My back is doing better, but it is still a little balky. Since I have to attend a wedding next week in Pittsburgh, I made a late decision to spend this weekend giving it a little rest so this doesn’t drag out any further. I feel guilty about it, but this is what happens when you start to get old.
On the bright side, I get to do the first liveblog of the new season. A little tricky with the game on ESPN3.com, but I’m going to make it work. I have the laptop to do the liveblog. The big screen will have a regular game on it, and the basement computer has been networked and is ready to stream the game.
In case you forget the rules. It’s a moderated chat, not a free-for-all or message board. Try to keep it on point. I won’t approve a dozen comments that all say the same thing after a good or bad play. That bogs things down. Limit the personal vitriol. Some people will be have greater freedom than others based on past dealings and how they have handled things.
Things get underway at 1 pm.
As usual, if you need/want to break out the liveblog from the site, Click Here. Otherwise, it is just a little lower.
In all seriousness Mr Toddy had better save a scholarship spot for a good kicker. Believe me, Ivy League ball has some great kickers, the MAC has some solid kickers….the cry is out for HELP!
This is an Iowa homegame and the black and gold fans will be out for blood. My fear is that the way Pitt has been playing, slow and very tentative we could suffer some major injuries in this game. Our players could really get pounded.
Make no mistake about it this was not a win against Maine….this was a disaster. I know, new coaches, new systems, new position players, etc…I understand that it takes time, however, we are playing like we are afraid to be on the field….and that’s when players can get really
banged up.
I like Graham as a coach and will give him time. The Defensive coach however, has coached unimpressive defenses prior to coming to Pitt and worries the heck out of me.
If you agree that Tino sucked, probably will suck again, and isn’t the right man for the job, who is the imbecile if you still don’t make a change? Sounds like you’re just another garden variety big mouth doofus afraid of change.
IF Pitt wins next week it will be due to a miricle transformation of player performance on both sides of the ball. What I can’t believe is that our players have been playing up to their potential over these first two games. Our offensive line is not as bad as it played yesterday, they just stunk out the place in their lack of pass coverage.
Tino can play better than he has, question is will he? I doubt it, once the competition gets tougher I feel he will go into the tank. Please Tino, prove me wrong!
I was worried about our secondary from the get go. That is now reality for all to see. What I can’t figure out is why our defensive front guys aren’t getting in there to “impact the quarterback”? That would be a really big help for our secondary guys, who need the help badly! We are not hurrying the QB or getting nearly the number of sacks that we should have gotten in these first two games, very worrisome.
A win next week will be a miricle!
It’s game experience that gives Sunseri the edge coming out of camp and into the season and there is something to be said for that. He is a better mix of passing and mobility than either Gonzalez or Myers and that’s one reason he’s starting. But Graham is going to get Anderson playing time this season, possibly a lot of it and the reason is that Anderson is going to be either QB2 or QB1 in 2012 depending on how Sunseri plays this season, and that gives him an edge between himself and Voytik and IMO going into 2013.
IMO it’s Voytik that has to keep a weather eye on what’s shaping up at PITT, not the other way around.
