Narduzzi is getting roasted for attempting a fg on 4th and 1 from the one. Narduzzi said it was a 2 score game anyway (wrong) and ESPN says the touchdown success rate on 4th & 1 is 70%.
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Narduzzi is getting roasted for attempting a fg on 4th and 1 from the one. Narduzzi said it was a 2 score game anyway (wrong) and ESPN says the touchdown success rate on 4th & 1 is 70%.
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I couldn’t believe what I saw on that series. He did try to run Pickett one play outside the tackle and Taylor stood him up in the backfield. Pitt had a 215 lb RB, four downs and less than a yard to go.Narduzzi is getting roasted for attempting a fg on 4th and 1 from the one. Narduzzi said it was a 2 score game anyway (wrong) and ESPN says the touchdown success rate on 4th & 1 is 70%.
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He’s not named Math Narduzzi:
If there were a weekly award for a coach who makes the worst time and score decision, Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi would have wrapped it up by happy hour. Trailing 17-10 to Penn State, the Panthers mounted a 10-play drive that got them all the way down to the 1-yard line with 4:59 remaining. On fourth down in that situation given the entire set of circumstances, there is no choice — you go for it, every time. You go for it, that is, unless you’re Narduzzi, who decided to kick a 19-yard field goal, watched it clank off the upright and lost the game....
He needs Curt McMullen.nardoozie should add LionJim to handle the MATHS. .
I don't think he'll ever live down that decision, at least as long as he's Pitt's head coach. I mean if he were to go on and lead Pitt to 3 or 4 NCs over the next 15 years or so then of course, no Pitt fan would care about the 4th and 1 at Penn State in 2019. But seeing as how having a chance to beat Penn State in what might be the final game of that series is likely Pitt's high water mark under Narduzzi, he's gonna hear about that call for a long, long time.
He didn’t say it was a two score game, he said they needed two scores to win...which was true. Even with a TD there, they still need another score (in OT or with a 2-point conversion) to beat us. I thought kicking the FG was a dumb call but not as dumb as his play selection on the first 3 tries from the 1-foot line.Narduzzi is getting roasted for attempting a fg on 4th and 1 from the one. Narduzzi said it was a 2 score game anyway (wrong) and ESPN says the touchdown success rate on 4th & 1 is 70%.
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Narduzzi makes ridiculous statements and stubborn in game choices choices so frequently it’s become his leading product. 5 years later and we’re still 3/4 of a football team. Congrats on the victory. I know it’s not a popular sentiment but I will miss the opportunity to play Penn St.
Pickett went under center a bunch - why not sneak it at least once? I would’ve ran the sneak all 4 times.
His choice to kick there was an absolutely terrible call. Herbie and The Bear we’re destroying him on instagram last night. Also, sounds like Pickett and a couple of the other players had some backhanded comments about it too in the post game.
I honestly didn't have an issue with him going for a FG. Their running game was terrible yesterday. With how awful (yes they were that bad) PSU's offense was yesterday and how well his defense was playing they were going to get a few more chances to score a TD and win the game. We would have been sweating bullets if it was 17-13 when Pitt had the ball to end the game.
Pickett went under center a bunch - why not sneak it at least once? I would’ve ran the sneak all 4 times.
His choice to kick there was an absolutely terrible call. Herbie and The Bear we’re destroying him on instagram last night. Also, sounds like Pickett and a couple of the other players had some backhanded comments about it too in the post game.
Your'e being too modest LJ
He didn’t say it was a two score game, he said they needed two scores to win...which was true. Even with a TD there, they still need another score (in OT or with a 2-point conversion) to beat us. I thought kicking the FG was a dumb call but not as dumb as his play selection on the first 3 tries from the 1-foot line.
I'm constantly amazed by the number of coaches, college and pro, that insist on throwing with the ball at the one yard line. I'm running the ball 4 times in a row in that situation. Takes time off the clock, too, so the opponent has less time to score after the TD.He didn’t say it was a two score game, he said they needed two scores to win...which was true. Even with a TD there, they still need another score (in OT or with a 2-point conversion) to beat us. I thought kicking the FG was a dumb call but not as dumb as his play selection on the first 3 tries from the 1-foot line.
I gotta believe the odds are way better on making the 4th and 1 play than getting the ball back for one more series and still having to drive the length of the field to get a TD.Look I get it, and this isn't to defend Duzzi but had he made the FG then they (the Monday morning QBs) wouldn't be chastising him so much. Why not. Because Pitt got the ball back and was driving. Just maybe that played into his thought process. Has our offense shown much propensity for killing the clock. Think OSU and MSU last year. Indiana, too. With the same O coordinator. Rahne (pronounced "Ronny") is going to kill us in conference play.
that’s what I was pointing out...Duzz didn’t say they were down by two scores (as someone stated). He said they needed to score twice to beat us. That was his reasoning for opting for a fg try. Okay yea he could’ve scored once and then taken the lead with a successful 2-point conversion but if he had scored a TD there, I seriously doubt he goes for two. So in his mind, he needed two scores to win.Sorry, but I've never heard of the conversion considered a score, meaning when you're down by 7 you're down 2 scores because you need the TD and the conversion. Being down by 2 scores is being down by at least 9. If Duzzi said something to the contrary, he was wrong.
Agree, which is why I was stunned at the fg call. Go for the td and then if your defense holds....even if you don’t score again the game goes to OT.I gotta believe the odds are way better on making the 4th and 1 play than getting the ball back for one more series and still having to drive the length of the field to get a TD.
Agree, which is why I was stunned at the fg call. Go for the td and then if your defense holds....even if you don’t score again the game goes to OT.