You don’t know how much I wish I was heading to Pittsburgh right now.
An interment coupled with the fact that my wife’s family don’t really drink. Wheeeeee.
So, for those at the tailgates and scrimmage, please leave your thoughts and opinions on what you see.
Extra note, this quote from Andrew Taglianetti is fantastic.
Chryst, like most coaches, gathers his players around him and addresses them after every practice. He occasionally becomes loud and animated but never overstays his welcome.
“(His speeches) are a fraction of the time compared to last year,” Taglianetti said. “He keeps it short and simple. He kind of gets right to the point, which is good for us. It’s not this overextended lecture about everything that goes on in your life. That’s kind of a knock on the previous regime.”
You mean every moment in football is not a metaphor for your life?
/worldview shatters
This is too odd to not laugh
Anderson IS a field general, has presence and good foot speed. Myers played well especially his deep throws…just beauties! He is a classic drop back QB. Tino trys too hard and can’t read the defense and is too slow to rely on reactions. His pick (tags took it to the house) would have made Heinz field an outdoor insane asylum I watched from the opposite end zone and it was terrible at any level of play.
95 is friggen quick afoot! Donald is a man! Mason is an inspiration. Carswell is cut. Vinoli has nose for the football.
The best aspect was the discipline with which they played. This team is organized, calm and in control. I was on the field and there was no chatter, panic or confusion.
Tackling was very good. Dline shined. The D line coach was a hoot. Lots of mild vulgarities, never quiet but flat out funny.I want to play for him.
Harper looked very very good.
RBs were solid, not spectacular but that is also a function of the Oline.
Oline wasnt weak, but it wasn’t strong either. Apart from Street letting one go thru his hands, wide outs were good. Cam shined IMO and is acting like a senior!
Coaching staff is calm..none of this running around like the ship is sinking.
Discipline and depth..lots of depth in the secondary and d line.
I will watch tomorrow.
Quarterback was very interesting. Tino looked better than last season but Rev George would have been an improvement at QB after that debacle. (No offense Rev G). Tino threw a decent ball but many of the throws were not in the right spots. He had the sense to throw the ball away a couple times when pressured but I was disappointed in the quality of play. I thought Anderson was everything that SFPITT says he was. He took command and seems to have no fear or hesitation out there. His problem is that I’d be surprised if he’s 5’8″ and he seems to have a tough time getting the ball over the BIG Boys. He is fleet of foot and had a couple nice scrambles.
Myers blew me away. He had a beautiful touchdown pass of 40+ yards and the throw was right on the money. Damn!!! It was great to see someone throw the ball down the field! As a matter of fact, I saw a lot of throws right on the money from this guy. Yeah, he missed a few against a decent defense but they all did. A friend I sat in the stands with thought the same thing. He impressed the tar out of me and if the coaches were looking, he might be REAL competition for Tino this summer. I missed the first 9 minutes and the last 3 due to traffic and commitments but that’s my humble opinion.
and myers looked great and better than tino may be myers is not a pratice player thats ok i would rather have game player.
and anderson good qb if only he were 4 inchs taller
but if myers looked this good and tino starts you KNOW WHAT EMel is going to say i can hear him now and i may start thinking he is right maybe.
what you are posting is what they said abought pratice but with there own eyes they are telling you what they saw today so forget abought a practice report and listen to the game report.
With Red Zone QB play questionable, field goals will be critical!
I echo comments from The Hagen. Donald could start anywhere in the country including several pro teams.
Read the Pantherlair link…thanks wbb. Good sounding news overall and happy to hear about the top performers. I love how when Tino does well he refers to himself in the first person, but when he f#cks up, its always “We” or “You”…as in, ‘We need to do better’, or ‘You need to score in the red zone’. He’s not a stand up guy in this regard, and that’s why his teammates don’t pick him up after he gets jackhammered into the ground by a d-lineman and why, along with his sub-standard talent, the ABT faction is so consistently annoyed by and tired of him. No mystery here fellas.
FYI, Steve Adams on ESPN now. Got some decent minutes in the first half. My first time seeing him and I’m impressed with his skill set and athleticism. He knows how to play. Doing good things against elite talent.
Hail to Pitt!
Some real high flyers in the game. Shabazz Muhammed was awesome, really goes to the hoop hard. Looks like Howland back on top soon.
As for the game, Tino was in mid season form. Myers throws a great deep ball. Anderson has game, but is a little too small.
D-line was great. First team secondary great. Solid hits on D. Bennett looked great running the ball. Ifell looks good at wideout.
Great seeing alumni there. Fitz, Polite, Lewis, Baldwin.
Pumped up for Fall. HTP!
FranCan, Myers was hitting the short and intermediate patterns as well. Very impressive. I play a lot of tennis and he reminds me of the guy who warms up rough but gets everything in when it counts.
13 for 27 and an interception for a touchdown on an errant pass. More overthrown balls. Sounds familiar.
Boy, I hope the other guys take their off season opportunity seriously. It is painfully obvious that there is not much upside with Sunseri.
I think we will see a lot of 8-10 in the box.
That is PSU turf for sure and to grab a recruit from there early on is damn good.
Especially since his name will be preceded by the words “Pitt recruit” all summer and Fall.
I posted a long article just now regarding some Spring Camp questions we wanted answered in the scrimmage…
I told you Myers’ deep ball was amazing, didn’t I. I’m glad everyone had a chance to see those two throws in person as that is what people have been seeing at the practices from Myers.
Adams looked a little flat-footed at times but you can definitely see a lot of promise
so i dont care who looks good in practice but who is good in games
I liked Fraud’s very 1st use of the “going in to halftime rah rah”. By the 2nd time, “Who is this guy kidding?”