All one has to do is read the Penn Live comments if the ass wipes Jacob's and mbe disguised as Andrea DiMorphio to know why this shitty series should end.
Game 3: Pitt, Beaver Stadium, Noon, ABC
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Didn't read all the posts, so excuse me if a duplicate, Todd Blackledge and Chris Fowler to call the game on Saturday . Finally an announcing team to look forward too.
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When you talk about recent results but have to go back 2 decades to show the series is even you've lost. Hold on to that key chain, though. It's going to be the only thing that comforts you after Saturday knowing James Franklin has owned Pat Narduzzi.
Didn't realize PSU was begging Pitt to schedule us. I now realize that as soon as the media saw that we had scheduled Pitt, that really turned things around for us from a PR perspective, guys.
McKee Place
Forget the coach. We shouldn't have scheduled games 3 and 4 of this series when they were desperate for some good PR at the height of the rape scandal and came off their high horse.
Morally and ethically we should have told them to F off... then signed up WVU for those requested games instead.
But I understand everyone else oddly doesn't really care of their offenses and was/is so gung ho to play them. In that case, we should have held out for a much longer series, or indefinite annual games. Really disappointing and/or dumb on Pitt's part no matter which perspective you have.
9 McKee Place, Yesterday at 8:14 AM
McKee Place
Forget the coach. We shouldn't have scheduled games 3 and 4 of this series when they were desperate for some good PR at the height of the rape scandal and came off their high horse.
Morally and ethically we should have told them to F off... then signed up WVU for those requested games instead.
But I understand everyone else oddly doesn't really care of their offenses and was/is so gung ho to play them. In that case, we should have held out for a much longer series, or indefinite annual games. Really disappointing and/or dumb on Pitt's part no matter which perspective you have.
9 McKee Place, Yesterday at 8:14 AM
After losing this Saturday he'll be saying, "Yeah but Pitt was undefeated against Penn State from 2000 through 2016. That proves our dominance!!!"
Pitt shifts attention towards Penn State
Jim Hammett • Panther-lair
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Putting all that stuff aside, however, Pitt’s biggest focus this week needs to be Penn State - the football team, not the extra stuff that comes with the game. The Nittany Lions will welcome the Panthers to Beaver Stadium on Saturday at noon with a 2-0 record and a No. 13 ranking in the AP poll.
Penn State is outscoring its opponents 124-20 through two games and have looked very impressive in doing so. The offense is guided by sophomore quarterback Sean Clifford. In his first two career starts, he has racked up 559 passing yards and six touchdowns. He also leads his team in rushing with 108 yards as well.
During Pat Narduzzi’s Monday press conference, he placed some praise on the young Nittany Lions' quarterback.
“Obviously Sean Clifford is a baller, just another quarterback that they've developed in their system and knows what he's doing,” Narduzzi said. “He's got a nice arm throwing the ball all over the place.”
The Nittany Lions boast some talented playmakers on the perimeter like wide receiver K.J. Hamler (7 catches, 177 yards, 2 touchdowns) and tight end Pat Freiermuth. Hamler in particular is a player the Panthers must be wary of, as he notched two touchdowns against Pitt last season. He is a Michigan native, and Narduzzi even recalls seeing him workout when he was still in high school.
"The Hamler kid, again, I remember sitting in the tower at Michigan State watching that guy run around as a sophomore (in high school) going, holy cow, that guy is a football player,” Narduzzi recounted. “He's impressive. We'll have to know where he is all the time. They move him around quite a bit.”
While the offense is clicking right now for Penn State, it is the defense that everyone expected to be elite this year. Through two games, the unit is showing out as expected. The Nittany Lions rank 10th nationally as a team with eight sacks on the year.
Yetur Gross-Matos is a 6’5” and 264-pound junior defensive end and he leads his team in sacks with three already. He is one of the top defensive ends in the country and will certainly hear his name called on draft day this spring.
Gross-Matos is the anchor for one of the best defensive lines in the country, something Narduzzi is well aware of heading into Saturday.
“Their front seven is as good as you're going to see in the country,” the Pitt coach said. “I have no doubt about that. They've managed to stay healthy. That's part of it. And they're good football players.”
Another factor Pitt must deal with on Saturday is the atmosphere. Even with a noon kick, Beaver Stadium will be loud and intimidating, only adding to the challenge at hand for the Panthers.
“Yeah, obviously when our offense is on the field, we'll be in silent count, using different signals to get the ball snapped,” Narduzzi described. “It's something that our offense has not prepared for this year yet, however Saturday, we'll have to deal with the noise.”
Jim Hammett • Panther-lair
@JimHammett
Putting all that stuff aside, however, Pitt’s biggest focus this week needs to be Penn State - the football team, not the extra stuff that comes with the game. The Nittany Lions will welcome the Panthers to Beaver Stadium on Saturday at noon with a 2-0 record and a No. 13 ranking in the AP poll.
Penn State is outscoring its opponents 124-20 through two games and have looked very impressive in doing so. The offense is guided by sophomore quarterback Sean Clifford. In his first two career starts, he has racked up 559 passing yards and six touchdowns. He also leads his team in rushing with 108 yards as well.
During Pat Narduzzi’s Monday press conference, he placed some praise on the young Nittany Lions' quarterback.
“Obviously Sean Clifford is a baller, just another quarterback that they've developed in their system and knows what he's doing,” Narduzzi said. “He's got a nice arm throwing the ball all over the place.”
The Nittany Lions boast some talented playmakers on the perimeter like wide receiver K.J. Hamler (7 catches, 177 yards, 2 touchdowns) and tight end Pat Freiermuth. Hamler in particular is a player the Panthers must be wary of, as he notched two touchdowns against Pitt last season. He is a Michigan native, and Narduzzi even recalls seeing him workout when he was still in high school.
"The Hamler kid, again, I remember sitting in the tower at Michigan State watching that guy run around as a sophomore (in high school) going, holy cow, that guy is a football player,” Narduzzi recounted. “He's impressive. We'll have to know where he is all the time. They move him around quite a bit.”
While the offense is clicking right now for Penn State, it is the defense that everyone expected to be elite this year. Through two games, the unit is showing out as expected. The Nittany Lions rank 10th nationally as a team with eight sacks on the year.
Yetur Gross-Matos is a 6’5” and 264-pound junior defensive end and he leads his team in sacks with three already. He is one of the top defensive ends in the country and will certainly hear his name called on draft day this spring.
Gross-Matos is the anchor for one of the best defensive lines in the country, something Narduzzi is well aware of heading into Saturday.
“Their front seven is as good as you're going to see in the country,” the Pitt coach said. “I have no doubt about that. They've managed to stay healthy. That's part of it. And they're good football players.”
Another factor Pitt must deal with on Saturday is the atmosphere. Even with a noon kick, Beaver Stadium will be loud and intimidating, only adding to the challenge at hand for the Panthers.
“Yeah, obviously when our offense is on the field, we'll be in silent count, using different signals to get the ball snapped,” Narduzzi described. “It's something that our offense has not prepared for this year yet, however Saturday, we'll have to deal with the noise.”
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi shields players from reporters before Penn State game
JERRY DIPAOLA | Monday, September 9, 2019 1:31 p.m.
Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi on the sideline against Ohio Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 at Heinz Field.
“I appreciate you guys. I love the media. I love you guys. You guys know that,” Narduzzi said Monday at his regularly scheduled weekly news conference. “I’ll do anything for you. It’s nothing against you guys.
“I want to keep things tight this week again, just kind of what we do when there’s a big opportunity.
“I’ll talk every day if you want to talk. But I just want to keep it tight with our kids and let them focus on what they need to focus on.”
The game Saturday is the last of a four-game series that began in 2016 with Pitt’s 42-39 victory. Before that, the series was on a 15-year hiatus from 2001-15, with Pitt in the Big East and Penn State in the Big Ten.
Penn State holds a 52-43-4 all-time edge, including 33-14 and 51-6 victories the past two seasons.
At one time, Pitt-Penn State was one of the most anticipated and heated rivalries in college football. Pitt has proposed extending the series beyond this season, but the schools were unable to come to an agreement.
Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour has said the schools might need to look beyond 2030 to schedule the next series.
The problem is complicated by Penn State’s nine-game schedule within the Big Ten. Pitt only plays eight ACC games.
Penn State will play one nonconference Power 5 opponent in each of the next four seasons: Virginia Tech, Auburn (twice) and West Virginia. It also has scheduled Nevada, San Jose State, Ball State, Villanova, Ohio, Central Michigan, Delaware and UMass.
JERRY DIPAOLA | Monday, September 9, 2019 1:31 p.m.
Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi on the sideline against Ohio Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 at Heinz Field.
“I appreciate you guys. I love the media. I love you guys. You guys know that,” Narduzzi said Monday at his regularly scheduled weekly news conference. “I’ll do anything for you. It’s nothing against you guys.
“I want to keep things tight this week again, just kind of what we do when there’s a big opportunity.
“I’ll talk every day if you want to talk. But I just want to keep it tight with our kids and let them focus on what they need to focus on.”
The game Saturday is the last of a four-game series that began in 2016 with Pitt’s 42-39 victory. Before that, the series was on a 15-year hiatus from 2001-15, with Pitt in the Big East and Penn State in the Big Ten.
Penn State holds a 52-43-4 all-time edge, including 33-14 and 51-6 victories the past two seasons.
At one time, Pitt-Penn State was one of the most anticipated and heated rivalries in college football. Pitt has proposed extending the series beyond this season, but the schools were unable to come to an agreement.
Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour has said the schools might need to look beyond 2030 to schedule the next series.
The problem is complicated by Penn State’s nine-game schedule within the Big Ten. Pitt only plays eight ACC games.
Penn State will play one nonconference Power 5 opponent in each of the next four seasons: Virginia Tech, Auburn (twice) and West Virginia. It also has scheduled Nevada, San Jose State, Ball State, Villanova, Ohio, Central Michigan, Delaware and UMass.
This part was interesting to me. He said he's spoken to Tom Bradley throughout the week. Hmmmm. Is this to rattle the Dooz?
Haha. Yeah. Marcus Allen and Tom Bradley are "in that facility all the time"...and "walk around that facility".
Fowler to Blackledge during the pregame:
“Todd, what do you remember most about the 48-14 ASS. BEATING.
Penn State handed pitt in 1981?”
Did the Penn State neighbor put one up that said "Our condolences"?
A requiem for the Pitt-Penn State game
With the Penn State game approaching on Sept. 14 at Beaver Stadium, it brings to an end — for now — the on-and-off historic rivalry between the Pitt Panthers and the Penn State Nittany Lions.
The 2019 meeting will mark the 100th all-time between the Panthers and Nittany Lions as well as the final regularly scheduled Pitt-Penn State football game for the foreseeable future. Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour said last May the rivalry would most likely be shelved until “some point after 2030.”
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This also ties into Penn State having an already tough schedule in the future with in-conference teams like Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State as well as non-conference opponents like Auburn, Virginia Tech and West Virginia. Playing Pitt while also playing these teams doesn’t make much sense when it’s evident that having a better overall record is more important than strength of schedule.
But don’t give the Nittany Lions too much credit, as their smugness and arrogance toward Pitt has been around for decades. Penn State head coach James Franklin, after the 2017 win, said that Pitt viewed its win against them as “their super bowl,” while beating Pitt to them was “like beating Akron.”
This attitude toward Pitt is a sad and ignorant one for those who support Penn State to have. For a rivalry that has so much potential to be great due to proximity and quality of both programs, seeing that Penn State could care less about the rivalry is tough for a Pitt fan to take.
And seeing that the future of journalism is in good hands as demonstrated here by the Pitt News is tough for anybody to take.
https://collegepolltracker.com/football/team/penn-state-nittany-lions/2019
How every AP voter ranked us.
How every AP voter ranked us.
michigan at 4. Did wannstedt see the mess against Army? Actually, I’m sure he did. He just didn’t understand what he saw.
So Jon Wilner has 10 out of his 25 picks listed as "extreme pics" being 5+ spots from the team's actual ranking. As long as this kind of crap is used in polls it's another example of why polls are pointless.
Clairton graduate Lamont Wade finds happiness in Penn State secondary
JERRY DIPAOLA | Tuesday, September 10, 2019 5:46 p.m.
Penn State cornerback Lamont Wade, a Clairton graduate, celebrates after defeating Iowa on Sept. 23, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
AP
Penn State safety Lamont Wade, a Clairton graduate, has six tackles in two games this season.
After only two games as Penn State’s starting free safety, Lamont Wade can remember only one other time when he was this happy playing football.
“Probably 2016 against Farrell in a state playoff (victory),” said Wade, a Clairton graduate who won three WPIAL championships and earned berths in two PIAA Class A title games in high school. “I remember how happy and excited I was to go to Hershey one last time.”
The stakes are higher these days for Wade, a junior who started this calendar year with his name in the NCAA transfer portal and hopes to end it with a Big Ten championship.
JERRY DIPAOLA | Tuesday, September 10, 2019 5:46 p.m.
Penn State cornerback Lamont Wade, a Clairton graduate, celebrates after defeating Iowa on Sept. 23, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
AP
Penn State safety Lamont Wade, a Clairton graduate, has six tackles in two games this season.
After only two games as Penn State’s starting free safety, Lamont Wade can remember only one other time when he was this happy playing football.
“Probably 2016 against Farrell in a state playoff (victory),” said Wade, a Clairton graduate who won three WPIAL championships and earned berths in two PIAA Class A title games in high school. “I remember how happy and excited I was to go to Hershey one last time.”
The stakes are higher these days for Wade, a junior who started this calendar year with his name in the NCAA transfer portal and hopes to end it with a Big Ten championship.
For $50 he'll send you a personal video message. Because who wouldn't want one from the Wan-douche himself?
https://www.cameo.com/5d2cb0f7c9461f013381636e
Or he could put up a sign that says "bad decision maker... and proud of it!"
It's sad that Pitt grads care so much about what PSU grads think.
Chris Peak from Pantherlair is doing a live radio show from Primanti Brothers in State College Saturday at 8am.
Chris Peak from Pantherlair is doing a live radio show from Primanti Brothers in State College Saturday at 8am.
If a tree falls, and there is no one there to hear it....
Chris Peak from Pantherlair is doing a live radio show from Primanti Brothers in State College Saturday at 8am.
8AM on Saturday?? I hope he isn't expecting a big audience since most people interested in the game will actually be going to the game instead of watching some schlub do a radio show. If the guy had any balls he'd do his show near the stadium instead of in a nearly empty restaurant.
I'm thinking students will go there to "pre game" if the place is open to everyone. That could get interesting.
CJF sometimes asks the reporters, "how are you?" The one tool who just ignores the question: Cory Geiger.
He said the restaurant opens at 9am. So are they letting him in early to do the radio show? Or is he doing it outside?
Being drowned out the entire time by "We Are" chants would be hilarious.
it is so unfortunate that Pat Narduzzi is not on cameo....I could send a message to this board....that'd be pretty funny
there's A James Franklin...but not THE James Franklin (I can say that that way because tOSU's trademark was denied)
anyway for 15 bucks this Toronto Argonaut James Franklin will send a message https://www.cameo.com/million_dollar_bils
CJF at the 33:00-minute mark mentions how this series brings out the best and worst of both programs.
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