PITT is at the halfway point in Spring Practice now and things are looking good, all things considered, given the sheer volume of change that the kids have experienced.
Coach Graham is making a living off his post-practice videos alone and yesterday was no exception. For whatever else may happen when the season starts, IMO you have to give Graham and the staff an A+ for reaching out and advertising their work… and in turn the PITT Sports Information Department for giving them the venues for doing so. In his eight videos so far Graham has spent about an hour and a half discussing things with us in an off the cuff manner. Throw in another 30 minutes or so of answering reporter’s question directly when practices end. We wouldn’t have gotten that in a full season from the last HC.
So – onto what he actually said… The offense won the day. You just know that when spring practice is done the score will be 8-8. The kids are getting up to speed and he feels like they are ready to kick into high gear. Not having any TOs for two straight sessions probably helps with that opinion. Jacobson is doing well with the shotgun snap and while it may be early yet it looks like the staff wants him there for the season.
“Joey, do you like movies about Gladiators?” Apparently our QB Anthony Gonzalez – taking some QB2 reps yesterday by the way – has a new nickname of “Gladiator”. Not sure why and it’s somewhat strange.
