is the play of the WR corps.....its been a while since Pitt's receivers as a whole, have made so many solid catches, in traffic, when getting hit, etc., as a whole. Sure Addison by himself was spectacular, but it seems the whole group is making tough catches. I would think Bell's offense, which spreads things out, and is uptempo, causes the ball to be spread around a lot in practice, which makes for a lot of focus. I mean,who wants to drop the ball when they get the opportunity kinda thing during the week. Just an observation.

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Fawn over Justin fields this week for looking exactly like kenny Pickett.

Crap start. Fields bounces a pass and a three and out.

Derek Dixon

-43% 3 point shooter in the EYBL this year. 43% 3 point shooter in the EYBL last year. 40% 3 point shooter in the WCAC, the toughest high school basketball league in the country. This is one of the deadliest 3 point shooters, midrange shooters, and overall shooters in all of high school basketball. Period. And is a 90% free throw shooter to go with it.

-Averaged over 15 points per game in the EYBL on one of the best teams in the EYBL that lost 1 time going into Peach Jam finals with a 3-1 assist to turnover ratio. The leading scorer on his team with a Peach Jam semi finals appearance. Repeat 1st team ALL EYBL performer

-Played on one of the best high school teams in the country last year and lost the WCAC finals. Will be a preseason Top 5 team nationally in the entire country, will be the team captain, and will be the preseason favorite for the WCAC title to cut the nets down this coming season.

Why I like him... He can shoot the lights out and can score both in the PnR, the catch and shoot, all types of ball screens, and can easily score off the bounce and has shown ability to score with either hand on the inside. He's very efficient, he can distribute with crafty passes, he can lead, and he puts points on the board in a hurry. He's not the tallest player or the most athletic player and he is going to stick around in college for a long time while other teams pray he leaves while he picks them apart. Likely 4 year player.

Player comparison: Ashton Gibbs-Pitt, Salim Stoudamire without the attitude problem, Arizona

If you are young, old, or in the middle, this is Ashton Gibbs when Pitt used to dominate

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-Derek Dixon is a heavy Pitt lean

Blurbs from around the college basketball world.

From 247:

“Omari Witherspoon makes his ranking debut at the No. 104 spot and I think we could have went higher on him. He has positional size and long arms to go along with the ability to create offense off the dribble for himself and others. Witherspoon committed to Pittsburgh this week." — Jenkins

From rivals

“I love Omari Witherspoon to Pitt. He’s one of those tough underrated guys who will thrive at the next level; a DC kid who plays in the grueling WCAC and dominated the Under Armour Association this summer. He finished the summer averaging 18.4 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals a game for DC Premier. He has great size at 6-foot-4 with efficient three-level scoring ability and a chip on his shoulder. Jeff Capel does well with that profile of guard.” – Jordan



The rivals rankings should be updated this month.

A player who had that many offers out of HS and settles on Indiana makes me leery of his talent. Don't think I've heard his name once this season. Fitzsimmons can't return fast enough.

Beat Eastern Illinois, Central Michigan, and Kansas (who lost to UNLV), all at home. While I do not think we are one of the 25 best teams, our resume is obviously more deserving of a Top 25 ranking than Illinois.

We had to get rid of Kenny Pickett for this?????

29th in total offense. 30th in passing offense. 25th in scoring offense. 27th in pass completions. 29th in yards per play. 32nd in touchdowns. 29th in red zone offense. 28th in 1st downs per play, and 28th in rush yards per attempt.

1 total touchdown in 2 games.

260.5 yards per game in 2024. Down from 304.3 yards per game in 2023.

Scoring 15.5 ppg in 2024. Down from "terrible" offenses scoring 18.1 (2022) and 17.8 (2023).

The Steelers are 2-0 but against likely two bottom-10 teams. They're one of only 3 teams to start 2-0 since 1960 scoring only 1 touchdown. The last to do it was the 2000 Lions who went 7-7 the rest of the way. There's simply no way this team is going be able to keep up with Dallas, Philadelphia, KC, and maybe not even Baltimore or Cinci. They're lucky that the Browns are also a trainwreck so that may keep them close.

I can't watch them any more. It's not fun. Even the wins - where you should feel good - are absolutely excruciating and the absolute best case scenario for this team is losing 30-9 to Houston in the playoffs. This is embarrassing.

Go falcons!!!!

With Penn State having Martin on the shelf and getting a commitment from Jabree Coleman... is there any chance he shakes loose and Pitt get another crack at him? I'd think one of their running backs gets an NIL deal and comes back. Would be nice to have a power back to complement our shifty fellas and would think he'd get on the field early

When did the “No standing” rule take effect ?
Bad enough that most of the people who sit in our section sit on their hands throughout the game, but if you stand up on 3rd down and make noise apparently you’re in violation of some stadium policy. There really is a big generational divide amongst the Pitt fan base…the kids are fantastic, but these boomers, geez

Pitt ran 5 trick plays on Saturday. All 5 resulted in losses of yards.

The regular offense was working just fine for the whole first half - the only thing that was hurting us were the nonsensical trick plays that were drive killers and put us behind the chains.

Throw away those pages in the back of the playbook - you don't need them and the risk has been much higher than the reward.

You don't need trick plays when you're moving the ball with your regular scheme. Every time we had WVU on their heels, we bailed them out with one of these.

Put the flea-flickers away and save them for a day when your regular stuff isn't working and you need a spark.


ps. Kade Bell's scheme has been EXTRAORDINARY and exactly what we needed - brought into the 21st century of college football, finally, and hopefully burying "Wanny ball" concepts for the rest of time. He just needs to stick with what is working.

I think this weekly exercise is getting a little more interesting. Who are your top five Pitt players right now?

There are quite a few good candidates. Desmond Reid is still on the list for me, despite his "quiet" game with 76 yards and 2 touchdowns. Eli Holstein has a case to be made after what he's done the last two weeks. I also think Konata Mumpfield and Kenny Johnson are playing really well, too. And that's just on offense.

On defense, I think it's tough to keep Kyle Louis, Rasheem Biles and Donovan McMillon out of the top five, and Brandon George seems to be having his best season yet. Plus, there's Ben Sauls, who has been perfect so far.

Some tough decisions to make, but let's see your top five.

anyone with inside info hear of potential names or timelines?

Please surround Holstein with some play makers next year. This is our opportunity to make the playoffs

Packer is a Pitt Homer again……
Lots of Pitt love with the “W” in the BYB.

Wanted to see the condensed replay and stumbled upon this gem.

The Backyard Brawl Watchalong with Jorden and Steve.

Scroll to the 3 hour and 44 minute mark for your enjoyment and pleasure.

Jordan and Steve

formally reprimanded by the ACC tonight and Pitt was fined $5,000 for his comments after the game about the refs.

For those of you that have seen him play. It sounded as though when he walked on the story was he was very explosive and fast but too small to play at this level. Well as we have seen that is what Pitt is looking for now. So what do u think? I have never seen him play.

Timely interview with Dan Fisher.....and it's a good one. He touches on nearly every aspect of the current team and his views on the Penn State game. What a time to be a Pitt fan....volleyball, men's and women's soccer, and a revitalized football program.....not to mention excitement on what men's basketball will add come November. The interview is a bit long....18 minutes....but it's worth your time to listen.

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Read an article that said Rodney to Hoopie U. is a done deal. Girlfriend enrolling there and dad sporting a WVU hat.

7PM. They’ve sold almost 8000 tickets already, and are talking about possibly selling it out. That would be pretty awesome! If you’ve never seen a volleyball match, this is a perfect chance. Tickets are only like six dollars.