Is USNPanther still around? That guy is an embarrassment to mankind. He's dumber than CrapstainReilly.
Pitt fans say the darndest things
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Yeah, like I’m going to read all that. Use your own words for a change.
You can't say anything for sure, but Bookser on the OL, 1 of their DT, Camp or Roy and now with Bucholtz gone, a DE like Weaver. Wirginis and Idowu at LB would be in the competition as well as a DB like Porter. A number of defenders and the QB and maybe, a RB wouldn't start, but would be in the 2 deep. I'm not trying to build up Pitt, but they're probably not as bad as some on here are making out. The weakness of any team that doesn't bring in a lot of blue-chippers is depth. If the injury bug hits hard, you get forced to play young guys who don't have the talent to make up for their youth and inexperience.
You'd put their unproven QB ahead of Stevens?!?!?!
Which of their running backs would make the 2 deep at PSU?
You are dreaming. Their true soph QB over McSorely and Stevens? Or even Clifford to crack the 3 deep? Nope.
Their soph DE over YMG, Simmons or Toney to crack the 2 deep?
Nope.
One of their DT's over our very experienced starters, Givens and Windsor?
Nope.
One of their RB's over Sanders? Or over Slade?
Nope.
So Kenny football is not throwing picks because he's getting sacked instead, thats what makes him special. He takes 10 yards losses and then punts thus only giving up 10 yards in field position not 40. I've got to say, thats some decision making there.....
Reading comprehension? Where did I put Pickett ahead of McSorely or a Pitt RB ahead of Sanders. It would be Pickett competing with Stevens for 2nd string and if we consider Mark Allen our 2nd string runner, yes I would take 1 of their guys ahead of him. Journey is a ? and Slade may RS. You say our starting DTs are very experienced, but they were back-ups who played a lot. Their DTs were full-time starters. I really like Givens, but I can't say Windsor or any of our back-ups are better than their returning starters. Their LBs are experienced and solid, we may have some young guys with higher upside, but right now, I think their LBs would compete nicely with our group.
The position that we are way, way ahead of them is WR and they are also weak at TE and OL.
Kevin Givens has 11 total starts over the last 2 seasons so that is essentially a season's worth of starts. He also had more sacks last season- despite not being a full time starter- than any of Pitt's starting DL.
For the love of God stop with the cutting and pasting! Makes me almost wish for that Tool Bag lattner to come back with his stupid Pitt pictures - do any of you Pitters have an original thought like ever?
I know Franklin explained away the Akron comment and he definitely is a one game at a time coach but he knows his audience and knows we all love the comparison of Pitt to Akron. It's why he called timeout late in the Pitt game up three scores and it's why he took a long time to call off the dogs vs Michigan State and why he kept trying to score vs Michigan and why he put it to Maryland and why he kept running the offense at Rutgers in the horrendous conditions. He knows what the fanbase wants and he tries to deliver. Hopefully, he can bring that ruthless finisher's mentality to the close games as well. USC and OSU still sting a good bit.
Yeah, it's crazy talk. Pickett would be competing with Clifford for the 3 spot, and I have my money on the 4-Star since we have very little if anything else to go on.
I'll say it again, they don't have a single guy on their roster that would start for PSU. Bookser would not beat out anyone on our O-Line and would be competing to make the 2 deep with our linemen.
I understand all that, but his focus has always been no one game is more important than the other. They played Akron in game one and Pitt in game two. The jab was that Pitt acted like it was their Super Bowl when they beat PSU by giving out keychains the previous year and PSU makes every game their Super Bowl including Akron. I don't see it as you and Pitt fans do. I don't think the jab was Akron and Pitt are on the same level. I of course could be wrong and have been at least a few times in my life.
Then again, Akron made a bowl so which team was it a jab toward?
Yep, reading comprehension and an understanding of the PSU roster is not your strong suit. Try and follow along...
Picket would in no way challenge either McSorely OR Stevens (a 4th year player) and would likely not win a battle with Clifford (like Picket, in his 2nd year) for 3rd string QB, but would hold off our true freshman Levis this year for 4th string QB before losing that battle before playing time opens up for either.
If you believe Slade will redshirt you have not been following the team.
Givens and Windsor are 4th year players and Givens has started games and played lots of football. Pitt's starters would be battling the higher talented PSU backups for playing time, and Hansard and Mustopher would pass by them as the season goes along.
Their LB's were average on a poor defense and if you believe they would play before Farmer, Bowen, Brown, .... (just as experienced and more talented) you are dreaming.
Yep they are trying to find a TE, as we are, and they lost their best WR's from a weak group and are searching for playmakers. Pitt's fans are hoping starting lots of Seniors on the OL is a plus, but some were career backups and they may be better off for the longer term throwing some young players into the fray... But of course that may put their inexperienced and too young QB on injured reserve.......
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Here’s a serious answer:
I think Wirginis might have had a decent shot at starting at MLB over Jan Johnson - but that was before Manny Bowen’s return. I’d take Bowen over Wirginis in a heartbeat.
I think Ford would be in the mix for the safety two deep; I know Narduzzi has moved him to corner, but I don’t necessarily trust his evaluation. I think he’d still be behind Taylor and Scott this year. Hamlin, too, would have a chance to be in the rotation at CB, though he’s behind Reid, Oruwariye and Castro-Fields.
Hendrix, IMO, would have a chance to be a serviceable run-stopping, thicker DE like Buchholz was before he retired. I still like YGM, Simmons, and Toney’s potential over his in the two deep, but he could have a role.
Bookser, as others have said, would be as close as you’d get to plug-and-play at Right Tackle. Whether he’d still be on the team is another matter.
I think Wirginis might have had a decent shot at starting at MLB over Jan Johnson - but that was before Manny Bowen’s return. I’d take Bowen over Wirginis in a heartbeat.
I think Ford would be in the mix for the safety two deep; I know Narduzzi has moved him to corner, but I don’t necessarily trust his evaluation. I think he’d still be behind Taylor and Scott this year. Hamlin, too, would have a chance to be in the rotation at CB, though he’s behind Reid, Oruwariye and Castro-Fields.
Hendrix, IMO, would have a chance to be a serviceable run-stopping, thicker DE like Buchholz was before he retired. I still like YGM, Simmons, and Toney’s potential over his in the two deep, but he could have a role.
Bookser, as others have said, would be as close as you’d get to plug-and-play at Right Tackle. Whether he’d still be on the team is another matter.
Ford is a beast.
This guy is so outlandish that it makes me think he's one of yours or one of ours. Lofty expectations for a QB with 1 career TD pass and a DB who has never played a down of college football.
Definite 1st rd pick next year.
Ford was the No. 3 player in Pennsylvania and the No. 5 safety in the country when he came to the Panthers a year ago, but he’s not a safety at all anymore, making the move to cornerback for this spring’s drills.
Ford played cornerback, safety, wide receiver, returning kicks and did a little bit of everything else in high school for Steel Valley, and also served as a jack of all trades for Pitt’s scout team while he redshirted in 2017.
The move — at least for the moment — has Ford out of Pitt’s projected starting lineup. He’ll start behind redshirt senior Phillipe Motley and redshirt junior Dane Jackson and be part of a second wave that includes sophomores Damarri Mathis and Jason Pinnock.
That sent Pitt fans into a tizzy at the prospect of Ford being held off the field for another season. But rest assured, when the whistle blows on the start of the 2018 season in September, No. 12 in blue and gold is going to be out on the field a lot. Where is the only part that hasn’t been settled yet.
Ford spent the 2017 season learning the safety position, but the Panthers have a good amount of depth at that spot. Damar Hamlin, now a junior, is expected to return to the field safety position after starting four games there in 2017 and redshirt senior Dennis Briggs, who also started four games at 2017, will begin the spring at the top of the depth chart at the boundary safety.
On top of those players, redshirt junior Jazzee Stocker and redshirt sophomores Phil Campbell, Therran Coleman and Bricen Garner have all played and played a lot last season.
At corner, the depth isn’t quite as well established. Beyond Jackson and Motley, Mathis and Pinnock played some as freshman, but that’s the end of the line until the rest of the Class of 2018 arrives this summer.
Instead of the move burying Ford, it’s actually meant to uncover him. A player that can play four positions instead of two will have that many more opportunities to carve out a significant niche.
“It’s just trying to get your best 11 on the field,” head coach Pat Narduzzi said on Monday. “Paris could go back and be a safety in a second. Therran could go back and be a corner. It’s just kind of where we want to start. All of those guys should be learning all four spots. Therran knows both. Paris is learning both.”
“He’s such a great athlete, I think he can play both positions,” said new secondary coach Archie Collins. “I think that we’ll work him out at (cornerback) right now, but he could possibly go back to safety. None of that matters currently right now. Show your athleticism, show your ability to make plays, and all of that will take care of itself.”
Ford had an academic eligibility issue that kept him off the field during training camp in 2017. Narduzzi said at that point, it would be almost impossible for a freshman to make up the lost ground when it came to understanding the defense and make and impact on the field, and that’s why Ford redshirted. Now, Ford feels like he has a head start on 2018 with what he learned sitting out.
“I think I’ve learned a lot,” Ford said. “I’ve learned multiple positions since I’ve been here and also formations.”
The one area Ford can almost be assured of a spot is on special teams, where the Panthers need to replace All-American return man Quadree Henderson. However he’s able to contribute, the move doesn’t seem to have bothered the young athlete.
“I’m just going to go out and play wherever the coaches tell me to play,” Ford said. “Anything to help the team with, I’m down to do.”
I think his statement was for all those reasons at once and it was perfect. He's a sly shit talker. Love it.
So I'm guessing golic is actually jerot. Instead of idiotic pictures, he's quoting homer articles about how great their players are. I mean, of course their second string DB is getting drafted in the first round next year. How could he not?!
pitt fans up in arms about this article. A team that finished 105th in the nation against the pass and lost their 2 best players, yet pitt fans think their secondary will be great. It’s silly season on panther lair
https://www.nunesmagician.com/2018/...-secondary-ranings-conference-syracuse-orange
https://www.nunesmagician.com/2018/...-secondary-ranings-conference-syracuse-orange
I don't see Ford ahead of Wade at Safety, or Monroe, as both are at least as talented and have more experience.
I'd tend to agree. We are talking about a guy who took a career step backwards to coach at Pitt.
I just don't understand their fans constantly boasting about their OOC schedule. Aside from the fact that UCF was horrendous when they scheduled them or that PSU wasn't near the top-10 team they are now, playing 3 top-25 teams in the early weeks isn't a good thing. "Hey. Look at us. We're playing in 3 games where we'll be double-digit underdogs."
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It’s too hard to evaluate. You have to keep in mind our staff would have been honest with Ford about his academic issues. He would have been made to take a redshirt and gotten stronger. We would not be desperate to have him be a star because he would be one of a multitude of blue chip recruits not “the local messiah” who has to be successful or Narduzzi can’t advance his narrative.
Bookser would be off the team here.... Hamlin would have gotten proper medical care and not rushed onto the field... Mathews would have redshirted and been a safety etc
Bookser would have been tossed off the team for his second alcohol related incident if he was at PSU.
Bro,
I appreciate your zeal but I have a better chance of getting struck by lightning on a clear day than Paris Ford has of being a first round pick next year. He's a talented athlete and I look forward to his contributions but lets get some time in a game first. Furthermore you're listing Stocker, Briggs and Motley like they're assets and not liabilities. Friend if you want to engage fans of a highly talented team, start and finish with credibility, otherwise you're pouring syrup on shit and trying to call it pancakes.
I fully expect a spirited contest and hope that Pitt will rise to the occasion as we haven't demonstrated the consistency to date that would warrant the respect or acknowledgement that fans and admins crave. I'm optimistic and try to be realistic. The focus, talent, preparation and execution of game plans decide who's best. Pitt fans can call PSU fans arrogant and PSU fans can call Pitt fans ignorant but neither side needs to reinforce the negative connotation with silly posts and outlandish claims.
Hoping for a great game and no injuries. Pitt has it's work cut out for them in an early season match up w/ a young QB. One thing that is certain, it's going to be a great atmosphere Saturday night in Pittsburgh.
Sept 8th can't get here soon enough. Let's get Pitt into the rear view mirror, so we don't get dragged down into the mud any further.
A definite first round pick next year who won't even start this year for Pitt?
You're delusional.
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He and Taysir both figure to go in the 1st round.
Pitt talent will be off the charts.
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said he doesn’t want to hand wide receiver Taysir Mack a starting job, but he stopped just short of doing that Friday morning.
Narduzzi called it “one of the best text messages you can get,” when he got the news Thursday that the NCAA declared Mack eligible to play this season. Mack played 12 games at Indiana last season, and the expectation had been since he enrolled in January that he would be forced to sit out the 2018 season.
But NCAA associate director of public and media relations Michelle Hosick said Friday that the Division I Council adjusted transfer guidelines this year. The changes allow immediate competition if all four of the following criteria are met, she said:
•Transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances outside student-athlete’s control and directly impacts health, safety and well-being of student-athlete;
•At time of transfer, the student-athlete would have been athletically and academically eligible and in good standing on the team had he or she remained at the previous school;
•Student-athlete meets percentage-of-degree requirements at the new school;
•The previous school’s athletics administration does not oppose transfer.
Hosick declined comment on specific student-athletes.
Narduzzi said the details of the transfer are less important than the result.
“I told our football team and they erupted a little bit, a little enthusiasm in the team room,” he said.
Mack, 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, is expected to be an immediate upgrade to Pitt’s wide receiver group that has several able bodies, but little experience.
“Time will tell. We’re not going to anoint anybody any starting jobs,” Narduzzi said. But he admitted, “It makes us a little bit different.”
Translation: This guy can help us.
“He was really our go-to guy (during spring drills),” Narduzzi said. “We expect him to get to that in the next couple weeks. It gives us one more extra weapon, you might say, to help us get it done.
“It’s a great day.”
Mack spent two seasons at Indiana, sitting out his freshman year (2016) before catching 23 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns last season. He became the first Indiana freshman – actually a redshirt freshman — to gain 100 yards receiving in a game when he totaled 132 against Purdue.
In the spring, he said he transferred to Pitt to get closer to his Brooklyn, N.Y., home. “I saw the growth within the team,” he said.
Mack has built a good relationship with offensive coordinator Shawn Watson, who was with Indiana in 2016.
“He motivated me to stay on top of it,” Mack said. “He said I reminded him of DeVante Parker from Louisville (a first-round draft choice of the Miami Dolphins in 2015). He sees that I can be the No. 1 guy. I just have to keep working at it.”
Watson coached Parker at Louisville.
Despite the uncertainty of playing this season, Mack said he kept preparing for an opportunity that might not come.
“I was always told be ready so I wouldn’t have to get ready,” he said.
To that end, he spent the summer with quarterback Kenny Pickett and the other wide receivers and has been practicing during training camp this month.
“I had a bunch of friends around me, a bunch of coaches around me, who support me day in and day out,” Mack said. “Regardless of if I could play or not, they were with me as a person.”
Narduzzi declined to discuss specifics of the NCAA’s eligibility ruling on Mack, but he praised associate athletic directors Dustin Gray and Chris LaSala for sifting through the necessary paperwork and phone calls. “Making sure when we did go with the waiver, it was done properly,” the coach said.
Narduzzi also thanked Indiana coach Tom Allen, who apparently approved Mack’s immediate eligibility. “When you talk about caring for kids, my hat goes off to that guy for doing the right thing,” he said.
Me thinks we are being trolled - even sPitters aren’t this stupid.
This paste and post idiot is hilarious. I guess he’s Jerot part two. The September game with them can’t come soon enough, then their excuses will be priceless.
Stop it with the garbage copy/paste of nonsense.
No one believes that shit write up anyway.
