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Regardless of the injury setback, Tipton said the season contained plenty of highlights for him. Chief among them: Pitt's 43-42 win at Clemson, the eventual national champion, on Nov. 12, and a 42-39 victory over rival Penn State on Nov. 10.
Although Tipton said he wasn't fully in tune with the Penn State rivalry before getting to Pitt, he quickly caught on. “Being able to get that experience of playing in that big-time game and hearing the crowd go crazy on both sides, it's what you live for as an athlete,” he said. “You never wanted to take it for granted. Both teams were working hard, fighting. We wanted to prove we were the stronger team, and so did they. “It just felt like I was in the arena fighting like a gladiator, like I was Spartacus. It was one of the best things I was able to experience.”
The victories over Big Ten champion Penn State and Clemson provided the biggest highlights for Pitt, which won eight games for the second straight season under second-year coach Pat Narduzzi. Tipton believes bigger things are yet to come.
“Coach Narduzzi is our general,” he said. “We're going to follow our general into any war, and I'm not afraid to go into any war with my general and my teammates. “We believe whoever's across from us on the field, it's us against the world, and we're not afraid to be in that position. We know wherever he wants to take this program, it's where we're going. So far, it's been going in a great way, so we plan to continually follow his lead and take this world by storm.”
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http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11818468-74/tipton-pitt-injury
Regardless of the injury setback, Tipton said the season contained plenty of highlights for him. Chief among them: Pitt's 43-42 win at Clemson, the eventual national champion, on Nov. 12, and a 42-39 victory over rival Penn State on Nov. 10.
Although Tipton said he wasn't fully in tune with the Penn State rivalry before getting to Pitt, he quickly caught on. “Being able to get that experience of playing in that big-time game and hearing the crowd go crazy on both sides, it's what you live for as an athlete,” he said. “You never wanted to take it for granted. Both teams were working hard, fighting. We wanted to prove we were the stronger team, and so did they. “It just felt like I was in the arena fighting like a gladiator, like I was Spartacus. It was one of the best things I was able to experience.”
The victories over Big Ten champion Penn State and Clemson provided the biggest highlights for Pitt, which won eight games for the second straight season under second-year coach Pat Narduzzi. Tipton believes bigger things are yet to come.
“Coach Narduzzi is our general,” he said. “We're going to follow our general into any war, and I'm not afraid to go into any war with my general and my teammates. “We believe whoever's across from us on the field, it's us against the world, and we're not afraid to be in that position. We know wherever he wants to take this program, it's where we're going. So far, it's been going in a great way, so we plan to continually follow his lead and take this world by storm.”
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11818468-74/tipton-pitt-injury
