I am in the Philly suburbs and can't stand Comcast cable and want to drop it. They charge over $300 per month and have terrible service. Some options are Hulu, You Tube TV, etc. Two channels I really want are ACC network and Fox Business channel that not everyone offers. Pitt football games are also shown around here rarely on the CW network.

According to Narduzzi on his radio show today. I largely expected this but it's good to not have to worry about any surprises. It will be redshirt freshman vs. redshirt freshman. Hope this motivates Eli to be on top of his game!

My daughter is running in the NYC Marathon the next morning. Looking for a place to watch the game.

Didnt make Golden State so heading to their G-league affiliate. I still think he plays in the NBA at some point.

Anyone else concerned that he was at Miami in 2021 and smoked Pitt?

I know @Chris Peak did some homework on this Sunday and not sure what the conclusion was, but According to Inside ACCess, no Power Conference school 7-0 or better has been ranked as low as Pitt in the entire AP poll era.

In Hilton Head for the next two weeks. Checked in yesterday and immediately looked to see if I have ACCN. Nope! I was here a few years back and remember a group of pitt fans that gathered at a local bar to watch games. Please recommend a place to watch in HHI if anyone has that information. Thanks and H2P.

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A 1-on-1 online fitness coaching client of mine is an Auburn fan, and he had some good things to say about Allen Greene. Just thought I'd pass them along here...

He said: "Allen Greene is a good AD I believe, the only criticism which is a big one at Auburn was that he made the wrong football hire with Bryan Harsin. Other Auburn sports were doing well and he was good at fundraising. My dad was an Auburn season ticket holder for football and basketball for 40 years. He passed away while Allen Green was the AD and he along with the President, Christopher Roberts came to my mom with a note from Bruce Pearl and expressed their condolences. He seems like a good man, but just made the wrong choice with Bryan Harsin and it got him fired."

I have three extra for the smu game. Section 219 pitt section. One buddy can't make it. Just want face value $30 obo.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Walking from his apartment to classes and then to the University of Florida’s basketball facility, Olivier Rioux poses for dozens — sometimes hundreds — of pictures a day.

Vertical shots, of course. Rioux won’t fit in the frame any other way.

At 7 feet, 9 inches (2.4 meters), Rioux is the ultimate BMOC. He’s actually the Biggest Man On Campus — any campus.

I can’t think of any other former Pittsburgh sports player who is as beloved as Marc Andre Fleury is.

With Gramlich and Mac Lain. It's a good watch and it's so easy to root for this kid.

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Long shots: Pitt 6.1% (up 2.1%), Virginia Tech 3.0% (up 0.1%).

Pitt indeed jumped to 23rd in SP+ following a pummeling of Syracuse on Thursday. But the Panthers still have only a 4.0% chance of reaching 12-0 thanks to a tricky home stretch. They must play at SMU in Week 10 and Louisville in Week 13, and they host Clemson in between. They're projected underdogs in all three games, though that probably won't bother Pitt fans much: They're 3-0 as projected underdogs this season.

Biggest remaining games: Pitt at SMU (Nov. 2), Clemson at Virginia Tech (Nov. 9), Clemson at Pitt (Nov. 16).


The Pitt-SMU winner becomes the de facto No. 3 conference favorite, and if Pitt does the deed and remains unbeaten, the Panthers' odds of sneaking out an at-large playoff bid in the absence of a conference title rise a good amount too.

We've done this every week, and I think most of us have made slight adjustments each time. This week I'm probably making the biggest adjustments I've made all season.

Here are the top five players on the team, as I see it:

1. Kyle Louis
2. Rasheem Biles
3. Desmond Reid
4. Ben Sauls
5. Eli Holstein

- Louis and Biles are the first two Godfather movies right now: the best there is, but we're not sure which one. I'm still leaning toward Louis here, but Biles has really been playing at a high level.

- I still think Reid is an outstanding player, and he still averaged more than four yards per carry against Syracuse. But he didn't have a target - which isn't his fault, of course - and saw limited opportunities, like everybody else on offense. So he falls behind two guys who actually did score touchdowns against the Orange.

- I'm putting Sauls at 4 this week because he just looks unstoppable right now.

- Holstein stays in the top 5 as a lifetime achievement award, but another game like the last two, and he's going to fall out. I'm not sure who I will put at 5, but it won't be him. Conversely, if he plays well in a win at SMU, he'll jump back up the list.

What's your top five after seven games?

Any chance he plays Monday? I thought the estimated recovery time pretty much got him to game 1.

Holy cow. I mean, what a total dismantling, especially in a game where our offense wasn't dynamic. Some thoughts:

• I know we aren't finished, but Narduzzi has now won 7 games 7 times in 10 years. Before he got here, we had won 7 games 7 times in 13 years. So basically from 50/50 to almost 2/3 of the time.
• What in the actual F are the thinking running Holstein up 31 points in the 4th? If it's a concussion, that can linger. Totally fine to let him pass. It was get right time which leads me to...
• ...7 straight bad quarters from Holstein. He looked tentative all night and you could tell he didn't trust his eyes and didn't want to throw a pick, especially after throwing one that could have easily been picked on the first drive. It was worrying me that they kept showing replays of wide open guys he was missing. However, that last throw for a TD was perfect and hopefully that sets him back on the right track.
• Is Daniel Carter hurt? I know we didn't do much on the ground but happy to see we didn't have to rely on Hammond this year.
• Branson Taylor out for the year is a blow.
• Not much the WRs had to do last night but in limited action I thought Bart/Williams/Lee were all good. Shout out to Tyreek Robinson for his first career catch.
• Holy hell that defense. It's almost too many to list. Biles, George, Crumpley, Bass, Battle, Lovelace, Edwards, Louis, O'Brien... just all A+.
• Hysterical they made a big deal about McCord getting 300 yards. He threw 64 times for an average of 5 yards.
• Really shut down the run too. Taking away the sacks/McCord runs, 20 carries for 38 yards. Eat a D Willis.
• Ben Sauls...just amazing. Already has more FGs this year than last year. He had one over 50 made coming into this year. He has 4 this year alone.
• I thought Junko was quietly good last night too.
• SMU is probably our biggest regular season game since either Syracuse in 2021 (although we may have already clinched) or the 45-44 game against Cincy to go the BCS. I know you can't take anything for granted but if they beat SMU, we SHOULD be 9-0 for the Clemson which could basically get us into the playoff. I cannot wait for this game next week.