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The Quarterback whose name shall not be mentioned gets some payback against the Stillers

Im surprised this has not been mentioned here.

Darius Slay credited Pickett with helping the Eagles defense prepare for what the Steelers were doing on offense while speaking on his podcast, Big Play Slay, Tuesday.

He also said that the Eagles “had to get the win” against the Steelers for the Eagles quarterback.

“Not (Jalen) Hurts, not Hurts,” Slay said. “We’re talking about Kenny, Kenny Pickett, because he’s a great dude. Without Kenny Pickett, I think our defense — I don’t want to say wouldn’t be great because we wanted to be great regardless, but Kenny has been giving us a great look on scout team.

“I’m talking about a damn great look even when we play scrambling quarterbacks, (when) we play guys with strong arms, because he can do it all. He’s got a strong arm, he can run around, he can make plays with his legs, everything. So, he’s done a lot to help us get ready and be ready for these games. So, shoutout to Kenny. We wanted to get this dub for you, too, because we knew how important it was.

“Everybody wants to beat the team that traded them away. Definitely like it was nothing, and his situation was like, hey, they brought in a whole new quarterback, two quarterbacks, another former first round quarterback, so I understand where he’s coming from. But yeah, we did that for you, Kenny. So, shoutout to my boy Kenny for helping us prepare for this week, giving us tips about what to look for because he’s been in that room with them.”

Percent of your hatred

With WVU focusing obsessively on us lately with RichRod and saying we only focus on 13-9, it got me thinking...I hate WVU but I hate Ped State much worse. I would say 80% of my other team hatred goes to Ped State and maybe 20% goes to WVU. I also hate USC and Ohio State but won't include them.

What percent of your hate goes to Ped St, WVU, etc?

Start at Pitt vs. Likely Backup Elsewhere?

With the early Portal period just getting warm, I’m thinking about OLine Portal targets for Pitt and the choice that older guys will have, namely:

A. Legitimate chance to start for P4 Pitt (and get maximum P4 playing time and NFL scout exposure)
or
B. Get more guaranteed $$$ from a wealthy B10 or SEC, etc. team but likely spend your final year as a depth piece

I believe that will essentially be the choice for a bunch of Pitt targets and it’ll be interesting to see the choices they make, and how things look for them after the season.

Lack of Pageantry Diversification

Maybe I'm being petty, but I've written to the athletic department about what I consider to be a pretty glaring problem with this past season's FBS home schedule:

Kent State - Yellow and Navy Blue
West Virginia - Yellow and Navy Blue
Cal - Yellow and Navy Blue
Syracuse - Orange and White
Virginia - Orange and White
Clemson - Orange and White

Not trying to be the fashion patrol or anything, but as someone who appreciates the many uniforms and colors in college football, I kind of expected more. You wonder how the schedule makers didn't pick up on this beforehand and realize, "Wait a second. We owe it to those fans to switch it up a bit." And now we're playing a bowl game (i.e. like a 50% home game) against yet another Yellow and Navy Blue opponent... I don't know; like I said, you just kind of wonder how these things slip through the cracks.

Holstein, bowl game?

In another thread, it basically implied that Holstein was not playing in the bowl game. We need him to win and avoid an embarrassing loss to a MAC team. We cant win with a third string walk on.
I cant imagine after 5-6 weeks or more off, Holstein is not healed and ready to play? Why the heck would he not play? He is a redshirt freshman QB, you dont opt out of a teams bowl game. I cant imagine that being true. If you are a team player, you play. This has me both perplexed and pissed. Thoughts?

JUCO transfers get 4 years of eligibility

Unlimited eligibility coming very soon. All its going to take is one lawsuit where a player claims the NCAA is denying them a right to earn a living.

Was it Ross Dellenger or someone else who recently tweeted that the most average of players are making 6 figures and QB's are making well into 7 figures. And didnt we have this debate where I said Quinn Ewers was making $2 million + and nobody believed me?

Who you rooting for this weekend?

I'll admit I'm rooting for ND tonight. I think the B1G was very overrated except for a couple of teams so I'd like to see it exposed.

Tomorrow, my allegiance is to the ACC, so rooting for Clemson and the Ponies, for sure. I've changed my mind on the Tenn-tOSU game and think tOSU will pull it out, but I suspect it will be close. I really have no rooting interest in either.

OT: Eagles anemic passing vs Steelers

Things aren’t pretty in Philly. Jalen Hirts threw for 108 yards yesterday. They aren’t exactly thrilled. Could we see a QB change there? Ahh…nevermind. ;).

Pitt vs PSU Vball Stadium Series

At risk of sounding like SMF…

Would this be that crazy of an idea next Fall? Would have been better if it were a national title rematch…but what would an early season match up draw in your eyes? Pittsburgh loves events and this would be a cool event. Could it get above 30K and fill most of the lower bowl at Acrisure? 35K and close to selling out PNC?

Would love to see some additional revenue flow into the program. Not sure how much it costs to use Acrisure or PNC for a day. In the very least it’s great exposure.
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