Let Down/Meltdown
- Thread starter Dointhatrag
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I looked at your schedule. We'd probably be the 2nd best team you play this year. Third best of we have a bad year.
So you're saying the wvu that didn't receive one vote in the AP poll and is probably ranked in the 70's or 80's is a solid team? LOL! OK. I know anything can happen and Pitt could play entirely out of character and play a mistake filled game, and that might give wvu a chance of winning. It could happen. I'm not counting on it, though. If it does happen, I was saying that would be damaging to Pitt because we'd be losing to an unranked, poor team. That never helps anyone.
If I had any doubt that you're nuts before, I don't now.
Didn't need to read any further than this:
we have the talent to compete with them.
But just for fun, I did, then I got to this:
We are legitimately a National Title contender in the present.
I hope your life gets better and you stop seeing disaster under every rock and around every corner.
For me, every year is "The Year", until it isn't. Why spend any emotional investment in foreseeing bad things?
I'm done wasting time with you. You have yet to provide any arguments to support your statements. You just like to trash people to feel better about yourself. Sad existence you have. I feel much sympathy for you.
Well we can start with this fact-Alabama’s talent level and depth are greater than Pitt’s by a factor of exponents. That’s a straight up fact. I’m surprised anyone on earth wouldn’t concede that. Then we can move to Pitt as a “legitimate national championship contender” this season. Please provide the factual basis for that outlandish statement. Because there’s not one.
Do you actually believe this will be a better Pitt team than last year’s, after losing a record setting, first round QB and his OC?
There’s optimism, which is reasonable this year give the team we have, and nonsense, which is what you are pushing.
Hey, there are only 28 teams* with lower betting odds to win the national championship!
28!
* - Obviously this could vary slightly from one book to another.
Since when did the Big 12 become the SEC, the Tornado Division?
That sounds just about right for this year. What are the actual odds that are posted for Pitt? Basically at least 20 of those teams realistically have pretty close to a zero chance.
For a team that far down the list the numbers vary pretty widely depending on where you look, but we are typically in the neighborhood of +10000 to +15000. So between 100-1 and 150-1.
Oklahoma, Baylor, and Oky State are all better than Pitt....probably Texas too. In addition, we don't have the luxury of playing teams like UVA, Duke, BC, GT, etc. in front of 30k "fans". Even a road game against a Texas Tech or Iowa State are played in front of a passionate, raucous crowd. You can ignore it if you wish, but about the only team in the ACC that has that level of energetic fan support and difficult home field environment is Clemson and VT (and VT isn't very good). KU is the only team in the B12 that is an easy win. But, even our mid-level teams present a real challenge when you have to travel there and play in those environments.
Agree with you here. We were ranked #9 going into the game and had this WR named Fitzgerald. Also it was a day that several Big East teams lost to mediocre opponents. Walt at his best.
Well then, it’s settled. You stay in the Big Xll, and we’ll stay in the ACC. Everyone’s happy.
Now that that’s behind us, you can go back to your own board.
He doesn't know. And he's delusional even if the facts hit him in the face. Typical hoopie.
Cool story. Without Texas and OU, the Big12's average attendance is around 49k. The additions will only drag that down. The ACC's average is 48k.
And OU, Baylor, and OkState might all be better than Pitt but those three plus Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, ISU, and all the new schools coming in are better than WVU (according to the FPI) along with the top half of the ACC. Save that garbage for VPI.
I'm hoping we do stay in the B12 and there's a pretty reasonable chance you will hoping to join within a few years too. MAYBE we'll throw you a lifeline.
Whatever it takes for you to feel better about your football team.
Blind optimism in the face of a dark reality is something to be proud of.
Well done.
Baylor, OU and ok state are all ranked higher than us. So as of now, we are the 4th best team they play. i mean i hate to take his side but.. he's got a point.
I’m sure a decade ago hoopies were just dying to be in a football conference with Houston, ucf, Kansas, k state, iowa st , Texas tech and Cincy. What a nice cohesive group of P5 schools
Possibly. If you're counting on Pitt attracting more high level recruits due to winning, player development, culture etc., then another ACC Championship probably won't move the needle that much.
However, if you're saying another championship might inspire a huge influx of donors and NIL money, then it certainly might have an impact.
True, but those are also the only three Big 12 teams ranked in the preseason AP poll (the one where some moron didn't vote Texas number one).
You know, because the Big 12 is the deepest conference in the history of mankind.
Sounds like a Nitter ... they don't hand out national championships as attendance awards. PSU fans have had to learn the hard way that the team has to actually perform on the field.
I don't think it's a 50/50 game I think Pitt wins unless wvu is plus 2 in TO or Daniels drastically out plays slovis. I would say it's a 70/30 game favoring Pitt.
Well sure.
Assuming that you have a short enough memory to think that "always" means "the last couple of years".
I mean some people remember when Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State were jokes pretty much every season and were three of the absolute worst programs in the country. But I get that some people either weren't paying attention or just can't remember things like that.
225-1 can be had at Station Casinos in Vegas right now, 200-1 at a couple other places.
At those odds Pitt actually not a horrible play.
I agree, I think Pitt's chances are probably better than 200-1. When I said it was 100-1 to 150-1 I actually thought that was reasonable for a bet like that.
Looking at the AP poll, the ACC has 5 ranked teams while the B12 has 3. The B12's highest team will be leaving as soon as they can.
I'm afraid that doesn't support the B12 is always deeper.
