Pitt tends to wait until August to put out its basketball schedule. Most of us rely on piecing together the non-con by leaks and releases from other schools.
As you may recall, Pitt posted a need for a home game at the end of 2014.
The lucky team that accepted was Florida Gulf Coast University.
FGCU has added a travel addition to its non-conference schedule, visiting Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Dec. 30, to go along with a previously announced game at Xavier on Dec. 28, FGCU athletic director Ken Kavanagh said today.
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With 31 total games permitted each season, FGCU and other A-Sun schools have 17 non-conference games to find. Xavier, which is paying FGCU $95,000 with other compensation for the one-time game, and Pittsburgh are one-year deals. Schools can accept up to four “guarantee” games, although FGCU is planning to cut that number to three this season.
Have to imagine Pitt is paying close to the same amount for that game. Kind of a shrewd scheduling by FGCU to put those road games back-to-back. An extra night in a hotel instead of an additional flight.
Not here to bash Chryst’s recruiting. I actually like Chryst and what he’s doing.
But you can’t say he is a great recruiter. Penn State, Miami, Florida State – all these schools are cleaning Pitt’s clock.
Dixon and Chryst are both seemingly honest, focused, player-development coaches. Neither is blowing the lid off recruiting.
As has been well documented, the Badgers never tore up the recruiting rankings very much either yet have been one of the preeminent teams in the Big Joke since the early 90’s.
The Pedo’s certainly outrecruited the Badgers in most of those years and even we did.
Give us some of that Badger magic !
Looks like he was the 3rd or 4rth string QB in 1987 and 1988.
Wisky was 3-8 in ’87
And 1-10 in ’88.
Barry arrived in 1990 and ’93 they won the Rose Bowl game and went 10-1-1.
Certainly not claiming they are the same, I am just comparing Chryst, Frankenstein, and uber-meyer…. who is the most similar in demeanor and approach?
It took 4 years for Noll to get to the playoffs… 6 for the first superbowl. was never the rah rah guy, flashy, etc.
Noll was a program builder…. empire builder.
Chryst shows hopeful signs he is cut from the same cloth. If his team projects out and becomes the ‘sleeper’ in the coastal, gets 8 wins in league play, etc… all of which are reasonable expectations…
then the recruiting class takes care of itself in 2015.
Of course the same old same old people here pissing on the campfire.
What counts is next spring that the program has the new players it needs to keep improving… irrespective of stars and such BS. Today is June 14, 2014… who cares.
Frankenstein no surprise the guy wants to be all sizzle and flash right now… we’ll see. He better win. His closet in Vandy better be empty…
Bottom line: We will see for both come December 2014.
RIP Coach Noll.
He had offers from Pitt, Michigan State, and Toledo (amongst others). 3 star on 247 and not rated on Rivals.
When we are stockpiling those we will be able to compete.
Let’s work on getting the academics in better shape. Of course winning sports teams help a school’s rep.
RIP Mr. Noll! A man who built his reputation on deeds not talk, unlike graham, franklin and that ilk! I am glad that his suffering is over. UPone
As for Football, the jury is still out on Chryst, but I think that *most* rational people on this board can see a lot of reasons for optimism. I’m sorry that you aren’t one of them.
As for the administration. I would say that the most fans’ opinions on the current administration are well documented. I don’t think anyone would be sad to see Pederson go. I know the good people of Nebraska certainly hate him.
And bringing it full circle, as for you opinions. Maybe you want to try to be positive in ALL facets of your life. You’ll probably live longer and better. link to mayoclinic.org
Hail to Pitt. Fail to UPitt.
Goodnight.
I believe this class is only going to have 16 kids or so, the focus has to shift to defense. I am really hoping Troy Douglas proves himself to be an ace recruiter, as it is pretty apparent House needs help in that area.
Mailman thanks for the link, thought that was a great piece on Paul Chryst and his late father George. Coach Chryst seems to be class all the way and can be a great representative for this university. Sure he has had some bumps in the road and very soon the win totals and the recruiting must improve, hopefully they go hand in hand.
Guys like Upittbaseball and Old Pitt Grad that just bash Chryst every chance they get kill me. This is a guy doing things the right way with class and integrity. We should all be behind him and hoping he gets this program built the right way. He is bringing in character kids who can represent this university well on and off the field. Again, we all realize coach Chryst and his players can be the greatest guys in the world, but you must have success on the field. I think some very real and positive steps have been taken in that direction. I am not naive or unrealistic, this is a process. Let the man work his plan, and hopefully soon we can all enjoy the rewards.
Welcome aboard Mr. Tipton and as always Hail To Pitt!!!!
I want to see DL and LB recruits committing! That’s the weak spot in this team going forward over the next couple of years. Another QB commitment would help me sleep better at might also.
Hopefully the deluge will be forthcoming after Pitt’s summer camps conclude.
You want a HC with integrity. Check
You want a HC who can actualy make decisions on game day? Check
You want kids who are great students and will do well in the classroom? Check
You want the staff to extend recruiting to non familiar places like Minn, Hawaii, Mich. / Check
You got what you want….and his name is Paul Hackett
The same birdie that told me Pitt plays Kansas in 2015 is now telling me they will also be playing Cal/Berkely
Not great, debatable if the football team is even good yet but laying the ground work for the future in the ACC.
The flack Upitt gets is of his own doing. He accuses the optimists as seeing nothing but puppies & rainbows while he resides at the opposite end of the spectrum demanding excellence when only steady improvement is the rational expectation.
Things are rarely black and white. Personally I’m seeing Pitt with appropriate shades of gray glasses. This season in Pitt football will clear things up as to where the program is headed. Upitt’s opinions are not statements of fact although he proposes often that they are.
Those of us with more optimistic leans do hope for the best for our University, and that is not naïve simply because we hold that attitude.
At the end of the day performance and results will dictate whose opinion is valid. That is why they “play the games”. I just wish that Upittbaseball would learn how to enjoy the process.
So there’s no “venom” there. We just enjoy pulling his chain just as much as he enjoys pulling ours. At the end of the day we all still remain Pitt fans. Hail to Pitt!
Lets just hope that he is on an extended vacation in Africa or something or that he just forgot to pay his internet bill and hasn’t figured it out yet.
You don’t think that Chas finally got fed up with his posts and banned him from the Blather until he gets a spell check on his computer, do you? Even though apparently he can’t spell for $hit, I was just getting good at reading his FRANKCAN coded messages. Missing his posts since I require constant practice to stay on top of that code.
FRANKCAN come home!
I too miss Frankcam.His posts were hard to read but usually carried nuggets
