I like Bell and Eli to break out this game and Bart to have a big game as well. I think the extra two days to scout the ponies will be an advantage

I also like the D to have a similar performance as Dukes D had

Pitt 42 Ponies 24

8-0 HTP

Congratulations Tigers. They scored a walloping 7 points today versus upstart Vanderbilt.

Long live the new Pitt AD. Hopefully it's a good night in big D.

...who won the Attendance Trophy 🏆 today?

I'll hang up and listen...

The fighting Sanduskys and their overrated coach exposed again!!!!
Let's complete with a Panther win in the Big D!!!

Lol. Nope. Jabroni just can't win big games. New year. Same old story.

Few thoughts through the 1st half:

1. Good thing we don't play Duke. They are good and it's amazing they lost to SMU last week
2. Miami is .....fine. Clearly talented, but also not any kind of a super team. They got real lucky with their ACC schedule.
3. If we see Miami later, we'll be underdogs in name only

I think I'm gonna tune into CBS for a little Army-Air Force

So Ryan Day had $22 Million to spend on players, he decided that McCord wasn’t the answer at QB and he signed…Will Howard?

So far, Howard did a great imitation of McCord with a Pick 6 and fumbled away a TD at the 1 yard line. Money well spent!

I live in McKinney about 25 miles North of the SMU campus. I have been checking the weather on my phone all day.
This is the first time, it shows no rain for the rest of the day and tonight. Just some wind starting around 9pm !!
Heading down to the game around 4:15pm.

LET's Go PITT !!

At Virginia on Friday....

• Virginia is 4th in the ACC.....17 - 4 record
• Good wins against Florida State and Miami....both 3 - 0 sweeps....and lost to 25th ranked UNC in 5 sets
• Their OCS was not particularly competitive but they do have an RPI of 36
• This is a team that has received votes in the NCAA weekly poll....so they have tournament aspirations
• They put up 16.5 pts/set (Pitt is 18.9) and give back 7.7 pts/set (Pitt is 5.9)
• Expect a Pitt win....but Virginia is probably not a team that will be easy to put away in a 3 set sweep at home
• Pitt cannot take this team lightly.

At Virginia Tech on Sunday...

• The Hokies are not competitive at all....17th in the ACC
• Their RPI is 200.....the worst of any team in the ACC
• They are 7 - 13 with one win against Clemson in the ACC
• They only score 15.3 pts/set and give back 9.1 pts/set....taken together these are bad numbers and explains their poor record
• This will be an easy win for Pitt.....and Fisher should be able to substitute freely and rest his starters.
• If that doesn't happen....the trip back to Pittsburgh will not be pleasant.

Hail to Pitt

Tom Herman now in his second year at FAU and sitting at 2-5. Lincoln Riley at USC sitting at 2-4 in season 3. It’s crazy how some of these hot coaches that seemingly everybody wants can fall off so quickly.

Who are your favorite “can’t miss” coaches that fell off a cliff?

May have interviewed here after Chryst left. I remember hoping he would be seriously considered and hopefully take the job. Now he's a jabroni, coaching a jobber program in Florida Atlantic arguing with the USF coach after the game since USF decided a little payback was in order for Herman running up things last year.

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Hats off the guy hoisting and unfurling a PITT flag during College Gameday. H2P!

An early line. Also, gametime listed at 1:00. Not sure if that is final.

Good article from CNN on Pittsburgh.

Who's heading down to Dallas for the game on Saturday?

Myself and a few buddies are heading down from the Burgh tomorrow.

Hail to Pitt!

7-0, first time since 1982, this season has been incredible so far. Pitt are decently sized underdogs this weekend (currently +7.5) and most national people (and podcasts) don't seem to be giving them much of a shot and it seems most think SMU covers (and some think easily).

SMU runs the ball very well, and Jennings has been great for them. Their rush D has also been decent but I do think they can be thrown on. One interesting thing is Jennings is very good against man coverage but struggles some against zone - 12.1 yards per attempt, five TDs, one INT vs zone 8.6 yards per attempt, four TDs, four INTs. He also seems to struggle some against pressure (he at least did against Duke) and he might not be 100%.

I know some are starting to get down on the offense, after the past two weeks. But really they were good against UNC and the Cuse game was just weird for them and they actually did fine when they had the ball, they just didn't have it alot. And of course, Pitt's D has been really turning it on and have played really really well the past two weeks.

So....with all that said, Pitt really has something going this year, and I think Narduzzi is really going to have them playing very well with a huge chip on their shoulder this week.

I think the offense plays very well, Eli has his best game since UNC, gets back to throwing well - over 300 yards and 3 TDs. I think the run game will hit on a couple big runs too. Mumpfield has a big game too.

The D continues their strong play and holds up against the run for the most part - SMU will break off some runs, burlt Pitt will do enough against the run. I think they get a lot of pressure on Jennings and force a mistake or two (not 5 or 3 picks 6s though! Haha). They might even force Jennings out of the game, I think they hit him alot.

So, with all that....I say Pitt 38 SMU 30 and unbelievably Pitt starts the year out 8-0. After we enjoy this win for about 24 hours (who am I kidding, probably less than that!) we all start to worry about a massive letdown/lookahead game against UVA, but let's worry about that next week.

Let's Go Pitt!