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[Macchiato]

I had a great time. PITT fans were loud. It was basically a Clemson home game because of proximity to their University. The second quarter was great. The sideline was active. We played much better w/ Pickett under center vs shotgun. I can't remember if the offensive penalties occurred more under center or in shotgun.

Pickett impressed me when he decided to just run and take on the defenders with his shoulder pad. The future will be bright if we can get our pass protection together.

HTP

 

[BigBird80]

He impressed you with his running and toughness....I agree.

A QB’s primary role is to PASS the ball. What did you think of that?

 

[Hailpitt]

Pickett impressed you? Which of the 8 yards passing impressed you the most? You don’t have much credibility when you post such nonsense.( assume you work for Pitt AD or marketing department )!

 

[MarySki]

Do they subtract yards lost in sacks from passing yards?

 

[pittjas]

Do they subtract yards lost in sacks from passing yards?

No, from rushing yards.

 

[Macchiato]

He impressed you with his running and toughness....I agree.

A QB’s primary role is to PASS the ball. What did you think of that?

Hard to pass when you do not have time. He is also playing with a huge brace on left knee. The kid reminded me of Palko when he took on that defensive back

 

[ThePanthers]

I had a blast. The alumni association did a great job imo for the pregame party.
The stadium was nice imo and acc did a nice job with the game.
Weather, security to get in and outcome sucked.

 

[Macchiato]

The shirts are cool. I thought they would get marked down at end of game. The lady told me they send them all back

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

security to get in

How is it in 2018 that a major venue like that still hasn't figured out the way to perform their security theater?

I watched them make a guy take off his sweatshirt to make sure that he didn't have anything underneath it when the alarm went off when he went through the detector. They were wanding him all over and couldn't find anything, and I guess for some reason they decided he must have been hiding something. A couple minutes later I go through and for some reason I also set the alarm off (no jokes about having a metal plate in my head please). So I step through and the woman says to me "do you have anything metal on you". I say no. And she says "then go ahead, don't block the area." Not only did I not have to take off my sweatshirt, I didn't even have to take off my rain poncho. I theoretically could have had anything and everything hidden under the poncho, but I said I didn't so they let me through. What could that poor guy have said that they made him stand there, in the line with literally hundreds of people behind him waiting to get in, that made the security people decide that he needed to strip down to prove he didn't have anything on him that he wasn't supposed to?

 

[CCHS82]

How is it in 2018 that a major venue like that still hasn't figured out the way to perform their security theater?

I watched them make a guy take off his sweatshirt to make sure that he didn't have anything underneath it when the alarm went off when he went through the detector. They were wanding him all over and couldn't find anything, and I guess for some reason they decided he must have been hiding something. A couple minutes later I go through and for some reason I also set the alarm off (no jokes about having a metal plate in my head please). So I step through and the woman says to me "do you have anything metal on you". I say no. And she says "then go ahead, don't block the area." Not only did I not have to take off my sweatshirt, I didn't even have to take off my rain poncho. I theoretically could have had anything and everything hidden under the poncho, but I said I didn't so they let me through. What could that poor guy have said that they made him stand there, in the line with literally hundreds of people behind him waiting to get in, that made the security people decide that he needed to strip down to prove he didn't have anything on him that he wasn't supposed to?

We went into the stadium on the Clemson side. Lines were looooong! Were they long on the Pitt side of the stadium too? Didn’t look like it from inside but was wondering.

 

[BigBird80]

Hard to pass when you do not have time. He is also playing with a huge brace on left knee. The kid reminded me of Palko when he took on that defensive back

There’s a lot of plays where his happy feet and fear of being in the pocket ruin the pass plays. His confidence in the pocket is shot. He needs a real qb coach.

 

[FreddieFunk]

There’s a lot of plays where his happy feet and fear of being in the pocket ruin the pass plays. His confidence in the pocket is shot. He needs a real qb coach.

Duzz says one thing , but he wont be starting next year , mark it down

 

[panther.fan]

How is it in 2018 that a major venue like that still hasn't figured out the way to perform their security theater?

I watched them make a guy take off his sweatshirt to make sure that he didn't have anything underneath it when the alarm went off when he went through the detector. They were wanding him all over and couldn't find anything, and I guess for some reason they decided he must have been hiding something. A couple minutes later I go through and for some reason I also set the alarm off (no jokes about having a metal plate in my head please). So I step through and the woman says to me "do you have anything metal on you". I say no. And she says "then go ahead, don't block the area." Not only did I not have to take off my sweatshirt, I didn't even have to take off my rain poncho. I theoretically could have had anything and everything hidden under the poncho, but I said I didn't so they let me through. What could that poor guy have said that they made him stand there, in the line with literally hundreds of people behind him waiting to get in, that made the security people decide that he needed to strip down to prove he didn't have anything on him that he wasn't supposed to?

I thought overall the Bowl was run well, but security was an absolute nightmare. It probably didnt help everyone was waiting in an indoor area before the game as long as they could due to the weather. It literally took us 35-40 minutes to get through security in the "express, no bag" lanes. Just a big clump of people trying to get in (no lines formed). Also you had to step on grass and it was extremely muddy.

I know it was a rainy day, but I thought the fan fest area was nice, and as someone mentioned the Pitt pre-game event was excellent! Kudos to everyone involved from a Pitt perspective and a BB&T ballpark perspective. Well organized, lots of room (the indoor room and showing the SEC championship on the jumbotron was a plus), and ample good food and drink. It was probably the nicest (and best attended) pre-game event I attended through Pitt.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I know it was a rainy day, but I thought the fan fest area was nice, and as someone mentioned the Pitt pre-game event was excellent!

I agree with that 100%. Whomever put that together did an outstanding job.

 

[Macchiato]

I heard security was so bad last year for ACC game that many missed the kickoff. I was first in line mainly because it got me out of the rain for a minute. I didn't get the wand

 

[Macchiato]

I thought the stadium was nice from outside and bland in the concourses. Somebody told me they are considering a dome stadium down the road