Pitt fans say the darndest things
- Thread starter mikemauti42
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So some guy I've never heard of is some guy I've never heard of?
Well most Pitt fans leave after the first quarter, after their defense gives up 20 points.
Unless there’s a chance at a free beverage.
Or a nap in the warm sun. Heinz Field is the only place quieter than the library on Saturdays.
Look at the number of players drafted between the two schools since Franklin arrived, f*cko. And what is the trasition at TE? Freiermuth was a freshman all american.
BuffetParrotheadHeisman
Here's how I see things:
We have a returning QB Pickett and he has to be better than last season.
We lost RB's but have 4 talented RB's who as a group will pick up the slack.
Our LB's were never D1 material and IMO we improve in that position group.
We have good depth at OL and DL we'll atleast be as good as last season.
WR's same as last year just like DB's.
Saftey up in the air but Ford must be a step up!
Overall atleast as good as last season.
+ Whipple+
Nitters have a complicated transition to a new QB, new TE, WR's and they lost a star RB, and alot
of key guys on the line!
Sure they have other talent but Franklin hasn't been one to develop talent IMO!
We play them early++
Translation: All our bad players who backed up all of our bad players last year are going to beat all your good players that we offered way before we offered our bad players
In addition, we have 4 running backs who were rated a lot lower than your running backs but they will succeed yours will not. Our QB stunk last year but he is coming back too
Remember, last year they were going to beat us because we lost Barkley (51-6)....this year it’s because we lost Trace.
Not a PITT fan but who's not OK with a free beverage? Not sure I'd to to Pittsburgh to get it.
I wouldn’t want to sit through an entire Pitt game to get it either.
Since Trace always played better than he actually was, he won't be a big loss.
No one does, that is why they take a nap. Fast forward to the free beverage.
Didn't he want to go to PSU? I thought that's why he had a grudge against Joe?
Many years ago, Joe was the featured speaker at the Morgantown Touchdown Club Dinner. In a Q and A, he was asked when he thought WVU would consistently play even with and beat PSU. He said, "when you get better players."
God, I love Pitt fans
sappycrease
I think between a new QB, lackluster WRs, and an improved Pitt defense - we can completely shut down their passing game. Hopefully our front seven will hold up against the run game too. I can't see them having much of an offense next season as they struggled last year and offensive recruits are avoiding them like the plague.
247 Composite Rankings
https://247sports.com/college/penn-state/Season/2019-Football/Commits/
OT Caedan Wallace 4*
RB Noah Cain 4*
QB TaQuan Roberson 4*
OT Anthony Whigan 4*
TE Brenton Strange 4*
QB Michael Johnson 4*
RB Devyn Ford 4*
WR John Dunmore 4*
OG Saleem Wormley 4*
https://247sports.com/college/penn-state/Season/2018-Football/Commits/
WR Justin Shorter 5*
RB Ricky Slade 5*
OT Rasheed Walker 4*
OT Nana Asiedu 4*
TE Zach Kuntz 4*
WR Jahon Dotson 4*
TE Pat Freiermuth 4*
OG Juice Scruggs 4*
WR Daniel George 4*
sappycrease
I think between a new QB, lackluster WRs, and an improved Pitt defense - we can completely shut down their passing game. Hopefully our front seven will hold up against the run game too. I can't see them having much of an offense next season as they struggled last year and offensive recruits are avoiding them like the plague.
247 Composite Rankings
https://247sports.com/college/penn-state/Season/2019-Football/Commits/
OT Caedan Wallace 4*
RB Noah Cain 4*
QB TaQuan Roberson 4*
OT Anthony Whigan 4*
TE Brenton Strange 4*
QB Michael Johnson 4*
RB Devyn Ford 4*
WR John Dunmore 4*
OG Saleem Wormley 4*
https://247sports.com/college/penn-state/Season/2018-Football/Commits/
WR Justin Shorter 5*
RB Ricky Slade 5*
OT Rasheed Walker 4*
OT Nana Asiedu 4*
TE Zach Kuntz 4*
WR Jahon Dotson 4*
TE Pat Freiermuth 4*
OG Juice Scruggs 4*
WR Daniel George 4*
I am thankful for their delusions. They truly are the gift that keeps on giving.
I actually think the passing game will be the better part of the offense this year.
I think the major offensive question mark will be the pass protection early of CJ Thorpe at guard and Walker at LT. You have to get those guys settled in. Clifford is a relatively new QB, but we saw him come into games last year stone cold from sitting on the bench and just rip off 40 yard passes and put them right on the money time after time. Hamler was a freshman all american, and he and Dotson both showed they were good receivers last year. Between transfer Carr and former 5* Shorter, we need one of them to step up as the 3rd WR. We have some games to get it together before the Big Ten slate.
I have been thinking the exact same thing. Trace completed 53.2% of his passes. That is awful for a college QB. Yes, he brought the intangibles and the running, but it was really difficult for the offense to stay on track and play complementary football when our QB would go through quarter plus streaks where he couldn’t complete simple passes. We were always in games with him at QB down the stretch, but he bore a lot of responsibility for digging the hole in a lot of games. My expectation is that our drops problem will disappear this year with more consistent play from the QB as well.
Uhh ... while Trace isn't completely absolved of fault of course ... did you seem to miss the 2018 where our WRs had hands of stone? I know you mentioned it in the next unboldened sentence but if we even caught half of the passes last year that were dropped Trace would be probably somewhat close to 60%
I think some of the blame for drops lies with the QB as well. It’s hard for me to believe great QBs never seem to play with wideouts who frequently drop passes. Guys like Manning absolutely rifle the ball into their WRs and yet they seem to never drop it. Even receivers who were average players for other teams seem catch every ball Brady throws.
There has to be some correlation beteeen timing, touch, accuracy etc and throwing a “good ball.” And if you are going to give Trace credit for all their drops”, then what credit do his receivers deserve for catching some of his lame duck passes? Geiscki, Godwin, Barkley, Hamler etc all made unbelievable plays many barely 50/50 throws over the last three years.
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Was it just a year ago that The Lair embraced Kenny Heisman?Do you have some inside information on Pitt getting a transfer QB?
I think he was referring to us.Do you have some inside information on Pitt getting a transfer QB?
guess you arent following. It was in regard to the pitt post saying PSU's passing would be terribleDo you have some inside information on Pitt getting a transfer QB?
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I thought you were mocking Kenny Pickett. No offense intended .
Does that #12 ranking include Notre Dame as an ACC team? If not, you should bump them back a spot.
Come on. Everyone (on the liar) knows that pitt is outrecruiting notre dame.
Comparing average NFL receivers to our receiving corps last year isn't really fair. Some good plays were made by our receivers last year but there were a lot of routine drops that stopped drives. Now Trace was definitely different after the Ohio State game. He got beat to a pulp and never really recovered. The missed open receiver at Michigan, I think Thompkins, was a throw he rarely missed in his career. That throw makes it 14-7 and we have a game. He missed a lot of throws the second half of the season and never looked right. I have to think he lost a little confidence in the receivers at some point. With some of his previous receivers, he's throw it to a spot and was confident they'd make a play.
Narduzzi loves 5.5 low ranked 3stars. Pitt fans will talk themselves into being diamonds in the rough and getting a bump to 5.7 soon enough.
I wonder if the Duzz uses “ I promise that you’re friends and family can sit anywhere they choose in the stadium on game days “ as part of his recruiting pitch.
They will argue that the difference between 5.5 and 5.7 is .2 and insignificant.
Well unless it’s one of their kids. Then the .2 becomes an enormous Earth shattering leap up the ranking totem pole.
Not quite. I might be off a bit on the number but, 26 is sticking in my head as the number of drops we had last year. You would have to change all 26 drops to catches to get to 60% and, a 60% completion rate in 2018 would put the QB behind 68 other QBs with a better completion rate. Trace's 53% rate last year put him in 114th place.
