Slick Manager of Champs said:

maybe not a Pitt conspiracy but definitely bias for SEC/against ACC. Please explain 2-loss Mississippi being ranked ahead of Pitt and let me know which of Mississippi's win would be considered a very good win.

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Mississippi is an example of "poll inertia" if you will, not a bias against Pitt or the ACC. They started the season in the top ten. Something like 6 or 7, iirc. They took a hit when they lost to Kentucky, but being in the top ten and losing to go 4-1 isn't going to drop them out. And then their second loss was to another top 20 team in a close game. They aren't going to drop far for that either.

But that isn't pro-SEC bias, it's pro-teams that are highly ranked bias. For instance if Clemson loses to Louisville next week they will have two losses. Are they going to drop further than 18, where Mississippi is currently ranked, even though that would be their second loss? No, of course they won't. They won't drop that far at all. Because especially at this point of the season, highly ranked teams that lose games just don't drop all that far. Whether they are in the SEC or the Big Ten or the ACC.

It's not a conspiracy, it's just the way that the polls work.

Slick Manager of Champs said:

that was a good story and brought back many unpleasant memories unfortunately. I appreciate Jerry defending Marino against the viscous rumors. Interesting quote by Pelusi warning Bozik that Foge was too much the players friend. Sherrill/Foge were the perfect good cop-bad cop duo. They played off each other perfectly.

I remember studying for finals and the Pittsburgh Press ran that story about Dawkins dogging it much of the season. Exhibit A of the difference Sherrill would have made. Barry Compton or someone else would have been in the game at the first sign of trouble and Dawkins would be buried deep on the bench.

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Dawkins’ catch and fumble untouched versus ND was the beginning of the end. I tortured myself this week and was watching part of that game on YouTube. Pitt was looking to go up 19-17 or 23-17 as it would have been a first down near the red zone.

Compton and Williams (#21) had better hands than Dawkins but didn’t get the opportunities.

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Panther Parrothead said:

It’s the nature of things today. Some people can’t accurately relate what happened on January 6, 2021 - let alone what happened in Pitt football in the 1970s, 80s, and 90’s.

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Ummm where are you going with this…..

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Slick Manager of Champs said:

maybe not a Pitt conspiracy but definitely bias for SEC/against ACC. Please explain 2-loss Mississippi being ranked ahead of Pitt and let me know which of Mississippi's win would be considered a very good win.

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Yep. You put Indiana and Pitt’s resume next to each other blind and who wins.

To act like there isn’t a bias is stupid, not what I’m saying

CrazyPaco said:

Actually, way more schools competed pre-WW1 & 2 than today. And college football was higher in the sports hierarchy in the US. Unfortunately for you, ignorance of history doesn't change it.

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It’s the nature of things today. Some people can’t accurately relate what happened on January 6, 2021 - let alone what happened in Pitt football in the 1970s, 80s, and 90’s.

7-2 Pitt

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CrazyPaco said:

Actually, way more schools competed pre-WW1 & 2 than today. And college football was higher in the sports hierarchy in the US. Unfortunately for you, ignorance of history doesn't change it.

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I think he's just too young, naive and ignorant to understand the importance of history. He just wants to revise it to suit his warped narrative.

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Joe the Panther Fan said:

It's that damned nationwide conspiracy against Pitt rearing it's ugly head again!

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maybe not a Pitt conspiracy but definitely bias for SEC/against ACC. Please explain 2-loss Mississippi being ranked ahead of Pitt and let me know which of Mississippi's win would be considered a very good win.

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CrazyPaco said:

And college football was higher in the sports hierarchy in the US.

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I'm not sure that's true. Back then baseball and boxing would have clearly been higher than college football. Today, if college football is not second behind the NFL it's third after the NFL and the NBA.

ChiefJusticeMarshall said:

The Trib had a friggin great article on this game today. (Note "great" doesn't mean flowering positive). It highlighted the absolute disaster of that season and the infighting of the team, players giving public interviews trashing other players, Marino's drug rumors, and especially the telling quotes of Foge being a great guy, a nice guy, but no discipline whatsoever. It was a literal crime for that team to be 9-3. And even their wins weren't impressive.

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that was a good story and brought back many unpleasant memories unfortunately. I appreciate Jerry defending Marino against the viscous rumors. Interesting quote by Pelusi warning Bozik that Foge was too much the players friend. Sherrill/Foge were the perfect good cop-bad cop duo. They played off each other perfectly.

I remember studying for finals and the Pittsburgh Press ran that story about Dawkins dogging it much of the season. Exhibit A of the difference Sherrill would have made. Barry Compton or someone else would have been in the game at the first sign of trouble and Dawkins would be buried deep on the bench.