That promises to add to the weirdness.
For those who haven’t heard or read, the UConn-Pitt game on Saturday, October 10 will be a 3:30 game with regional coverage on ABC. And by regional, I mean regional. Here are the games at 3:30 on ABC.
| Sat., Oct. 10 | Wisconsin at Ohio State | 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
| Sat., Oct. 10 | Baylor at Oklahoma | 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
| Sat., Oct. 10 | Oregon at UCLA | 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
| Sat., Oct. 10 | UConn at Pitt | 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
I’ll post the regional map when it is actually published (or simply when I find it. Odds are, though, if you are on the East Coast you are set. West of the coastal states and you better have ESPN 360 or GamePlan.
As for my sobriety, which seems counter intuitive to a 3:30 start? Well, here’s the culprit.
There is a sportsbloggers panel at 2pm on Saturday. I’ll be sitting on a panel with bloggers from Pensblog and Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies. The panel will be moderated by Mike Woycheck of Pittsburgh Bloggers.
So, I’ll be heading over to try and make kickoff afterwards. Faced with the choice of making a guaranteed ass of myself by trying to do the panel after drinking or only a 50-50 chance of it, I’m opting for the coin flip.
However, if you choose to be responsible and remain sober for your panel – never fear, you can take your time wandering over the the stadium and drinking on the way. If PITT plays like they did last week the second half will be the only one worth watching.
Despite his improvement, I still believe the key is establishing a run …. remember, Lewis only had 16 yards on 9 carries in the 2nd half vs NCS (but please, I am not inviting another discussion as to thos was to blame for that loss.)
We play both at home later on but have to take care of business before then starting with UConn. I’m always leery of playing a team that has an extra week to prepare like Uconn — remember last year when Rutgers completing reconfigured their team on route to ending their year with 6 straight wins … although it is difficult to believe that UConn wouldn’t stick to their basics, although Pitt may see a few new wrinkles. Also, a team that traveled to Baylor and won is not to be taken lightly, but we should expect a W.