POV Roundtable Call-In; PSU Game

Big week and a big game coming up for the Panthers in Quaalude Valley. Lets take some time this evening and discuss it live with some other POV’ers. As a reminder we slid the start time back to 9:00pm to accommodate those who have kids, etc…

We have a ton of things to discuss and the most notable issue is obviously the YSU (debacle) game. Reading our previous comments on here I see a whole range of attitudes about our showing last Saturday and what we feel might happen this Saturday. Oh, BTW, who won the closest score for YSU?

Right – me! 28-21 Pitt, although I did think it would be four TDs in regulation play. And I’ll tell you why. Because all those positions with “?” question marks beside them in our previous article on here pretty much turned out to be valid. But this is what to expect with this young and/or inexperienced lineup.

Well, they are a week older and a week more experienced now aren’t they? But will that make a difference against the more talented PSU squad?

We’ll do our formal predictions thread on Friday again so put your thinking caps on. The Oddssharks.com site has PSU at just around a 20 point favorite, however, I just heard on the radio some other bookmakers had PSU at (-) 23. Sorry to say that to this Pitt fan that sounds not all that far-fetched.

POV Roundtable Call-in

09:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Note new time

Meeting URL

https://bluejeans.com/303520973

Meeting ID

303520973

Moderator Passcode

2615

By Phone:

408.740.7256 then 303520973# (don’t forget the # sign)

Chris Peak of Rivals just posted up a great graphic showing a breakdown of the Pitt passing game against YSU. Some real interesting info – and some we already knew (best info source on Pitt football).

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How National Media Think About Pitt

We have a continuing argument on here about the impact of last year’s 31-26 bowl loss on Pitt’s national reputation after the 2016 season’s dust had settled. More importantly perhaps is what impact all of last season’s games, won and lost, had on the national media’s perception of our program going into this 2017 season.

But wait – let me backtrack a bit here. This isn’t about Pitt’s football program per se – but is about how the national media viewed the Pitt football team at the end of 2016, then again now and how the team might be gauged going into battle in September.

The people on the Southside I had conversations with when attending spring practices three months ago sure felt… no, they sure knew… that the bowl loss cost us dearly in perceptions and in the actual standings. By that I mean not only the final 2016 standings but our 2017 preseason rank (or lack thereof).

Here is the AP Final Top 25 list for last year:

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I believe that had we won the bowl game combined with our big PSU rivalry win (which is a match-up of historical importance to the national media) and win over #3 ranked Clemson; both games nationally televised and both teams finishing high in the final rankings with one as champs, we would have been ranked between #13 and #17 at the end of the season.

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Hot Off the Press; POV Roundtable for 7/12/17

We had a blast with the call-in show last night and again we proved that no matter who shows up at the Roundtable we are the most knowledgeable Pitt fans in existence. Of course that is facetious as I’ve met many fans through other venues who know a ton about Pitt football also.

The civil tone was lowered just a smidgen from last week with both Ike and the infamous Dr. Tom coming onboard. I’m ordering a cut-off button today for future short-story answers to pretty simple and plain questions.

Some items discussed were:

The role of Pitt’s AD and how we feel Heather Lyke is doing… and what she needs to do.

Did Scott Barnes leave the department in good shape?

How we would feel if we had a third consecutive season with 8-5 including a bowl loss.

The D1 Learfield Directors Cup standings; this lists the comparisons of all D1 schools in all sports (not just the 128 in football).

Cup 2

Pitt finished an abysmal 92nd place over all (above) and next to last in the ACC conference (below). Thus the questions above of what AD Lykes has ahead of her.

Cup 1

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POV Sunday Podcast; July 9th, 2017

Here are Max Browne’s USC stats again, followed by Savage, Peterman and Stull’s also. Take a look at their years as a regular player at Pitt. For comparison in NP’s case that would be 2015 and Bill Stull’s 2009.