Curse the fates that have two games at the same time. No way to avoid the basketball score, even if I stayed off the net. Our TV is a projector so the painter tape over the portion of the screen that is the ticker on ESPN trick, just won’t work.
Big game for Pitt as it is the difference between bowl eligibility and the ignominy of not even managing a 6-6 record. To say nothing of only managing 2 conference wins in the final go-round.
The options are either the Pinstripe or Beef bowl if Pitt wins. The Beef O’Brady Bowl just announced that incoming Big East team — but presently a C-USA refugee — Central Florida will be the C-USA rep. Pitt, as you may remember, had to cancel their home game with UCF for this year when the Big East thought TCU was joining. That led to the need to schedule Gardner-Webb at the last minute. So there could be a whole logic to it all.
Announcer: “Voytik goes down with the sack”
Me: “That was so Sunseri”
Announcer: “Voytik at 15 quadruple pumps and throws the ball out of the back of the endzone as time expires and Pitt is down 3″
Me: “That was so Sunseri”
Detroit 22-4 run since being down 8-0 … all since Detroit switched to the zone.
I’d LOVE to know what goes thru his bonehead thick skull as those plays start to develop. If I can see what’s about to happen, why can’t he??
Pitt’s O line is getting beat a lot up front.
Those of us who have watched Scatter-armseri for three years knows the odds are that Tino WANTED to throw a post but couldn’t.
OMG, I cannot WAIT for the Sunseri regime as Pitt QB to be OVER! I’m soooo tired of being cynical!
Brightside at least he didn’t fumble.
Should be 17 or 21- 0
Back to hoops…
Yea that’s why he wasn’t voted a team captain as a 5th yr senior QB.
Hail to Pitt!
Pitt football winning. PITT basketball gets the win.
Nice Saturday. Let’s hope the Black and Gold can bring one home tomorrow.
There are 3 great teams in the SEC, no doubt, Alabama, LSU, and Florida.
Then there are some good ones. Georgia and Texas A&M, without question.
I get that, and I give that up unconditionally!!!
What gets me though is, no one ever talks about the el crapola in the conference.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Vandy, Auburn this year, the Mississippi’s most years, Missouri.
Yes, they are the best conference, but it just bugs me when announcers and such talk about the conference year after year like it’s 14 teams of the Steelers, 49′ers, Cowboys and Packers.
Nothing but Super Bowl teams. I mean, some of the announcers literally embarrass themselves sometimes.
They’re the best, they’re great, I get it.
Pitt just beat Kentucky (SEC) a couple years ago.
Watched another second half of an emerging Pitt basketball team on the computer.
Watching the game on TV… an asswhoppin’.
Hopefully tomorrow they announce that we will play the Hoopies in NYC.
97 is a beast. Hail to Aaron Donald.
HTP
Going to the Ravens/Steeler game tomorrow. Hope we can get the trifecta. Don’t want to make losing to these assholes a habit.
Oooopsie.
I understand your point.
Missouri played five teams ranked in the top 10 this season.
Hope they can put together the Manhattan Brawl
Ray padding stats, well deserved.
What’s the over/under on Tino throwing an interception?
Hail to Pitt!
That!
Two victories in one hour – hard to top that.
Congrats to players.
I predicted 6-6 at the before the 1st game..
Amazing you can still reach a bowl game when you lose to a D2 team and some other horrendous teams, like Uconn.
But according to ESPN we should feel fortunate to have been led by the great Sir Tino. The way they talk him up, I’m expecting Mel Kiper to continue the diatribe and get our Tino drafted. After all he did pass HOF’er Marino in Total Offense. Right
Good victory, lol
It helps to play a team like USF who basically layed down in the 1rst Q. Reminiscent of the 1rst Q of the Va Tech game. That was one of the worst teams I’ve seen for awhile in FBS, even worse than UConn. Still can’t believe we finished below .500 in this version of the BigLeast. IKR.
Well at least we leave this schmuck conf, as a winner, sort of. Don’t know how I feel about possibly playing the Hoopies in a Bowl. They have actually played a lot of real football teams this year. We would need a lot of turnovers to stay in the game I believe. Anyway we can get the USF QB to somehow tranfer to Wvcc before the bowl game.
Just a thought
HTP
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Won their last two games. Could have easily lost them, and been 4-8, and we would all be saying the same things of “wait till next year”, “let’s see what the coaches recruits can do” etc. etc., including myself.
They didn’t, they won the last two.
Chryst’s first year. Pounded Va. Tech, shoulda, woulda, coulda, but had Notre Dame beat, and was Notre Dame’s closest game to being eliminated from the NC.
Had some horribles, YSU, the UCONN abyss.
6-6, won the last two. Going to a bowl. (yes, meaningless, watered down, but better than being in the group of 60 that aren’t going.) i.e. recruiting, practice time, and at least giving the seniors that fought so hard a trip.
Ya, we had some penalties tonight, and the “o” line had some lapses, etc. etc.,
but, frankly, what I saw was a total ass-whipping.
This game was a lot closer to 49-3 than it was to 27-24!!!
I don’t get to say this too often, but after the 1st quarter, there was no doubt in my mind who was going to win this game. None at all.
Hail to Pitt!!!
The game should have been closer to 49-3. Just looked at the stats, USF had like 121 yards of Total Offense. Pathetic and just what the Doctor ordered for our boys in Blue & Gold.
Onward to……Beef, Liberty or Pinstripe.
Please, please anywhere but Birmingham Bridge Bowl again. Although is that closer for Sal & Roxy or would the Liberty be closer. Memphis should be closer to Knoxville than Birm. if Sal still has a job at UT. Didn’t see anything.
So I actually have some optimism for the future of this team…I think that if we had this coaching staff last year, this year might well have turned out a lot different…
Lets hope we get a chance to meet the Hoopies in NY…Hail To Pitt!
If your O is always 3 and out it puts a strain on your D.
Toni took one of the worst sacks ever: certainly the worst sack by a 24 year old non-Mormon college QB!
Todd Thomas is a stud.
The suspension of Cam reminds me of the guy in Buffalo a few years back: the special teams whiz who on the day of his last game, after pre-game ceremonies in his honor, got kicked out early.
If Cam committed a suspendable offense, then he needed to be suspended. Candidly, Jones is a better player.
Anyone see the 2007 rankings on TV. Granted it didn’t last long but USF and BC in the top 5!
I like USF’s future more than BC.
I like ours even better.
Not sure what else you can ask for in a football game rather than that.
Sunseri still takes terrible sacks. Always has and always will no matter where he’s playing.
My point precisely. Good to see you come around on this!
Someday, I’ll grace the board with my overtime strategy regarding offense and defense and which to choose and when.
Yeah, I know Tino takes silly sacks, but that 29 yard sack AND FUMBLE set college football back 60 years.
Can you say “Live Wire?”
LOL My Noo Yawk Jets are dumb enough to pick Tinoboy in the 5th or 6th round.
Next year will see a much improved Panther team against better competition…HTP!!!
This little tidbit tells us we have something to look forward to.
Wait until Chryst has a quarterback who can win the close games.
I’m hoping to see Pitt play in the Big Apple against WVU but any bowl invitation is better than having players sitting home dreaming of what might have been.
Good luck to this senior class. You have memories that will last a lifetime – we Panther Alumni and fans sure do.
HTP!
It would have been nice to see a backup quarterback get some playing time this season but coach Chryst’s decision to stay with Tino should help Tino’s successor know that he will not be pulled from a game for making a bonehead play.
One aspect of Tino’s game that I’d like to see in our next quarterback is that he be as durable as Tino. I’m sure other Pitt fan’s will have other wishes…
If Pitt gets an invitation to the Memphis bowl, so be it but I’d like to see Pitt play and defeat WVU to squash all Mountaineer fans’ braggadocio who like to invade this Pitt blog. HTP!
Just curious, how many total yards receiving + YAC did Shanaham have, and did that also break a record?
PITT BBall looks goods. I really like the second half adjustment that Dixon does. Could be a fun year.
I wish him well though.
Shell has yet to show he’s capable of being counted on to carry the load.
He’s obviously got some talent, but certainly not the breakaway back many mistakenly thought he would be coming out of high school.
By next year, after adding at least another ten pounds, Shell will be limited to being more of a power back than anything else. And the way he runs, he’s going to need every one of them with the pounding he’s going to take.
A better offensive line will help, but Chryst has to get lucky and find a back, if not with true breakaway speed at least someone, who can get through the holes quickly.
Corey Clement would have been that back. Maybe it’s Jo Jo Heath who’s coming in for a visit.
you can only win the game in front of you and Pitt did that. I don’t think there is a person on this board who doesn’t believe the Pitt Program is on an upswing and in good hands with the current coaching staff! HTP!
Jo Jo Heath would be good too but he’s a little old.
Pitt will once again head to a bowl played in an empty stadium somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line. In any case it will be a big plus for our younger players and a chance for our seniors to showcase themselves for the NFL.
He will get drafted by 5th round…
Many people have said, Shanny is a TE playing the WR position.
Pass catching TE are extremely valuable and highly sought after in the NFL these days.
Next year is a different story though with at least two QBs who will battle it out – and could be three depending on whether the staff wants to give Anderson a shot.
Pitt won their last two games.
Pitt is 6-6 and is bowl eligible.
Pitt has put behind it the turmoil of the last two seasons.
The bad news is that….
Tino Sunseri will play quarterback for one more Pitt Panther game.
The better news is that…
Tino Swunseri’s Pitt career ends after the next game.
to take both Pitt and WVU, so I’m not sure WVU deserves better than the Pinstripe.
Bill Stull was disliked almost as much heading into his senior year. He had two things in his favor though. 1. He was likeable 2. He won and put the team on his back a few times and won Panther Nation over.
Tino has not been very likable and has never “won” a game in the 4th quarter (at least as far as I can remember).
I’m not saying it’s fair but it’s the way it played out.
He was subject to a lot of criticism, but that comes with the position. Especially for a 3 year starter. He put up some nice numbers, but I think those stats in proper context will always be his legacy.
A lot of the announcers all year have just been playing up the “three year starter” and “fifth year senior” angles but the guys last night offered a slightly different context — one that a lot of people have been pointing out on here for awhile.
My first choice, obviously, is playing WVU in the Pinstripe Bowl. NYC is nowhere near me, but at least it won’t be just another meaningless bowl game.
My second choice would be the St. Pete bowl game because it’s 45 minutes from my house.
Comment by Dan 12.01.12 @ 10:53 pm
Nope haven’t seen wbb for months and haven’t seen Frankcan for awhile either. Week or two.
Comment by Reed 12.02.12 @ 4:37 am
That’s what ESPN said during the game. Think it was Total Offense they said. Palko was a lot better QB, took us to a BCS bowl in his Sophomore year. No comparison !
Comment by MariettaMike 12.02.12 @ 9:29 am
lol I agree with that, nothing but nothing, come hell or high water could get Sir Tino OUT of the game.
Not even 3 different head coaches.
Comment by PittofDreams 12.02.12 @ 10:20 am
You are exactly right PoD
Ray Ray was the only game changer, play maker on this team. The kid just needed a slit in the line or one block and he was gone.
He was the best RB in the country last year before he got hurt. His performance in an offense which created space, was just incredible.
If you remember he even caught the attn and got commented on by LeBron after the USF game last year. One great athlete recognizing another. He certainly should have a good career in the NFL, as their offenses are starting to create more space, score more points, etc. In an effort to make the league more exciting, Steelers/Ravens non-withstanding.
If Ray Ray gets on the right team like Larod Stephens did, he could be a real star. Another in a long line of great PITT RB’s.
So you’re saying Sir Tino is then the 3rd or 4rth best QB to ever play at PITT based on statistics ?
Or some objective (?) ESPN analysts (Brock Huard ?) Who have seen Sir Tino play a couple times. lol
Is that what you’re saying ? Really
Hail to Pitt!
“Twenty-one years ago, when Penn State’s move to the Big Ten caused colleges’ tectonic plates to rumble, coaches first began whispering of the superconferences that might one day form. Now, as the rumbles have turned to earthquakes, with one school or another changing allegiance seemingly every day, they speak openly of a superconference utopia. ”
From ESPN the Magazine “The Rise of NCAA SuperConferences”
Wisconsin’s offense appears to be just fine.
70 points with a 3rd string QB against someone the caliber of Nebraska. That ain’t Gardner Webb folks.
Yes I’ve been hearing the Libery Bowl as well against Tulsa ( and guess who’s spread) (current Tulsa coach is a leftover of Graham’s staff, Tulsa won C-USA)
Both bowls would be the Pinstripe. Seems like that bowl was created for them by ESpn. lol
B10 looking at GT but I cannot believe GT would entertain going to play all sports in Midwest.
It is musical TV chairs.
UCF could have beaten OSU that day: only their “wide eyed” mistakes took them out of the game.
H2P
PG says our ACC conf. pals Cuse get NYC with
the Hoopies.
Which confirms my hypothesis from above. lol
But, I love the matchup. Ole Miss. SEC. Someone we haven’t played in forever, if at all.
Singin the Birmingham Blues
I was hoping for the Peabody Hotel in Memphis instead. Oh well drinks will be more economical at the Redmont. Always a bright side !
Helped a lot against YSU !
must live in the same area!! i saw u on the tube. yellow shirt right?
BigEast teams have done well against lower echelon SEC teams this year.
Buttgers won @ Arkansas
Syracuse won @ Mizzou (when Mizzou needed a win to get to 6 wins)
Ole Miss has a dual threat QB who passed for 19 TD’s and ran for an additional 8 TD’s. Also throws a lot of picks (15). Haven’t seen him play so I can say if he’s worse than Sir Tino.
Kind of weird for a program with over 600 wins.
Pitt has never played Ole Miss. That’s the one thing that will make it interesting – but Go Pitt!
It is not just any AD that would give Dave Wannstedt a contract extension, then have no Dave Wannstedt, then hire Mike Heywood, then have no Mike Heywood, then hire Toddie praise the lord Graham, then have no Toddie Graham, then hire Paul Chryst (maybe, because all of the reports were he was against him, and wanted to hire the legendary Mario Christobal).
Hats off to Paul Chryst. If Pitt had a real QB this year, even a Bill Stull, it would be playing in a BCS bowl. This may be the best 6-6 team in the country. And there could not be a person that deserves a bowl game more than him. The guy is a total class act.
But, I will admit, he is no Bill Callahan.
Any word on recruiting on the recruiting outlook?
We will fall behind by 3 TD’s and Sir Tino will lead his first ever and last ever 4rth quarter comeback to lead us to victory.
I’ve had a vision ! lol
P.S. won some money on Charlie Batch today so anything is possible
And Georgia covered the spread !!
It will be nice to see how we play now that we have a head coach for the first time in this bowl.
ole Miss should be an interesting game.
HTP
Just hope/pray that SP does not get a contract extension.
“To get to run out of that tunnel with my boys one more time before I take my talents to the next level, and I’m happy about this.”
Very solid team at 6 and 6.
Passing offense competitive with Pitt. Rushing better than Pitt. Overall Defense better than Pitt.
Ole Miss Qb Bo Wallace does have a tendency to turn the ball over. The other good news is he’s no relation the other Wallace from Ole Miss and not nearly as fast.
Guessing Pitt will be the underdog in this one.
Two pretty evenly matched teams. Sets up as a hard fought physical football game.
However, Ole Miss is ranked 13th in sacks with 34 to Pitt’s 23.
When you’re playing against Tino this alone can make you the BETTER Defense.
See, my wife caught scent of that potential last week and already has us ready to make reservations at a NYC hotel with a room overlooking Central Park. She wanted to see “The Lion King” on Broadway and ring in the New Year in the Big Apple as well during our stay in the city. So needless to say, we were going to spend a few days in New York City if Pitt played there.
Tickets to the Pinstripe Bowl x2 $250
Three nights hotel reservations $1,900
Three nights hotel parking $180
Three days dining $400
Broadway play tickets x2 $225
New Year’s Eve party tickets $180
The required “shopping” bill $900
Sitting at home watching the Panthers beat Old Miss on TV with beer in hand on Jan 5th, PRICELESS!!!!!!!!
I LOVED Wanny and really wanted to see him thrive. But I got tired of getting kicked in the onions by losing every game — EVERY!! game — which would have given Pitt a BCS bowl, especially with too much talent for such continual underperformance.
And an argument can be made that Wanny should have been fired just for recruiting Tino the Magician, but I’ll let Wanny write off that brain fart as 20/20 hindsight.
Plus Wanny played NFL-style offense from 20 years ago (read: boring) instead of learning & adapting to the modern college game. All of which was tolerable (barely) until his guys started a private crime wave.
Todd Graham was absolutely the right idea, albeit maybe the wrong guy or two years ahead of time, or both (Coach-Killer Tino running TG’s offensive was like running the Kentucky Derby riding on a donkey…).
My main knock against Stevie-P was killing the Script unis and “Pitt” brand.
He is obviously a damn good O coach. His best characteristic IMO is that he is aggressive during games. Something we have been longing for.
This spring the staff will not be installing from scratch. They will start with player already having a good understanding of the play book. That is a huge difference from this past spring. Add the extra practices for the bowl game and you are advancing even more before next year.
PC will prove Pitt found its coach next year!
Is that Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” that I hear?
Forever and ever, Hallelujah!!!
It took this long (5yrs) to displine Saddler? then on his last game of his career??