Okay, Pitt has given us dates (and probable times) for the non-con.
Sept. 2 —- Thursday — at Utah ——- TBA — CBS Coll. Sports
Sept. 11 — Saturday — New Hampshire — 1 p.m. — n/a
Sept. 23 —- Thursday —– Miami ——- 7:30 p.m. — ESPN
Oct. 2 —- Saturday —– FIU ———– TBA —– doubtful
Oct. 9 —— Saturday —- at Notre Dame —3:30 p.m. — NBC
Yeah, that season opener at Utah is going to be rough. My impulse with Pitt’s team, a new QB. Several new O-lineman starting. New D-linemen and a new secondary. Well, I’m halfway to assuming a loss. Granted I haven’t looked closely at what Utah is returning, so maybe I’m overreacting.
I like the Thrusday night game in September (the wife will hate it), if for no other reason then at least it will be warm. Plus, the nostalgia for that 1997 Thursday night upset of Miami.
Utah is a very tough place to play, Miami will be difficult and yes look for ND to really turn it around, Kelly is a very good coach.
Still Thurs. games are tough on us that have to travel.
FYI — Spurs & Blair on TNT tonite at 10:30 .. he had 20 pts last night
Kelly will last 5 years.
Win in Year One = 8
Win in Year Two = 10
Wins in Year Three = 5
Wins in Year Four = 6
Wins in Year Five = 6
It’s pretty much the ND way with new coaches. Note: I took a couple wins away from Kelly in his first year (due to Clausen and Tate departure).
Miami is on the rise, but still at a volatile stage. It’s a winable game if we have our ‘s’ together with team chemistry.
Kelly and Notoriety Dame, I have to admit, could be a nasty thorn in our side for some time to come. I can’t help but think that we got lucky stealing a few from Weis over the past few years. Kelly really seems to have the smarts to pull out W’s. He could prove to be just what the Celtic dames have been looking for.
But like it’s been said above, who knows. That’s why they play the games. I say we’re on the right course and we don’t have much else to do but let Wanny work some ‘stache-ination into the game plan and pull out the title for the BE.
HTscriptP
Its a no win situation for Pitt. We don’t recruit that area at all so you get nothing there. Win the game and nobody is that impressed. Lose and you have a loss to a non BCS school.
That being said, I think Pitt can win out there, I just don’t like that they’re on the schedule. I’d rather see a Big Ten, Big 12 or SEC team maybe.
Utah’s depth chart. Look at how many seniors they had on defense last season. I think we have a better shot then you might think.
Yes CBS College Sports is an obscure channel that hardly anybody gets. It’s on Time Warner Cable in my area as CSTV (322) and the HD version CSHD (397)? It is not worth much except for the once in a blue moon Pitt game that no other channel is carrying. Can you believe that I have the HD package and CSTV the low def version and the bastards want more money for the HD version?
We win that game, and our street cred goes up a ton. We lose that game and people say, “Hey, Utah is a perennially good team that has a tough home field advantage.”
I like it.
Thursday night games are fine with me, as long as they’re not at home. Saturday night games however are encouraged 🙂
