I used to think Pitt got a raw deal in the level of coverage it receives in the Pittsburgh media, then I tried looking around for stories on Boston College. Pathetic, and it will probably get worse with them playing teams that have no geographic connections — UConn basketball coach, Jim Calhoun, has stated that his team will never play BC because of the way they bolted the Big East — I hope Pitt does the same. I mean the Boston Globe and Boston Herald sites don’t even bother with providing a section on BC (or even Boston area colleges in general). This is the extent of the notes on BC the day before.

So it’s hard to glean much about the team. There are practically no stories the day before, other than their kicker trying not to miss another field goal that could win the game.

One interesting note contained in a brief article about BC trying to win enough games to be bowl eligible is a note about the problems BC is having trouble with long snappers. Something that times out well with Pitt’s new emphasis on special teams and blocking punts

Here are the BC Game notes (I can’t say I’ve looked at them though. They seem to be overly graphic and large PDF files that are choking my piddling dial-up).

By the way, just to throw this in, a little snippet from the ESPN chat with college football columnist Ivan Maisel

Wade (San Diego, CA): Hey Ivan, Do you think the demise of the Big East will be good for the BCS? Also, do you agree that the problem with the Big East is that they still view themselves as mainly a basketball conference?

Ivan Maisel: I just don’t believe that the Big East will lose its automatic bid. I think that, in the next contract (2006), if not sooner, that access to the BCS games will be increased for the MWC, C-USA, etc. I don’t think the other conferences have the gumption to throw the Big East out.
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Matt (Chicago): Will Pitt beat B.C.?

Ivan Maisel: I think so, and they scold us when we say Pitt. They want to be Pittsburgh now. Go figure.

It’s still Pitt, dammit.

Final note, the game is not being televised. The internet audio for Pitt games is through Yahoo!, so you have to pay. But… BC has free audio broadcast (but also through Yahoo! WTF?)