DruidTM said:

It’s was distinctly noticeable… the announcers talked about it… even said Bates was asked if he was “comfortable” not blitzing ( whatever that means) but it became apparent early very early it was a horrible strategy…

So what the hell was that all about??

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Yeah, that was a head scratcher. There were several times throughout the game that I thought the same thing.

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Sean Miller Fan said:

Clinched 1st CFP. It wasnt easy. He had to convince his squad to get off the bus 11 times against girls teams. There were several games where the team initially refused to get off the bus, but the great motivator that he is, he was able to overcome adversity and get them to agree to get off the bus. They did and the rest is history. 11-1. 1 win over a team guaranteed to finish with a winning record. Home game in the CFP. 174,000 and a white out vs some jobber like Arizona State I'm sure. Then Boise State in the next round on their way to the semis. What a friggin joke. Their SOS may get weaker in the CFP.

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Most of those so-called girls teams would either have beaten us, or it would have been a very close game. Don't let your hatred cloud your usually already clouded judgement.

I'm not sure what the guy is supposed to do, other than beat the team he's playing. He doesn't make the Big Ten schedule. He may well lose in the first round, but so will half of the teams playing in the first round. Doesn't mean they all suck.

Dude can be unlikable at times, which puts him in a very non-elite group. I can't stomach at least half of the well-known college football coaches.

TheSpecialSauce said:

Pro athletes have kids. PR and NA are two of the nicer schools that also have good football programs. This shouldn’t be a shock.

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Right. Just saying it always seems like P-R has a Steeler kid to help put them over the top. Maybe not but it seems that way or maybe I am confusing them with NA. I understand Steelers are rich and want to live in nice places but it seems like NA and PR are the only 2 school districts that has the pro athlete/coaches' kids.

Also, attendance was the 2nd worst ever going back to 1986. Less than 11,000 total. Weather had a lot to do with that. But they really need to go back to 3A-6A playing there meaning the 3A and 5A champs would get a bye in between the WPIAL Championship and the PIAA Semis. These games would have had to have been played the week before if you subbed out Clairton, Fort Cherry, SL, and SP for TJ, McKeesport, NA, and CC, you probably double attendance.

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SteelBowl70 said:

When Fields hurt himself tripping over a cheerleader

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That was a nightmare game- it’s still amazing to me how close camera people , cheerleaders and fans are to the baseline in so many college venues - it’s just dangerous- those stupid rolling chairs for the camera men on the baseline are an injury waiting to happen

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What Barkley's season tells me is, if you are a true elite RB (and he clearly is, and always was), you don't want to be on a bad team. No matter how good you are (and again, he's very very very good), a RB can't do it without the right pieces around him.

The Giants clearly really really sucked.

Joe the Panther Fan said:

Compared to the world of P4 college football as a whole, Pitt season ticket holders do not pay a lot of money.

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You beat me to it.

Chairman Moe said:

I respectfully disagree with you on the point about sending our kids to Michigan vs LSU. My daughter graduated from LSU and is now a full professor at UGA. The environment there (Baton Rouge) was very positive

That said, we both (my daughter and I) feel that Brian Kelly was the wrong choice for HC. He certainly has the connections to recruit and the talent (NFL) that LSU has produced is unmatched; certainly no worse than Michigan. But Kelly has always seemed to find a way to lose the big games. Something that Les Miles and to some extent Ogeron did when they had the talent. LSU has 3 NC's this decade and probably should have had more with a better coach

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I, too, have a friend whose daughter is in an LSU PhD program, and they are quite satisfied with her experience. But top to bottom, I would still maintain that there is no comparison. Michigan is one of the true public Ivies.

No argument on the Kelly stuff. He was always a phony that would eventually get exposed, but then again, a lot of college football coaches are. When he is dumped in a year or two, though, he is going to have a shit-ton of money in the bank.

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Sean Miller Fan said:

And a good QB or WR can score you enough points to win even with a poor OL. So if you can get 1, maybe 2 or 3 good offensive players, you have a chance to scheme around that and be good enough. This isnt the case on defense.

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Bro - you aren't sustaining any kind of success with a "poor" OL at any level whether this is pop warner or the NFL.

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Islanderpanther said:

It was great to see Jabba the Hutt, aka the governor of WV, sitting on his throne on the sideline with his bulldog

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All I can say is..."Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Hey Chris, Don’t be surprised if Narduzzi is gone after this year,

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Sean Miller Fan said:

It would mean everything if LSU pulls a "Northwestern" and becomes really good or at least bubblish. Huge comeback W for them but the SEC is so good that this doesn't seem likely. Have to win 1 of these next 2 or we need to go 15-5 in the ACC. Possibly 14-6 depending on who we beat.

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They should remain at least a Q2 win though. UCF beat Texas A&M, LSU beat KST. This isn’t a mizz situation. BPI has Wisconsin as a 1 seed right now resume wise.

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cashisking884 said:

It’s easier to have a successful offense with lower ranked recruits than it is a successful defense with lower ranked .

Year to Year offensive rankings correlate less with recruiting class rankings than year to year defensive success.

There just aren’t a lot of defensive versions of Mike Leach.

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And a good QB or WR can score you enough points to win even with a poor OL. So if you can get 1, maybe 2 or 3 good offensive players, you have a chance to scheme around that and be good enough. This isnt the case on defense.

You can already tell he’s coming along a bit. Because of random in-game things that’ll happen (injuries, foul trouble, etc.), he’ll have a break out offensive game soon enough. And like you said, he kind of has to.

He just needs to get used to the intensity of a big college bball game, and buckle down a bit on the defensive end.

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