A sampling of Pitt football posts that would get a bigger hit count then mentioning the BBVA Bowl:
- Recruiting
- 2012 QB speculation
- Tino-bashing
- Speculating on new assistant coaching hires
- Panthers in the pros
- Mocking Hoopies
- Mocking Nits
- Expansiopocolypse updates
- Paul Hackett retrospective
You get the idea. And it’s not that I won’t watch, and react. It’s not that I won’t be writing about it — both before and after. It’s not that I don’t care. It’s not even that the game is Alabama (this is a made-for-TV-bowl, after all). It is that it is 3 1/2 weeks away and against SMU. Still I have tabs to clear and I’m sick of seeing these.
Others are down on the bowl for the location amongst other reasons. Ranking the bowls for watchability and interest continually have it near the bottom (or at the bottom).
But I would rather watch the entire Big East regular season on loop for 2 days straight than watch Pittsburgh and SMU in the BBVA Compass Bowl. Pitt blatantly tried to get out of the bowl and June Jones is fresh off an embarrassing flirtation with Arizona State.
Now, now. June Jones swears it is god’s plan that he remain at SMU. God’s and an outraged ASU fanbase that one rich booster nearly called the shot on hiring Jones along with a $2 million plus buyout.
Or this:
30. BBVA Compass Bowl: Pitt vs. SMU. Have you ever wanted to see 10 interceptions between two teams in one game? YOUR DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE.
YOUR STUPID NON-COLLEGE-FOOTBALL-WATCHING RELATIVE SAYS: “BBVA? I have no idea what that means on Craigslist, but it sounds like some naked fat people stuff. No fat chicks. That’s my rule.”
I know what you are thinking, 10 sacks by SMU seems more likely. SMU is not exactly a team, though, that holds onto the ball. So maybe we can get both.
And dead last in this ranking.
35. BBVA Compass (Jan. 7): SMU (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6).Birmingham’s Legion Field has been in decay for decades. This game will only accelerate it.
It’s not decay. It’s history. And for the second straight year, Pitt will get some education on the Civil Rights Movement.
And this.
Who has momentum? Not a lot of momentum to go around in this one. Pitt hasn’t won back-to-back games since the first two weeks of the season, and SMU has lost four of its past six.
Who has motivation? Pitt is back in the same location it was in last season, which is a good thing only if that location is a BCS bowl or Hawaii. The Mustangs are trying to decide whether they’re happy June Jones came back after his deal with Arizona State fell through, or whether they hate him for trying to leave.
Who wins a mascot fight? SMU’s Shetland pony isn’t overly fearsome, but it beats the standard furry costumed panther.
Dash fact: Both quarterbacks are struggling. SMU’s J.J. McDermott has six touchdowns and 11 interceptions in his past six games. Pitt’s Tino Sunseri has five TDs and six picks in his past seven games.
Fun extra fact. SMU’s offense hasn’t been the same since their star RB got injured.
Still trying to figure out how Dennis Dodd put the BBVA Bowl up at #20 in his rankings other than a typo.
Even the annual list of bowl schwag that the kids get. Well, that got ranked and the BBVA was down at #28. Mainly, it seems because it is so pedestrian.
BBVA Compass Bowl participants will receive a set of iBeats by Dr. Dre ear buds, a Reactor watch, Oakley Eyepatch 2 sunglasses, an Oakley backpack duffel and a commemorative football. That’s all pretty standard fare for bowl gifts.
The fact that they are the earbuds (retailing for around $100) rather than the big headphones, seems to be a negative. The watch is moderately expensive. But yeah. It’s a seemingly standardized set.
And either to create future confusion or to suggest that this bowl will be looking for a new title sponsor in the near future, BBVA just got the naming rights to a soccer stadium in Houston.
? Hyundai Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2 p.m., CBS
Gift suite, Timely Watch Co. watch, Majestic Pro-Base fleece pullover, VP Sports cap, Ogio Politan backpack, Helen of Troy hair dryer, souvenir coin
Oh yes, every NCAA D1 player needs a:
Helen of Troy hair dryer for those lovely dred locks to look their very best ! haha
Sounds like the computers and voters have a bias against us.
I’ll spell it out completely. ASSHOLE!!
I don’t even think I have anything left to say.
I’m not one to preach “is their no integrity left” to honor contracts???
1 year???
Are their any good people left??? Well, yes, I know a lot in my family and friends and co-workers circle, but,
in college athletics, is it just all WHORES?????
WHORES and more WHORES??? Just WHORES, here a WHORE, there a WHORE???
How do you look at the kids that you coached and told all about what we’re gonna do the next few years??
The recruits??
Your wife and children???
Yourself???
I know coaching is a carousel, but, 1 YEAR???
1 YEAR???? 1 friggin’ YEAR????
What a piece of shit!!!
Wow, I feel like going down and finding his office, you friggin’ prick!!!!!!!!!!!!
CANT FUCKING BELIEVE THIS
Say what you want about Wannstadt, he never would have pulled this kind of shit. I can’t F*&cking believe it.
Dan hits the nail on the head. Here you have TG preaching values, family, stability…etc etc…and bam, just turns around and leaves.
Maybe we can hire June Jones…
Or, de-emphasize the football program and go to Div III and fffffffffff the whole thing!!!!!!!
This will set Pitt football back years. They’ve essentially lost two recruiting seasons and are two season behind on recruiting the upcoming classes.
The team doesn’t have an identity – they are inbetween being a spread/pro-style team.
Bye bye Pederson.
confirmation of Bye Octane. May be a blessing. No need to panic. Regroup and get the right man for the job. No snow jobs this time.
A decision on new head coach must be made ASAP. If Pitt hires Tom Bradley, I will never go to another Pitt football game again.
And the comments about Pitt dropping down in football are so stupid. Pitt football makes money and will make even more money in the ACC. Get the right coach in there and everything will be fine.
I mean really, who could we hire? Is there a guy out there with enough juice to hold together our (pretty damn good) recruiting class, project a modicum of credibility, and take our no-identity team and turn them into a winner in a season’s time. Gezus, I feel like I’ve just been punched in the stomach.
Let Jamie Dixon pick the next coach, please. And let’s hope its Paul Rhoads.
Pay the assistants and keep them here- Patterson and Norvell. (I’m second guessing that though bc who knows if they won’t leave in a year or two). Send Graham away on his own. Minimize the damage. keep some recruits- most of the recruits were really taking to Norvell.
This is ridiculous. I always supported the guy- can’t believe him.
A Pitt guy wouldn’t have quit. Now I’m not advocating bringing in a Pitt guy, but the next coach has to understand WPA and have some loyalties to the area.
This has got to mean the end for Stevie P.
Say goodbye to this recruiting class.
Tino is one lucky kid.
He deserved at least one more season, it’s true.
I’m glad Graham is gone. Who cares about 2 years worth of recruiting classes, Graham was a guaranteed 3-5 years of mediocrity before getting fired if he stayed. Now there’s a chance we can get a real AD and a real coach and have a chance to not be mediocre in 2-3 years.
Look at Pedersen’s body of work in the last 2 years. He has completely neutered the Pitt football program. Firing Wannstedt?!? For this? Steve P. has got to go, I wouldn’t trust him to walk my dog let alone hire another coach. Either Pitt needs to de-emphasize all sports and apply for membership in the Ivy League or fire Steve Pedersen as step one.
Right now there is only one man who can pull this program back, and his initials are D.W.
Wanny’s defense,giving up 44 points to Dallas, 35 to Miami and this past weekend, 37 to San Diego.
Wanny would have never left, loyalty??? He walked out on the Miami Dolphins owner, players and fans in the middle of the season 10 years or so ago, when they started out 0-8.
Don’t tell me about any loyalty Wanny ever had. I don’t know who would want him, but if he ever had a chance to be a head coach in the NFL again, he would have bolted from Pitt too.
Hey, Wanny’s probably gonna get canned from Buffalo the way his defense is playing, maybe Steve-0 will bring him back!!!
This whole thing makes me sick!!!!!
We don’t know what will happen with that yet and anyway not having an incompetent head coach far outweighs 1 or 2 recruiting classes.
For God’s sake, though, stop the ‘Bring Back Wanny’ stuff – he’s a mediocre college coach at best, and absolutely had to go. The next coach should be someone that is definitely going to stay around long enough to build a good program here, and the only guy I see that in is Tom Bradley. It’s highly unlikely that any of the Sandusky scandal is going to end up on him at this point, so I don’t see that as an issue. Grab him now before PSU offers him the position.
Now he says he’s leaving for the best interest of his family. A whining, nagging spouse can be a great motivator.
Can’t decide whether I’m more PO’d that he’s leaving or happy that he’s gone.
We can regroup. I like the idea of a search committee. Mark May is a PITT man, and we need PITT people to circle the wagons and immediately start damage control. Paul Rhodes, Cristobal sound good. Can salvage recruits with immediate, positive, and aggressive response.
Fuck Penn State. WE ARE PITT. Good defense returning. QB position wide open. Shell has local ties and will stay. Bring in someone with character who wants to stay here, and yes, pay him. No more Texas snow jobs. Peterson should step back and allow selection committe to act swiftly and aggressively. HTP
Stick a fork in us, because we are done ):
This is so f-ing depressing I’m leaving work early, picking up a bottle of Jack and getting inebriated.
2. Hire a new AD in the next week
3. Hire a new coach before year’s end
4. Work on keeping certain recruits and closing the deal on new ones
5. Bring back Pitt script
6. Get ready to do this all over again next year
Pederson needs to go. A new AD must be hired and then a new FB coach. I hope Nordenberg realizes that Pederson is more of an impediment than anything else for Pitt to be successful in athletics.
Hire Tom Donahoe as Ad right now…get someone with class, a proven record and the access to quality coaching and people
Birmingham should give away tickets to high school kids, the homeless, the unemployed just to try and fill up the place.
Didn’t the Little 11 try hiring people to fill seats at their league championship?