I've been trying to think about the roster limit rule that will be coming to college football. There's been a lot of talk about the traditional walk on will no longer be a thing. Here are things I'm wondering and am curious on other thoughts people may have.

It may be the rid of traditional walk ons sure, but to me there is no limit to scholarships a school can offer, so maybe those traditional walk ons now just get a rightful scholarship given to them for the work they put into the team.

If teams are using 105 scholarships, which colleges aren't mandated to do obviously, that in theory takes more scholarship players away from levels below "x" team in theory. So my first thought is that the gap in FBS and FCS going forward will be even that much more.

I think this will generate even more movement within the college football landscape and transfers. More scholarship athletes, obviously just by a numbers game means more scholarship athletes not getting playing time they feel they either deserve, or want. Which will lead to transfers to schools that will be able to offer some more on field opportunities.

Any other effects people can think of that will directly affect the on-field product?

Another thought I've had with all these changing rules and regulations to the college landscape regarding NIL, roster sizes, etc. have there been any adjustments to how coaches, and colleges can recruit high school kids. Limitations of contacts lifted, official visit numbers raised, etc?

play. Have no idea how good LSU is but they beat Kansas State by 10ish earlier this season. Lowe flirting with a triple double. Bench feels a little too short. Hoping Delalic can progress and give us some minutes, which is what I was expecting prior to the season.

Man that sounds like a lot of points. I think it opened at 5.5, which I was gonna load up on. It's so early in the season that it's hard to tell who's good and who isn't, although I think we are very good. May sit out the game starting line and look for a live play, if any.

Fanduel has 54% of the cash on Pitt, and 64% of the bets on LSU.

Hosted the PIAA Soccer Championships. You cant make this stuff up. PIAA not even trying.

that's what i'm seeing. why are they playing a BB game while everyone is at work/school? i don't get it.

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New CFP rankings, same as the old. It's the Big Ten/SEC invitational and ACC & Big 12 are one-bid mid-major conferences. It won't be long before the Group of 5 is the Group of 7 and we are just another Memphis, UNLV, Tulane, etc.

I know we weren't making the playoff this year anyway, and I know a one bid league is better than a zero bid league, but the writing is the on the wall. If your team is not in the Big Ten or SEC, you aren't really a high major or 'power' D1 team....you are just fodder to fill out the bracket.

If you don't follow Army assistant coach Scott Green on X, you should. The former Wyoming Seminary coach is one of the wisest voices in our sport.
Yesterday, he tweeted about how this is a critical time for wrestling. Non-revenue sports at colleges across the country could be on the chopping block, and administrators are talking about how vitally important it is to reduce spending.
Login to view embedded media What can you do? Go to the match this Sunday at the Field House. It's at 2 p.m. against Lehigh and should be a good one.
This is your first chance to show Allen Greene how important wrestling is to this university and the community.
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International break starts well. Pepi scores early and Matty Turner stops a PK.

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they're using Wilson basketballs for the Greenbrier tournament. Hope our guys like those.

The other thread got cluttered with SMF inspired stuff, so starting a new thread.

Let’s win this thing.

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Alexis Stucky is rumored to be looking for a way out of Florida. Her Instagram bio only reads "Athlete" now, no mention of Florida. She was out most of last year with a major injury, and has been splitting time with a freshman this fall. Her current sophomore status would make her a nice bridge to Isabella Hoppe '26.

Does anyone have an opinion on Haiti Tautua'a? She was okay in her few appearances in 2023. Can we safely ignore any big name transfers in the setter position?

It will be our first real test against a P4 team on a neutral court. Not sure how good LSU is?

It should be an amazing dual. Last year, Lehigh did not wrestle their full team, and Pitt won 21-12. I will give a full preview for this, but the gist is that there will be a lot of high-level close matches. Hopefully, the crowd will turn out well. Unfortunately, there probably won't be any students because it is over Thanksgiving Break. Regardless, it should be one of our better duals this season

But did anyone think for one second he'd be signing here? I see dudes like that pledge a commitment to us in June and just laugh.

hey, it's something.

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Just imagine if it was a Pitt home game. Right now it looks like 5:30PM, 37 degrees, wind blowing and sleet falling at a 45 degree angle. Yeah you diehards want to go to these games. Nothing is better than watching these from the warmth and comfort from your home.

I read all week how trash this program is, how bad Narduzzi is, how the game is going to be over by halftime, blah blah blah

An absolute gutsy performance with our backup QB, half an OL, hobbled RBs and WRs… and you guys are acting like we just lost to Kent St?

Truly a group of clowns who post on here. Not sure how you guys function in real life.

There’s plenty to discuss and criticize but man… that was a gutsy performance by the Panthers today who were 3-9 last year and you guys are ready to fire our coach?

Our fanbase deserves 3-9. Absolute clowns.

Against LSU

In this week's 3-2-1 Column, we're thinking about changing expectations, the quarterback question, the next step for Pitt hoops and a lot more.

This might be the longest 3-2-1 Column I've ever written. But who's counting.

NET rankings don’t come out for a few more weeks, and even when they do they aren’t really instructive until the calendar turns. But, we can probably get a decent idea of how the NET rankings will eventually look based on the opponents’ kenpom rating.

For reference, last year’s non-con had one Q1 game, four Q3 games, and six Q4 games. We lost two: Q1 Florida and Q3 Missouri.

Q1
26. @ Ohio State
27. @ Mississippi State
29. N Wisconsin (will either be them or UCF)
40. N LSU

Q2
57. N UCF (will be either them or Wisconsin)

Q3
86. West Virginia (W)
95. Murray State (W)
109. Sam Houston State

Q4
205. Radford (W)
238. Eastern Kentucky
233. Gardner Webb (W)
304. VMI