There’s always that moment in the narrative of a football player returning from injury. When he takes that first hit, knows his injured limb/tendon/ligament/muscle can take it. When he clears that mental hurdle. There’s something to be said for that.
Still, with Ray Graham it should be more about being able to plant, cut, spin and move. This really is about knowing the physical possibilities. His replaced ACL in his right knee needs to be able to take the stress of that. Graham, his coaches and teammates need to see it. More than any hit, they need to see that happen.
Graham, who participated in every drill today including the team periods, had one play where he planted his foot, made a cut and ran into the open field. As he turned around, he had a huge smile on his face, as if to say “I’m back.”
It was a big step forward from the way he played Monday as he didn’t participate in team drills and was a bit hesitant to make cuts and change direction.
That should be welcome news for Pitt fans as, when healthy, Graham is one of the best running backs in the country, and obviously a very important piece of the Panthers’ offensive puzzle.
After practice, Graham was all smiles and said that he felt a lot better than he did Monday and said he will continue to get stronger and more confident each day.
“I played with more confidence today, I went out there and just didn’t think about things,” Graham said. “The more I stretched, the better I felt and I just went out and played. The first day was a test day, just trying to see how I feel and I feel as though I am progressing as the days go on. And hopefully day three will be even better than day two. I just need to get better.
“I definitely felt a lot better, my knee is going to be sore after practice anyway. But when I made that move, I cut on my leg, it felt good. And I got tripped up earlier and I fell on it but it didn’t hurt at all.
“So this is a confidence thing, it is a mental thing and like I said every time, the more I don’t think about it and just do it, the better I will feel.”
It’s huge. I have no doubt there will be some days in camp where it will seem Graham takes a step back. The knee will hurt more on one day, and worries will flare. He is trying to get back to playing condition. He is trying to shake the rust off to regain the instincts and and knowledge of his body.
But it is a significant step forward. Something his coaches acknowledged, even as they did what they could to down play it.
Running back coach Desmond Robinson liked what he saw from Graham, but he will defer a final evaluation until later in camp. “It’s still early,” Robinson said. “I don’t want to say too much too soon.” Coach Paul Chryst appeared to like what he saw from Graham, but he was reluctant to get too excited. “He made a nice half-speed cut,” he said. Of Graham’s effort, he said: “It is gaining confidence in what you can do and knowing what you can do. If we can just keep moving forward, that will be good.”
Then there is the new toy in the sandbox. Rushel Shell.
During non-contact drills, Shell has caught the eye of running backs coach Desmond Robinson, a former Pitt linebacker who played on the 1976 national championship team with another Hopewell grad, Tony Dorsett. Robinson is understandably reluctant to make the inevitable comparison.
“I don’t know if it’s the same kind of player,” Robinson said. “I just know they are from the same (school) right now.”
After practice Tuesday, Robinson was asked to forget Shell’s past and judge the freshman back just on what he has shown in the first two days.
“I would be very impressed,” Robinson said, “because he understood the offense just in the short period of time we’ve given it to him, better than I expected.
“I would have been impressed no matter what kid it was. The other thing is he has the great work ethic and also he has the skills.”
Sounds like the entire package, but Robinson will wait before nominating Shell for All-American.
“He needs to just learn the full system, and we have to see how it looks like in pads,” he said. “We all look real good in shorts, the whole team we look better in shorts than we do in pads sometimes.”
The theme from the coaching staff does seem to be downplay the individual expectations. Not poor-mouth the kids or say they are not that good. Nor is it to downplay the team expectations or nitpick the problems. It is to keep perspective.
I will say, Shell already has his cliches down cold.
Shell said he knows plenty of expectations have been heaped on his shoulders but doesn’t feel more pressure than any other freshman. He said his focus is on improvement.
“I just have to come out and work hard every day and know that the guys, my teammates, are going to push me to get better every day,” Shell said. “I want to prove to coaches that they can trust me, that I am more mature than other kids my age. Now that I am here, it is all about football.
At the start of camp, at least, Isaac Bennett has become the Jan Brady of the running back corps.
Also saw that Dorian de-committed from his original choice, which was long overdue, but encouraging. Coach has kept that door open which is another positive. Keep up the great updates!
I also think that everyone needs to temper excitement about Dorian Johnson’s decommit….if we still had Bostad, maybe it would be different but I have a feeling that Bostad’s absense had at least something to do with Johnson’s decision.
Graham is a stud in the present. Shell is a big name recruit just starting out. Bennett is the one in the middle.
Maybe there’s a reason PC was reported to not have recruited him very hard?
As for Shell… the kid came across well in his first interview in a Pitt uniform.
See him becoming a bigger part of the Chryst offense sooner than most think.
Wish I could even begin to say the same for QB and OL.
Maybe its just the time of year, but I’m getting very excited hearing about the overall team D. Wonder how many wins we can steal by pitching shutouts. With clue-less Tino at the helm I fear 6-0 or 6-3 wins and low scoring losses.
Very similar in size, speed and running style to Maurice Clarett.
Could only hope to see the same kind of performance from Shell his freshman year… although unlikely with a healthy Graham and Bennett getting carries.
Here he bitches about Pitt’s athletic department, “people unhappy with administration.” Clearly aimed at Steve with a potshot perhaps at Nordy. Can anyone substantiate or is he just blowing hot exhaust?
Plus he says the good players liked him, the ones who didn’t play didn’t. Classic narcissism.
My last Toad Graham comment, I promise!
Other than Wilson, most of his QB’s have not been bombers, but at least they provided a reasonable downfield threat. Anderson, Voytik, get those arms loose boys…see you in game three or so.
This player will be going away in three years to the NFL. Use him NOW!
h2p
That being said, I hope he is smart and tears it up.
Can we all agree that Coach Chryst is really doing well for a coach that is 0-0 in collegiate games. He is undefeated and unscored upon. Geezums fellers, let’s support the program instead of tearing it down.
My only other thought is that I agree with Fraud about Smiley Steve. So we had Wanny who didn’t care for his administration, heywood who wasn’t here long enough to understand the dude and Graham who also mocks Steve. That to me is the biggest problem with PITT Football, not Pittsburgh. They need to generate excitement, and as some have mentioned, have a throwback jersey! I am sick of watching highlights of games on espn and thinking it is pitt being abused, just to fond out it was Purdue or some other stinking similar looking uniform type team. Get an identity PITT!! Mustard is where it’s at.
She had that Sarah Palin thing going on, way back in the early 70′s. Eve Plumb was a trendsetter !!
We’ve always had a stable of RB’s in the past at PITT, as we are the place to become a NFL running back. Curtis Martin’s HOF speech was incredible!
Congrats to Curtis & Chris Doleman for being the latest 2 PITT PANTHERS inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame !!
Pretty enough…..but truly insufferable !
Does it then become Trey Time ??
Just askin (not wishin) 
P.S. >> Is there anyway we can make a massive alumni donation to the NCAA thru back channels to get Savage eligible for this year ?? (joke NCAA)
And he probably wanted another half billion to keep on churning out vanity plate videos like this one and the ones he did last year.
Yes guys, ASU’s gain is ours as well.
Every time that boy opens his mouth he loses cred.
Let’s see what camp brings but football is almost certain to produce injuries and we need to test our guys with that in mind.
Pitt students should hand out fraudulent dollar bills with Grahams devilish grin so we can all burn them during tailgating. I would pay a dollar to burn one of those. Or to wipe my ass.
Not this time.
As per EJ Borghetti, Frauds’ credibility issues have been well documented.
Hail to Pitt for publicly calling him a liar!
1. Graham is Graham no one really believes the guy anymore
2. I’m more likely to be named starting QB at Pitt than Rushell Shell is going to be redshirted. He’s a prime time RB and Chryst loves running the ball.
3. Mark Myers transfering basically confirmed what I was arguing about him for months on here.
4. Dorian Johnson’s final two schools were PSU and Pitt, so I’d say Pitt has a great chance. It isn’t like Va. Tech and OSU weren’t recruiting him before.
5. Pitt script. Yes, it is cool. Yes, I own a bunch of it. But the whole thing is so overplayed with Pitt fans.
6. Pitt will win a minimum of 9 games this year.
h2p!
and
I remember he seriously considered Pitt back in 2010 despite living in Blue-White territory but suppose we would have heard something if he was coming our way
When being scrutinized by the reporter for his departure from Pitt, Graham attempts to deflect pressure by mentioning what until was not known… the fact that it was Keith Patterson who drove him to the airport the morning he snuck out of town for Arizona.
Graham again follows the pattern of throwing others under the bus… this time a person who had been a loyal friend going all the way back to their college days.
This is exactly the same as when he threw Tino and the receivers under the bus when being pressured to explain last season’s losses.
This certainly exposes some bad blood between Graham and Patterson.
This might go back to Graham convincing Patterson to come to Pitt in the first place.
At the time Patterson had a five year contract that would have eventually guaranteed he and his family liftime medical benefits… not to mention the fact that Patterson might have ended up being head coach at Tulsa.
But for Todd the Fraud, “It’s about relationships.”
AND we are now down a lineman…another element to consider.
Royer is just leaving the football team. He’s going to stay in school at PSU:
http://www.centredaily.com/2012/08/09/3292840/royers-career-finished-with-penn.html
They’ve been a jinx.
I believe they have only been worn once in a big game when the team won… other than that all losses going back to Wanny and the first time they were worn in a loss at Morgantown.
That’s what you get for messing with tradition.
If you want to improve the game day environment at Heinz Field, then please consider the following:
(1) Natural grass is very nice. Looks great. Smells good when you cut it. However, when you have an NFL Team, a Division 1 College Team, and a few High Schools playing games there each year, the natural grass becomes a problem. If you had a state of the art artificial surface, then you could have full and colorful field signage for both the Steelers and Pitt. The first thing a fan should see when they come from the tunnels to their seats is a giant, colorful PITT logo on the 50 yard line and full, colorful Pitt signage in the end zones. I’ll let others debate if it should be Block or Script!
(2) We play in a stadium that has bright yellow as its primary color, yet we do not have that color in our uniforms. We all know, we did at one time. which leads to:
(3) To paraphrase one of Ronald Regan’s famous quotes: Mr. Pederson, tear down those generic ND uniforms! Go with a uni that compliments the staduim we play in and our history. The early 80′s uni with the yellow and royal blue would do nicely.
(4) As many on here have posted, devise a system for parking that allows those who which to tailgate to have preference to the remaining outdoor lots. Yes, this means doing away with the donor based parking. Hint: Those donors paying big bucks to park in Gold Lot 1 are very likely the same people that are not showing up for most of the games. You are killing the game day atmosphere to raise a few bucks!
The deal is that Pitt controls the practice facility while Steelers control Heinz .. but before you complain, please note that Pitt lockerroom is bigger than Steelers (college teams are bigger) and ‘Panthers’ appear at Heinz as much as Steelers. The Great Hall is not all Steelers; in fact, it is pretty well split up in main corridor but the HOF section behind the small section of garndstand seats are all Steelers.
Solid points on all accounts.
One comment, though: To your first point, I’m not sure how much leverage Pitt has on the grass vs. Fieldturf debate at Heinz Field.
The wear and tear on the grass field has been an issue since Heinz was opened. The breakdown of the field usually by early October has resulted in Heinz typically being regarded among NFL players as one of the worst fields in the league.
I believe the issue has been raised with the Rooneys directly in the past, but they’ve insisted that they want to stick with the grass field.
I’m with you, though. I’d much rather see FieldTurf there. I’m as much of a throwback guy as anything but in this case, I think both teams would be better served by going with the FieldTurf.
I totally agree about Johnson’s opportunity to play early here at Pitt. PC should be talking to his Mom right now, since her desires will be a major factor in the kids decision on where he goes. I’m still not sold on the rumors of her wanting to keep him away from “the big city” and all of it’s negative influences. If true however. It’s time for PC and Co. to talk up all of the positive attributes of Pitt and it’s urban location, which of course far outweigh the negative. Fact is you can find trouble anywhere, if you’re looking for it.
Lastly, Hate to mix sports with politics, but if another round of quanitative easing takes place by the Fed, US currency and toilet paper will both be valued about the same so who cares which one you wipe your a$$ with. I’d prefer Fraud Gramham not looking at my a$$hole anyhow however, simply because he doesn’t deserve the opportunity, due to his low moral character.
above:
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/709363_Royer-leaves-Nittany-Lions.html
If u can get on there and give me a thumbs up, lol
Maybe we’ll nab a few recruits that are hedging.
Weren’t ppl obsessed with the Painting of Dorian Gray. lol
Must be the first name that does it.
I wasn’t thrilled with the ALL Whites, but they make Sir Tino appear not as slow footed as he is, so they grew on me.
IMO it was more an imitation of Texas’s all whites than Pedo State’s since we had stripes down the pant leg and names on the back. Neither of which the Creepy Valley boys have. And I can’t believe the powers at PITT would want to imitate ANYTHING emulating (incubating) out of Creepy Valley.
We can truly thank the big PITT fan in the sky, that they had the sense not to be intimidated by the Rooneys, the Pedo State filled local media and even some in the PITT community (oy vey) that lobbied hard for Tom Bradley as HC. What a mess that would have been.
Back to the Uni’s, I say keep the same gear as last year for this our FINAL season(and Sir Tino’s) in the BigLeast. Now when we make our debut in the ACC next year, with a brand new QB and new opponents, that would be the time to go back to our incredibly good looking uni’s(and that includes the Script naturally) that are associated with our latest sustained period of greatness. Which also produced our latest National Championship and so many Hall of Fame and great NFL & college players !!
Why wouldn’t a University want to keep that link from our great football past and all the tradition that morphed from it with those Uni’s and the Script??
I think we really need to get organized between now and the Summer of 2013 and make it happen !
Veritas et Virtus !
KILL THE GD MUSIC (NOISE) THEY PLAY AT EVERY TIMEOUT OR DEADTIME.
It totally kills any spontaneous cheering.
In fact it’s so freaking loud you can’t even chat with someone next to you, without screaming at them. What in the hell is wrong with these ppl?
Does PITT have anyone in charge of molding, creating a good college game type atmosphere for the people in the stands ???
It does not appear to me. But I will volunteer for the job. lol
They just need to pay for my travel expenses.
They will see good examples of a college football game experiences when we travel to FSU, Clemson, UNC, VA Tech, UVA, NC State, GT & some others.
All they have to do is pick up some ideas from those game day environments. This isn’t rocket science !!! ( i mean how many years have we been going to South Bend) sheesh
Thus the decidedly non-college football experience at Heinz.
By the way….. Field turf and the script!!
Looking forward to traveling to ACC games.
Pittsburgh has 10 people left in it. Would Coca Cola only market Atlanta?
There are some things the Pitt should outsource ..gameday and marketing are two areas where they flat out suck donkey sticks.
But hey, I’m just a paying customer, WTF do I know!
Agree about most of the music. Would prefer to see the band play more of the music.
Gameday atmosphere is fine – when the stadium is near capacity. That’s the bigger problem, by far.
I don’t have time…someone compare the winning percentage in both uniforms. I think the new ones come out on top. Yikes.
I never heard anyone say they weren’t going to a Pitt game because of the field surface, loud music or the uniforms.
Lets face it. This is not a school that is in the middle of no where with no pro teams around.
Name a school in a urban environment, that shares the city with pro teams and draws like crazy. I can’t but welcome suggestions.
That is who Pitt needs to simulate.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=6676377
Pitt is failing to be aggressive as far as getting out there and actually selling. From what I see, the approach is advertise and sit back and wait for fans to come to us. They need to hire some people to go out and sell.
No we have diluted the brand and our product.
There was no need to sacrifice the brand name.
for nearly 50 years I resent the attitude of some who suggest that I remain home if I am unable to stand at a game. There is something to be said for
fan loyalty. I’ve witnessed my share of losses and believe me there were many. When I was a student at Pitt our football team had a grand total of 3 wins (Dave Hart/Carl DePasqua era). Regardless I attended all of them! So my reward for loyalty is a slap in the face??
UMD football is barely in the top ten of sports interests in the Baltimore-Washington area. In Pittsburgh, what is Pitt football, maybe fifth in the pecking order?
Same in any pro-sports town. It won’t change, that’s just the way it is. There are other things to do.
So no point in stressing. Given the recent doings at State Penn, maybe it’s for the best. It’s called having a sense of perspective.
So I totally agree, just “win baby win” and watch those ugly yellow seats fill up.
Now if you additionally enter beer into the equation, well sir, that becomes even a more enticing premise for those marginal type fans to come out to Heinz Field, especially if the beer is preceeded by the word “cheap”. I sure don’t have any problem with that concept. Beer was included in my diet as a basic food group when I was a student at Pitt so it’s a fit for me while attending the Pitt games. I don’t see it happening though with this current Pitt administration.
Selling Pitt Football to the unwashed masses is kind of like selling a Volt.. Last year it was new and shiny.. It goes really fast, and we want it to go fast. At least the salesman said so! But it only goes fast until the battery runs out. Yeah, but we saw that the battery runs out in 45 minutes, and we need it to go 60 minutes. But the salesman says, but thats what the gas is for. Yeah, but the car HESITATES on gas! The salesman says – You need HIGHER OCTANE! and the gas pedal needs changed and everyone who has one just doesn’t know how to drive it, they’re too slow!
Then everyone says.. this isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, or at least not what we were promised! Let’s ask the salesman… What saleman? He’s sellin’ something else now. But he promised us, Didn’t he?
So now we’ve got a new redesigned vehicle to sell, not dependent on High Octane fuel, hot air and we’ve lost some of that ELECTRICITY.
No one is looking for a salesman now. They are looking for evidence that the redesigned car is not built on smoke and mirrors, but really can take us ‘down the road’. When it proves itself, like Pitt Basketball, then it will become a destination on Saturday. Nothing really can be done to pack them in until the fan “Wants To Be There”.
He was gone just long enough for Jeff Long to hire Wanny who insisted we are PITT, not Pittsburgh.
Just as Justinian mentioned would anyone have the gall to change UCLA to Los Angeles or Cal to Berkely or the University of California. Or more locally how about the Pennsylvania State University.
That was just incredible that Smiley was allowed to do that all by himself !! The hell with Mike Ditka, Joe Schmidt, Fred Cox, Marty Shottenheimer, Johnny Majors,Rod Kirby,Tom Perko, Larry Swider,Billy Daniels, Bruce Murphy,Gary Burley, Carson Long, Karl Farmer, Gordon Jones, Tony Dorsett, Matt Cavanaugh, Al Romano, Jim Corbett, Dave Logan, Tom Yewcic, Don Parrish, Elliot Walker, Bobby Haygood, Randy Holloway, Jackie Sherrill, Bob Jury, Randy Ruetershan, Rick Trocano, JoJo Heath, Rooster Jones, Willie Taylor, Larry Sims, David Trout, Hugh Green, Al Chesley, Ricky Jackson, Bill Mass, Carlton Williamson, Lynn Thomas, Dan Marino, etc., etc.
(this only represents players who played for PITT not Pittsburgh until roughly 1979) (the list for the great players of the 80′s is 2 times as long btw)
Yes the hell with all these players & coaches who played with PITT on their helmets and 95% of the ones mentioned Pitt Script and the Royal Blue & Mustard Yellow/Gold uniforms.
Just incredible that anyone would be stupid enough to throw away all this past glory because “I” knew better. Yes a enlarged groundhog on the helmet and PITTSBURGH across the front of the shirts.
I know better and I will remake Pitt’s image in my image. And my image includes a Groundhog helmet and insisting the media call us Pittsburgh.
Give anyone a $100 million dollar gift, and yes an incredibly nice basketball arena can be built.
Albeit at the expense of the on campus football stadium. Because if the PITT brand means nothing to me (SP), than who cares about a place called PITT stadium.
And in fact if we’re going to rename, rebrand the whole sports program to Pittsburgh, we have to demolish anything with PItt on it. Including Pitt Stadium !!
Because I know better !
P.S. It’s Hail to Pitt ! (not Pittsburgh)
P.S. Again thank you Wanny for Bringing PITT back to PITT and exterminating the Groundhog, to bad you lost out in the power struggle with the idiot.
I wasn’t in Pittsburgh in the mid 90′s when this crap went down and never got to vent/opine about the above issue.
It just blows my mind that this clown we have as an AD still has a job. (not to even mention the last 18 months coaching circus and all the incredibly bad decisions made there.) Other than some bureaucrat would anyone still have their job after all that !
Veritas et Virtus !
“Anybody who went to Pitt, grew up in the city, or lived within a 100 miles, never called it anything but Pitt.”
Tino more accurate
Ray more limber
Chryst more involved
Linebackers more athletic (code word for, the white guys are gone)
Harper more length
Huxtable more excited
WR’s more experienced
O-line more of the same
Zeise’s kid got an offer
More at 11
(can’t believe it’s Friday already, it must really go fast when ur ……say 70)
I’m getting out the scotch.
Hail to Pitt!
Since Tino is a senior with 2 years experience a new coach who intends to run the ball would lean toward him over Myers even though Myers’s spring equalled to or surpassed Tino.
As for Myers not being qualified for a division I schloarship that’s nuts:High School: Lauded by Rivals as the top quarterback prospect in the state of Ohio following an exceptional senior year at St. Ignatius…arm strength earned national recognition by the scouting services…was rated No. 4 on Rivals’ “country’s strongest arm” list…named the No. 11 pro-style quarterback in the country by Rivals…threw for 2,127 yards and 20 touchdowns with only eight interceptions during his final season at St. Ignatius…completed 54% of his passes (140 of 261)…selected first team All-Ohio Division I (largest classification)… Northeast Lakes District Co-Offensive Player of the Year…led St. Ignatius to an 11-1 record and the regional semifinals of the Ohio Division I playoffs…played under Coach Chuck Kyle…selected to play in USA Football’s “Team USA vs. The World” game, which matched USA Football’s 2010 Junior National team (45 of the country’s top high school seniors) against a world team comprised of 45 of the best players aged 19 and under from eight other countries…also selected to play in the Big 33 Football Classic…a letterman in basketball and track and field. Top Qb in Ohio no schlorlarship offers?
Now thanks to Fraud we have Tiny as a backup. Stay healthy Tino make us proud; turn left and right and hand off
He didn’t and doesn’t have what it takes to play at the D1 level.
Others knew that before PITT did.
so he will not be asked to do mutch more then throw short. And some med but no long passes he still has no arm.
So what do we have a QB who cant pass and a QB
who is to short to see over the line men.
I sure hope chryst is a genius and that the RB
are great.
Hail to Pitt!
Considering Wannstedt’s hisotry in evaluating QB’s, thinking that Todd Graham broke Myers’ is comical.
To paraphrase Reed, give it a rest….
Well word had it 3 yeasr ago that Tino was outplaying Stull. The fact is that Savage is not outplaying Tino or any other QB because he is not taking meanngful snaps … all he is doing is looking good with his strong arm and great height (a la Myers) in passing drills. Remember, he wowed eveyone as a freshman at Rutgers but was beaten out the next year by 6′ Chas Dodd who was much less heralded who in turn was beat out by less hearlded Gary Nova (a one-time Pitt commit) last year.
And BTW, Kyle Bollar who could throw 60 yards from his knees and Raiders’ 1st round pick of about 6 years ago, JaMarcus Russell, are the two most most heralded QBs this millennium when it comes to arm strength …. BFD!
Haven’t we learned anything? Quit living and dying on every sentence you read about presaseason camp
While i love your posts, I was looking for a little more. Maybe a new posting? Where the hell is Reed? Thought he was “going up there”? Love the banter.
Anyone that is in front of or behind Tiny Tino will out play him.
Youngstown State W
Cincinnati W
Virginia Tech L
Gardner-Webb W
Syracuse W
Louisville L
Buffalo W
Temple W
Notre Dame L
Connecticut W
Rutgers L
South Florida L
7-5
Now my prediction if everything goes right (little luck)
Youngstown State W
Cincinnati W
Virginia Tech L
Gardner-Webb W
Syracuse W
Louisville L
Buffalo W
Temple W
Notre Dame L
Connecticut W
Rutgers W
South Florida W
9-3
even with tino as QB becuse chryst can coach.
But it could be 10 and 2 i think we beat louisville.
Looks like it’s Sam Werner with some help from Ray Fittipaldo.
Comment by LUV PITTBULLS 08.11.12 @ 7:42 am
Pittbulls, while I think bourbon is a fine option for watching Pitt football games, you need MUCH
MORE Proofage (might not be a word, but it is now) lol…. I say again: you need much more Proofage to watch Tiny play(don’t know if PLAY is the right word for what he does, but we’ll go with it).
Makers Mark is only 80 proof, I would recommend at least 100 proof (knob creek) or optimally a far greater proofage….just to play it safe. Say for example Baker’s at 107 proof or Rare Breed at 115 proof. Both should have you well oiled by Halftime, if you drink fast, end of the 1rst quarter!
And if you really want to make sure ur really inebriated, I highly recommend Bookers at 127 proof or thereabouts. In most games over the last 2 years, the Bookers option works best.
**This has been another in a series of PITT Service Announcements, on how to make games bearable to watch with Sir Tino at QB**
P.S. (watch the complete series on Youtube)
Sounds like the most important need is staying healthy.
should we send out a search team may be they found some of EMels 127 proof bookers.
and knowing tino was are best chance to win said fuck it and got drunk cant blame them.
Stars will win you a few games, but good defense will keep you in most games (unless your QB throws pick 6′s).
Our D key is staying healthy thru camp and building depth. Every team has some kind of injury attrition, but luck can play a role. Staying healthy thru camp is pure luck.
Once our season starts, a thin D line can rely on good LB’s and DB’s, but that don’t last forever.
On offense, I see a game plan designed to reduce the possibility of turnovers…called a running attack.
By comparison, it is easier to run block than pass block.
Finally, our kicking game must be superior if we have any hope of winning the BIG EASY. Kicks and coverage both.
Not worried about the DL if no one gets hurt. Be nice if a couple highly touted players that are currently backups finally live to their billing.
I’ll go with 9-3 for the season. If I have to guess individual results, I’ll go with losses to Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, and Syracuse (just a hunch on that one). Should be enough for a BCS bid unless Syracuse really surprises.
Agree with whomever here though keeps saying one game at a time.
Reed posted here Friday night, within 2 hours of DRW. I’d wager he’s fine.
Chas, I’d lay even odds he’s been barred from the internet for the weekend.
Sorry about not getting anything posted sooner but I drove up & down same day (9 hrs) and was burn out when I got home…
appreciate the tasting report on the small batch bourbons. I was thinking starting with the new Makers Mark 86, very tasty. Lower proof for the early hotter part of the season. I’ve been a member of the Rare Breed Society for over a dozen yrs, the one thing about Rare Breed is some batches are amazing, even at high proof while some other are merely good/great. Have yet to try Bookers. Late season cooler weather, I will consider a good single malt, heavily peated. I expect Tino ball to extremely challenging so I’m stocking up now. And a public service announcement remember to drink irresponsibly when Tino is playing.
Disclaimer: when watching Tino and drinking irresponsibly, stay safely at home with friends, never drive or operate heavy machinery, or be in the presence of sharp objects or firearms, tasers, bats, etc. that could lead to injuring oneself or others in a fit of Tino frustration. Thank You.
Given the description of Shell’s running style, maybe he will play some FB this year?
