Amazing start for a team with "Majors 2 Talent"!!

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Ok, let's say Syracuse wins and gets ranked. That gives Duzz 6 ranked opponents in 25 games over the past two seasons and 10 total wins.

Go back another year and you have 8 ranked opponents in 38 games. Go back a 4th year to the magical season and you get 11 ranked opponents in 51 games. That's a far cry from the 48% that Majors II faced.

As far as cannibalizing each other, it could be argued that's a sign of increased parity thanks to the transfer changes. Which means there should be less of a gap between ranked teams and the unranked. So it should be even easier for a middle-class team like Pitt to compete.

Well they're #21 and 17-point favorites against a team that lost pretty much everything, so that seems like a safe assumption.

But no argument from me that Narduzzi has benefitted from weak schedules. He'd probably have been gone a few years ago if Pitt drew the unlucky "Atlantic" card instead of Syracuse.

With the BIG and SEC, I'm just referring to the fact that there are so many of them concentrated in the same two conferences now that it's going to muddy up their records. Like, I have no doubt that Florida is better than Syracuse, for instance.

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

Seems the mac level talent is on offense and defense

It was the starting QB, who should have never stepped on the field. Not blaming him, because he doesn't make the decisions on who plays and he's a friggin walk on.

Defense gets very little or no pressure/penetration. Can't succeed with any defense that way.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

While I'd agree that Duzz's teams aren't nearly as bad, Majors II teams were also playing nearly half their games against teams that finished ranked in the top 25. Duzz played 2 this year and was humiliated by one of them.

1993 Opponent final rankings - 2nd, 7th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 22nd, 24th
1994 - 6th, 14th, 23rd, 25th
1995 - 6th, 10th, 14th, 19th, 20th
1996 - 2nd, 13th, 14th, 19th, 21st

That's 21 ranked opponents out of 44 games.

This!

As I have said, people forget how difficult the schedule was back then. Majors 2 against this joke of a schedule could possibly get to 6-6.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Defense gets very little or no pressure/penetration. Can't succeed with any defense that way.

Against a 4-4 MAC team. Majors 2 talent you think?

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

Against a 4-4 MAC team. Majors 2 talent you think?

Maybe some of the DL, but not the entire D. Again, you weren't around or don't remember Majors 2.

From 93-99 Pitt had 7 guys drafted (one 1st, one 3rd, four 6ths and one 8th round draft pick). Seven draft picks over 7 years, with 5 after the 5th round. That was Majors 2 talent.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Maybe some of the DL, but not the entire D. Again, you weren't around or don't remember Majors 2.

From 93-99 Pitt had 7 guys drafted (one 1st, one 3rd, four 6ths and one 8th round draft pick). Seven draft picks over 7 years, with 5 after the 5th round. That was Majors 2 talent.

I was around. I said this team has slightly better talent. We played a much tougher schedule back then. We also self-sanctioned ourselves in a way as we required football players to meet a higher level of criteria for admission.

 

[CJsE]

Well they're #21 and 17-point favorites against a team that lost pretty much everything, so that seems like a safe assumption.

But no argument from me that Narduzzi has benefitted from weak schedules. He'd probably have been gone a few years ago if Pitt drew the unlucky "Atlantic" card instead of Syracuse.

With the BIG and SEC, I'm just referring to the fact that there are so many of them concentrated in the same two conferences now that it's going to muddy up their records. Like, I have no doubt that Florida is better than Syracuse, for instance.

lol, I had not kept up with Washington State. I'm pretty sure their mascot and towel boy have been drafted to start for them at this point. So yeah, Narduzzi will have played 3 out of 13 teams ranked this season.

Basically the entire coaching staff is gone. 28 Players gone, 15 of those starters. That's crazy.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

lol, I had not kept up with Washington State. I'm pretty sure their mascot and towel boy have been drafted to start for them at this point. So yeah, Narduzzi will have played 3 out of 13 teams ranked this season.

Basically the entire coaching staff is gone. 28 Players gone, 15 of those starters. That's crazy.

Their QB went to Oklahoma for $1.5 million, which seems pretty low.

 

[BFo8]

Their QB went to Oklahoma for $1.5 million, which seems pretty low.

Especially considering that Duke supposedly gave Mensah 8 million for 2 years.

 

[PittPharm2002]

It was the starting QB, who should have never stepped on the field. Not blaming him, because he doesn't make the decisions on who plays and he's a friggin walk on.

Defense gets very little or no pressure/penetration. Can't succeed with any defense that way.

The ol was a sieve .
There is no talent in the trenches
MAC level talent