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December 31, 2008

Final Links Before the Action

Filed under: Bowls,Football,Opponent(s) — Chas @ 12:42 pm

Scott McKillop gives his final “as told to” first person thoughts.

McKillop Looks to the Future
December 31, 2008

McKillop also gets a puff piece in the El Paso paper.

No, really, Oregon State is happy to be here. Honest.

Even with out the Rodgers brothers, it is still a match-up of top-25 teams.

State of the Sun Bowl. They want to continue as is (as long as ND is included in the Big East portion).

Just, why exactly, is Pitt a 2 to 3 point underdog?

Line play, line play, line play. That is the key for both teams — shocking revelation.

No one is exactly sure how well Oregon State will be able to run the ball.

Oregon State media unsure on the outcome. Seem to be leaning more towards Pitt for this game.

More on Wannstedt being positive about it taking him 4 years to get Pitt into a bowl game.

So, anyone else start breaking into a cold sweat when reading this story on Stull. Even Coach Wannstedt doesn’t seem to be that confident in what to expect.

Yesterday during a news conference, Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt was asked if he thought the extra time off and the fact that the players took some time completely away from football had helped Stull recover fully, clear his mind and get refocused.

“I hope so, and I really wish I could tell you,” Wannstedt said. “His arm is rested, I can tell you that; I just hope his mind is rested as well, but I just don’t know.”

Erp.





Big day for the … damn, I wanted to say Forbes Ave Fighters, but that just doesn’t work at all, since we neither play nor practice within a mile of Forbes Ave. Anyway, big day for the University. I’m heading over to a fellow alumnus’ house for the game and some pensive online monitoring of the hoopsters. This just feels like a game where you get up to get a drink, and its suddenly late in the second quarter. I’m worried about Pitt wasting early opportunities (because what else would be new?) and about us making their 12th string running back into Quizz Rodgers…or Julius Jones. Let’s all hope that Wanny has truly cracked the whip, and made good use of the 30-odd days of downtime and extra practices. Jamie and the boys need to keep their eyes open today, too. I know they shocked us last year, and you wouldn’t think we could overlook them again, but that’s Georgetown on the schedule for Saturday, and well…yeah. 25 intense minutes can beat a Wazzu or a Florida State, but that ain’t going to cut it in Big East play. F

rom far and wide, let us all come together as one today….and HAIL!

Comment by maz. 12.31.08 @ 12:59 pm

Seconded.

Hail to Pitt!

Comment by Orange Julius Page 12.31.08 @ 1:20 pm

[…] Pop quiz. A day or two before the bowl game and a member of the starting O-line goes down. In such a situation, do you lean heavier on the stud running back that has shown he can make things happen with just the barest openings on the line, and sometimes even with less than that? Or do you come out firing deep with a QB that at his best this season was adequate and before the bowl game the head coach admits he doesn’t know where the QB is mentally? […]


[…] Pop quiz. A day or two before the bowl game and a member of the starting O-line goes down. In such a situation, do you lean heavier on the stud running back that has shown he can make things happen with just the barest openings on the line, and sometimes even with less than that? Or do you come out firing deep with a QB that at his best this season was adequate and before the bowl game the head coach admits he doesn’t know where the QB is mentally? […]


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