Should have won it in ‘04. Travesty!It is hard to believe that the last time Pitt won the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy was 1980 as the best team in the east. A no-brainer this year.
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Great question- the same way Miami did. Teams that play more than half of their games against Eastern teams are eligible, and this was the case for non Eastern teams in the Big East like Cincy.
They really stretched the definition of teams in the east.
Dartmouth won the Lambert Trophy in 1970. Jopa shi# his pants for the first time.
After he changed his underwear, he made sure that Dartmouth and every other Ivy League school never won it again…..
Dartmouth went 9-0 with six shutouts. SIX, including the last five games. They walloped Paterno's Brownies, 42-14. Dartmouth allowed just 52 points on the season.... Penn State was 7-3 and lost to its only two significant opponents, Wisconsin and Colorado. Paterno challenged the Green, but they replied, Hey we already beat the REAL Harvard. Shaddup already.After he changed his underwear, he made sure that Dartmouth and every other Ivy League school never won it again…..
Why not? They have overachieved while we have historically underachieved. There is one very good reason we have waited so long do win this mythical championship. We were not good often enough to be in contention.
Just looked it up, Cincy isn't eligible since there was an exemption for Big East teams and the Big East is dead football wise. The rule was a team had to play half their schedule against teams from the Northeast, Cincy only played two teams that were eligible for the trophy(Temple & Navy).
They are not eligible because they are not in the Big East, which no longer exists. That was the loophole before that allowed Miami to get it; the Big East rule allowed them to qualify if they played a majority of their games against teams in NY, NJ, PA, MD, VA, WV, and New England or "other Big East conference opponents".
Been stated but I think was also explained earlier. They are not eligible.
Are we eligible for it? I believe the ECAC is who gives the award out. I looked at the ECAC website and they announced their all-ECAC team ... Jahan Dotson was player of the year, Malik Willis was first team QB. So for whatever reason Pitt has no players on the all-ECAC team. Pickett and Addison would have been ahead of Dotson and Willis. I guess we are not part of the ECAC? In which case it would seem we wouldn't be eligible for the Lambert Trophy unless we played enough northeastern teams, and I'm not sure we do anymore.
I don’t think so. I think it is for schools north of the Mason Dixson line. Navy has never won it but Army has.
Live look at the annual team selection meeting. Doesn't look good for Pitt.
