Miami’s Cristobal: QB Tyler Van Dyke ‘has a great chance to be back’ for Pittsburgh

[President Stache]

Miami’s Cristobal: QB Tyler Van Dyke ‘has a great chance to be back’ for Pittsburgh

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Better get those bets in now cause the line will be going the other way

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Thanks. Just put $100 on Miami to win $190. Easy, easy money. No chance we beat them. Not with this offense.

Miami 24
Pitt 13

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Makes no sense from Van Dyke's perspective, as I assume there's a 0.0% chance he's back in Miami next season. Why risk injury in a meaningless game for a coaching staff that probably hasn't done you any favors this season?

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

Makes no sense from Van Dyke's perspective, as I assume there's a 0.0% chance he's back in Miami next season. Why risk injury in a meaningless game for a coaching staff that probably hasn't done you any favors this season?

Yeah, I'd be pretty surprised if he plays.

 

[DruidTM]

He had a dead arm the last time he played

He’s not playing

The coach is though with these comments

 

[GlennEM]

Miami needs a win to be bowl eligible.
Don’t see them going quietly Saturday.

 

[DruidTM]

Miami has been struggling to get bowl eligibility all season

Guys… they aren’t good. Pitt shouldn’t be psyched out or afraid of them. Just for reference they got pummeled by Duke.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Miami needs a win to be bowl eligible.
Don’t see them going quietly Saturday.

My dad keeps saying the same thing (them being inspired to become bowl eligible), and I keep arguing that half their team would probably rather just lose and get this season over with. Maybe I'm completely wrong. But I assume a bunch of them are planning on transferring anyway. And the $400-value bowl gift bags don't exactly carry as much weight as they used to when so many are getting NIL money these days. That's like Junior from Problem Child getting the $5 he earned in allowance and acting happy when he has a bunch of "dirty money" already stashed in the drawer.

I could absolutely still see them being a problem. But I don't see any of them doing the Aaron Donald bowling gesture after the game if they win.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Thanks. Just put $100 on Miami to win $190. Easy, easy money. No chance we beat them. Not with this offense.

Miami 24
Pitt 13

LOL - The ML is +225
It looks like you got ripped off.

 

[yourhired]

I expected him to make a comeback against Pitt figures

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Don't worry......I am sure that 55K throng will spur them on to victory!

 

[The Ole Six-Fiver]

My dad keeps saying the same thing (them being inspired to become bowl eligible), and I keep arguing that half their team would probably rather just lose and get this season over with. Maybe I'm completely wrong. But I assume a bunch of them are planning on transferring anyway. And the $400-value bowl gift bags don't exactly carry as much weight as they used to when so many are getting NIL money these days. That's like Junior from Problem Child getting the $5 he earned in allowance and acting happy when he has a bunch of "dirty money" already stashed in the drawer.

I could absolutely still see them being a problem. But I don't see any of them doing the Aaron Donald bowling gesture after the game if they win.

Depends how sophisticated the NIL contracts are. Do they get bonuses merely for being bowl eligible, like the coaches do? And how lucrative are those bonuses? Plus, do they get paid before the season or after completion of it, and does that include participation in the bowl game? Those would all be factors.

 

[President Stache]

Miami has been struggling to get bowl eligibility all season

Guys… they aren’t good. Pitt shouldn’t be psyched out or afraid of them. Just for reference they got pummeled by Duke.

To be clear, Pitt or its coaches certainly arent afraid of Miami. But that has very little to do with us winning this game. I think Miami can shut down our running game. So, then you rely on our passing game getting points. Miami has fast athletes as dbacks that make errors, and not sure our receivers and QB can exploit that. I am a Pitt die hard and I think its a bad matchup with our offense, and I thought Duke was a good matchup for us.

I think our defense is good, and will be OK, but I still think we will give up 21 to Miami. I am not saying we will lose, there is a tiny chance that our QB can actually play a tremendous game, or the ball bounces our way, or the refs hate Miami, who seem to get worse calls than us even.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

My dad keeps saying the same thing (them being inspired to become bowl eligible), and I keep arguing that half their team would probably rather just lose and get this season over with.

They could have become bowl eligible with a win last Saturday and they came out and laid a complete egg. 30 rushing yards, 68 passing yards, 98 yards of total offense. I mean sure, they weren't likely to beat Clemson in any event, but they didn't even bother to show up.

 

[HailtoPitt]

We all know he will start and throw for 587 yards and 7 TDs.

 

[upj87]

Miami needs a win to be bowl eligible.
Don’t see them going quietly Saturday.

yes, the rare chance at a trip to the Poulan Weedeater bowl against some MAC team has them salivating...who the hell would want to chill on South Beach when the chance to head up to some empty freezing rain venue up north is so close you can taste it..

 

[HailtoPitt]

yes, the rare chance at a trip to the Poulan Weedeater bowl against some MAC team has them salivating...who the hell would want to chill on South Beach when the chance to head up to some empty freezing rain venue up north is so close you can taste it..

It's hilarious that a win might send a team to somewhere like Boise or Detroit in winter, while a loss keep you in sunny Miami.

 

[DruidTM]

I see probably 15k in attendance at this game 75% of which will be WVU fans…

PITT has won in similar conditions to start the year they can repeat 👍

 

[Burgh15]

Was there a more disappointing QB this year? Big things were expected from Van Dyke and he just didn't have it.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Was there a more disappointing QB this year? Big things were expected from Van Dyke and he just didn't have it.

 

[President Stache]

The play that cost us the year. Slovis was throwing well until that play. If it wasnt for that roughing the passer, that wasnt called, he would not have been injured, they would not have the late FG, and we win the game, going 2-0 and having a healthy QB.

 

[DruidTM]

The play that cost us the year. Slovis was throwing well until that play. If it wasnt for that roughing the passer, that wasnt called, he would not have been injured, they would not have the late FG, and we win the game, going 2-0 and having a healthy QB.

Pretty much…

Plus the non flagged interception bullshit play. Slovis doesn’t make that throw without the flag and free play.

 

[anon_d97v9o3a8b6xr]

Maybe they’ll be motivated to win because their NIL deals increased with bowl eligibility.

 

[President Stache]

Pretty much…

Plus the non flagged interception bullshit play. Slovis doesn’t make that throw without the flag and free play.

Yeah, forgot about that play. That has never been explained. Clear holding/PI and picked up for no reason. $EC refs

 

[The Ole Six-Fiver]

The play that cost us the year. Slovis was throwing well until that play. If it wasnt for that roughing the passer, that wasnt called, he would not have been injured, they would not have the late FG, and we win the game, going 2-0 and having a healthy QB.

You are right about this. It gave him PTSD and I’m not joking. It is intriguing to think what would have gone down in this alternate scenario.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

The play that cost us the year. Slovis was throwing well until that play. If it wasnt for that roughing the passer, that wasnt called, he would not have been injured, they would not have the late FG, and we win the game, going 2-0 and having a healthy QB.

I disagree with the notion that it changed him as a QB, as some have suggested. I was noticing this stuff even before that. I think it's just easier for the fans to swallow if they attribute it all to that.

Slovis

Don't like how this dude processes the game at all. Stares down receivers; completely misses seeing defenders; pocket awareness is questionable; takes off when he shouldn't and vice versa. Just nowhere near the student of the game that Pickett was. Also throws into major traffic and gets a lot...

pittsburgh.forums.rivals.com

You'll notice how Joey David laughed at that post 2.33 months ago and then literally said the same exact thing today.

However... I agree we would have won that game with him. Would that have changed the season? Very possible.

 

[PittPharm2002]

Was there a more disappointing QB this year? Big things were expected from Van Dyke and he just didn't have it.

He’s been injured for half the season
And still has 3 more TDs and half as many INTs as Slovis

 

[TIGER-PAUL]

Va Armstrong

 

[Section 509]

That tennessee loss which was one of the worst one sided officiated games I ever saw ,I believe attributed to our disappointing season

 

[anon_d97v9o3a8b6xr]

That tennessee loss which was one of the worst one sided officiated games I ever saw ,I believe attributed to our disappointing season

Not really. I mean we lost to a really good team. That should not be the reason we lost to Georgia tech and look to have an offense that can’t pass for a TD. Instead we are giving a RB 748 carries a game and letting him get beat up that he might not make it through another game.
If anything that loss should have given these guys the drive to kill everyone. GT loss is what contributed to a disappointing season.

 

[PittPharm2002]

That tennessee loss which was one of the worst one sided officiated games I ever saw ,I believe attributed to our disappointing season

The only really questionable call I remember is the tenn who stepped out of bounds and came back for a td

 

[Tiger Paul Lives]

I would say there was at least a few questionable late hits on the Pitt QB's. Calls that you see made often in games as roughing the QB. I also think the picked up pass interference flag that ended up with a pick off in the end zone was very questionable. As other have said, assuming Slovis saw that flag, he tried to make a pass he wouldn't normally. We will never really know if that is what went through his head, but a referee needs to be positive what he saw in that situation or what happened can happen.

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

The only really questionable call I remember is the tenn who stepped out of bounds and came back for a td

There was no bigger call than the flag that was picked up when Slovis threw the INT in the end zone. He was looking for Mumpfield who got tackled after beating his man. He rolled out and threw one up for grabs knowing a flag was thrown.

It's not like they didn't throw a flag and missed it. I don't know how you pick that flag up. The DB got caught flat footed and grabbed Mumpfield with both arms as he was running past him.

The interference likely saved a TD, and picking up the flag cost us potential points in a game we were already leading 10-0. Tenn promptly when down the field and scored to make it 10-7.

 

[PittPharm2002]

There was no bigger call than the flag that was picked up when Slovis threw the INT in the end zone. He was looking for Mumpfield who got tackled after beating his man. He rolled out and threw one up for grabs knowing a flag was thrown.

It's not like they didn't throw a flag and missed it. I don't know how you pick that flag up. The DB got caught flat footed and grabbed Mumpfield with both arms as he was running past him.

The interference likely saved a TD, and picking up the flag cost us potential points in a game we were already leading 10-0. Tenn promptly when down the field and scored to make it 10-7.

Ah yeah that was the other
I can’t remember if it was ruled a tip that’s why the flag was picked up

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

Ah yeah that was the other
I can’t remember if it was ruled a tip that’s why the flag was picked up

No, they said Mumpfield tripped over his own feet while being two arm tackled.

 

[deepelemblues]

Yeah, forgot about that play. That has never been explained. Clear holding/PI and picked up for no reason. $EC refs

Hot mic caught the $EC back judge telling the $EC referee he had the Pitt receiver falling down BEFORE the hold

The video shows the Pitt receiver did not start falling down until AFTER he had been grabbed and the grab was in fact what caused him to fall down

It was pure southern fried $EC officiating B$

 

[pittizit]

Miami’s Cristobal: QB Tyler Van Dyke ‘has a great chance to be back’ for Pittsburgh

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/...-of-miami/article268812752.html#storylink=cpy




Better get those bets in now cause the line will be going the other way

Of course and he goes off for 400 yds and 5 TDs…not to be negative

 

[TD_6082]

The play that cost us the year. Slovis was throwing well until that play. If it wasnt for that roughing the passer, that wasnt called, he would not have been injured, they would not have the late FG, and we win the game, going 2-0 and having a healthy QB.

Nah. Slovis was never playing at a very high level. Pitt didn't really have any crisp sustained drives in the WVU or UT games, and those two teams are really weak in their back 7.

Also, I can't remember specifically, but I seem to recall 2 or 3 WTF type throws against the Vols that bounced around like a pinball before resulting in a catch.

Besides, he's not the first QB who was concussed. Others come back and don't have their whole season turn to crap.

Not trying to knock the guy too hard. I hope he comes back & I'm not throwing in the towel on his development into a solid QB. He's had some flashes here and there, but they have mostly been few and far between.

 

[kma0043]

That tennessee loss which was one of the worst one sided officiated games I ever saw ,I believe attributed to our disappointing season

They picked up the flag on Tennessee defensive holding on the int in the end zone and they allowed a Tennessee Wr to run out of bounds then catch a long TD. Two MASSIVE calls.

 

[PittPharm2002]

If TVD goes off against us witv his dead arm coaches need fired