cHere is the Redshirt Diaries Part II with my thoughts on some of the fallout from NCAA vs House on Monday....

Is the spring game being televised anywhere ?

Heard on The Fan that the Trib's Jerry DiPaola is retiring on Saturday.

Here is the Redshirt Diaries Part II with my thoughts on some of the fallout from NCAA vs House on Monday....

Here is Karl's story on the Blue-Gold game rosters....

Nobody expects an actual final ruling today, which is silly. However, there is hope that there will be a lot more clarity about what it is going to look like. I’ve been following this and will have much more in my Redshirt Diaries later today or first thing in morning depending on what takes place as well as more on the latest to commitment to Jeff Capel and look ahead to the sprint game

I know there are fans who won't cut Barnes any slack because of Stallings hire.
Some of the guys on BB board have their heads so far up Dixon's butt they can watch TCU play, but i think this is a fair assessment by Zeise.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...ic-director-oregon-state/stories/201612230214

Here is Part I of what will be a long Redshirt Diaries.......

Anyone else been watching the 2nd season of The White Lotus on HBO? So damn good...

Can't figure out who will be the killer in the end. And who dies.

-Is it Greg, Tonya's husband a.k.a. Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite gonna bite it at the hands of Tanya and her gay friends?

- Maybe Christopher from the Sopranos, and he kills one of the 2 hookers for hooking up with his son?

- Is Ethan gonna get wacked Cameron after Cameron sleeps with his wife since he would rather look at porn and have morning sex?

- Maybe it's Cameron who eats it since he shorted the hooked, and her pimp gets him?

Pitt is a big man short - Papa Kante is gone according to Rivals national portal report.......

I'll have more shortly.

Here is Part I of what will be a long Redshirt Diaries.......

It wasn’t pretty but a highly competitive affair between 2 teams that play solid D and are very physical. Happy Houston lost…can’t stand Sampson and his big mouth.

Karl will have much more on this but in case you missed it - Pat Narduzzi said the spring game won't be live and full contact. Instead it will be "thud" which I am sure will make everyone happy. Thud means nobody will hit the ground, theoretically, and that means the practice will feel almost like a walkthrough.

I don't know about you but I have always believed that thud is more dangerous than actual live hitting. I think when you are going 3/4 speed and trying to avoid contact you see weird injuries and whatnot. Also, if there is not going to be live tackling and hitting, it will be hard to figure out who is doing what

Anyone see Cummings and/or Witherspoon as starters?

We have one starter as I see it and that’s Jackson at the 5.

No one was a bigger fan of Cummings than me coming into last season, but his size concerns me a bit. I’m not sure I see him as a starter and wonder if he’s better suited as the 6th man?

1- TBD
2- TBD
3- TBD
4- TBD
5- Jackson
6-Cummings
7- Witherspoon
8- Kante or Cam

How do you guys see it?

Football Playoff changes coming...

Per ESPN, they are in Texas today discussing College Football Playoff Format change.

A friend sent me these items being discussed:

They are moving to 14 teams.

Byes will go to top 4 teams.

Conference champions will play in round 1.

Dan Skillings played at Roman Catholic in Philadelphia. I saw him play twice in high school and I liked him, really liked his length and athleticism. Anyway he is leaving Cincinnati and according to reports Pitt is one of the schools that has contacted him. I went to his profile page and he has heard from a lot of schools so not sure how much of a chance Pitt has but nevertheless he averaged 9.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. He is 6-5 and is a classic example of a guy who used his first couple of years in college to significantly improve his profile in recruiting. He had a lot of small schools coming out of high school, Cincy was one of his biggest offers, but now after three seasons in college he has a list of a lot of schools like Alabama, Kentucky and Gonzaga. It probably will come down to money and that isn't necessarily good for Pitt.

There is an NCAA Tournament thread but we can post your Final Four predictions (after the brackets are released) here so we have them all in one place. They would get lost if we had to search them through the other thread.......

And here is the twist - I am going to give a $100 gift card to whoever has the best prediction (assuming yours is better than mine)........ There is no entry here, just me saying "thanks for subscribing and being patient as we get this thing moving forward...."

Here are my rules:

You will 10 points for each team you pick that actually makes the Final Four
Then 20 points for each team you pick that advances to the championship game
Then 30 points for picking the winner.

And I will ask for "total points in champ game" as a tie-breaker.

Wait until after the brackets and we will have some fun with this

Couldn’t get it done the last 5 minutes…outphysicaled and outplayed. Couldn’t even get the ball in bounds. Proctor stunk.

This just popped up on Twitter from Draft Express:

“NEWS: Iowa State transfer Nojus Indrusaitis has committed to Pitt, his agent Deirunas Visockas told ESPN. The 6-foot-5, 18-year old guard posted 20.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3 assists per game at last summer's FIBA U18 Eurobasket for Lithuania. 4-star recruit in 2024.”

It is obviously intriguing. He is a transfer but looks like he has had international success. I’m gonna do some digging on him and find out as much as I can. It seems like the kind of player Pitt needs to add - skilled, multi dimensional

Here is Karl's write up of the scrimmage from the other day:

Yawn

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@Pub_PaulZeise

Paul since you have given us more info on NIL in the last two weeks then that Goober/Turd Peak did in the last 3 years, I was curious what your thoughts are if Pitt is ever getting an on Campus Stadium. You seem to be dialed in, what are your sources or people in the know saying?

Thanks….