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Rise of the Big East

Who would have thought that after Week 2, some of Pitt's toughest games figure to be Syracuse, Louisville, and Boston College?

Louisville has just played 2 cupcakes so far, so maybe their not as good as they look, but they will be tested with games coming up GA Tech, Notre Dame, Miami, Clemson among others. The Louisville we see later in the year will be much different...maybe more battle tested....maybe beat up.

Syracuse on the other hand...wow, they might just win 10 games this year. Their OOC schedule is an embarrassing Ohio, Holy Cross, UNLV, UCONN. In conference, they have a bit of tough stretch with 4 road games in 5 weeks at NC State/Pitt/BC/Cal. Cuse is capable of winning any of those games but also capable of losing any...so 2-2 in that stretch sets them up to be 9-2 heading into a home season final with Miami, playing for that 10th win.

BC made some effort in the OOC, playing Michigan State and Missouri. Those teams are down, but they sure aren't Holy Cross and UCONN. However, BC got a really soft conference schedule....they don't play Miami, Clemson, NC State, GA Tech. For them it's going to come down to how they fare in their Big East games against Pitt, Louisville, CUSE.

If any of Pitt, CUSE, VILLE, BC claims the mini-Big East championship by sweeping the others, they may well be in position for a #2 seed and spot in the ACC-CG. To which, I'll end up with Miami is a lock for the ACC-CG. Not because I am suddenly a believer in Miami, but their conference schedule is SOFT, especially with Florida St looking a mess.

Tin hat time

I try not to be conspiratorial about stuff, but KDKA just proved again the Cardiac Hill Pitt has to overcome for positive local coverage.

In the same segment, they show Franklin flying in on a helicopter to the Quips-PH game and then the highlight they show of the Brawl previewing Pitt-YSU, they show WVU scoring.

It's stupid and petty for me to care, but talk about bias.

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Guess the first touchdown: Pitt-Youngstown State

Nobody called a nine-yard catch by Desmond Reid as Pitt's first touchdown against WVU, so the contest is rolling on to this week.

Can you correctly predict the player, play (run, reception, return, etc.) and yardage of Pitt's first touchdown against Youngstown State? Post your guess in this thread, and if you get it right, you'll get two free months added to your subscription.

Thanks for playing and good luck.

To those

Who are worried about Holstein getting poached by other schools with more money. I would not worry.

I believe the system is much more important than the QB running it. Yes, Holstein looks great so far. However, I think he is smart enough to realize he is as good as the system allows him to be.

My point is I wouldn’t worry about him leaving. As long as we have Kade Bell and his system. We will have Holstein. If not?

I think the high school QB we have coming in can run the system under Bell.

OT: Lithium mining in PA

Came across this...40% of domestic Lithium needs can be had from mining the wastewater of Marsellus Shale and others in the state of PA alone.

Seems like a game changer if they can make it work?

Written by someone from Pitt...

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