Hello all, Maestro here.  I’m going to be standing in for Richard Hefner for the next few weeks. 

And standing in is an appropriate theme, because Pitt will have plenty of stand-ins on the field this week. So the question we should be asking ourselves is not “Can Pitt can beat Rhode Island?”, but “Can Pitt beat Rhode Island with their third and fourth string?”  Or maybe even, “Can Pitt beat Rhode Island with their third and fourth string convincingly enough to remain in the top 25”.  Because no matter what Pat Narduzzi says, we really aren’t battling the Rhode Island Rams this week, as much as we are battling attrition and Pitt’s propensity to get overlooked in the polls.

About that attrition: Pittsburgh Sports Now took it upon themselves to cobble together a sort of Injury Report last Sunday. There were eleven (11!) contributors listed on said report. (That’s 25% of the two-deep folks.)

Well it wasn’t pretty

And WVU was up (and they arent’ bad)

We weathered the storm, and somehow came out on top.

Same Old Pitt has been averted. Thanks be to God.

Hail To Pitt

Michaelangelo Monteleone

“What our quarterback said…”. Er…I mean hail to Pitt!

The Jordan Addison situation continues to evolve. And per Mike Farrell, Pitt is no longer in Addison’s consideration set. The curious thing is why? You have to take all of these rumors with a grain of salt, but lets at least look at what is being said: (Per Pittsburgh Sports Now https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2022/05/05/mike-farrell-on-the-latest-jordan-addison-rumors/)