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November 22, 2007

Tampa ≠ South Florida

Filed under: Football,Opponent(s),The 'Burgh — Dennis @ 12:58 pm

As pointed out a few months ago on a West Virginia blog (talk about an oxymoron) and recently discussed again over at Panther Rants, The University of South Florida is actually not in Southern Florida. Places such as Miami and Fort Lauderdale are in the southern part of the state, while Tampa Bay is in the middle of the state. Very nonsensical.

Back on October 18, I admitted my man-crush on Matt Grothe. That was back when I was on the USF bandwagon, but after a few losses I decided to jump off. Now they’re playing Pitt and I’m officially done with them.

A huge factor in Staurday’s game won’t be the players but the weather and field conditions. Even though they’re not from South Florida, Tampa is still a bit warmer than Pittsburgh, and any help we can get from cold weather will be helpful. Weather.com claims Saturday will see temperatures in the low 40’s with a very small chance of precipitation. The other huge factor is the condition of the actual field. Tomorrow are the WPIAL Championship games at Heinz Field, which means four games on Friday before Pitt’s noon game on Saturday. They’re going to re-sod the field for the Steelers’ Monday nighter but Pitt will be playing on mud that’s spray painted green to look like grass.

A few other notes:

— The Cowboys and Jets play at 4:00 this afternoon which means a lot of Darelle Revis covering Terrell Owens…but T.O. doesn’t know who Revis is (Fanhouse).

— Things are crazy in Louisville. First, the rumors of coach Steve Kragthorpe leaving were confirmed until he called a press conference to say he’s committed to UL. Usually when coaches say they’re staying at a school the fans are happy — not this time.

— Pitt hoops plays 4-0 Duquesne in the City Game on December 5. The team has reached enough credibility to have their own blog, Dukes Court.

— The Post-Gazette’s annual Fabulous 22 came out today. Familiar names include Pryor, Nix, Saddler, Baldwin, and Williams.

— My picks for the WPIAL games tomorrow: AAAA — Gateway, AAA — Thomas Jefferson, AA — Jeannette, A — Serra.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving, everyone.





What bothers me is there are only two committed to Pitt. WV may end up with several of them.

Comment by joel 11.22.07 @ 2:30 pm

There is some tremendous talent and achievement represented in these Fab 22. God bless & good luck to all. I wish we could be there to watch the games. It’s surprising that most these of these kids do not seem to know they can download the Pitt ringtones for free – Pitt receuiters have some work unfinished. Happy Thanksgiving to all, even tho its not quite the same as it used to be – with the Panthers clawing at the JoPa Lions. MSU is a big rivalry??

Comment by IronMan EE68 11.22.07 @ 6:07 pm

Sure you realize this, but for the general populus, USF was so named because – at the time – it was the southern-most state college in Florida when it was founded.

Comment by Kevin @ Fanblogs 11.23.07 @ 8:32 am

watched some of the jeannette/beaver falls game today. it’s uncanny how much pryor resembles vince young, same throwing motion, same gliding running style. damn he’d look good in the same backfield w/ mccoy.

Comment by Scott 11.23.07 @ 5:13 pm

add Nix, Lumpy & a few others into the blocking schemes, and with more experienced recievers, and a better defense, Prior & McCoy should be up with the elite. On the Other hand McCoy and any of our 3 QBs should be a lot better next year, which is something good to look forward to.

Comment by IronMan EE68 11.23.07 @ 10:49 pm

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