Nothing in Pittsburgh about the game on Monday. The Getsy story and its ramifications has the majority of the news — it would have had it all, but the P-G had its special supplement on pro and college football today (more on that in a bit).
So, Getsy skipped practice after going to Coach Harris and asking to be released from his scholarship. Since he just asked yesterday, and didn’t indicate where he was intending to transfer no decision was made. While the speculation since last week was that he would go to Akron to hook-up with former Pitt offensive coordinator, and now head coach, J.D. Brookhart, things aren’t that cut-and-dried.
Earlier this summer, Harris blocked a player from transferring to Akron, and it is unclear if Harris has changed his mind on the issue or not. Yesterday he was non-committal when asked if he’d be willing to release Getsy to Akron.
“Right now, we haven’t thought about all that stuff,” he said.
One other snag would occur if Akron is being considered as a future Pitt opponent. Harris said he won’t allow players to transfer to a school that the Panthers recruit against or play.
Harris can’t win on this one. If he doesn’t let Getsy go to Akron he looks vindictive to both Getsy and his former OC. If he does let him go and Pitt plays Akron in the next couple years with Getsy at QB, and the unthinkable happens…
Nothing about this intrigue in the Akron Beacon-Journal at this point.
With Getsy leaving the team, though it isn’t official that he is gone yet, that makes Joe Flacco the back-up. To which most Pitt fans say, “who the hell is Joe Flacco?” Joe’s a redshirt freshman from New Jersey. But that makes you ask, “well who’s #3?” Good question.
With Luke Getsy’s departure, Pitt coach Walt Harris scrambled to find live arms for Tuesday’s quarterback drills. Tight end Robbie Agnone and walk-on punter Nick Krut took snaps for the first time, alternating with walk-on Matt Flaus. Agnone, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound freshman, passed for 1,490 yards and 13 touchdowns for Red Land High last year.
Harris having scared Darrell Strong from trying to be a QB to the TE position — the position many teams tried to recruit him for — is in know hurry to put him back in the QB mix.
P-G Preview — Pitt
Looking just at the Pitt articles. First, Smizik (cementing his position as firmly in the Anti-Walt camp) has decided to raise the bar on the wins and losses for Harris this season. The number of regular season wins, declares Smizik, will be 7 and even declares which games: USF, Ohio, Furman, UConn, Temple, Rutgers and Syracuse. This, despite conceding that 4 of those games could really go either way. Smizik reasons that since the schedule is so weak, Harris must win that many despite the personnel losses. I’ve said, that he needs 6 wins in the regular season.
Here’s a capsule look at the schedule and the Big East. The Key man on defense this year is expected to be Clint Session.
Finally, without the explanation accompanying each, the”5 Keys To the Season.”
- Block and tackle
- Stay healthy
- Game-day coaching
- Offensive efficiency
- Win the games they should win
In the words of my favorite animated robot, “We’re boned.”
