1st Drive: Pitt went 71 yards on 11 plays for a TD, which included: Several carries by the RB's for 3-4 yards each, a few less, a few more. Lots of fly sweep action by Henderson, including a carry for 9 yards. Swing pass to a RB for 30 yards. A pass to Weah in the end zone, during which he was clearly interfered with but it wasn't called -- Browne was 1-for-3 including this no-call.
2nd Drive: Pitt went 88 yards on 11 plays for a TD, which included: Browne going 4-for-4 to 3 different receivers for 46 yards (included great 30-yarder to Flannagan down the middle to put us at the 5). Henderson continued with lots of fly sweep action, carrying twice for 20 yards. RB's got 22 yards on 5 carries.
3rd Drive: Pitt went 74 yards on 16 plays for a TD, which included: Henderson again with lots of fly sweep action, carrying 3x for 30 yards. All 3 RB's combined for 10 carries but only 28 yards. Browne went 2-for-3 to three different targets for 17 yards (TE & RB), and the two who made catches each got their first catches of the game. The incompletion was a throw to Weah into a double team -- bad decision.
4th Drive: End of half.
OVERALL: One one hand the O was pretty conservative with tons of runs by the RB's and mostly short/safe passes by the QB. On the other hand, we saw lots of fly sweep action by Henderson which was crucial to our varied offense last year, we saw the QB target lots of different players, and we saw the RB's running in all directions (to the right, to the left, some quick tosses wide).
After halftime, Pitt was far too conservative and the OL somehow got worse as the game went on (and they weren't exactly opening great running holes in the first half), plus the players eased up.
2nd Drive: Pitt went 88 yards on 11 plays for a TD, which included: Browne going 4-for-4 to 3 different receivers for 46 yards (included great 30-yarder to Flannagan down the middle to put us at the 5). Henderson continued with lots of fly sweep action, carrying twice for 20 yards. RB's got 22 yards on 5 carries.
3rd Drive: Pitt went 74 yards on 16 plays for a TD, which included: Henderson again with lots of fly sweep action, carrying 3x for 30 yards. All 3 RB's combined for 10 carries but only 28 yards. Browne went 2-for-3 to three different targets for 17 yards (TE & RB), and the two who made catches each got their first catches of the game. The incompletion was a throw to Weah into a double team -- bad decision.
4th Drive: End of half.
OVERALL: One one hand the O was pretty conservative with tons of runs by the RB's and mostly short/safe passes by the QB. On the other hand, we saw lots of fly sweep action by Henderson which was crucial to our varied offense last year, we saw the QB target lots of different players, and we saw the RB's running in all directions (to the right, to the left, some quick tosses wide).
After halftime, Pitt was far too conservative and the OL somehow got worse as the game went on (and they weren't exactly opening great running holes in the first half), plus the players eased up.
