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Not putting Dan Marino in Pitt’s all time top 5? What a dipshit.

He hasn't been super sharp the last 2 games while the D has stepped up. We need to be playing our best ball right now.

Since I seen a streeker at a ball game. Used to see some beautiful women do it and every now and then a goofy man even ones with not much to show off. Put all fans in a good mood even if the team was losing. Kind of a shame we lost this playful art. One of many.

WPIAL playoff brackets released this weekend. Big surprise, 50% of the #1 seeds went to private schools. So silly that schools without recruiting boundaries compete against neighborhood schools that only get players from one small geographic area. Imagine if Mississippi State was only allowed to recruit the state of Mississippi but was placed in a conference with Ole Miss who was allowed to recruit the whole country. So...good for the private school all-star teams that will steal a few trophies this season.

Beyond that, I'll be following TJ, a #1 seed with a Pitt recruit on the team. Are there any other WPIAL schools that have Pitt players of interest? I guess I mean possible commits this year or future years as I believe the TJ kid is the only current Pitt WPIAL commit.

Also, the Quips got screwed by the WPIAL, shocking I know. They were under-seeded in to TJ's side of the bracket to make the hardest path possible for them to win another title. TJ is thrilled I'm sure, nobody wants to play the Quips in the playoffs.

It seemed like a given that a Pitt player would win the ACC’s Linebacker of the Week honors this week. It was just a question of which one.

I am sure this has something to do with a stuck high pressure, currents, climate change and la Nina or El Nino whatever. But college or Pro, here we are in late October and have yet to see any weather game. Even a cloudy game. Every game played is like it being played in sunny Southern California. It is weird. At this point, I want to see the gun metal gray skies, breezy, showers. Who needs to build a dome stadium. Even games in Minnesota and Iowa today, Ohio, Oregon, it might as well be Alabama. Even the NFL games. Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New England, all of the games have had incredibly fair weather. Not just temperatures, but I am talking blue skies and sunshine. Just weird.

It has no pre season bias unlike predictive models used by gamblers, it's strictly who beat who.

Pat Narduzzi held his weekly press conference on Monday and talked about Pitt's win over Syracuse, the Panthers' upcoming trip to SMU and a lot more. Here's video and a full rundown of what he said.

Chris sorry if these type of posts are not permitted. Lost one of my closest and dearest friends this weekend. He was killed by a drunk driver. His wife is still in the icu. They have 3 kids. Mike and I met freshman year at pitt and pledged pi kappa phi together. He was truly a wonderful person. A great friend, a great brother, and an even better father and husband. He was the first one to be there anytime you needed anything. If you can please donate to the gofundme to help his family. He was a pitt grad and true pitt man. RIP Mike. https://gofund.me/f09292c0

Some interesting things while looking at the ACC Standings.

Cal is 0-4 in conference, yet they only have a point differential of -9. So an average of 2.25 points per loss.
North Carolina is 1-3 in conference yet have a plus 9 differential. This is obviously due to the blowout win over Virginia this past weekend.
Don't look now but Pitt has allowed the 3rd least amount of points in the ACC this season (behind Cal, and Duke).
Only one of the top four teams in the conference has a win against a top 25 team at the time of the game. Clemson obviously has the loss against Georgia, Miami and Pitt have not played a ranked team.
Miami will not play a ranked team this year most likely on their way to a potential top seed in the ACC.

I didn't get to watch, but saw they squeaked out an OT win at Duke and their QB threw 3 picks. On the surface it seems like the best possible scenario — SMU wins and gives Pitt a great chance for a quality win while looking vulnerable in certain areas.

Am I right? To those who watched... How did the Mustangs look? And how do we match up?

My son will be unable to attend the 1st. 6 home games, including WVU. Anyone interested in purchasing ticket please reply with email or cell. Seat is in Section 208, Row A. I'm asking $150.

First....I should have had an EMT sitting next to me at last night's match.....what a nail biter.....and what a crowd! Here we go....

• The trio of Louisville's Luper, DeBeer, and Reese accounted for 12.44 pts/set and gave back 5.55 pts/set from errors
• The trio of Babcock, Stafford, and VVG accounted for 12.33 pts/set and gave back 5.11 pts/set from errors
• In other words....Louisville's pins and Pitt's pins essentially cancelled one another out
• Enter Bre Kelley and to a bit of a lesser extent....Ryla Jones
  • Kelley hit .500...18 pts and 1 error
  • Jones had 7.5 pts and 3 errors
    • This combo was contributing almost +5 pts/set for our Panthers
• On the other side of the net...Louisville had Cresse and Kong
  • They combined for a bit less than +2 pts/set for the Cardinals
• All things considered....it was that 3 point advantage that swung this match to the win column for Pitt

Who would have thought entering this match that Pitt's vaunted service game would commit 12 service errors resulting in Louisville having a better night at the service line? And who would have thought that Louisville's middle blockers would be bested by Pitt....and Bre Kelley who had a career best night. I am so delighted and happy for Bre....recovering from that severe ankle injury last year and keeping Pitt rolling. Yes....it was a team win but know this....Bre Kelley gets the game ball!

I love volleyball....let the games continue Sunday. That's all.

In the kicking department? Boz and Sauls are so damn fun to watch. Sauls has to be a slam-dunk Groza winner. He’s not just a good kicker, he’s a weapon.

Did anyone catch on the broadcast last night the story that Dan Mullen told? He said he ran into a Pitt fan and his son and the dad told Mullen to ask the boy who his favorite Pitt player is. The boy said “Ben Sauls”. Mullen said he’s never heard anyone say a kicker was their favorite player LOL