37 votes in AP poll good for 30th
50 in Coaches, good for 28th

Just got back from campus. May try to attend that game schedule permitting.

Was just looking at UNC's ACC games this year:
Duke, Pitt, GA Tech, Virginia, Florida St, Wake Forest, Boston College, NC State

On paper before the season, that looks like a schedule hand-tailored for an ACC-CG run. Now Pitt, GT, BC are looking better than expected so far, but before the season, FSU looked to be the only formidable opponent. Really was setup for UNC to go 7-1 in conference play (if a FSU loss) or maybe 8-0 with a FSU upset. They have to be beside themselves that their QB went down, especially given how beatable FSU is in reality.

Don't worry, they got a nice UNC-favorable slate in 2025 too: Duke, Cal, Stanford, Virginia, Wake, NC State, Cuse, Clemson. I'd expect Cuse to maybe be not as good next year without McCord, so really it's Clemson (at home) and 7 very winnable game.

I know part of this is a function of the ACC having a lot of mid (or worse teams), but still 2 years without playing any of Miami, Louisville, VA Tech (usually strong teams) and then only 1 each year from FSU & Clemson.

At least in 2026 their luck run out a bit: Miami, @Clemson, Louisville, at PITT, Notre Dame OOC game, plus maybe their rival NC State won't stink by then. Of course, I expect the ACC to somehow change the matchups by then for some contrived reason.

GTFOH…

Any news there? Been quiet

Any suggestions as to where? I see a couple breweries within walking distance

What views do people now have of Pitt’s offensive recruiting class after seeing the offense? I recall a bunch of concern over the size of guys. After seeing Reid and Lee, I think Bell is looking for a specific type of athlete.

Excellent read from espn ranking the top 50 USMNT players based on how they are playing right now. Obviously Pulisic and McKennie are #1 and #2. Haven’t made it far enough down to see if Reyna even cracks the list, being that he hasn’t really played much for his club teams in what seems like years.

Hope this isn’t behind a pay wall.

Rock fight incoming

The success of Williams, Lee and Reid have me thinking that there are a lot of players in FCS that can at least contribute at P4 schools. What sort of scouting does Pitt do on players in the event that they end up in the transfer portal? Do we keep a database of every player and their attractiveness to go after? Or do we just wait until kids hit the transfer portal and then decide if we want them?

Just curious as to how this all works.

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Not sure if anyone has been following his recruitment at all, but he started with 80 schools and has been taking a few off every week.

He just released his latest list and Pitt is still in it, making it to the top 20.

• Air Force
• Arizona State
• Cornell
• Iowa
• Iowa State
• Lehigh
• Michigan
• Missouri
• NC State
• Nebraska
• Northern Iowa
• Ohio State
• Oklahoma State
• Penn State
• Pitt
• Pitt-Johnstown
• Princeton
• Rutgers
• Stanford
• Virginia Tech

or if your glass is half-full: causes for concern. let's remember that we played 2 complete and total tomato cans.

rankings:

1 . scoring defense = 82
2. pass defense = 90
3. rush defense = 41
4. penalties = 102
5. penalty yards = 111
6. 1st down defense % = 90
7. RZ defense = 60
8. total defense = 68
9. sacks = 26 (we're obviously usually MUCH higher)

others:
* 3rd down conversion % = 34
* TOP (not sure this one matters) = 129

I dont know, maybe its just me but I see some of these scores come in and it seems like WPIAL football a lot of times where every game is a blowout. I wonder if its the redistribution of talent through the portal or just the over-reliance or the portal hurting teams who were supposed to be good but haven't gelled (FSU, NC St).

Some examples:

JMU: 53 at half and 70 for game at UNC

SMU: 41 at half and 66 for game vs TCU

Pitt: 73 on YSU. YSU is FCS but Pitt isnt a program who you think would normally put up 73 on anybody

Kent St: maybe the worst FBS of all time, should any group of 85 FBS players be this bad? Outgained by PSU 718-68

Texas Tech: was up 49-7 at halftime vs a North Texas team who beat South Alabama 52-38. Then South Alabama beats FCS Northwestern State 87-10. Should South Alabama drop near 90 on anyone.

Should NC St ever be down 35-0 at half to a good but not great Clemson team?

There's other example of this but I see these scores come across and I just scratch my head.

Holstein rookie of the week. At this rate they may have to name the honor after Holstein 😂

Just curious, anyone have any insights into season ticket sales for the hoops team this upcoming season? Growing hype/optimism for the program based off the succes of these last two seasons, just wondering if that's translated into season ticket sales.

Pitt is off this week, so there's no Pat Narduzzi press conference on Monday. We'll see if they have any interviews/availability later this week, but I'm guessing we won't hear from any players or coaches until next week.

…sound system is the worst audio experience I can imagine.

It has been this way since opening.

I find it hilarious that the Rooneys would ever want to love for something better when they could invest almost nothing to improve so many shitty systems in this friggin dump of an NFL stadium.

I’d rather no sound system to this.

Cam Ward at Miami (Wazzou)
Eli Holstein at Pitt. (Alabama)
Haynes King at GT (Texas A&M)
Kyle McCord at Syracuse (OSU)
Malik Murphy at Duke (Texas)

Those programs really upgraded the position and are reaping the success so far.

With Pitt 4-0. What would you consider a successful season this year.

I’m going with 9-3, with a chance at a 10th win in a bowl game. This would be my view at the season being successful. I admit I would still feel some disappointment because I desperately want to daydream about them undefeated going to the ACC championship against Miami.

Listening to him on this cowboys ravens game. He needs a lot of work. I had to turn the volume down a few times.

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