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thom67 said:

Sherrill never wanted to leave.

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True. He was forced out by an arrogant admin that thought anyone could take over and be as successful. Sherrill leaving started the 2nd Great Fall of Pitt Football and it hasn’t been the same since. 43 years of heartbreaking mediocrity has been the result.

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cashisking884 said:

What will be available in the transfer portal for OL will be the same or worse than what is currently on the roster.

Holstein has played well during periods of the season. Played poorly during periods of the season. On the whole I don’t think it’s going to have some DJ Lagway type effect, where players in the portal are going to flock to play with him.

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We have no way of knowing that yet, but in recent history we have picked up OL like Lyndon Cooper, Marcus Minor, Ryan Jacoby, and there are a few I am sure I am missing. Bottom line we can identify at least a starter or two through the transfer portal.

You aren’t going to have ex 5-star WRs knocking on the door, but skilled players will be more prone to look at Pitt seriously as a team that can pass the ball and help them showcase their talent. After two seasons of lackluster QB play and the inability to move the ball through the air we have answered the opportunities question, but still probably more NIL money

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PANTHERAN said:

You are right teams don’t go 3-9 to 11-0 in one season, Indiana just went 10-1 after 3-9 last season. Probably will end up 11-1. Yes they have not play powerhouses until OSU but they beat everyone else on their schedule no matter how weak it is perceived. This is a program with far less tradition and historically has not supported the football program because basketball is king there.

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Let me rephrase, it’s very unlikely that a team in one season transitions from 3-9 to 11-0 or 10-1 and to have that sort of expectation is unrealistic. It absolutely helped Indiana that they only played 3 teams the entire season that are bowl eligible (assuming Michigan losses to Ohio State). That’s about as easy as a schedule can get.

To contrast, Pitt has played 8 teams that are currently bowl eligible. A Cincinnati and Virginia win this weekend can make it potentially 10.

If we had Indiana’s schedule I believe our record would be identical.

Indiana isn’t in the CFP picture with Pitt’s schedule.

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I believe the word on the street is they want to sell MSNBC and require a name change as part of the sale. NBC claims it is losing viewership because of a connotation with MSNBC and doesn't want MSNBC dragging down the NBC name. So MSNBC will still be around in some sense, but I bet that name is gone within a year.

HailToPitt1985 said:

MSNBC is being rumored as an investment possibility for Elon Musk. He's seriously considering it. Comcast just wants to unload a network that is losing viewership faster than a sinking Titanic.

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I mean, its not really for sale as they are combining these networks into a new company. But of course, everything has a price so if Elon wants to buy it, he probably can. Not sure there is a market for a mainstream right-wing rival to Fox News that MSNBC would become. But also not sure that that matters as Elon is just having fun with monopoly money.

TD_6082 said:

I think the expanded playoffs combined with portal and NIL opens it up a little more than in the recent past. I think you can win a Natty at the following schools...

ACC: Miami, Clemson, FSU
Big 10: tOSU, Michigan, USC, Oregon, Washington, PSU
SEC: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Auburn, Tennessee

Notre Dame

I don't see it at Ole Miss. Ole Miss really went all in this year with NIL. Supposedly, they made a commitment to fund it as part of the deal to sign Kiffin to a long term deal, as he was using the Auburn job as leverage. If they continued to make that kind of commitment every year, I guess I would list them too. I just don't see that happening.

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That's a pretty spot on list.

I think SMU may be able to sneak their way on there. Not just because they are good this year and kicked out butt. But because they have big $$$ available and an institutional commitment to be good/great (and being in Texas helps too). If college football stays a NIL free agency sport, they have a chance.

I'm not saying the belong on the list now, but I won't be shocked if they win 10 games per season in several times in the coming years, which gets you in position to make a Clemson-like jump. At minimum, I think they will be a new version of VA Tech in the core Beemer years - regularly win 9-10 games and come up short on winning anything meaningful.

Maybe there was an era were a lot of fans came to high school football games and/or there was some big attraction like Lavar Arrington or even Terrele Pryor.

But the only people going to these games now are the families of the players/band/cheerleaders anda few dozen students from the school. Maybe a few extra family members come for each player for the big championship game, but that's about it. There may also be a small amount of townspeople that come to support the community team, more so in the smaller districts oddly, but not enough to make a difference.

I went to a couple regular season games this year to support my friend who has a kid playing....and that was alot, They are in a different district than were I live anyway. Had they made Acrisure, I probably would have sent them a nice text and then watched on TV.