(This one’s for you, Marco.)
Coach Wannstedt and Assistant Coach Greg Gattuso were in Altoona yesterday. It’s part of Dave Wannstedt’s regular May barnstorming the state.
Pitt reportedly is among the colleges that have offered Mountain Lion standout A.J. Alexander a scholarship, although NCAA rules forbid Wannstedt to confirm or discuss the recruitment of specific players.
“I’m out on the road most of the month of May,’’ Wannstedt said. “Nobody knows more about the football team than me as the head coach. It’s important for me to get out and meet people. I want to let them know that Pitt’s alive. We’re still here.’’
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“I didn’t realize how improved Louisville, West Virginia and Rutgers are,’’ Wannstedt said. “Everybody can talk about the Big 10, the Southeastern Conference, but look at our wins out of the conference. The Big East will have three of the top Heisman Trophy condidates next year in Brian Brohm, Patrick White and Ray Rice. The biggest challenge is just the competition in the Big East.’’
Arguably, it’s four if you also include WVU’s Steve Slaton as well.
Now here’s the bad news for the Big East. You know how the SEC regularly gets ripped for playing nothing but patsies in the non-con. The top teams in the Big East looks just as bad — except for two programs with varying degrees of struggles.
While the rest of the conference opens against the likes of Buffalo, Elon, Eastern Michigan, Murray State and Southeast Missouri State, Syracuse opens against a Pac-10 school (Washington) and follows with two Big Ten teams (at Iowa, vs. Illinois). The Orange then begin conference play at Louisville, and, after a visit to Miami (Ohio), play host to West Virginia and Rutgers. That’s no way to revive a program. Pitt is the only team in the conference to play road games against the big three — West Virginia, Louisville and Rutgers — and also must visit Michigan State and Virginia.
Sigh.
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I wonder if they know what irony is? How about insulting teams that play weak non-con schedules while you yourselves play FIU, U of Buffalo, and Temple…oh, and that one overrated Notre Dame game.
And they also insult big east teams for having Heisman canidates – HERE’S A REAILTY CHECK FOR YOU – plug in “psu heisman candidates” into news.google.com and see how many articles come up. ZERO. What a joke – insult teams that have players people can name – ask across the nation (not in the big ten) to name YOUR top player. uhh….umm….that stupid kid that can’t read defenses? Or is it one of the 6 that got arrested last week?
At least they had the decency not to bother stating the obvious.
Dan35, in America there exists the presumption of innocence until guilt is proven. If it’s true that King tried to get the other five guys to stop fighting, how can you fault him? This is EXACTLY what your Pitt troll buddies were saying Rashard Casey SHOULD have done!! Seriously, you guys can find fault with anything PSU-related.
Crackbaldo: how on earth can you criticize JoePa’s punishment methods when…
a.) He kicks players off the team and suspends them ALL THE TIME.
b.) He suspended Connor for three games for PRANK PHONE CALLS!!
c.) He’s not Bobby “I won’t suspend kids for big games because there are better methods” Bowden (he said that, look it up).
d.) HE HASN’T EVEN DECIDED ON A PUNISHMENT YET!!!
Good lord, some kids make some stupid mistakes (which NONE of us are defending, btw) and the Pitt moral majority sits there on their high horses as if your program is morally untouchable. Clue in to the real world…liquored up college students do stupid shit all the time. This is no worse that any of that…it’s just more newsworthy.
Get over yourselves and (once again) focus on beating UConn. Achieving a season worthy of praise, not scorn, should be your number one priority.
Kudos on pulling out the Websters Unabridged, though. It is nice to see that you figued out how to spell “Heisman” and “candidate”.
By the way, how’s Keith Benjamin? Not to condone what Scirotto was allegedly involved in, but defending the honor of a girl seems a bit more honorable than giving her a right cross.
Oh, and did Benjamin go to Pitt? Then I could care less what sport he played…it’s still a mark on your stellar program.
Hey Stewie, maybe this will help you out.
http://www.wizardsspell.com
The only reason Joe Fa Fa suspended that dick Connor was because he had the brains to prank call a freakin’ assistant coach. If he had been prank calling, say, a professor, or his ex-girlfriend, you can bet your ass Connor wouldn’t have been suspended. Fa Fa Joe Pa is old Syrian nutbag.
ChrisA…good one.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Man, anyone named Chris on this site should quit their stop and do stand-up!!
Oh, and charges have been dropped against Hayes, Sargeant, King and Sales. Enjoy that, Pittsburgh moral majority…
WE ARE…
link to zwire.com
Ha, so much for morals at the expense of winning. You can climb down off your high horses now.
Once again:
Dan Connor – 3 game suspension for PRANK PHONE CALLS!!
Rutherford – 1 quarter against Kent State (because, they were losing)
But hey, he wasn’t charged for ALLEGED assualt or anything. Thank god the GIRL didn’t pursue charges. What a joke!!
Here is what you called my disrespectful comments:
“Nice…take a cheap shot at Pitt for a recruit re-opening his search… Meanwhile, the same week half a dozen of your players are getting charged with crimes.
I’m sure they’ll hold off on punishing them as long as possible so they can play the whole next season. What a sham. On the brightside for you, I’m sure the judge in the kangaroo court out there is a PSU football ticket holder, condsidering there is nothing else to do.”
And reality has played itself out. What we call that is THE FUCKING TRUTH. You mistake “disrespectful” for the truth. Your site is a joke, you must jump on the PSU bandwagon to even comment about reality.
All of you should continue to delude yourselves. Continue to think you’re a top program in either site, and when anyone else presents reality, erase it. It’ll be easier on yourselves. In the meantime, remember:
12-0,
Never in this decade,
Hail to Pitt.
Rod Rutherford, anyone? Where was the moral majority then?
At least JoePa has the balls to punish his players properly. I guess that says something about each program’s standards, doesn’t it?
So yeah guys, make up your minds on when football became relevant. According to Stuart, it was in the year 2000. According to Matt, it was the very second that the PSU boys got arrested (even though 4 have no been cleared of all charges). Which is it?? Oh wait, I already know the answer: it’s whichever one helps you guys prove your “points.”
All schools do it. Ohio State and Clarett. Virginia Tech and Miami in recent years. Everyone knows what lowlives they recruit at West Virginia. It’s the unfortunate compromise made because the biggest money boosters for each school are so obsessed with winning.
That said, the major difference is that Penn State fans, like the hemmorhoids that have been so kind to trespass unwanted on this blog (good thing they don’t think Pitt is a rival or anything), buy into this bullshit (and worse, SPREAD the bullshit) that their school is above all this, that their athletes don’t do any of these things, and that their coach would never tolerate it. Meanwhile, the facts are screaming in the newspaper headlines, multiple times a year in this decade, including TODAY. “Penn State players arrested for assault.” “Penn State player arrested for rape.” “Penn State player beats the living shit out of a police officer.” “Penn State players vandalize a dorm.” “Penn State players steal credit cards.” “Penn State players attack a fraternity house.” On and on. And other than a walk-on wide receiver getting ejected, as well as Dan Connor’s 3 games (because it was a coach, not a meaningless civilian), none of these guys got significant (or any) punishment … most didn’t even miss practice.
Facts are facts. Sorry, Eric/Erin/JoePa/ or whatever alias you take on for a given message.
By the way, why are you bringing ancient Greek physicians into the discussion? What does that have to do with anything?
Loser.
PSU has had thirteen 10+ win seasons since your last NC (including the 1976 season), whereas you’ve had four. This includes two NC’s AND the undefeated ’94 season (there’s your 12-0, by the way). Hell, PSU has had nineteen 9+ win seasons since your last NC. Pitt has had 18 TOTAL WINNING SEASONS!! Any questions?
But you’re right, there’s really no reason to be here. Your friend Reed (a Pitt fan) said it best…I’d rather be at a blog that allows for (and PROMOTES) intellectual conversation.
I’ll leave you with this: Ohio St, Wisconsin, Florida St, and Tennessee. These are some of the perennial powerhouses we’ve beaten in the last two years. But no, we’re not top tier or anything. Give it a rest, you embarrass yourself. Wake up and smell the coffee…Pitt is nothing more than our red-headed cousin we’re embarrassed to introcuce at family functions. This annoying cousin won a game of HORSE in the driveway seven years ago, and still talks about it to his buddies to this very day. Our cousin really needs something new to brag about, but it’s okay…we’ll keep going about our business and winning big-time bowl games. 12-0? Yeah, that’s our REALISTIC regular season goal next year. Have fun losing to Rutgers.
Talking shit and being banned cuts both ways. Congrats on being the 3d person banned on this site.
