I guess the big story is that Getsy has made it official that he is transferring — to Akron. No real shock, since it has been the reported destination from the moment he wasn’t named the starter.
What also wasn’t a shock was that Coach Harris wouldn’t let him out of his scholarship. It was a known fact that Harris didn’t let another player out of his scholarship to transfer to Akron, since it is likely Pitt will play Akron in the next couple of years. This simply means Getsy will have to pay his own way for the year at Akron that he is sitting out. Getsy may want to go for the familiarity of his former offensive coordinator, but he knew this would be likely. Not that he still didn’t play the victim in his reality.
“I’m going to try to appeal,” said Getsy, a redshirt sophomore. “I’m going regardless so if they won’t release me, it’s a grudge.”
Getsy said he applied for admission to Akron on Friday via the Internet and will enroll in fall classes today. After sitting out this season under NCAA transfer provisions, the Steel Valley High School graduate will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
After Harris named Tyler Palko the starter following a close competition and said there would be no quarterback rotation, Getsy met with the Pitt coach to inform Harris of his intentions to leave the program.
“I didn’t expect him to accept it with open arms, but he didn’t give me anything,” Getsy said. “He called me selfish.”
Pitt will miss the security of having a well prepared back-up this year, but it sounds like they won’t be losing much else.
So now it is time to get ready for the Bobcats. No tape exchange, since Pitt didn’t play, but the only thing a tape of the OU game against a D-1AA team would have shown is what kind of formations they tend to use. Something Pitt already seems to know — a form of the damn spread. I think the team will take the missing tape in exchange for the full week to prepare, rather than just 4 days.
Final story on how new kickers can be the hero (Rutgers) or the goat (Oregon St.) and how Pitt won’t be sure about Cummings until he actually plays.
