We did it. We seriously just did it. The Pitt Panthers just knocked those stupid toothless West Virginians out of the BCS Championship game. This is un-freakin-real. The biggest win for this program in over 20 years? Quite possibly. It means absolutely nothing to the 2007 season but in the long run it looks great for recruiting, it was against our biggest rival, and it was against the #2 team in the nation. Also gives a ton of positive feelings going into next year.
ESPN has helped Pitt tell the world who LeSean McCoy is. He looked good and carried the load a ton of times. Also very nice to see the announcers give a ton of love to Scott McKillop, who leads the NCAA is tackles. Pitt better advertise the hell out of those two next season.
On the defensive side, we fundamentally tackled so well. There were different blitzing schemes, we kept containment on their runners, and we just played like we wanted it so bad. I’ve been on Paul Rhoads’ ass all year but today I give him a ton of respect.
If you haven’t seen Rich Rodriguez’s post-game press conference, go watch it now. It’s great watching him try to find something to say but pretty much stumble with his words. Almost on the verge of tears. The best part is that you can hear the Pitt players cheering and yelling in the background.
Holy crap, we really won!!!
WVU folks will say White’s injury is the reason they lost, and when they do we can all laugh in their face. Jarrett Brown is a great QB, and it’s not like the drop-off that occurred when we lost Stull. not to mention we also didn’t have Kinder, Mustakas, Byham, and others. The main reason White’s injury wasn’t the reason is because the refs tried their best to screw us. The Big East wanted WVU in the BCS title game, no doubt. Two bad holding calls on Oderick Turner and then not calling it when Turner was trying to catch the pass was complete crap. Conspiracy theory? Confirmed.
No one thought we could do it. Nobody. I never thought we’d win, but there was that sliver in my heart that recognized the chance was there. Go streaking! Go drink excessive amounts of alcohol! Go crazy! I love it. I love it. I LOVE IT.
P.S. — It’s clear why Pitt won. It had to be that pep talk from Lou Holtz on ESPN. That “respecth” he spoke of — I think Pitt earned it tonight.
P.S.S. — A replay of the game can be seen on ESPN at 3:30 am. Set your DVRs accordingly.
I’m crying…fucking crying…and it hasn’t even sunk in yet.
Waht a fucking game.
I could care less who backdoored a national championship - as i said before, as long as WVU (And PSU) aren’t playing for a national championship, i’m fucking estatic.
Now all the bitches are doing 180s rambling about Pitt this and Pitt that…fuck you, you didn’t believe…we finally put togehter one of those games, the games we knew we were capable of - where the most talented team, athlete and coaches were able to accomplish what was ours, against all odds.
Who says Wannstedt shouldn’t get an extension now?
I said if we won this game and went 1-11, i’d be fucking happy. Look it up. Its in writing.
I’m happy.
RIB: eat a dick.
“It means absolutely nothing to the 2007 season but in the long run it looks great for recruiting, it was against our biggest rival, and it was against the #2 team in the nation. Also gives a ton of positive feelings going into next year.”
No shit we’re 5-7, this season has been lost for over a month. This is about the future…
LET’S GO PITT JPK Class of 1976
go back to you rtrailers and burn your couches in your living room hillbillies.
its amazing with all the toothelesss wonders and all their shit talking - go get your degrees, which are worth less than the toilet paper i just wiped my ass with.
useless degree, useless bball, and now useless fball. f all yall.
You’re obviously a West Virginian because it’s PissburgHer damnit!
(I hate when people leave out the H… it’s a pet peeve of mine)
This was MUCH better than winning a fucking Car Care Bowl!!!!
FUCK YOU WE WANTED IT MORE
i can’t wait to get to the first game next year…it can’t come soon enough…i want to satnd on my seat screaming, the loudest fan in heinz field, thanking them for what they did this year.
I hope they have a ceremony at one of the upcoming basketball games. i’m so fucking pround of these guys…even Murray and Strong. Why couldn’t you be like this all year? Oh well, all is forgiven. Thank you Rhoads….
I can’t wait til stull is better…
and i see they took a shot at you guys:
“Kind of makes all that blather about Rhoads being the problem seem silly, doesn’t it?
But then, we all look silly today.”
Joe Starkey is a sports writer for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Like that was an “accident”….
but I think this is the sweetest win of all…going to watch on the dvr right now.
I have never heard 56,000+ so quiet leaving Puskar stadium tonight. And shame to all the Pitt fans who sold their tickets tonight…I doubt the number of Pitt fans in the Pitt section were over 1000…we were out numbered 3 to 1 in the vistors section!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You got knocked the fuck out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-qw5×2v5Zc
“…run faster…”
How’d that fucking work out tonight?
1. Good D, aggressive bliting (which as i’ve said is like a press in basketball–it disrupts the other team, and forces mistakes or hurried up play).
2. Solid tackling. McKillop’s tackle on 4th and 3 at the 22 was H U G E.
3. Cavanaugh called a good game—the long pass (even though it was intercepted) to open the game was okay–kept the wvu d honest, and our O made few mistakes—Matt kept calling Shady’s number and he delivered.
4. Wanny was passionate, and so was the team…passion works!!!
Hail to PITT!
-al-
I can’t believe this win. I’m in Atlanta, drinking myself silly. I can not get the thought of the RRod press conf (w/ the boys cheering in the background) out of my head
Did I just hear you on Panther Hotline?
The Lou Holtz pep talk video is linked on deadspin at:
http://deadspin.com/sports/nba-closer/lou-holtz-+-60-years–jason-krause-328853.php
What a night! The Win. Knocking WVU out of the national championship. Making Rodriguez cry (and show his true colors by saying everything buy they were outplayed by the Panthers). And finally seeing every commentator eat crow after saying Pitt had no chance.
HAIL TO PITT!
Drink Up Tonight Fellas!
And thank you Dennis and Chas for this blog allowing me to vent my rage for Pitt athletics.
I’m so fucking proud tonight….
….guess the lowly ol panthers were too useless to record….
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3134349&n8pe6c=1
Dennis has it covered though….
Clearly it was this pep talk (as well as Mark May’s gun show) that put us over tonight….
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Stroyed.
I don’t care. best win in my life time (born in 80)
Good thing she took keys anticpating this…
nice win
Please do not compare my beloved Panthers to Appalachian State ever again. Additionally, next year you better not act surprised when Pitt is favored over the Mountainqueers….
Sincerely,
Gofuck Yourself…..
I’ve had Ohio State homers actually coming up to me all night, high fiving me because of the Pitt things I’m wearing. These are people who, in 12 hours, will be calling me derrogatory terms for homosexuals because I’ll be wearing black & gold instead of blue and gold. Unreal.
It’s strange, of everything that happened tonight, the moment that sticks out most for me is Scott McKillop’s tackle on 4th and 3 late in the 4th. I swear to god that guy teleported or something in order to make that play.
This year has been one of the most frustrating I’ve ever had to endure in my life as a diehard Pitt fan, but god does tonight make it so worthwhile.
Herbstreit looked like he was about to cry on the sportscenter bit, and all he could manage to say was “Pitt wanted it more.”
Damn right. This is why you will never find a true rivalry in any American sport other than college sports.
Let’s Go Pitt, Hail To Pitt, Pitt Is It … whatever!!! Haha … suck in WVU!!!
MOUNTAINQUEERS! this was our bowl game and we came up huge on national tv. i havent posted yet b/c ive been on the phone screaming all night to friends and family, and drinking sam adams. great job wanny.
also, you will never be able to convince me that the fix wasnt in on this game. how many bullshit calls went against us at the end of the game when wvu needed them? the touchdown holding call, the first down holding call, the next play and non-pass interference, the excessive celebration. i was on the phone with a ref who never badmouths his own, but even he said they were BS. if wanny doesnt lay into those refs he’s a better man than i am. HAIL TO PITT
I finished all the beer, now I’m guzzling red wine that has a kangaroo on the bottle.
Maybe we’re all just too excited and we’ll come down to earth… but did it feel to anybody like we turned a corner tonight?
How dare Herbf*ck compare us to Appalachian State or Stanford.
It’s pretty obvious to anyone who watched Pitt this year that a breakout win like this was coming after all of the close calls we had.
http://www.wpxi.com/sports/14749340/detail.html
Where the hell is that passion from the students for every other game we play?
That said.
The refs were absolutely HORRIBLE. It was all from one ref too. (I didnt get a chance to see if he was toothless) If we are smart WVU would have been held to maybe 3 if Mac could kick one field goal. (duhart ruined that on his damn unsportsmanlike)
Shady! congrats… You had the most amazing year.
Offense struggled, but to see our defense play that well against anyone let alone WVU makes me unbelievably happy.
Was it the same ref who made the call in the Pitt v. Rutgers game?
A lot of shitty officiating has gone on in the Big East this year, and everytime that one older skinny-looking ref is involved.
I’d give gameballs to the whole defense, but Jamel Brady and Scott Mckillop deserve it tonight.
Brady, who has been average at best, played amazing football! Mckillop was his normal self, and noone is beating that!
Mccoy on offense gets a gameball
Anyone notice how Pitt put their d-ends in a contain package and forced White inside. Great Move, and Clermond especially did a great job there.
Pat White was a non-factor!
Kirk Herbstreit is an idiot… If it is the most arrogant announcer. His sources are most likely telling him that that game was a huge upset, and his sources are always right.
fuck you tootheloess batherstards….
i ho[e all your traliers burn to the ground….
best win in my life time…
can you see me now? am i clear to you?
Some of us believed…and we prevailed….
11 on 16….millions on the line…and we came out on top….fuck you….
even mark may. MARK MAY WAKE THE FUCK UP….WE’RE FOR REAL HERE….
What should we start out ranked as next year?
I’d prefer unranked so we can sneak up on some bitches and destroy some seasons…
Seriously…can anyone thin of a great win post-76 than this?
COME THE FUCK ON - BEST WIN SINCE I’VE BEEN BORN. AMAZING.
I refer y’all to the first comment on the game thread…you must believe…
What our record next year (barring an amazing injury again)?
From the trib….
How sweet it is…
From the daily news…
As I posted earlier last night they are now known as the Choakeneeers
The defense won the game and the offense did what it had to do in order to not lose it. Bostick looked like a true freshman but held it together. Who knows if Turner was holding. Darrell Strong now has one play on tape from college to show NFL coaches. McCoy was very good.
Steve Slaton must have had sex with Rodriguez’s wife or something because he went from All-American last year to 9 yards or so against Pitt and a mediocre overall season for him.
And lastly, a great win for beating WVU at WVU and destroying their hopes at a national title. Now I will sit back and watch the Randy Quaid from Major League II that hated the coaching staff come on here and say “I always knew they could do it”.
“Honesly? i’m fucking destoryed.
D
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Stroyed.
I don’t care. best win in my life time (born in 80)
Good thing she took keys anticpating this…”
Especially about his wife taking the keys, and his not bitching about it.
Personally, I think RR lost this game with his not insisting Slayton and Devine get more carries. All season long our Achilles Heel has been the long rushing play for a TD and he took that out of the equation.
That and RR’s complete inability to get his team ready to play - even after it was apparent at halftime they were in a dog fight. Compare the attitudes of the two teams in the third quarter and it’s obvious WVU checked out emotionally after White went down. Brown, I thought, did OK as his replacement - but the WVU players couldn’t buy into it.
Stuart - if you’re reading this, its 10:00 am and time to go to bed. Put the bottle down, put your PITT pajamas on, and get a good night’s sleep. Dream about how bad the Hoopies feel right now - they’ll be just as hungover, without a win to celebrate. We need your sterling wit starting this afternoon.
I’ve never been prouder to be a PITT fan. Like I said yesterday, all the negative shit (from our so-called fans no less) was killing me. I am so damn proud of our players, AND OUR COACHES. Even in the face of what actually may have been a conspiracy to push WVU into the national championship, PITT pulled it off. WVU is just lucky those bullshit calls saved them some face. PITT flat out kicked WVU’s ASS. They’re lucky they didn’t lose by 3 touchdowns. Thanks for the memories WVU!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
HAIL TO PITT!
I wanted to take a minute out of our celebration to thank the BE officials for screwing us for the better part of the year. Thanks to their fixed calls they probably cost our players and university a bowl trip. Imagine if they dont screw us against Rutgers, we are 6-6 with a win over #2 - we most likely go to a bowl.
So thank you refs for taking that away from our players, coaches, alumni, fans, city, and especially our senior players who (most) will never play in another football game in their lives. You not only cost our players a game they earned but what about the millions of dollars you cost the school? There needs to be a serious review of BE officiating, it sure looked suspicious.
Keep crying Rich, way to be a class act and not even so much as tip your hat to the panthers. We witnessed a monumental win last night, panther nation should celebrate. The Steve Pederson II ear has begun.
Sorry about the hangover. You can keep your soul for being so animated.
GOD
Hail to PITT!
-al-
QB: Bostick B -…for a true freshman on the road in front of 60K + hostile fans..not fleet of foot and with a slow pass release….he did good once he settled down…especially as the game wore on…it’s that confidence thingy…..
RB: A ++ On a big stage…what a time for our guys to shine….they looked fast and determined
WR: C…yep a C….could do more to help Bostick out….but did the job when they had to..yes they were open a couple of times….and the holding penalties on Turner were suspect at best
TE: B…only for that great grab to keep the drive alive…Strong has all the tools to be a dominate TE…does he have the desire and drive to consistently leave it all on the field? Still that grab was a big time
O Line: B + Early on…same ol same ol..mistakes and porous pass protection….as the game progressed…found themselves with the run game….and by the end of the game…WVU was finished….they were
Special Teams: B +…Missed FG, a couple long returns allowed by WVU….but also a brilliant fake punt, forced Turnover….
D Line: A +…penetrating, disrupting, holding QB containment…a completely different unit from a week ago..
LB: A +…Ditto from above comments….blitzing and tackling best I’ve seen in a long long time from Pitt
Secondary: B Some excellent pressure with blitzes….a couple completions allowed….but also some very good step-for-step coverage…
Coaching: Offense: B+…I got to give kudos to Cav…recognizing Pitt’s limitations…he kept us out of trouble early in the game…but did try to vertically stretch WVU with a couple of long calls….Cav allowed the O to settle down…get their bearings and through the power run game…take control of the game…and if anybody doesn’t think Pitt had control in the 2nd half….they didn’t watch the game
D: A +++ PR….did somebody implant PR’s brain with a micro chip controlled by Dick Lebeau or Buddy Ryan ? Excellent game plan…..excellent tackling, most excellent pressure and contain….far and above anything Pitt has managed in 10 years or more…
Wanny: A-…yeah he did it….showed those bastards he can pull it together…..got some work still on Offense game management….but is the D the shape of things to come ?….let’s hope so….and I hate to admit…this game and Pitt’s performance is exactly the vision Wanny has espoused for 3 years….tough D, and grind it out Offense…with Stull or any experienced competent QB…or a Bostick with a year or more under his belt….guys…. this game isn’t even close….
Officiating: F-…is the BE officiating linked to television revenues and ranking of teams involved ? it’s hard not to believe it after watching this game….BE refs consistently the worst in the college game….BE commisioner needs to clean this mess up…..SEC automatically reviews every play….BE needs to institute that program…clean this mess up…just not for Pitt’s sake…but the conference as whole….
Overy long post….but thanks for the site this year…and can’t wait for next year’s FB season
Where I was able to see Dick Rods whiny post game conference.
Hail to Pitt
I have been preaching on this BLOG to who ever would listen that DW is building a solid program. I beleive tonight alot of people saw the light.
Now it is time to piggyback off this HUGE WIN and get these recruits to committ. Message to the FOLLOWING:
PRYOR
HALE
SADDLER
MACKEY
ALEXENDAR
BALDWIN
HOLLEY
CARRAWAY
COLLIER
SALES
GARDINER
VAUGHN
HOUSER
WILLIAMS
PITT WANTS YOU
HAIL TO PITT.
PS- I love DW’s interview- 3 years ago I said we needed to run faster; tonight we RAN FASTER.
HAIL TO PITT
i dont think either team played well offensively, defensively i thought they both looked good.
my only problem with pitt fans is win or lose, the insults that are hurled at us arent about football. they’re about being inbred, toothless, hillbillies with nothing better to do than burn couches, sleep with our cousins, and drink moonshine. what does that have to do with anything? i dont mind listening to people talk about how shitty the game was, because its true. but i dont understand why we have to be stereotyped as some fictional hick. the ones you see at the games who look like that, are doing it as a joke, sadly most other people think its for real.
and i dont understand how insulting our coach being emotional makes a strong case for your team or your fans. he just lost out on taking his team, who had worked so hard all season, so the championship. west virginia football isnt about being a big name or a national powerhouse (like osu, usc, est), its about heart and spirit and hard work and being proud of yourself no matter what happens. and when you have people shitting on you all the time, and you work so hard, against all people adversity (and you have admit, we get a lot of it) and have something SO CLOSE, and then just give it away, its emotional. and i commend him for expressing how he really felt.
so someone please explain to me (civilly, im not here to start an arguement or piss people off or to be referred to as an ignorant hick, although judging by some other comments on here i probably will be) how insulting us and saying ignorant things about us that really arent true, have anything to do with football, or with this game.
and as for the old man, i had 2 pitt fans get in my face and throw their beer all over me at heinz field for the game last year. surprisingly enough, one was wearing camo overalls spitting tobacco, and the other looked like someone you’d expect to see in west virginia. so you’re not alone
