I actually took around 7 pages of notes, but looking them over all I keep seeing are variations on things like this regarding Pitt on defense:
Moss had no problem, Pitt’s line was pushed off with ease.
Miami is now moving with ease against Pitt.
Pitt’s D looks as bad as ever. Still no clue, showing no heart.
Another missed tackle.
Everyone knows the run is coming, but it doesn’t matter.
On offense, it looks like a lot of this
Rutherford is getting no time to set.
Pitt to punt… again.
Pitt is doing nothing on offense.
The O line looks like it has no answers. That’s the problem when you practice against the Pitt D.
My game notes really ended sometime in the third quarter. I just ran out of ways to write that Pitt was missing tackles and the line play from Pitt was pathetic.
It was difficult to follow along when the clock went out sometime in the first half. No clue how much time was left.
Lee summed up most of the issues of the game. Most of it was stuff I was going to write. There are other aspects to this loss that I know will be written here in the next few days, but sticking to the game, and the coverage on ABC, I still have a few more things to add.
The ABC technical crew and producers are no where near as good as ESPN (I know, same company, but there is a difference). ESPN is on top of replays and getting the cameras into position to catch more than one angle. ABC skipped a lot of replays on some close plays and penalties. A lot of the time because Brent Musberger was too busy talking about something else, but it also seemed that they flat out missed getting a good shot.
About halfway through the second quarter, I nearly spit out my beer after a completion to Pitt TE, Kris Wilson, when Gary Danielson said, “No one really exploits the tight end position like Walt Harris.” It’s hard to believe an analyst even has a clue when he says something as idiotic as that.
At halftime, you could hear the boos from the crowd as Pitt ran off the field.
Jack Arute cornered Walt Harris for a quick interview before the break. Harris just looked confused and lost. That did not exactly inspire me as to what second half adjustments would be made.
After the half, Arute reported that the Pitt locker room was very, very quiet. More negative inspiration. When a football team is quiet at the half, that means they are down. Pitt needed to get mad, show some pride, get up and prove they could recover. The team’s body English looked defeated from the start of the second half.
Early in the 4th quarter (it was 10:30 pm), the cameras showed a wider shot of Heinz Field. The place was already more than half empty. I can’t blame anyone who left at that point.
I didn’t want to hear or read anything today, so I didn’t watch the ESPN College Gameday Scoreboard last night, and avoided SportsCenter all morning. I even avoided the sports sections. It has taken a while to even be willing to think about that debacle.
