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Pitt vs Penn State.....CFB Thread

I hope the Florida State boosters who chased off Jimbo Fisher are satisfied when their program goes back to ****.

LOL at Urban Meyer's "suspension". Herbstreit said he's still coaching during the week, just not on gamedays. What a joke. But Twitter has moved on so it doesn't matter.
 
awboatguy said:
Glad I went to bed early. Pitt looked like they might keep it close, but they forgot about the other 45 minutes of the game. Sounds like the Panthers game plan was JV too.
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Same here.
 
Penn State has a very young, inexperienced team this year. That's why their early games are so important this year for them to get up to speed. Penn State receivers had a ton of drops last night. They need to clean that up along with continued improvement on D. The team should only get better as the season goes along.
 
really think Pitt should look at joining the MAC.

I know the money is not the same as being an ACC member, but its obvious they cant recruit the talent to stay competitive with the big boys, especially in their own back yard,...i.e. Sanders from Woodland Hills

Also...Narduzzi seems like his just riding the gravy train until retirement to me..

Sad to see...

I would suggest that if Pitt is trying to get a "local" rivalry series going they should look closer to home...like at Robert Morris or Duquesne..
 
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TDX27 said:
Penn State has a very young, inexperienced team this year. That's why their early games are so important this year for them to get up to speed. Penn State receivers had a ton of drops last night. They need to clean that up along with continued improvement on D. The team should only get better as the season goes along.
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I can't believe with the run defense I saw in the first half that Pitt never scored another point. Trace McSorley was phenomenal and at least two of the drops he hit the receiver right on the hands. It will be a fun season but I think the defense will be the Achilles heel. Better stiffen it up before OSU comes a callin'.
 
Sucks about Pitt. I was hoping the rivalry would have lit a fire under Pitt and make them play harder.

In other words......War Eagle!!! 63-9!!!!
 
steel dino said:
really think Pitt should look at joining the MAC.

I know the money is not the same as being an ACC member, but its obvious they cant recruit the talent to stay competitive with the big boys, especially in their own back yard,...i.e. Sanders from Woodland Hills

Also...Narduzzi seems like his just riding the gravy train until retirement to me..

Sad to see...

I would suggest that if Pitt is trying to get a "local" rivalry series going they should look closer to home...like at Robert Morris or Duquesne..
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Sadly, they should be playing smaller schools to be competitive. They beat Miami last year and looked to that was their turnaround, but they get waxed by PSU at home. Notre Dame is going to do the same to them. They are so far removed from the Big East, it's not even a competition anymore. Basketball program is a joke, too.
 
It's too bad Marino, Dorsett, Green and company had to watch that **** show.
 
steel dino said:
really think Pitt should look at joining the MAC.

I know the money is not the same as being an ACC member, but its obvious they cant recruit the talent to stay competitive with the big boys, especially in their own back yard,...i.e. Sanders from Woodland Hills

Also...Narduzzi seems like his just riding the gravy train until retirement to me..

Sad to see...

I would suggest that if Pitt is trying to get a "local" rivalry series going they should look closer to home...like at Robert Morris or Duquesne..
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In the last 5 years Pitt has been changing football and basketball coaches faster than I change socks. Coaching instability hurts recruiting, also does suck-*** coaches. Pitt got a new AD about two years ago and little by little she's been replacing coaches in ALL their sports from volleyball on up with presumably better people. I wouldn't judge a whole season by the first game but I'd say if Narduzzi doesn't look good this year he might be gone and for sure after next year. At the same time, another coaching change is a self-fulfilling prophesy when turnover has been their main problem ever since they made the mistake of firing Wannstache.

CharlesDavenport said:
It's too bad Marino, Dorsett, Green and company had to watch that **** show.
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Seems like every time they bring the old stars back for a big game they play like ****.
 
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Why did all of the Pitt fans who come dressed as yellow seats show up so late?
 
Seemed like Pitt's no. 30 disappeared in the 2nd half. He was poundin' the rock the first half.

Can't stand Jimbo Fisher ... hope he loses some more games this year.
 
ExUSAF said:
I can't believe with the run defense I saw in the first half that Pitt never scored another point. Trace McSorley was phenomenal and at least two of the drops he hit the receiver right on the hands. It will be a fun season but I think the defense will be the Achilles heel. Better stiffen it up before OSU comes a callin'.
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Have to give them credit for stepping up and stopping the run in the second half but they come out like that against some of the teams like Wisconsin in the BIG10 and they will give up 500 yards rushing.......In the first half lol.

Hopefully they will continue to improve the next couple weeks before OSU.
 
Part of why PSu stuffed the run in the second half was that it was obvious Pitt was just going to keep running, so PSU basically said **** it, we'll just jam up the middle if you aren't going to do anything else. And Pitt basically was OK with that as they didn't even try anything else.

Assistant Coach - they're jamming up the middle every play now, what do we do?
Narduzzi - Ummm, I got nuthin

On a side note, is there any Pitt fan that doesn't prefer the old mustard uniforms? They look a million times better.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
On a side note, is there any Pitt fan that doesn't prefer the old mustard uniforms? They look a million times better.
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Just about everyone prefers the classic look, but there's a big disagreement on which shade of blue and gold. That's what happens when your athletic department and teams are always a mess. Pitt always getting in its own way.
 
Pitt wore the mustard unis last year and they looked great. The all blue and dull vegas gold has no personality. Kinda like their teams.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
I think Franklin called for the review because he wanted to give that RB more carries. He's a true freshman 5 star recruit who had 2 fumbles. I'm thinking he wanted to give him the ball again so he could end on a positive. The refs clearly did not appreciate it so they let the call stand even though the RB's elbow was very clearly down.
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Dude, there was a minute left on the clock in a 51-6 game. Give me a break with the he wanted to give the true freshman more carries nonsense. And the kid's elbow wasn't very clearly down.

Franklin has pulled this type of similar bullshit before near the end of a game. It's classless, just like when he said Pitt beating Penn State is like the Super Bowl to Pitt, but PSU beating Pitt is like a win over Akron.

I like the guy for the most part as Penn State's head coach, but stupid **** like this is unnecessary and makes him look like a dick.


And as an aside, we finally learned why Stevens didn't play last week -- he's hurt.
 
topseed said:
Dude, there was a minute left on the clock in a 51-6 game. Give me a break with the he wanted to give the true freshman more carries nonsense. And the kid's elbow wasn't very clearly down.

Franklin has pulled this type of similar bullshit before near the end of a game. It's classless, just like when he said Pitt beating Penn State is like the Super Bowl to Pitt, but PSU beating Pitt is like a win over Akron.

I like the guy for the most part as Penn State's head coach, but stupid **** like this is unnecessary and makes him look like a dick.


And as an aside, we finally learned why Stevens didn't play last week -- he's hurt.
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Franklin is a clown. He hates Narduzzi and probably hates playing Pitt. I'd have a lot more respect for the guy if he wasn't such a fake and actually admitted that. Then again, he doesn't just do this against Pitt. This is the same guy who iced the Georgia State kicker in a 56-0 win last year.
 
Franklin definitely hates Narduzzi. I know it rubbed him the wrong way how Narduzzi tried to claim Penn State couldn’t sell out their ticket allottment from the first game at Pitt a few years ago, then had keychains made up after Pitt won.

It was a dick move to call for the replay, but i do honestly think he wanted to give that RB a few more carries just so he didn’t end on a fumble. They are really counting on that RB, Ricky Slade, this year

I don’t think he hates playing Pitt. He just know Penn State gets nothing from it. If Penn State wins, it’s no big deal for them with pollsters. But if they lose, it is seen as a bad loss.

Penn State is already pulling big recruits from western PA, so it’s not really a recruiting gain for PSU either. It could however be huge for Pitt recruiting. That’s another reason why PSU should not play.

The Big Ten now has 9 conference games so PSU only has 3 games they control in scheduling. They use football to pay for all other sports, so they need to get 7 home games per year. In years where they get 5 home conference games, that means 2 of 3 non confernce must be home games. In years with only 4 home conference games, they need all 3 non conference to be home.

Most big programs follow a similar plan. They want 2 cupcakes and 1 big name opponent that will look good to pollsters.

On top of that, most Penn State fans don’t really care if they play Pitt. Most would rather use the good team slot on Notre Dame or USC, etc.

After Pitt is done next year, Penn State will play Virginia Tech in 2020 then Auburn in 21 and 22. Those are much better games for Penn State than Pitt. If they win, they will help on a playoff resume and they also get PSU exposure in key recruiting areas.
 
topseed said:
It's classless, just like when he said Pitt beating Penn State is like the Super Bowl to Pitt, but PSU beating Pitt is like a win over Akron.
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I know it stings Pitt fans to hear that, but it's kinda true. Pitt has just been awful for a while. They have had some nice wins, but by and large, that team is terrible and I don't understand it. That used to be a proud, solid program. Now it's like no one worth a **** wants to come and play there. They are a long way from guys like Dorsett and Marino. It's sad.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
I don’t think he hates playing Pitt. He just know Penn State gets nothing from it. If Penn State wins, it’s no big deal for them with pollsters. But if they lose, it is seen as a bad loss.

Penn State is already pulling big recruits from western PA, so it’s not really a recruiting gain for PSU either. It could however be huge for Pitt recruiting. That’s another reason why PSU should not play.

The Big Ten now has 9 conference games so PSU only has 3 games they control in scheduling. They use football to pay for all other sports, so they need to get 7 home games per year. In years where they get 5 home conference games, that means 2 of 3 non confernce must be home games. In years with only 4 home conference games, they need all 3 non conference to be home.

Most big programs follow a similar plan. They want 2 cupcakes and 1 big name opponent that will look good to pollsters.

On top of that, most Penn State fans don’t really care if they play Pitt. Most would rather use the good team slot on Notre Dame or USC, etc.

After Pitt is done next year, Penn State will play Virginia Tech in 2020 then Auburn in 21 and 22. Those are much better games for Penn State than Pitt. If they win, they will help on a playoff resume and they also get PSU exposure in key recruiting areas.
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Penn State just scheduled Temple. They already get big recruits from eastern PA, if it's a win for PSU it's not a big win, and if it's a loss then it's huge. Let's be real, if either Pitt or Temple gets a win over Penn State it does nothing for recruiting. Two years ago Pitt beat Penn State and Clemson, last year Miami. They still can't recruit.

Big programs play rivalry games out of conference, especially when you look at some in-state rivalry games.

Florida-Florida State
Clemson-South Carolina
Colorado-Colorado State
Georgia-Georgia Tech
Iowa-Iowa State
Louisville-Kentucky
Michigan State-Notre Dame
USC-Notre Dame
Stanford-Notre Dame

You may say most Penn State fans don't want to play Pitt, but they sure go out of their way to spend a lot of money on tickets and trash talk Pitt fans.
 
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