in one stat:

    Lowest IQ in D1 – all divisions with 87.5.

    Congrats Coach and Heather!

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    1. One’s IQ is only measured in whole numbers

      Plus IQ is racist because it accurately measures intelligence.

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  80. Hey no matter how much of a turd the first half was…..we still gotta beat a ranked
    Cuse. The media thinks these turds are Top 20. Let’s end that media illusion.

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  83. On 2nd down just now, Slovis missed a wide open #4

    Instead he dinked a 2 yard pass – next play was thrown short of the sticks leading to a punt.

    WHAT ARE TFESE COACHES SEEING THAT WE FANS ARE MISSING!

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  85. I don’t think we’re had any 3-receiver packages all day.
    Now that Syracuse’s defensive line is banged up and playing third teasers, we’ll try to throw more.
    Dumb.

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  88. omg what a stupid play call by Cigs…..Pitt is rolling and to have the WR throw the ball completely across the field……lmao

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  90. Duzzi will stay with Slovis no matter what happens and I just don’t understand why. Seriously is really that stubborn and stupid?

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  92. Who said Duzz’s IQ is 87?
    Is that rounded up?
    Graded on a curve?
    What?
    Tell me.
    That wide receiver pass was as dumb as anything he’s ever done…and he has an impressive history of stupidity.

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  98. Hey a TD.

    Got my porch and walkway swept. On to dusting the outside furniture, still listening to Hillgrove and getting another beer.

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    1. Yea Amazon delivered us a Microfiber Duster with a 15 foot extender, today.
      We be cleaning & dusting like fools. (and drinking, no kidding)

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      1. I think my neighbor blocked a Fed-ex driver when he delivered packages by driving over his lawn. Cops were called when he blocked driver from leaving. Fun in the semi-rural South Carolina.

        I also get upset when they take a short cut over my lawn on my windy gravel “U” shaped driveway.

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  106. hahahaha…too bad Cusey. If you were a true top 20 team u’d have a D1 backup QB.
    Like Pitt doesn’t !. lol

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  108. This is the part of the game where Duzzy starts thinking his Defense can win the game
    and takes the air out of the ball completely on Offense.

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  111. Cuse is awful. The benefit of easy scheduling. Glad they had no qb or we would actually lose…. to an awful team!

    The reason they let the running back or receiver throw the ball into double coverage for an interception was so that we would appreciate slovis more.

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  116. oh wow….the vibes are getting kinda shakey.
    Especially after letting that QB run for the first down on 3rd and long.

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  118. i jinxed him….2 great plays in a row!

    Now he is back to normal…missed a wide open wr gadsen and took a bad sack.

    Wow, flea mishandled that kick and touched it around the three. Glad it went into the endzone for a muff.

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  119. Slovis is coming back to form….!!!! We get to watch this future pro- bowler in 2023zzz lot to look forward to

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  120. The ⏰ is our friend. Terrible game for both teams. The ACC is really weak ……bring on basketball.

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    1. The B1G is weaker and much lamer. No pro QB’s or DB’s.
      And the last ohio state or pedo state relevant NFL QB in the last 40 years is ?

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  122. Bye bye Top 20 Cusey. Glad to have knocked you frauds out ! Never really belonged there, it was mostly due to scheduling, than anything else.

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  126. So what I gather from the POV gameday thread is that PITT did nothing right today. Even in a win.

    What I saw:

    PITTs running game was in plowing the field mode. Backs looked good and the line moved the defensive line out of the way all day.

    Defense looked good against one of the best backs in the league.

    The pass rush came alive.

    Frank Cignetti.. ah oh, wrong category. He had some awful calls. No imagination except ill-timed dumb calls. He truly is a tough coach to overcome on gamedays.

    PITTs other receivers, gosh they can’t get open down the field. Bart not so great either. I know the pass routes and the play calls hinder these players, but Wayne gets open.

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    2. Ike – we missed you at the tailgate yesterday – best entertainment of the day except for the Deslin Alexander sack for a safety to secure the win.

      The game itself was a very ugly win. Both teams played bad FB.

      Pitt stats of note: 2 INT’s with zero TD’s. While the Pitt RB’s looked like the winning combo, they averaged 3.4 ypc. We also had 2 fumbles, a 2 yard punt and 3 capable back-up QB’s standing on the sidelines.

      We are 1-0 this week and should beat UVA next week with our ground attack and revitalized Dline. Six sacks were the winning statistic by far vs the cuse back-up QB.

      Pitt did just enough to win – if the cuse back-up QB who struggled to hit a barn door.

      Know that you are missed Ike!

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      1. I forgot to mention the 9 penalties for 79 yards – albeit one was a tap on the cuse QB’s shoulder for a roughing the passer flag.

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      2. I appreciate that Rick, thank you. You know I miss you all every home game when I know I just can’t make it…. just yet.

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  127. Pitt wins.
    BTW, I was wearing yellow. I like bright colors. After losing two wonderful wives, I try to find the good in life, and bright colors helps.

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  130. Both of our lines played stellar games. It’s about gd time.

    Clemson and ND did physical and mental damage to Syracuse the same way WV and Tennessee did it to us this year. We had a choice and did it to ourselves. Syracuse was done in by the ACC schedulers.

    Hard running by Hammond and Flemister.

    For a team looking into the abyss it was a pretty strong effort.

    Still shaking my head over another ridiculous trick play.

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  131. Clemscum could be in trouble tonite. Not a good day for orange wearing teams.
    Tenn lost, Illinois lost, Oklahoma St. lost, Cuse lost.

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  135. Finally back to hotel. Thoughts,
    Pitt is a grad school lesson on mismanagement. We win despite ourselves. Penalties and mistakes today Pitt 14 Cuse 6.

    Slovis was booed in the intros by the entire student section and post interception by the entire stadium. He did so many things wrong it’s hard to quantify! But Pitt won despite it all. Sat w Reed and enjoyed the Pov tailgate. Thank you Fran and Wolf. Finally met Eric
    MissingWLAT after talking for two years.

    The entire Pitt BBall team was outside the stadium. My they’re huge! Heather was there in her finest yellow blouse stopping play after every change of downs in the first half with a useless ceremony.

    So Pitt won but it was exhausting to sit through !! H2P

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  137. Back from game. Some thoughts:
    1) Game set offensive football back 50 years.
    2) Starting qb missing always hurts more than star rb ( See Peach bowl last year)
    3) What got ya more riled, the TO after 1 play or the terrible decisions by our qb, or , well, just raise your hand if you thought it was a good idea to throw back to a WR and then have him throw deep into a 30mph wind.
    4) We did our very, very best to keep an undermanned team in the game. Run right, run left, run up middle. If they were dominating the LOS they sure didn’t turn it into scores, did they.
    5) I’m really glad we went to Australia to get a punter. I’ll be there in March and I guarantee you I’ll bring back a kangaroo who is better.
    6) I’m really, really glad we won. BUT, how did we go from the most entertaining team in the country last year to this hot mess? In one year? You know the answer to this quiz, don’t ya?

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  139. All I can say is a win is better than a loss. Once again a big shout out to Wolfe, Fran, and Joe for the great tailgate. See everyone in Two weeks.

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  143. Lot of similarity to the 2018 season, mostly running but KP threw for 14 TDs, Slovis with 5 so far. There won’t be 2 1000 yd guys since we have 4 guys running the ball, but the total may be exceeded. Seven wins that year, so still a lot of work to do. All winnable games, but easily lost as well.

    It was nice seeing our guys putting pressure on that QB, but like Slovis he held the ball much too long.

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  144. I do agree that a win is better than a loss. I predicted 17-14 Pitt. You can learn as much from a win as you can from a loss and what should have been learned is that being cute doesn’t play well when you are beating a team just running the ball straight ahead. The interception kept syracuse in the game that they had no business being in. They are bad and we played equally as bad for a majority of the game.

    Hammond is a very good all around back. He gets you what the play is designed to get. Syracuse had a good record because of easy scheduling, not because of talent. They started a qb that had zero starts before today’s game. Of course you would expect an experienced defense to have their way with him. They had zero players that I thought were better individual players than our guys, yet they were in it all the way. What does that say about coaching? Can anyone pick a syracuse player as being a gamechanger or better than a pitt player? Did anyone stand out?

    The SEC has 4-5 top 10 teams. Big10 has two teams, OSU and Michigan, worth of any consideration. The rest of the big10 is awful. I don’t think osu or michigan would go through the sec undefeated or with one loss. OSU and Mich really only need to play a sharp game once or twice a year. If they do cfp. They couldn’t do that in the sec. Every week is a grind. Pac12 is really bad, as is the big8.

    Glad you all got together for a good time. Our crowds in the stadium are light. Would be great to capitalize on steeler and penguin struggles…yet we pick this year to zero entertainment.

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  145. I do agree that a win is better than a loss. I predicted 17-14 Pitt. You can learn as much from a win as you can from a loss and what should have been learned is that being cute doesn’t play well when you are beating a team just running the ball straight ahead. The interception kept syracuse in the game that they had no business being in. They are bad and we played equally as bad for a majority of the game.

    Hammond is a very good all around back. He gets you what the play is designed to get. Syracuse had a good record because of easy scheduling, not because of talent. They started a qb that had zero starts before today’s game. Of course you would expect an experienced defense to have their way with him. They had zero players that I thought were better individual players than our guys, yet they were in it all the way. What does that say about coaching? Can anyone pick a syracuse player as being a gamechanger or better than a pitt player? Did anyone stand out?

The SEC has 4-5 top 10 teams. Big10 has two teams, OSU and Michigan, worth of any consideration. The rest of the big10 is awful. I don’t think osu or michigan would go through the sec undefeated or with one loss. OSU and Mich really only need to play a sharp game once or twice a year. If they do cfp. They couldn’t do that in the sec. Every week is a grind. Pac12 is really bad, as is the big8.

Glad you all got together for a good time. Our crowds in the stadium are light. Would be great to capitalize on steeler and penguin struggles…yet we pick this year to zero entertainment.

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  146. Happy for the win but not going to win many games scoring just 19 points offensively. This was certainly the best of D line looked this year and thank goodness for that.— The D will have to play an even better game next week because VA QB Armstrong will eat us alive given additional time in the pocket. With no hope in our O putting up 30 points or more it has be be all on the D to win the game.

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  148. Pitt held Syracuse to a net 25 yards rushing, incredible!

    For the first time all year the defense looked like last year’s defense.

    Who else uses three punters in a game?

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  150. Duzz on his QB1 yesterday:

    Other than taking a big risk in the first quarter, how did Kedon play?
    NARDUZZI: Besides that big risk — he got hit as he threw it, and I think he was throwing it away is what he told me. He didn’t get it far enough out of the end zone. But I thought he played solid. We’ll go back and look at the tape, but I think it was good. He played good enough to win the football game.

    Did you consider a quarterback change after the early Slovis interception?
    NARDUZZI: No, not even close, no.

    Comment -> I have a strong feeling Prince Slovis will return next season and King Pat will welcome him with open arms, anointing Kedan as the starter in 2023.

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  151. Great to see Pitt win. Cuse missing Schroeder was huge but oh well. It’s not like Pitt has a passing game.

    Happy to see Hammond and Flemister grinding out yards. All four backs will see carries in these final three games as that is what Narduzzi is willing to ride with in 2022. I don’t think the line played all that great. Three straight three and outs to start the fourth quarter? You mean the line wasn’t wearing down the Orange? That was puzzling.

    It’s obvious to me the receivers are not getting open. I wonder those at the game see it differently. Slovis holding onto the ball has to be due to no one open. What a lost year for Barden. The portal will bring in two receivers. It has to.

    I hope the BoT appreciates a kid like Alexandre and his contributions off the field. Great to see him ball out along with the rest of the defense.

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  152. I thought it was a good game. Then I went back to the stats and saw the penalties. Then I remembered that bad punt and some stupid play calling. But in the end Pitt won and I had a good time sitting with my uncle in club seats and then attending two world famous tailgate parties. That’s what truly made it all good. Apologies to those who just viewed the game at home on TV. It was probably a bad or ugly game to them. But my experience was outstanding.

    PS: I’m not going to give narduzzi and Lyke extensions for the experience. 🤠

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  153. What is most dumbfounding is that there was supposed to be this big contest between Patti and Slovis for the job, but now that Slovis has pretty much proven he is not all that, Patti doesn’t deserve as much of a chance as the wildcat.

    Seriously a team that can use 3 punters can’t work in a few plays for Patti, what are they afraid of. I seem to remember some red zone plays where Patti scored touchdowns with his legs.

    Maybe he is still hurt but that injury was in the second game of the year.

    Again, if Minchey gets a better offer the future looks pretty bad.

    Kenny Pickett threw for 14 TD’s in 2018 when Ollison and Hall each ran for over 1000 yds.

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    1. But Armstong has thrown for 6 while Slovis has thrown for 5.
      VA played UNC much tougher than Pitt did.

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  155. https://sports.yahoo.com/lsu-football-coaching-staff-2022-110134517.html

    I detest Brian Kelly but give the Devil his due. Big win for the Tigers with a gutsy call in OT.
    Kelly has a very strong staff of WELL PAID assistant coaches…Pitt is headed for a complete disaster next year no matter how this season ends. Slovis at QB, OLine will be totally untested, Defense will lose tremendous talent (not easily replaced in one or two years), our ability to put points on the board will suffer from transfers, punting (we used 3 punters in one game>>in my more than 65 years of watching football I never heard of anything like it), Cignetti will NOT BE FIRED and on and on and on it goes. Dave Hart here we come for a 2023 season where we will finish with a 2-10 or if I am optimistic a 3-9 season. Hey, but no problems Duzzi gets his $8 million unearned buckaroos.

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    1. I think losing some of these O-linemen will be a good thing.

      I have a hunch we will see some of these senior defensive players coming back in 2023. Two defensive tackles, Morgan or Haba, Simon and Marquise Williams come to mind. Anyone who thinks Hill is leaving early for the NFL shouldn’t quit their day jobs.

      Cignetti will be back, along with Slovis, but my guy tells me the portal is hit for two O-linemen and two receivers who can actually play.

      Next year’s record shouldn’t mean much to a large portion of Pitt fans who pound the table for hard schedules. Enjoy Cincy, WVU, ND, FSU, Louisville and North Carolina. Heinz should be rocking since Pitt fans back up their talk of course. The money from ticket sales will be much needed for the program.

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      1. I appreciate your optimism, however, the brutal combination of Slovis/Cignetti does not bode well for the future. The portal is obviously the way Pitt will attempt to reconstruct the team for 2023, but it is a crapshoot on obtaining high quality players who can make a difference. The schedule is absolutely insane and very much to the disadvantage of a poorly coached and quality player challenged team.

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        1. Somehow, four good receivers are joining the program in 2023, along with Minchey. Who, BTW, announced yesterday he is enrolling earlier so he’s not too spooked by the offense.

          I’m hoping with better linemen and a QB, Cignetti’s offense looks like the one that beat Pitt in 2020, 31-30.

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  156. One of the things I didn’t like was going to the wildcat on 3rd and three. This just announces to the defense that we’re going to run the ball. And then we run right up the middle where two guys who no one even attempted to block were waiting.

    If they put Patti in in that situation, I would like it. Now the pass is still an option and Patti runs well enough if you just want to call a run.

    Slovis’ inability to escape from any pressure puts this team at a huge disadvantage against every QB we play…

    Slovis did make some excellent throws to Wayne…

    Go Pitt.

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  157. P.S. to my previous post…..Duzzi will part with some of his assistants (which ones who knows with him) and he will hire his friends at low salaries which guarantees continued failure.

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  158. A big thanks to Fran and Wolfe for all the work they do so that the rest of us can enjoy their tailgate. Awesome job.

    Go Scooter! 😊

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      1. Don’t forget kman the sommelier…

        Red 5A… a special group… took the team photo and showed my Mrs. all the wonderful folks we get to hang with before and after at home games.

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  160. Addison misses another game. Probably ready next week. USC with a good chance to make the playoff.

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    1. You guys that like tough schedules should be very happy. Good home schedule, really tough road schedule.

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  162. It was nice to see Mumpfield make some catches. That one play where he stretched for the first down was a good one.

    Thought he had a chance to break one big, but he doesn’t seem to be able to kick it into the more elite speed level…

    Still don’t understand, with our lack of big-play makers at WR, why we’ve not even had a glimpse of Che, the Texas burner…. How about a carry on a double reverse…. Oh well.

    Go Pitt.

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  164. I want to address the pre snap movement by a TE and tackle on every play. It’s stupid, it doesn’t influence any D, it’s Harry Hi School
    and no other D1 school runs it.

    Watched most of last nights games.
    Like night and day from the boredom of the Pitt game.

    Walking 2 miles to the tailgate (got off wrong station) I felt every bit of my age and thought I’m too old to do this again! Then got to my seat and the Pitt Band came out and I felt 40 years younger!

    I’m at that age when you never know if it’ll be my last visit to the Burgh! H2P

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    3. Those shifts always make me worry about a penalty for not being set, two guys in motion, etc.

      I had wondered the same thing – why bother shifting? On one play I did pay attention to the defensive alignment and the Orange DLine and a couple backers did reposition themselves after our shift. Perhaps we’re hoping they will screw up their adjustment?

      One things for sure, watching Pitt was a lot more fun last season…

      Go Pitt.

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    6. Dan… great to see you! Listen, my father in law is almost 80, and I can see him coming to games for another 5 years at least. You’ve got a lot of great years left to be tortured by Pat Narduzzi!

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  167. Bad thoughts.
    Doom and gloom next year. The schedule, portal and NIL will put us under .500. I always hope for the best for us but where is the optimism?
    This year had hope but it was there only in September. Maybe November will brighten.

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  169. They did everything they could do to lose the game.
    The stupid trick play on first down deep in Syracuse territory.
    Continuing to play Slovis
    High school offense
    Then deciding to throw 2 passes with a 2-score lead with 7 minutes left.
    Penalties
    3 terrible punters
    1 receiver sets

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  170. From what we know now, what will the offensive line look like next year? How many starters would be coming back?

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  172. addressing ALL the dumbass coach comments on here through the game and after, think about Babers, (now Anae) and Syracuse fans every time they have faced our Pitt idiots

    who’s the real idiot/s?

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    1. Syracuse has recruited very poorly…consider a VERY UNDERSIZED OLINE and a back up QB who could not hit a receiver the size of a rhinoceros. As messed up as we are our OLine is a bunch of GIANTS when compared to the mini Oranges and I will take Patti and Yarnell any day over what I say from Del-Rio.

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      1. Interesting that Del-Rio Wilson was a 4-star and Rivals had him as the 10th rated QB in his class.

        Big-time offers. Went first to Florida…

        Go Pitt.

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        1. I am aware of the high rating for Del-Rio, but something happened in Florida to send him up to snowbound Syracuse. We all would like to see Pitt get 4**** star players for football and basketball, but the star system is often VERY IMPERFECT (see Aaron Donald).

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    2. That’s a tough answer. That football game was really hard to watch. Both teams are poorly coached and both had opportunities for years to make a run at either division title had they only recruited and coached better. I am an idiot, that I know.

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  174. Pitt men’s basketball opens Monday night against UT Martin. Playing for UT Martin is long-ago Panther Parker Stewart.

    Parker shot 3s at 39% last season at Indiana. He shot 3s at over 40% his season at Pitt for the Fighting Stallings.

    I’m wondering who’s going to guard Stewart and, without Big John, can Pitt win this game??

    Go Pitt.

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  176. Pitt VB losing to BC in the 1st set 15-16

    A lot of point left to come back and sweep BC. Pitt was up 9-2 to start the set.

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  177. Good news about QB recruit Kenny Minchey, if it holds – from Pittsburgh Sports Now…

    “The star quarterback from Tennessee tells Pittsburgh Sports Now that he’s fully committed to Pitt, and in fact, tells us that he will be enrolling early at Pitt. Minchey will sign his Letter of Intent in December and arrive at Pitt in January.”

    Imagine having a mobile QB again…. Fingers crossed!

    Go Pitt.

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  178. Interesting stat…

    Regular-season record vs ACC, last 5 seasons:

    Notre Dame, 27-0
    Clemson, 36-3
    Pitt, 24-15
    Miami, 22-16
    NC State, 22-17
    Wake, 20-18
    UNC, 21-20
    UVA, 19-20
    VT, 19-21
    FSU, 17-22
    BC, 16-24
    GT, 15-24
    Lville, 15-25
    Cuse, 14-25
    Duke, 10-29

    Biggest surprises to me are the poor ACC records of UNC and FSU…

    Go Pitt.

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    1. Those are great stats, John. I sure hope our head coach is the third highest paid in that list! He’s obviously earned it!

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    2. Biggest surprise to me is that the majority of those teams (almost all of them) do not have a coach that has been in the position for 5 years….

      Makes Nardstop look better, but I think a deeper look tells a different story. He is bad and him having success against these other teams may have been the reason for the short tenure of prior teams coaches….

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  179. Pitt women’s volleyball wins their match at Boston College, 3-1. Pitt fought off the scrappy Eagles in the first set, easily controlled the second and fourth sets.

    In the third set Coach Fisher decided to let his front-line starters contemplate their less-than-ideal play in that set. For the last 5-6 points Pitt had Sabrina Starks playing the right side and Cam Ennis playing the left side. All Pitt players except for Posada played in the match.

    In the fourth set, Coach Fisher started and stayed with his A team. They took care of business in convincing fashion 25-15. Pitt goes undefeated in the round robin part of the ACC schedule.

    Pitt now plays four teams for the second time: Syracuse, Louisville, Georgia Tech, and Boston College. Only the Louisville match is away. Pitt needs to win all four to host both weekend of the NCAA tournament. They need to win three of the four to share first place of the ACC with Louisville, if Louisville is the loss.

    Louisville’s repeat teams are Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt, and Notre Dame. Pitt is the only home match. Anna DeBeer, probably Louisville’s best player when she is healthy, has started playing again. She is only played in the back row the last two matches.

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  180. UVA scores first in the 2nd round of the ACC tournament halfway thru the opening half of Pitt men’s soccer.

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  181. Something odd I noticed yesterday:

    After Devonshire missed getting an interception on a ball that went just off his fingertips, I noticed that as Devonshire came off the field, fellow cornerback Williams ran out to meet him. They seemed to be talking as Williams led Devonshire to a spot on the sidelines. Once there, Devonshire got down and did 20 pushups -presumably his consequences for not catching that ball…

    I guess 20 push-ups is nothing for a football player – but during the game??

    Go Pitt.

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    1. You will remember several years ago when one of our defenders missed an interception, the offending player dropped for pushups on the field and was immediately penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct. I think it may have cost us that game……

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  182. Pitt men’s soccer loses 1-nil to UVA. Pitt was the aggressor in the 1st half with nothing to show on the scoreboard.

    In the second half UVA did a nice job of playing keep-away and Pitt seemed lethargic if not gassed. Pretty boring 2nd half with very little threat by Pitt.

    The stat sheet will show Pitt outshot UVA but never really mounted much of a threat.

    Several weeks to rest now before the NCAA tournament.

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  184. New rankings came out. Pitt did not receive any AP media votes but they were ranked number 38 in the coaches poll receiving 4 votes.

    I know narduzzi voted for himself but who were the other three coaches. I have trouble seeing Pitt as a top 40 team.

    The next three games will be a good test. None are very good but none are all that bad either. Very similar to Pitt.

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    1. It is a strange year with more parity in college football it would seem. I could see a ranking of 38 for Pitt, but I don’t think there is much separation between #35-50.

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  185. WPXI reporting DE Dayon Hayes with similar charges to Dior Johnson of domestic assault relating to his girl friend, only she is also the mother to his child.

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  186. Come to think of it, the zone of mediocrity is probably between a ranking of 30 and 50. All these schools have a destiny tied to a lousy bowl in a lousy city playing a lousy team. The Fates can be cruel.

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  187. So if the D-line does the same thing to Armstrong maybe the switch has been turned on, but I think a lot of the success was due to a second string QB that was slow to react. When it was really needed they couldn’t pressure Mayes or Cunningham. Clemson and ND had also abused both of Syracuse’s lines so we got them after they had been beat up. Much like GT got us after physical games vs. Tennessee and WV.

    It was great to see them abuse a ranked team though, it would have been nicer if Slovis could have lead a couple more scoring drives in the fourth quarter, and the coaches not called the unneeded trick play. Has one worked all year?

    https://triblive.com/sports/pitt-notebook-angry-linemen-lead-defensive-charge-vs-syracuse/

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  188. I hate to be a doom and gloom guy but with so many linemen graduating, below the line QB play and a ridiculously difficult schedule I see the distinct possibility of a 3 win season.

    Hard to predict a win vs WV, Cinci, ND, FLST, UNC or Louisville, with all the others being toss up games with the exception of a possible cupcake things have not looked this dire in quite a few years.

    I don’t see the portal being a net positive this year, nobody worth poaching except maybe Izzy and Hammond. Big NIL money poised to grab up all the good ones.

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    2. Which one of the “really good ones” would consider coming to Pitt after this year? If Pitt had followed up the ACC Championship with at least another appearance in the game, maybe we would be more of a destination. Not now – major step back.

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    3. Exactly the way I see it….Duzzi’s luck will completely run out, but he as a mega contract that will save him from being fired.

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  189. O.K. let’s face it Pitt is no better than a junk bowl team at the end of the year. Next year as the narrative goes, WE WILL BE REBUILDING! So, I am turning my 4 eyes toward basketball as we open the season tonight against a team we should definitely beat, U.T. Martin. Parker Stewart transferred back to U.T. Martin, and he has proven to be a good player at a high level
    IiNDIANA). Stewart bailed out after Stallings was dumped and 6 other young Panthers joined him. One man on a team like U.T. Martin cannot carry the school to a victory. I believe that we will not see a repeat of losing to a team like the Citadel, however, in the not too distant future we face the Hoopies and Michigan ……Big John Hugely will be BADLY needed. I agree with Dan this team will be much better than last year even without the sad conduct of Johnson…..I am hoping for a chance to play in the NIT////a major upgrade from previous pathetic years.

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    1. Forget WVU and Mich, big test tonight. You just know UT Martin will shoot lights-out. It’s the norm for early Pitt opponents these days…

      Go Pitt.

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