Have to keep this brief as I need to hit the road to Heinz Field.
Early start. Dreary day. On the bright side, my daughter comes with me to this game. She looks completely dazed and hopefully will fall back to sleep in the car.
Will Pitt stop the run and contain a mobile QB? Can Pitt run with some effectiveness in what should be another wet and cold game that demands a running game? These and other questions to be determined at noon.
Ouch.
Will tape ND game.
Stay dry.
Get well Dan…I’m holding the scholarship for you!
Tino Sunseri:
– Never led Pitt to a come from behind win…ever.
– Folds like a lawn chair under even moderate pressure.
– Career record of .500
– Frequently refers to “we” when topic of his own mistakes comes up.
– Number of impressive wins vs. clearly strong teams = 0
Bad time for these injuries – Mason is an inspiration – shame on those who said his scholarship should be pulled!
Williams was a redshirt senior, so this pretty much ends his Pitt career. Sad to see. I remember hearing some interviews he did after the VT game and he seemed like a terrific kid. Really emotional player.
I feel just horrible for Mason. Just making it back on the field was inspirational enough, but to see him playing so well. Ugh. Werner reported that Chryst said Mason was in very good spirits and it sounds like he should be able to recover from this setback. He’s listed as a redshirt junior, so I’d expect him to be back and in the mix again next season.
One thing is for certain. I think I want Dan Mason as a life coach.
I believe Chryst can be better than those two, but we haven’t been given an alternative to Tino for three years now and we’ve been STRICTLY average. Name a team who pressured Tino significantly that we’ve beaten? I don’t care who plays QB, really, but I just want to feel Pitt has a remote chance of winning and not getting embarrased on national tv when we play agaisnt a good, attacking team…is that unreasonable?
Like I said a couple weeks ago, the way this works is some NFL team will draft him. As they can just point to : he’s the 2nd all-time leading passer at PITT behind only Marino.
And for whatever NFL team that might be, their fans will have no clue, other than those stats.
As Dan35 listed, they look impressive.
For certain he will be in someone’s NFL camp, drafted or free agent. I can assure you of that.
If he does get drafted, he’ll be the first PITT QB drafted since Alex Van Pelt, way back in 1992.
That indeed would be comical.
Where’d you get that info on what Voytik & Anderson are doing in practice ?
I understand only reporters & cheerleaders are only at practices. Please expound further. 🙂
I will be rooting for Tino and our Panthers SAT at ND but after watching the Oklahoma game, and seeing our injuries, it will take a small miracle to beat the No. 4 Irish at home.We just don’t have the playmakers on either side of the ball this yr to beat the Irish. Hope to eat those words.
As a former NFLPA contract advisor, I don’t see Tino getting drafted, Emel. He may get into a camp with his connections, but teams look at film, not at stats. Unless he wows them at Pro Day, but at best he is an UFA.
Now he may end up in the NFL combine to show his goods and even get a short shot at it as a free agent but thats it. Tino does have a future in football though, IMO, but that would be in the coaching ranks. The guy understands the game and you know what they say about coaching,,,,,that’s Tino.
I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer though. Tino has come around well this season. I hope that he can pull off an upset before his career comes to a close. This week at ND would be a great time to do it. We’ll see.
