Max Browne to Pitt
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Will he still be in uniform for the Rose Bowl? It would be funny if their starter went down and he beat Penn State twice in 3 games.
Its good that he's enrolling in January. I cant imagine him not being the starter.
Its good that he's enrolling in January. I cant imagine him not being the starter.
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I think McVittee is the answer, but if I'm wrong, or if he were to get injured, we'd have been in a world of hurt without Browne. Gotta love the veteran experience at QB, ala Peterman.
Yep. Make it an honest competition but he's got to have the edge. If it works out that way, MacVittie can continue to progress, see some duty in 2017, and be our starter for the three years after. I think this is a good thing for MacVittie, too.
no surprise, some thought with canada leaving we wouldn't get him, i wasn't one of those people.
How much did it cost to enter the venue for Max to announce this?
I'm hoping TMAC beats him out, I'm ready for his era to begin. This guy has had a terrible collegiate career up to this point. Are we excited about what he was rated out of high school? He reminds me of Sackenberg in a lot of ways.
haha... ummm... what?? Terrible college career? His stats were good even playing 2 top 7 teams in his only 3 games
At the least we just added an experienced QB to our team and we need depth. Injuries happen.
He enrolled early as a freshman and started 3 total games in his career going 11-of-19 passes (57.9%) for 143 yards.
Consider me unimpressed. There's a reason he never got any burn. Let's see what TMAC has up his sleeve. Even if he struggles as a redshirt freshman we're still building with our program's future qb.
You clearly have the wrong information, this year alone he is:
2016 580-93 507 yards 62.4 comp% 2 td 2 int 6 sacked 111.0 rating
played 10 quarters, sacked 6 times against the likes of alabama with a bad line
Great add. Question: will he end up a Tom Savage or a Sean Fitzgerald?? (look it up...)
Apparently scum Canada made a run at Browne today. His inability to recruit and sell will catch up with him.
not trying to be a downer, but he has played 3 games in 4 yrs and loses his job after 1 game. peterman had 2 yrs of eligibility and savage was proven. are we getting too excited abt what appears to be one of the biggest rivals 5 star busts ever?
I like it for depth and competition. If MacVittie wins the job, great. If this kid does, so be it. But there's no harm in bringing this kid in. He'll be gone in a year so there's no risk with this.
I don't know if anyone went after him. I saw Cal mentioned. But I think Pitt went after him hard. He visited, knew there was an opportunity, and liked Narduzzi and what he heard.
I'm no insider but it appears to me both sides realized there was a fit/need/opportunity so that was that.
As far as USC they started a freshman when the benched him an went on to a good season. So that's why he was finished. No way they're gonna pull that freshman - he's their guy - at least until they land the next 5 star.
From what little I read he was a good teammate and well liked. There is no downside to bringing him in. Could be a dud but if he is no harm.
So...
As a freshman, Browne got beat out by Cody Kessler, a redshirt Sophomore who threw for 10,000 yards at close to a 68% rate
851 1261 67.5 10339 8.2 8.9 88 19 156.4
This year it was highly mobile redshirt freshman Durand who did this playing behind a poor pass protecting line that allowed a ton of pressure that Browne had a hard time with.
213 313 68.1 2,633 26 8 161.0
Browne has been beat out by some really good QB's. He should be past his "deer in the headlights" phase. There's still potential for a very high upside if we can protect him.
As a freshman, Browne got beat out by Cody Kessler, a redshirt Sophomore who threw for 10,000 yards at close to a 68% rate
851 1261 67.5 10339 8.2 8.9 88 19 156.4
This year it was highly mobile redshirt freshman Durand who did this playing behind a poor pass protecting line that allowed a ton of pressure that Browne had a hard time with.
213 313 68.1 2,633 26 8 161.0
Browne has been beat out by some really good QB's. He should be past his "deer in the headlights" phase. There's still potential for a very high upside if we can protect him.
I think the thing that impressed me about this story is that the first thing Narduzzi did when he found out Canada was leaving was to message the kid and let him know. Made sure he heard it from the HC and nobody else.
Again, Max Browne did not transfer to Pitt unless he was reasonably assured of a starting job. The competition will be in name only.
Browne will be the starter for at least the first 3 games. If we are 1-2 and he is struggling and MacVittie is progressing, maybe you see a change then......but MacVittie is not going to be given the keys for his first road start.....at Penn State. Max Browne has played against Bama, he would be better prepared.
Browne will be the starter for at least the first 3 games. If we are 1-2 and he is struggling and MacVittie is progressing, maybe you see a change then......but MacVittie is not going to be given the keys for his first road start.....at Penn State. Max Browne has played against Bama, he would be better prepared.
That should be expected. It shouldn't come as a surprise. It's common sense. Our head coach is fully aware of next years QB depth.
You'd think it would be common sense but you have a clown to the east that cries about Nard negative recruiting against him too.
