I noted at the beginning of the season that Pitt was making the video of Coach Harris’ Monday press conferences available on their site, and a little later they would post an abbreviated transcript. In light of the loss to UConn, and an almost complete condemnation of Harris’ decision at the end of the 1st half — and the conclusion that Harris is as good as gone after this season — that this would be a tense press conference. Odd thing. There is no streaming video of the press conference available. They do, however, have the abbreviated transcript. Even that, though, has some pretty brutal and stilted questions compared to the past.

What seems to be the problem with the offensive line?
“We weren’t pleased with the way we played against Connecticut. The early game probably didn’t help us perform up to the level we needed to in order to have a chance to be consistent in that game. I thought Connecticut played very good up front. I thought they were very physical. We had trouble blocking their linebackers and when we did we didn’t do it very well.”

How have you felt about the criticism of late?
“You guys are going to write and say what you want. That’s your job. I’m trying to do the job the best way I know how. In the area of football I think that’s fair game. I haven’t been on top of the criticism because I don’t read the papers or listen to sports radioÂ…I’m naïve or ignorant of what you guys think.”
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When can you get past Tyler Palko being young?
“I think as he grows and matures and the other people around grow and mature and improveÂ…He’s just one player of the eleven guys that are out there and I didn’t want to (lose) our chance of going into halftime in a position where we would have trouble kicking a field goal and going in tied.”

Would you make a similar call in the 2^nd quarter with any previous QB?
“I think 3^rd and 12 from the 12, whether you’re Rod Rutherford, Pete Gonzalez or whoever you want, that’s a tough call, with everything around them at this age and the development of everybody else. When you make a decision you make it based on everybody not one guy. That’s what I’m responsible to do; make a decision based on everybody.”

Would have Tyler grown up faster by making another call?
“You guys don’t see it the way I see it and you don’t have to coach it and you don’t have to deal with it. I thought the reward of going into halftime (tied) after playing not very well in the first half was worth it. Unfortunately that didn’Â’t happen; we went in down by three.”

I want the streaming video for this up on the site. Right now, I will assume it is a technical glitch, but if it isn’t available in the next day or two… Well then I have to assume this was done to put a muzzle on things.

Any ways, the game central press release is out with roster info for both teams. The Game Notes for Temple are also out (PDF). Nothing appears to jump out from the depth chart or anything else.