You raised several good points, but honestly, Pitt if they can be competitive, have more to gain from the series than we do. However that also is true about any of our old opponents such as Syracuse or BC. I’m not convinced that playing Pitt yearly would cause irreparable damage to us in any regard. But I’m strongly in the two home games to one crowd. When you have a good hand play it to your advantage.
Yeah, it’s really funny when scribes say that no one cares about Pitt any more. Downright laughable.
How do you prove anything? We arent playing Pitt and recruiting is good. Do you think players are coming here so they can play WVU, Syr, etc. Just stop. The old eastern rivals move no needles whatsoever. As for the financial, you have to be kidding me with your response. PSU would have to play those teams only at home for it to be financially worth it. Its 2023. The old rivalries are gone. Let them go. Im not crying, I use logic.
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Yes the old guard reliving the glory days. I agree with that. TV ratings for the Pitt series averaged around a 2.0. Psu WVU this year 1.9. PSU vs Northwestern last year 1.9. PSU Auburn 4.1. Not so non-sensible if you look at national perspective. Want to laugh, look at the Pitt vs WVU ratings. The Backyard Brawl was talked about all week. If the old eastern teams are willing to only play at PSU, then do it and drop the central michigans of the world where we only play them at home.
"Call it the sPitt itch. It's the affliction of the comfortably coupled and a big problem in this world of excessive "yes". It's the desire to shag someone you still wished you had. An itch for someone you were bitten by long before you settled down. Someone who's never really gone away, and - like an old wound – can suddenly return. And when it does, when you're hit with the sPitt itch, should you ever scratch it?"
The Duzzy deserves all the ridicule he gets.The Post-Gazette's Ron Cook did a scathing commentary about Duzzy. He referenced Pitt's "sophisticated offense" among his many criticisms of this poor excuse for a football coach.
Here it is:
Ron Cook: Pat Narduzzi is burying himself with his mouth
Make it a hat trick for Pat Narduzzi. During his weekly press briefing with the Pitt media on Monday, Narduzzi managed to set up his offensive coordinator...
I believe there is a difference between not caring about playing them and the rest of what you describe.
No I dont think they come to play MAC teams or WVU. PSU plays MAC teams for financial reasons. Pitt, WVU, etc do not help with any of the three things. One and done MAC teams guarantee a home game and cash. They dont have to go to the MAC team’s home the following year like WVU, Pitt, etc. The TV ratings against Pitt and WVU are on par with the weaker teams in the Big. If we are going to player a P5 in a two game series, give me an Auburn or teams like them.
You defeated your own argument when you said the 2017 Pitt game was bumped out of the top 10 by Auburn…which means playing big name schools from other conferences will generate more interest than playing Pitt.
NOBODY tells the Duzzy what to do!😹
Its beyond comical at this point
A former PSU qb resurrecting Pitts season would be too much for Duzz to handle. What a blockhead.
Freiermuth...you think kids like Freiermuth come to Penn State because we played Pitt, Akron or Temple the 2 years prior to him enrolling? Maybe Buffalo or Army before that? This is nonsense. The more national attention we get the better it is for recruiting. Freiermuth didn't need us playing UMass or BC (because we didn't) to come here.
Ignore is such a handy option. He was the first I used it on.
Never discount the DUZZ’s ability to spin reality. If Christian gets in the game and plays well, it will be because he was rescued from the archaic one dimensional Stone Age PSU offense. It took a couple of games to eliminate that foolishness, but now that he’s mastered the unique variables of PITT’S sophisticated offense, we’ll see his true potential realized.
| 1 | 110,889 | September 29, 2018 | Penn State 26, Ohio State 27 |
| 2 | 110,823 | October 21, 2017 | Penn State 42, Michigan 13 |
| 3 | 110,753 | September 14, 2002 | Penn State 40, Nebraska 7 |
| 4 | 110,747 | September 2, 2023 | Penn State 38, West Virginia 15 |
| 5 | 110,669 | October 19, 2019 | Penn State 28, Michigan 21 |
| 6 | 110,134 | October 27, 2007 | Penn State 17, Ohio State 37 |
| 7 | 110,078 | September 8, 2007 | Penn State 31, Notre Dame 10 |
| 8 | 110,033 | November 7, 2009 | Penn State 7, Ohio State 24 |
| 9 | 110,017 | October 18, 2008 | Penn State 46, Michigan 17 |
| 10 | 110,007 | October 14, 2006 | Penn State 10, Michigan 17 |
| 11 | 109,958 | September 18, 2021 | Penn State 28, Auburn 20 |
| 12 | 109,898 | September 9, 2017 | Penn State 33, Pittsburgh 14 |
| 13 | 109,865 | November 5, 2005 | Penn State 35, Wisconsin 14 |
| 14 | 109,845 | November 22, 2008 | Penn State 49, Michigan State 18 |
| 15 | 109,839 | October 8, 2005 | Penn State 17, Ohio State 10 |
One Pitt game and one WVU game, that’s not a big draw. Also, both games were in years where PSU was supposed to be good and they had gone a long time without playing each other. Playing every year or frequently would lessen the interest. There is no reason for PSU to play either team, it does nothing for them.
At least ten of those were White Out games. And they would sell out even if UMass was the opponent.
And the 2017 Pitt game was after coming off winning the Big 10 and being highly ranked. The WVU game was Drew Allar’s first game. You don’t think those games would have packed the stadium if we were playing an SEC team? Circumstances matter as much as the opponent.
Just keep shouting at the wind. Those games do not help PSU. The only charity PSU should do is the non P5 because they don't require a home game at their place. Get Pitt or WVU or whoever you are a fan of to play only at PSU and I’m with you.
Not necessary to recruit the states mentioned above. Play oitside our region for recruiting purposes
Of course an SEC would sell tickets. But that is not what people are saying. …..that Pitt and WVU are nothing burgers on par with Kent or Youngstown.
For playoff perception, they are nothing burgers on par with Kent or Youngstown. That’s the problem. Both teams are better than that perception, but it doesn’t work out that way with the “experts”. So if you’re only going to get credit for beating a Kent or Youngstown, you might as well just play a Kent or Youngstown and get a home game without traveling to their place.
