Can we talk about this like adults? ( I just heard that for the first time in 33 years of marriage and thought I’d share).
Hey, we played a football game today against a long time rival and won convincingly. Let’s devote at least some time to it.
Defense played well, offense was efficient and there were enough weird plays for us PITT fans to debate .
Personally I think 5-6 sounds a lot better than 4-7. We actually have a shot at a post-season game based on Paul Chryst’s personality – you know that the bowl game sponsors are dying to get him for their event, he’ll put butts in the seats for sure!!
So what say you?
Sorry for the diatribe but he ended the phone call by saying he couldn’t find the Pitt/ Syracuse game on the telly. His second time in Pittsburgh and my deceased mother’s first time in Pittsburgh was when they dropped me off at Tower A in Oakland in August 1970.
However, our defense didn’t do anything, the poor Orange are really bad offensively.
Lets Go whip Miami for the first time at their house in my lifetime! Statistics have to be in our favor.
– Moore coached at Temple after Gottfired didn’t retain him (he wanted to be OC but was rejected)
– he then was OL coach for L Holtz at ND
As for talking on here, we talk about all kinds of stuff, movies, memories, old stories,
whatever.
As Emel said, bunch of good eggs on here, that’s what makes this a great site!!
And for inspiration, you just set off my light bulb.
I believe my nieces husband, interviewed my Dad 6 or 7 years ago, for a project he was doing for a college class of his.
He filmed it. I never thought to ask him if he still had it.
Dialing the phone right now!! Thank you.
What are the factor affecting whether you will buy tickets (rate on scale of 1-10)
Game time
Game day weather
Traffic and transportation to the game
Having a parking pass
Tailgating
Transportation home (traffic, exiting parking lots..)
The opponent/visiting team
Pitt’s recent performance/record
Price of tickets
Amount of contribution required for premium seats
Pretty much every Pitt fan I follow on Twitter got the survey and said they’ll be filling it out. I’m going to do the same, even if it’s supposed to be STH-exclusive.
Tell them what you think. I know a lot of fans said they’ll be taking Pederson to task in these.
I filled it out.
And now, the analogy to Pitt Football. We all have lived it. Frustration to greatness, to frustration. Our fingers sometimes bleed on the keyboard I imagine because we root so hard for our guys! It’s a proud history that we need to share with our kids so that they can share with theirs. The problem I fear is that we are going to lose a generation because of our failure on the field, and off of it. That is my plea to the Chancellor to fix immediately.I don’t need a survey. Surveys lead to statistics that can be manipulated. Be honest like my grandparents.
AS far as Joe Moore, I was at USC when he finished up there. He was colorful to say the least, but extremely solid as a person. Unbelievable motivator. I think that is why I pulled for Bostad so much. Pitt needs this type of personality on the staff. One that commands respect immediately, like Coach Moore.
– PC provided no status of Conner, Render or Bradley “we’ll see”
– Miami is 10 pts favorite
– below is Ron Jones status per Werner tweet (I seriously doubt this was the announcment that C Peak referred to)
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Sam Werner ? @SWernerPG Per team spokesman, #Pitt WR Ronald Jones is still a member of the team, but is not active due to disciplinary reasons.
Not trying to bash but it’s extremely poor use of emphasis where none is needed. “Horrible”, “best” , “always” etc are already words with strong connotations, they do not require extra modifiers to promote them. It’s like reading something written by someone incapable of controlling the volume of their voice and just screams random words mid-sentence.
Anytime Pitt wins,
and Penn State, WVU and Notre Dame all lose,
it’s a good weekend!!!
How’s that tacocat? NO CAPITALIZATION! BTW, reading capitalized words in Pitt Blather copy is as irritating for you as watching Pitt footbaal1?!?!? Come on Man! Get more creative in your writing.
Watching Pitt lose all of these heartbreaking close ones this season was more irritating than a full blown Shingles patient, who’s also dealing with a bad sunburn, wearing a tight wool sweater to play tennis in, on a hot day. NOW THAT’S IRRITATING!
It does seem that, Bennett, James and Ibrahim could have contributed a lot more than they did on the bench.
A key sack or pressure might have changed the outcome of one of those close games.
All we can hang our hat on is “we have a guy that tied and should beat another of TD’s records” and a win-loss record that flat out sucks.
We have a sophomore that is breaking Tony Dorsett records when he was a senior and a few of you hard heads still want to see him play defense.
FACT: The Syracuse game was the FIRST game all year that Chris James and Issac Bennett both looked good. Why might that be? Could it possibly be because Syracuse was soooooooo stinking bad? Duh!!! I think we should also move Tyler Boyd to defense, we got plenty of good other receivers but not enough of good D backs. Makes JUST as much sense to move Conner as it would to move Boyd. Guys, please move on – please.
Our endeared AD isn’t stupid, he knows how to initiate precautions to protect himself, he’s just incompetent in his professional job description. That’s all.
Has there been a worse defense in the last 40 years?
Has Pitt fielded a younger team in the last 40 years?
Wait until next year.
My other team, GA Tech, is getting ready for their interstate rival. As Tech’s fight song says, “to hell with Georgia… I’m a ramblin wreck from GA Tech and a hellava engineer.” The only fight song that mentions booze and cusses — my kind of fight song. And of course, Hail to Pitt!
4 RS SRs
Durham, Vinopal, Gonzalez, Thomas
3 RS JRs
Grigsby, Pitts, Mosely- Smith
1 JR and 2 RS SO
Render, Bradley, Mitchell
Young, a little, but mostly few pro-prospects.
“Wait till next year” ought to be incorporated into our fight song NLOL.
To hear Canes fans talking, their program is in disarray, Golden has a record identical to Shannon, and they’re already hired the plane to fky over Sun Life with a “Fire Golden” banner.
Every year we crap out.
So I hear you talking and I want to believe. I am just going to wait until Saturday.
More of a chance that they are out of the top 25 two weeks from now. Although beating FSU would make a lot of Conferences happy by knocking them out of the playoff.
Now for an early prediction for the Miami game:
Pitt 31 – 28 without Conner. If Conner plays, we win 38 – 28
I’m riding the PoD wave – T.Boyd scores 2 TD’s, Voytik 1 rushing TD, Holtz 1 TD and Blewitt makes 1 FG and misses one. If Conner plays, he scores a TD to break the great Dorsett record.
Duke Johnson… 7.2 Yards per Carry… 1400 PLUS Total.
Wait! It gets WORSE…
Quarterback Brad Kaaya 7.97 Yards per Attempt… 2666 Total.
And wait, wait! It gets WORSER… the Hurricanes have a Receiver averaging 27 Yards per Catch… and his name is DORSETT.
On Paper, It’s UGGGGGLLLLLLLLY!
And what’s that? James Conner, “Panther Beast Mode” might NOT play?
Yes, on Paper, it’s TRULY, REALLY UGLY.
But that’s why they call it an “UPSET”… another word that starts with “U.”
You have a chance to voice your opinion and displeasure with the program
September 18th, 1997 to be exact.
Long time ago, several wives/gf’s ago, sort of how I keep track.
Miami needless to say, losing to us, had a losing season that year at 5-6.
One of only 2 losing seasons that Miami has had in the last 35 years, since 1980.
I always thought Miami sort of took our rightful place among college football’s elite.
Pitt started tracking downhill almost at the same time of Miami’s rise in the early 80’s.
Had Bernie Kozar of Youngstown came to Pitt instead of Miami, all of that history might have changed.
Then again Pitt is Pitt, maybe not.
Which is why we usually lose (and get routed ) by Miami.
They would have to play similar to WVcc in 2007 for us to win. Basically bumble it away.
Thug U had a very bumbling performance against UVA losing by the exact score we won by,….30-7.
Vegas ain’t (emph) buying a Pitt win.
Remember the key to enjoying Pitt sports is low expectations.
So therefore I expect Pitt to get routed. Especially if Conners doesn’t play.
I said this with Whitehead and I will say it with Hamilton. OSU has a lot to offer. These kids need to study the two deep. Whitehead is ultra talented but despite the OSU promises, he wouldn’t be seeing the field until his rsjunior year at best.
Same holds true, if not more for Hamilton. He will be going into a situation where he will struggle to see the field early and that is not good when they bring in 4 and 5 stars consistently. He should realize he is “Spence Insurance”. OSU is using the kid because they are afraid of the November 25th hearing on Spence. Manipulation 101.
Sounds like Suburban Urban to me !
merchandise yet?? Would make for some great holiday gifts?? Let me know!
