Well, we’re all waiting for the official announcement of where Pitt is going. It looks like the Fiesta Bowl against Utah, but I keep hoping that the Sugar will step in for a Pitt-VT match-up. The Hokies, to be sure would have mixed feelings about that game.
Another late day, so let’s get the highlights of the Pittsburgh dailies coverage of Pitt’s beating administered to USF and the fact that Pitt is BCS bound. It seemed to me that this was one of those games where everyone saw the same thing. The coverage and perspective bears similarity to my comments about the game.
The straight stories covering the game from the beat writers are here and here.
Some notebook stuff and comments regarding the game and records.
Gene Collier has a column about the game. I’m not sure he even knows how he feels about it. Apparently there was a very surreal feel to everything in Tampa, because Joe Starkey also was befuddled by the day.
The final column worth noting is Goose Goslin — definitely in the “Walt must go” camp — basically saying, “In Nordenberg, I trust.” In a creative twist of revisionism he writes like the previous coach search under Nordenberg — replacing Ben Howland as basketball coach — was a planned well thought out strategy. Instead of half-assed, focusing on only one target and missing. Then turning to Dixon out of desperation.
Meanwhile in Tampa…
This wasn’t a good thing. Former Pitt Panther, now a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs (drafted in the 6th round), Torrie Cox, was arrested for a DUI. This happened the night before the game, so he wasn’t out celebrating a Pitt win. Not too smart when you are 6th rounder, who’s played in only 6 games for a total of 9 plays. He does have one INT, though.
As for the game, well it’s new to them, so they break out the “Pitt-iful” play on words to headline the game.
USF has one player leaving the school for undisclosed reasons and another announced he will transfer muttering something about actually getting to play. USF’s top running back is openly talking about skipping his senior season and entering the draft if he would be picked in the first 3 rounds. Sounds like USF is well on its way to being a true Florida football school.
And one columnist notes that USF was 0-3 this year against the teams that will be part of the Big East next year, and that none of them were even close. USF still has progress to be made.
