Because it’s fairly easy to see that today was probably the last chance we had for a win. We will be heavy underdogs at Rutgers and WVU as well as at home against South Florida. The likely final record looks like 4-8 and a fifth win would be an upset. You’ll see plenty of thoughts on today’s win over Syracuse in the coming days.
Meanwhile, Pitt’s previous and upcoming opponents did interesting things today:
— Michigan State is keeping close with #11 Michigan, only down 4 entering the fourth quarter.
— Cincinnati and USF combined for 45 points in the first quarter and Cinci leads 38-20 in the 3rd quarter.
— Navy is entering a 2nd OT at Notre Dame. (Update: ND loses 46-44, trying to get a two point conversion…though not using plays nearly as bad as Pitt tried to use.)
— Virginia beat #21 Wake Forest, 17-16, and continues to amaze me.
And if you complained after Pitt’s first basketball exhibition, well at least we didn’t lose like #8 Michigan State did.
Its going to be a funny game next year, Pitt at Navy…
Hail to Pitt
NOTRE DAME GOES FOR IT????? Does anyone know why Weiss did that?
If you think we made a dumbass play call against Navy, it pales in comparison to this call. The kicker was warming up, he wasn’t hurt. Why did they do that? He was well within FG range.
Also, I’d gladly throw a fade to a 6’5″ TE being covered by a 5’9″ CB than run a slow developing off tackle play for the conversion with a backup tailback and a crappy offensive line.
It could go either way with Rutgers and USF. Depends which team tries to lose more…maybe in 2 weeks we’ll be able to get a single fucking yard when necessary….that’d be nice…
And this sounds crazy, but don’t forget we were tied/beating? WVU at the half last year….not that i think we have a chance…just sayin….
My thoughts on a few things I’m thinking (warning: this might actually sound optimistic!):
-That UConn loss (providing they hang on against Slutgers) feels A LOT better after seeing how, dare I say, GOOD they wound up being.
-Same with Virginia. Look, we’re not a good team, and they’re not a bad team. We should’ve lost to them and UConn and we did.
-Aside from those two blowouts, anyone but me realize that we are 3 plays away from being 7 and 2?!?!?! I know it doesn’t mean shit now, but MSU and Louisville were both very winnable and went down to the wire. Navy was MORE than winnable, it was fucking WON in OT… and no them beating the Irish today doesn’t make me feel any better about losing to them. Either way, maybe a team with a little more experience wins a couple of those.
-Rutgers and USF are no longer the definite losses I once thought they were. Rutgers hasn’t beaten anyone with much of a pulse outside of USF. And speaking of the Bulls, if we can get a nice cold Pittsburgh day with maybe a little bit of snow when USF brings their team loaded with Florida boys to town, we’ve got more than a shot with the way they’ve been playing lately.
-I know ‘cuse sucks, and the win today was less-than impressive. But I bet if play this same game back in September we wind up losing it.
-I’m not trying to sound naive, and god knows I’m not a Wannstedt apologist… but I do think there’s light at the end of the tunnel fellas.
I was thinking about it – we’re one yard from beating Navy and 1 yard from tying LU. We can’t get 1 yard at least twice in this game. Couldn’t get it at least twice in the last game. Couldn’t get a yard in the Navy game. We hand the other teams opportunity after opportunity with crap like little penalties here and there. If we just tie up the loose ends, we could be a decent football program again. Its unbelievable how close we are, yet all the breaks are falling the other way. Hopefully these kids learn from their mistakes and stop repeating them. Maybe the coaches work on getting that one fucking yard we’ve been trying to get all year.
I just want us to be competitive in all 3 last games, and if we get and upset or 3, great. Please don’t let us get embarassed again.
BIG EAST
USF, pray for snow, likely we lose all 3.
Wanny must make off season coaching changes, Rhoads and Dunn must go!
Last comment what is the common theme for ND and Nebraska?
Ex pro coaches!
If a fan can’t tell that there is a different feeling about the team and how the kids are playing this season – even with the losses, then there is no satisfying them. Considering what we had to go into the season with after the first half of the first game – a true freshman at QB & RB, we are doing quite well.
I’ve no problem with the ‘approach’ of the coaching staff (meaning DW and Cav ) so far, and I’ll trust them when they say that they are handling Bostick and McCoy the best way they know how – and it really is working out to date.
UConn and UVA, I still think it’s a disgrace to lose like we did. MSU wasn’t horrible considering our QB play. Navy was simply an atrocious loss.
This is a team of good players that is poorly coached.
It’s funny Wanny and that slob played their first game against each other, and although they’ve taken different paths to get there, they’re pretty much in the same spot now…as i write this, its 4th down, nd needs a td and a 2 pt conversion to tie….scores are eerily similar…
They just got the TD…now they need the 2 pt conversion…can Navy come up big for the second time this year, and second time in their history?