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pittiswhereiamfrom2 said:

Did you expect the coaches to say anything other than what they said?

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Capel was on the search committee, and Duzz knew the guy from before, so I figured they would have more insight than 2 coaches who were commenting on someone they had never met.

Naturally, coaches should say good things. I just had the feeling they weren't going through the normal perfunctory coach speak.

So SportsCenter is on Pitt's campus and not @ Acrisure ?

edit , just looked it up.
PITTSBURGH—ESPN's iconic SportsCenter will broadcast live from the Cathedral of Learning lawn with co-host Matt Barrie on Thursday, Oct. 24, beginning at 2 p.m.

Barrie will host the hour-long broadcast from Pitt's historic landmark, joined by analyst and partner Dan Mullen, while Christine Williamson co-anchors live from the SportsCenter studio in Bristol, CT. Fans are encouraged to gather on the Cathedral lawn, where the Pitt Band, spirit squads, and legendary Panthers wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald will be in attendance to add to the excitement. Barrie, Mullen and sideline reporter Harry Lyles Jr. will call Pitt's Thursday night ACC showdown for ESPN. Kickoff at Acrisure Stadium is 7:30 p.m.

SportsCenter, ESPN's first and flagship show defines the sports news genre. It offers breaking news, highlights, features and in-depth analysis from award-winning journalists with multiple live editions airing daily.

The Panthers are 6-0 for the first time since 1982 and boast a No. 19 Associated Press ranking this week. Pitt is 2-0 in the ACC for the first time since its 2021 ACC championship season.

Longtime eastern rival Syracuse is also off to a strong start. The Orange is 5-1 overall (2-1) and on the cusp of breaking into the Top 25.

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pittdan77 said:

I don't think we received serves as well last year. It's still not stellar but it's a bit of give and take. Libero play is better but SMU absolutely dominated Pitt in that game in Dallas. Bad night? Found a hole? We'll see. Also, Babcock is a little more consistent this year. Power servers will always have a higher error rate but it's better. Would also add that Flood and VVG have been around long enough that they should be pretty good at serving, LOL.

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What has stood out to me is Pitt's 125 service aces (2.19/set) versus the opposition's 43 service aces (0.75/set).....a 3 to 1 advantage. Not many teams have that differential. For instance Louisville....our next opponent....produces 1.27 service aces/set but gives back 1.26 service aces/set.....so that part of their game is a zero advantage.

PGHShoeCobblerTheBEST said:

Since I seen a streeker at a ball game. Used to see some beautiful women do it and every now and then a goofy man even ones with not much to show off. Put all fans in a good mood even if the team was losing. Kind of a shame we lost this playful art. One of many.

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It just happened at the last Stillers game. Big fake boobed girl with tats everywhere.

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cashisking884 said:

Strength of record is not the best tool.

Can you show me one study done showing strength of record is a good predictor of future success?

You keep wanting to pretend like your power poll ranking is of no significance except for gambling.

And that’s right to the extent that you would want to know the chances of future success, when betting on a game that hasn’t happened.

And that is the value of power poll analytics. They are the best predictor of future success.

You saw that play out last night. For weeks now Bill Connelly has been talking about how Liberty better start playing like an undefeated team if they want to stay undefeated and make the playoffs. Because the analytics have them outside the Top 70.

Welp. The results matched it last night.

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I am not interested in picking the best teams. I'm interested in picking the best resumes because all I care about is whether you won or lost. Point margins can be a tiebreaker like I said. I realize PSU is far better than Pitt but based on resume, PSU is only slightly better. They'd make it over Pitt but they better not go 10-2 and expect to make it over 11-1 Pitt because at that point, Pitt's SOR would be better.

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Sean Miller Fan said:

It matters to Vegas. It shouldn't matter when picking a tournament unless used as a tiebreaker. Stength of record is the best tool. Its your record relative to your SOS. And this looks about right with PSU #5 and Pitt #9. Honestly, I do not think Pitt is only 4 spots worse than PSU but we have the same record vs very similar teams. I hate when I hear but this team is blowing people out. So what. That's for the gamblers and I said we can use it for an 8th tiebreaker between 2 teams. The goal is to win the game by 1.

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Strength of record is not the best tool.

Can you show me one study done showing strength of record is a good predictor of future success?

You keep wanting to pretend like your power poll ranking is of no significance except for gambling.

And that’s right to the extent that you would want to know the chances of future success, when betting on a game that hasn’t happened.

And that is the value of power poll analytics. They are the best predictor of future success.

You saw that play out last night. For weeks now Bill Connelly has been talking about how Liberty better start playing like an undefeated team if they want to stay undefeated and make the playoffs. Because the analytics have them outside the Top 70.

Welp. The results matched it last night.

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Fk_Pitt said:

While I think it’s cool to be in alternate uniforms, I understand the “establish the brand” moniker. We’ve been so poor with it throughout our history. Really poor. As I said in another thread, if we were to wear Dino throwbacks tonight, half the country wouldn’t even realize it was anything different. That’s a problem. Penn st has worn middle school practice uniforms for their entire history. But when they play people know it’s them.

I personally like the Marino era colors. That’s the Pitt I fell in love with. And I understand young students who like the Notre dame and Akron wannabe uniforms. But I embrace what we have now because it’s cool, it’s unique (essentially), it pops, and we should ride with it forever.

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Speaking of uni's ... I really got "nostalgic" watching the Stillers on Sunday Night Football. Wearing the home uni's with the block white numbers brought back memories of Bradshaw/Harris/Mean Joe Greene/Jack Lambert/Lynn Swann, et al ... I never "got" the reason for why the Steelers had to reinvent the uniform of the '70's? Green Bay still makes theirs work, as well as the Cowboys and many others ...

pittdan77 said:

They just glazed over the locker room "group" sex act and it faded into the ether. Just

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You do know why it just “faded into the ether”, right?

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