In Paul Ziese’s Red Shirt Diaries he reports that because of an injury Mark Myers may slide into the #2 QB slot this week. Apparently Trey Anderson has tendinitis in his throwing hand, which he got by constantly patting Sunseri on the back while saying “Keep doing what you’re doing, Tino. Don’t worry about my playing time.”
Actually it was this as quoted in the P-G: ”Anderson has tendinitis in his throwing wrist. Dodge said it is an old injury that has become inflamed and so Anderson needs to rest it.“
This makes an for interesting situation because now Myers could be one snap away from seeing extended playing time, depending on the severity of Anderson’s, and in turn, Sunseri’s injuries.
Which harks back to the issue that we (well, DRW and I mostly) have been discussing on here so much lately; if that comes to pass (pun intended) does Graham modify his offense to fit Myers, or have Myers try to play in this current offense as fielded, or does he switch Gonzalez back to QB and retain the offense also?
Or… even if Sunseri doesn’t get injured does the staff create packages for Myers to avoid the read-option and still get a look at playing time as QB2? That would be something I’d like to see because just like everyone else I’m looking forward to seeing him in actual action.
Exciting things to consider. If it is a short duration (few series) for Myers’s window of opportunity then Graham should play right to his strengths which is to have him in the shotgun and pray the OL holds up long enough for the receivers to get open and for Myers to stay upright to get the ball to them. This is the problem that has been dogging our passing game since (before and) after the USF game.
If Myers is needed for more than a few series or a even whole game then Graham has a tough decision to make with how he approaches playcalling. As I’ve stated, I’m of the mind that Graham will think going forward with the offense as installed is as much, if not more, important then getting a win or two. I don’t see Myers thriving in the triple read option that the current QBs have to run so things would probably have to change to accommodate him.
So, something that hasn’t been talked about much is that changing the passing game at this point back to a more traditional set for fitting someone with Myers abilities means changing horses in mid-stream for the OL. Since spring practice they have been executing on one set of coaching and directions – it would be interesting to see if they could handle a major change in approach at this point.
Ziese also makes a point to ask point blank about Myers’s travails this season…
So today, I asked it very direct – “why isn’t Mark Myers being given a shot”? I can’t ask it any more directly than that. The answer was equally as direct. “Mark Myers continues to be a viable option on our football team but quite frankly, he wasn’t the best option [for the back-up spot] at the start of our season and as we have continued through our season,” Dodge said.
He said simply put, the team started camp with Sunseri as the starter and Myers as the back-up and Trey Anderson came in and “lit it up” and won the job as the back-up quarterback over Myers. He said once that happened and camp ended, there is just no way to get enough reps for more than two quarterbacks and as a result, Myers has gotten very little work and the work he has gotten, he hasn’t seized the opportunity and made a case for a longer look.
Ziese expounded on that in his Q&A today:
“Q: The question I have is how far off is Mark Myers at quarterback and does Graham ever state what’s preventing Meyers from being in the rotation, I mean he can’t be any worse then Tino or Trey can he?
Sean Farr, Pittsburgh
ZEISE: Mark’s sense of urgency and focus was lacking for much of the summer and into camp and as a result coaches felt like he didn’t seem particularly that interested in truly competing for the job. So he fell way down the list — Todd Dodge thought that moving Trey Anderson ahead of him would be a wake up call during camp and light a fire under him. It didn’t work and he became the odd man out.”
Sounds like Myers has snapped out of it. Interesting times my friends…
P/S: Read the whole Red Shirt Diary for today – lots of good info.
What a hoot if Myer’s had to play for whatever reason and TG had to modify the offense. Sanctity that this offense is apparently.
Or if Myers is called on and he hit’s it out of the park. Not likely, but we can wish can’t we.
Let the Football Gods play this out, like a Shakespearean play. You all deserve this for your demagoguing of DW. hahahaha
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I do agree with Notrocket above though – I can’t see Graham scrapping what they have worked so hard to install mainly because it sets their plans back if they do.
Another thing to consider is if, because he’s the temp #2, the staff will even entertain the thought of switching QBs mid-game as they had in the past with having the two guys both capable of working the triple option (such as it were).
I can’t help but think there isn’t a correlation between the strong pronouncements from Graham saying “We are sticking with Sunseri as full time QB, no more substitutions” on Sunday and Monday… then this news leaks out that Anderson can’t go and Myers fleets up. It’s almost as if Graham and Dodge are setting the groundwork by telling the public that even though Myers has found himself in the #2 spot – don’t get your hopes up on seeing him play.
The whole off-season and training camp issues between the staff and Myers obviously affected thier relationship, and Myers’s playing status, more than people knew and so the timing of Dodge coming out and finally telling the beat writers how badly Myers shot himself in the foot is curiously well placed.
Here is an excerpt from Ziese that I didn’t put into the post:
“I asked point blank the Mark Myers question of Todd Dodge because I am tired of getting e-mails saying we are all too chicken to ask the question. First off, there is no question I am afraid to ask of anyone and second off, we’ve asked it plenty of times and plenty of different ways and the answer has always been the same – Mark Myers did not endear himself to coaches with his work ethic in the offseason, he came into camp a bit in the doghouse and even though he was handed the second-string job, he didn’t reach out and grab it and he ended up getting beat out by Trey Anderson.” That’s pretty strong stuff.
Before Graham had said “Myers isn’t really a fit for this offense” or “Myers was outplayed by Anderson“…both true points. But now its ‘Not only that, but his attitude sucked, he didn’t work that hard and he didn’t want to be here at all‘. I’m paraphrasing here obviously but that was the gist of it.
Whatever shakes out I think it is safe to say that every PITT fan wants to see what Myers can do out on the field. I just wonder if that’s going to happen unless injuries force Graham’s hand.
Better have the #2 QB get his head screwed on right fast, who every that is from week to week cause, only a play away from having it come his way.
“Todd Dodge, the quarterbacks coach, went into more detail about Sunseri and why it was decided that he was the best option despite the way he has played for most of this season. He said there were “glimpses” in the Maine game and New Hampshire game and most of the Iowa and South Florida game and those are the cut-ups of film that he has used to try and “paint a picture” of just how good Sunseri can be when he executes the offense. He said in those glimpses, Sunseri has been very good and he is the only quarterback who has had glimpses like that. “
It was pretty apparent, at least to me, that at this point Sunseri was going to go back to being full time, especially now that Anderson can’t play. But isn’t is too bad when your best bet at QB is completely based on “glimpses”. That’s a pretty feeble body of work and doesn’t make anyone feel that optimistic about the future QB play.
We always talk about next year as if it is the silver bullet. Let’s be in the now. Unless Pitt football improves their performance on the field now, how can we expect to attract high-caliber talent. Just my (frustrated) two cents. HTP!
Go PITT!!!
I spoke with the coach of Pitt quarterback recruit Chad Voytik yesterday. Voytik plays at Clevleand High in Tennessee and his coach believes Voytik is ready to play as a true freshman at Pitt. I’ll have a small story in Friday’s Varsity Xtra section of the Post-Gazette.
Voytik is having a good season. His statistics aren’t eye-popping, but he might not have the greatest talent around him this season. The team is 4-4. By the way, Pitt fans can see Voytik play live Friday night. His game is on ESPNU at 8 p.
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I would doubt that Voytik would start next year .. buy who knows?
IMO, he’s a much better fit for the offense than Myers because of his athleticism and running ability. I think I read he’s the worst passer among all the QB prospects, which may be a reason he’s not, but I’m not sure if that came from someone who’s watched practices or one of the posters here.
IMO, the coaching staff needs to be working on how to get Tino away from the rush by adjusting the blocking schemes, running more play-action and rollout pass plays, and getting some of those smaller quicker receivers more into the mix. They don’t need to be working on a new system or packages to fit in the new backup QB, even if he’s somehow seen the light. If they had confusion before, they’ll certainly have more of it by doing that.
I have nothing against Myers. He might have been super in the former pro set system. But he needs to perform in the current system, period. If he can, play him. If he can’t, give Gonzalez a shot. Again, my usual disclaimer: I don’t care who plays QB or any other position for that matter as long as Pitt wins!
We are stuck with Tino for the rest of the year.
Nothing is changing.
GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEADS
Anderson made the Gonzalez switch easy because it gave Graham three QB and the luxury to get a new 3-back. But Gonzalez’s passing really doesn’t cut it at this level – thus the move also.
As for him getting a look at QB? Not really, actually none at all.
However, IMO, if Sunseri goes down I think we’ll see Gonzalez moved back asap for not only back up play but depending how long Sunseri is down for maybe even to get in and play.
UConn’s D will target Ray as did Rutgers & Utah, so Tino will have to confidently perform or many of us might get our wish and see Myers. I don’t expect him to be a savior. I just want to see the kid in action on the field, for a couple qtrs at least.
Maybe Nix will return and upgrade the o-line and provide a sec or 2 more time to throw. Maybe H. Graham and Shanahan will get more tosses from a QB who can see over the rush. Maybe Street will hold onto a long pass thrown accurately. Maybe 3-5 is more probable than all of the above. HTP
Then TG and staff comes in and basically changes everything on them. It’s all completely new and old habits have to broken. They changed terminology, assignments, technique, reads, footwork, how you line up/formations. It’s all different.
Football is very much a read and react sport. You can’t take time to think about what you are supposed to be doing. TG said during the Spring and Summer practices that they were playing too slow. This is a big reason for that.
Does anyone believe that TG will eventually try to adapt his offense (and defense) to the talent on hand?
Walt Harris went back to his original O because changing offenses between seasons was too difficult. Graham has to stick with his plan. No turning back. It takes more than one year.
Take a look at the good spread teams, their O’s have different looking players than Pitt does. I still think Pitt ends the season strong.
Coach Graham must have known about Andersons injury right???? Of course. Myers would be #2.
Then the next day, paraphrasing, “we’re done with the switching around and moving in and out different qb’s, that kills any momentum we may have had. I’m done doing that”.
I say Myers never sees the field. Whether attitude, something he did, lack of interest, these don’t concern me, I know nothing, but, it seems like his name is Mudd in the coaching staffs eyes.
Sounds like they wished he would have transferred out.
Another big factor was that Antonio Bryant decided to play up to his preseason hype and Biletnikoff award winning performances from the previous season. Granted, he fought some injuries his Junior year, but his draft status dropped because of attitude issues not injury concerns.
Myers to Furman or Delaware or John Carrol campaign begins today.
Recruit more than 1 QB for next years class.
1.Pick up a JC QB.
2.Get an Athletic QB who can also play RB but yet can jump into a QB role if needed. Darren McFadden ran the wildcat at Arkansas. Why can’t we have something in reserve to go to if the passing aspect of things don’t work out.
We need more options. I thought Pat Bostick was supposed to be the next Dan Marino… Until I saw him play. It left a huge hole at the position and we are still paying for it. Although I love his posts and analysis.
Voytik could be the help we are looking for, but if he is not, we will be in a world of trouble for the next 4 or 5 years. I would also suspect that Todd Graham would be fired by that point or resign from football.
Please add more depth to the position. As of now i am not sure that they are trying to according to the recruiting websites.
Tino = 4.76
Myers = 4.89
Anderson is not listed.
For further comparison:
Denard Robinson = 4.39
B.J. Daniels = 4.58
Gino Smith = 4.78
The receivers also need to get open as emphasized by Zeise.
Coach Graham is a very successful person, he’s been successful everywhere he’s been. I think it’s pretty clear that he believes he has been successful based on his system, his philosophy and his style of management. This system has worked very well for him, it has worked very well other places and I think he believes in this system to his very football core.
To think he is going to change or abandon what he believes has made him successful now that he has the highest profile opportunity of his career is simply illogical.
If he could answer the question truthfully there is no doubt in my mind he would say the system isn’t the problem. The kids in the system and execution of the system is the problem.
Graham and Magee have had very good offenses everywhere they have been. They didn’t fall down and hit their heads and forget how to coach offense. They just need time and the right players. If they are still scoring 10 points in two games three years from now then by all means start the Urban Meyer rumors.
I’m not a pro at talent evaluation by any means (just played in HS nand watch a lot of football now) but I watched the Sprig Game very closely and Gonzalez made Sunseri look like Aaron Rodgers in that game. Absent an incredible improvement over the summer and fall (unlikely becuase he was suspended and moved to H-Back) IMO there is no way Gonzo is a D1 qb.
I am excited to see Voytik this Friday night on ESPN. I read that his team isn’t very talented but it will still be interesting to see what type of player he is. However, I don’t think he will come in and start next year as a freshman so this qb mess isn’t going away any time soon.
They did win 6 straight after scrapping the spread including a 38-3 win vs Va Tech, a win at WVU and Tangerine Bowl win over NC State and Phil Rivers.
BTW — Jamie Dixon on The Fan 93.7 in a few minutes!!
Guys that can make plays in open space after beating one on one coverage and a QB that can actually read the option to run and is an effective runner.
Graham will get Pitt there. That is the kind of O most Pitt fans want to see. We saw it for one game.
Interestingly, a local rival football coach (Mentor) commented that Myers was the best QB he had ever seen/coached against out of St.Ignatius in 20+ years of coaching. These are big time football schools in the state of Ohio– FWIW.
I saw Myers play in HS, and thought he would be a good fit for Wanny’s system. He did seem to have a slower release and marginal footspeed; but the arm was definately there for distance and accuracy.
Unfortunately, Myers will join an infamous group of Pittblather elite “shoulda, coulda, woulda” team that is currently being led by Greg Cross (1 touch and 1TD) and the Juco transfer guard (forgot his name) from down south that came to Pitt two years ago as a stopgap PG, tore up the D2 scene, but never spent any time on the court for JD.
Again…. we need more options for next year and quite honestly twe have no options that are good presently for next year other than different people.
Sure, change or hybrid the offense if you got Marino or for that matter a Priestly who transferred from Ohio St. ,
but we have no options like that.
Tino not good, Trey can’t see over the o lines butts, unproven freshman who is probably leaving anyhow.
Get the offense installed, let the frosh, sophs and juniors get used to it, let them know this is what we’ll be running here for awhile, start learning it and getting it in to your head.
They obviously haven’t picked up on it, like they have at other places as per the coach, so whether it’s taking longer mentally, or whether not buying in to it,
Give the time to learn it, and let them know, “this is it, if you’re staying, better buy in”.
If you watched the Hopewell – Central Valley game, you saw 2 atletes that would fit in anyone’s program .. but you also saw 2 passing attacks that may have even been more pathetic than Pitt’s last week.
Graham will probably have to do well in the South and Southwest in recuiting. I’m not saying that he still can’t use PA and NJ athletes, but he needs a bigger mix from outside of Pitt’s usual recruiting area.
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/344144-top-football-recruiting-states/#ixzz1bL5VU0FB
I’ve said before here that one of things I like about Graham is his willingness to expand the recruiting footprint into areas like Texas and the greater Southeast, where many high schools are now using these more dynamic offenses. Those areas are the most fertile recruiting areas in the country right now, and not every kid from those areas is going to be able to play at Texas, OU and the major SEC programs, and the reality is that many of them are recruited for depth and then risk being cast aside in future seasons due to over-signing practices that some of those schools employ. He doesn’t need to compete with those programs head-to-head for every kid, but maybe focus on the kids who are further down the priority lists of the bigger programs, because those are the kids who risk getting lost on the depth charts at the Alabamas, Floridas and Oklahomas.
Said it before…this is how Boise State has become a national player – they recruit mostly 2-star and 3-star players from those areas, as well as California. They have a creative coach running a system that emphasizes speed, and they promise playing time.
Graham obviously wants to build a home base that centers on PA, Ohio, NJ, Maryland and Virginia. That makes tons of sense. But I think to run the type of systems both offensively and defensively, he needs to recruit athletes, and those can best be found in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, etc. You don’t see as many high-school programs running these kinds of systems here, and those who are certainly are not doing it with the same caliber of athlete.
Also, I’m sure the recruiting budget will expand for Graham which will allow him to go into these areas. You may remember that the budget was slashed a few years back and (circa 08) and we quit recruiting Florida.
We start going into GT, VT, FSU, Miami and Clemson and winning football games and suddenly Pitt is on the radar of a whole bunch of kids who probably never gave Pitt a second thought in the past.
Maybe all things being equal kids still don’t leave Florida and GA for PA, but at least Pitt gets in the conversation. As you said, the leftovers have worked out pretty well in many cases.
@ Pitt Man, above you mentioned a JUCO QB… I could not agree any more… Does Cam Newton have a little brother?
DRW, are you 93 years old? Do you think Nuns are swatting at kids nuckles with rulers b/c they write left-handed or talk in class? I don’t think your assessment of Catholic education holds true any longer… and besides, Tino received a Catholic education and that “discipline” hasn’t helped him any…
On a tangent, did anyone catch this quote from Pitino: “My problem is not them leaving,” Pitino said. “My problem is that you did it in 48 hours. You don’t run away with a girl after one date when you’ve been dating someone else for three or four years. You’ve been dating this woman for 30 years, show a little respect.”
REALLY? The same Pitino that b-ng-d a woman on a restaurant table (for 15 seconds)… How nice of him that he had enough respect for his wife, so as to not leave her…
And BTW at the QB position there are huge shoes for him to fill to be classified as a 1st string shoulda, coulda, woulda QB, he’ll have to transfer somewhere and tear it up at the college level than get drafted by the NFL and tear it up there too, just like Flacco has.
@ notrocketscience, hey don’t drag Ronald Jones’ name through the mud regarding suspect back up QB’s. Besides Tino, Jones is the only other “QB” on the roster that has thrown a touchdown pass this season.
I sure wish Anderson could have been the freshman sensation that I was hoping he could be. I would hav eappreciated such a performance since I petitioned for him so hard early on. Now he just made me look like the know nothing fan that apparently I am.
My next hope is that Sunseri starts bringing his “practice” performances to the real deal. Considering this next game is on a Wednesday night following two humiliating losses, there may be so few fans in the seats that Tino treats it like a practice scrimmage and plays lights out!! Could happen!!
If we lose this one I’m guessing that you’ll be able to hear the crickets at the Cincy game by then. So we might just have to wait another couple of games for the “practice effect” to kick in for Tino, since we all know that he practices so well. LOL
That doesn’t make much sense. Myers was dropped to #3 QB even before the Spring Blue/Gold game. The reason at that time was he had an injury. Think it was thumb related. Can’t pass with a f*cked up thumb. Gonzo was #2 for Blue/Gold and stayed at #2 until his little off-season mishap. So Myer’s knew he wasn’t going to be the starter all summer. And Myer’s was #2 for a week in training camp in August before Trey moved ahead of him. Again he knew he wasn’t going to be the starter. So again you post makes no sense.
Having watched both Myers & Gonzo play in the Big 33 game opposite each other, you could clearly see Myers was a much better passer and led his team on a 2 minute end of the game drive to win the game, I believe he ran it in from 10 yards or so himself. So he can run.
Somebody else posted we better recruit a JUCO and I concur BIGTIME. Or else we get another season
of watching Tino’s “glimpses”. haha
Speaking of Italian BE coaches, have you seen the quotes from Gino Auriema calling out Notre Dame .. and saying that many BE schools has issues with ND.
Comment by Dr. Tom 10.20.11 @ 1:42 pm
Dr. Tom, Still believe the kid isn’t as bad as he looked against Utah. He was put into almost an impossible situation, with little hope to succeed.
With those 40 mph winds, the play calls and the O-line, he was almost guaranteed to Fail.
And that saved Tino from looking worse with his dying quails in the 40mph winds. And that could have been the purpose of the whole exercise.
What he is is a 19 year old kid who has been thrust into circumstances that were not what he committed to PITT for and that are out of his control in a lot of ways.
That put Myers between a rock and a hard place here at PITT and he seemed to get discouraged.
As I wrote elsewhere, the fact that he didn’t transfer speaks volumes about his willingness to help.
Certainly he does when he’s wearing those all white suits.
Maybe Ricky boy, knows the Sunseri’s. They both like to emulate their lives around The Godfather.
Wow, does this guy have an ego.
Check it out:
http://www.rickpitino.com/rpitino/articledetail.aspx?ArticleId=2523&Id=47
He got to play around in Hawaii for a few years after he graduated from UMass. We should all get gigs like this, straight out of college.
Pitino started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Hawaii in 1974, and became a full-time assistant (and interim head coach) in 1975. He was then the first assistant hired by Jim Boeheim in 1976 as Boeheim began his tenure at Syracuse University.
Pitino served as Hawaii’s interim head coach late in the 1975-76 season. Coach Bruce O’Neil was fired after the Rainbow Warriors’ started the season 9-12. Pitino led Hawaii for their final six games, going 2-4 in the span.[5]
Pitino’s time at Hawaii was marred by a 1977 NCAA report on sanctions against the program. According to the report, Pitino was implicated in 8 of the 64 infractions that led the University to be placed on probation.
If he is truly going to stick to this, then I am thinking the opposite of what this column suggests… maybe Myers is so far away that he won’t sniff the field even as the #2.
Anderson performed very good in the 4rth quarter of the Maine game. Everyone seems to conveniently forget that, even the media. (well that’s not really surprising, is it?)
Did he get the horse head in the bed treatment?
haha
Are you Michael Myers Dad, high school coach, agent or Mom????
Page breaks please!!!!
I bet ya Lexington has a lot better Italian restaurants now than pre-Pitino.
What he said at the end though is kind of confusing:
“I am headed out to recruit on the west coast today on my 49th birthday.”
His wikipedia article says he was born in 1952.
As does his bio on Louisville’s site:
http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/pitino_rick00.html
Which would make him 59 not 49. Joe Paterno syndrome perhaps.
That’s quite a ‘Family’ of coaches.
I think we need to design a website for Jamie on the order of Rick’s. Come on Pitt. Jamie doesn’t even have his own website.
Michael Myers, wasn’t that the guy who wore the hockey mask in the Friday the 13th movies?
I hear he ran the spread in high school before he became an indestructible killer.
Okay, so Clubhouse Cancer is a bit dramatic. My point is that it is being IMPLIED that he was not HAPPY and did/said/performed or lacked performance that resulted in him getting in the coach’s doghouse. And, one can IMPLY that this is not a POSITIVE in the lockerroom.
My point…he’s a good KID from all reports and wouldn’t be the type to bitch or moan or give up or simply “did not put time in” like the coaches are implying.
No, he will never be much more than a capable game manager .. but more importantly, he and Myers are just not fits for Graham’s system. They were recruited for another system .. pure and simple.
Don’t let any facts get in the way of a good story. Ben Howland did not run a fast break offense at NAU and certainly never made his reputation as a fast break coach.
At NAU he recruited good shooters and ran a motion offense which was modeled after Rick Majerus’ offense at Utah. Yes they took a lot of 3 pointers but only because that’s what they were good at. He did NOT run a fast break offense. In fact, his offense was much like the motion offense he installed at Pitt and Jamie still runs today.
Further Howland has ALWAYS preached defense and rebounding.
LOL!!!
Bye bye, Moammar. It was not nice knowing ya.
Has probably allready decided to do that, so, no use in playing him.
Good luck to him, and you. Guess there is nothing else for you to say.
Thanks for your same comment day after day for the last 2 months, appreciate them, best of luck to you and yours!!!!
Just sayin.
For some reason, I was taken by how tall Marino was .. maybe because he walked in with his wife who is not that tall. I saw Marino play quite a few times at Pitt but never live in his street clothes.
You seem to think that these reports are slurs on the kid’s character or something but they haven’t been couched in those terms at all – from any of the PITT staff, the beat writers or others who had seen him practice.
They are just statements of what actually happened with him and I for one have taken pains to counter any negativity in what I write with the explanation that he pretty much got screwed by circumstance when Graham arrived and it is understandable if it effected him… just like it probably would any other young player.
Remember, Myers is 19 years old and this is probably the first major disappointment he’s had in his sporting life. Add to that the fact that in reality he probably could of burned up the practice fields with his play and still not come out of training camp in the top two because of what the HC wants in his QBs… that has to be very disappointing.
Again, to you and to DRW… I watched him practice on more than one occasion and even I, a by no means expert fan, could see that his head was elsewhere compared to the other two QBs. I’ve written on here before that the family was going to take a long hard look at Myers’s future at PITT. These factors are why there was speculation that he would transfer before the camps and, truth be told, was entirely understandable.
DRW is correct (yeah!!) in stating that if Myers stays at PITT as the third string QB in this offense he’ll get zero coaching and preparation for a future in football. All the staff’s energies have been and will be with QBs fitted to the offense ahead of Myers on the depth chart.
Players transfer all the time when they aren’t happy with what they are getting at one school – especially QBs when they are faced with an offense that wasn’t what they signed up for. Doing so is no indication of anything but the player and his family looking out for his best interests and there is nothing wrong with that at all. I won’t be surprised one bit if he goes after this season.
But to think that writing about this now is some sort of conspiracy or smoke screen is ludicrous. What it is is newsworthy and timely.
Dan the Man has a nice array of Pitt gear on his website.
http://www.danmarino.com/Pittsburgh-Panthers-Sport-Shop-_-2019617732_BW.html
Is this another one of those cases like Big Ben not starting till his senior year?
I think I read somewhere the kid who started over Myers went to some Ivy League school, so…….
He probably had high hopes of competing with Tino in a pro style offense. Then the guy who recruits him gets fired and the new guy changes the system to one he’s not comfortable playing. My guess is more of a defeated/disappointed attitude rather than a bad attitude.
Graham then brings in a kid who’s a “better fit” and Myers finds himself out in the cold. At least he stuck around and tried to contribute in some way by punting. He could have been a total quitter but he’s hung in, which does speak to his character and upbringing.
Like Reed said, if he decides to transfer after this year, there’s nothing wrong with that. I’d wish him well – as long as we don’t have to face him at some point that is.
You mean like Trey, Tino & Gonzo led their HS teams to their respective state HS championships?
He’s(Andrew Holland) the 3rd string QB on UPenn Quakers team.
Didn’t take a snap in his first two years.
Finally got to take a few snaps this year.
Since the starting QB at Penn is also a junior and all Ivy league this kid will never play.
Also the 2nd string QB is a soph.
Well at least Andrew is getting a great education from a great school.
Apparently all this stuff doesn’t mean a hilt of beans wbb as far as whether someone will be a good college QB.
“Marinatto said again that Pitt and Syracuse, who are contractually bound to the league for the next two seasons, will not be allowed out earlier.
“Absolutely not,” he said. “We have no intentions of doing that. Period. Exclamation point. End of sentence.” ”
We can only hope he falls into a bowl of linguine ala Captain McCluskey.
Finito Marinatto
http://silverscreeningroom.blogspot.com/2008/02/casting-coup-godfather.html
We Are State Penn !……haha
I told everyone once we were all born in the wrong era for PITT Football.
I give you the 1910 PITT PANTHERS Undefeated &
UNSCORED ON.
Record 10 – 0 – 0
WP 100%
PF PA APD
353 0 35.3
Games
Polls
Coaches
Roster
Draft Picks
Awards
Date Opponent Score
Oct 01 Ohio Northern University (W) 36 – 0 all-time
Oct 08 Westminster College (PA) (W) 18-0 –
Oct 15 Waynesburg University (W) 42 – 0 all-time
Oct 22 Georgetown (W) 17 – 0 all-time
Oct 29 Ohio St. (W) 71 – 0 all-time
Oct 29 Ohio Medical (W) 71 – 0 all-time
Nov 05 West Virginia (W) 38 – 0 all-time
Nov 12 Washington & Jefferson (W)14-0
Nov 19 Carnegie Tech(W)
(W) 35-0
Nov 24 Penn State (W) 11 – 0
Just caught your comment about Jamie Lee and Marino at the fundraiser.
So you’re near a hot-bod movie star and instead you’re fixated on how tall Marino is?
LMAO – a true blue and gold Pitt fan for sure!
But like wbb, I was struck by one thing– his hands. For a relatively dimunitive guy (heigth and girth), his hands were as big and strong as freaking linebacker. I have an average hand size and I would say firm, professional grip…but man, I couldn’t forget those hands all day!
My wife and I are at dinner at a waterfront location in Tampa and I spot Franco Harris at the next table. In my business, I deal with C-Level types, and I’m typically not afraid to talk with anyone, even other sports figures.
But it takes me a while to “decide” on the right moment to approach him. I walk to his table and say, “Are you who I think you are?”
What an idiotic thing to say!!!
He smiles and says, “Well who do you think I am?” My intelligent response, “Franco?” He says, “You might be right.”
I then realize what a doofus I sound like and apologize for the dumb questions. We laughed and had a nice conversation for a few minutes. No matter how old or experienced you get, you always seem to revert to a being little kid when in front of your personal heroes.
EMel, you’re missing the point about the Ivy Leaguer who preceded Myers in high school. You were tring to make the point that this guy had no business playing instead of Myers (ala Rothlisberger) .. but I am making the point that since he led his team to the state title, he most certainly did.
Another: I watched a Pirates game from the broadcasting booth with Bob Prince – he was a college classmate and friend of my dad’s at PITT. Yes, he drank like a fish during the game.
I also got drunk as hell with William Defoe once but that’s non-PITT related.
Does anyone in this conference really deserve a BCS bid?
10/26/2011 WVU OCCUPY HEINZ
If anyone has a big Twitter following, then feel free to run with it. Red shirts with “10/26/2011 OCCUPY HEINZ” (in black). Decide on a gathering point, seating location,etc. Get some Let’s Go chants rocking in the 1st quarter. Stage a walk out with 5 minutes left in the 1st quarter. Something along those lines.
