In the end--it was only one game. Each game is different.

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thebadby2 said:

It really isn't hyperbole. He looked bad pretty much from the opening snap to the last one he took. His footwork was bad, his arm was bad, he was bad. Again, no cause to flip out and move on from him, not even close. But he played poorly in that game from start to finish. How many throws did he short arm, even on those rare occasions where he didn't have heavy pressure? Not sure what his injury status is, but that might explain why he threw it so poorly. And if he was playing at less than 85% healthy, shame on the coaches for not playing Yarnell earlier.

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I can't speak for his health, but he didn't seem all that different from the Holstein we've seen in the last 3 games.

Joe the Panther Fan said:

Holstein has to get better, but it's really hard to blame the quarterback when the biggest question on offense is which is worse, the run blocking or the pass blocking?

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This sums it up pretty clearly. If you can't block - you can't win!

TD_6082 said:

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That's total hyperbole, but that backwards pass just now is, without a doubt, one of the most idiotic things I've ever seen.

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It really isn't hyperbole. He looked bad pretty much from the opening snap to the last one he took. His footwork was bad, his arm was bad, he was bad. Again, no cause to flip out and move on from him, not even close. But he played poorly in that game from start to finish. How many throws did he short arm, even on those rare occasions where he didn't have heavy pressure? Not sure what his injury status is, but that might explain why he threw it so poorly. And if he was playing at less than 85% healthy, shame on the coaches for not playing Yarnell earlier.

The pre-season ratings by KenPom, Torvik and now, ESPN Analytics are not Pitt favorable. KenPom has Pitt #37 and Torvik has Pitt #50. Should they prove accurate Pitt would barely squeeze into the NCAA tourney with an at-large bid with a #37 end of season rating--at #50 they would be clearly out; and if they were to finish with only 18-20 wins as ESPN Analytics suggests then they would not even be on the bubble.

In general, the preseason ratings are not only not Pitt favorable---they continue to reflect the prognosticators world view that the ACC is Duke and UNC top heavy and that the rest of the ACC mediocre at best.

KenPom has his ACC top 6 this way: Duke #2, UNC #15, Clemson #24, Pitt #37, Wake For #44, NCState #53

Torvik has his ACC top 6 this way: Duke#2, UNC #5, Miami #26, Wake For #31, Clemson #44, Pitt #50

Should these pre-season rating prove to hold -up; both KenPom and Torvik are suggesting the ACC would likely only get 4-NCAA tourney bids (although after Duke and UNC they disagree on which other ACC teams predict getting the remaining two bids).

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