http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...-teams-for-five-top-college-football-programs
Come to Pitt and be a STAR!
OaklandAveO = not pleased! GOOD!
Come to Pitt and be a STAR!
OaklandAveO = not pleased! GOOD!
NFL.com: PITT top 5 draft school!
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And how 'bout that list of top 10 Panthers to play in the NFL. When Revis is No. 10 and Fitz is No. 9, you've got some awesome players filling out the top 10...
Go Pitt.
This is awesome. I hope someone at Pitt picks this up for posting on social media.
Pitt has a case for being even higher. No doubt your all time greats stack up with anybody.
Well, well, well, what good timing and be sure this is going in my Archives! I knew about USC and Miami being one of the best because the ESPN did this same analysis in 2004 and USC was first over Miami, PITT Third, and ND and Texas came in the Top Five!
I did my own analysis way back in 1998 and just kept adding to it, and why I was so able to point out how Pitt Attracts the Top Quality Recruits that become GREAT OUTSTANDING PLAYESR IN THE NFL. Right there with USC, ND, OSU, and Michigan and ahead of all others!
Thanks Pittmeister!
I have not been putting up similar information all this year for nothing! Need the New AD to do it with Coach Pat & Staff!!
Cap'n, I immediately thought of you when I read this! Ironic after the spirited debate here on this very subject with some visitors from the east.
Whoa......wait a minute. Didn't I post a thread a month or so back when I stated if you look at a 22 man starting roster, Pitt would have to be in the top 10, and in fact, maybe as good as anyone else's, that we don't take a back seat to anyone, including the Alabama's and Ohio State's of the world.
You can make an argument that more than a few of the Pitt players are the best ever at their positions.
Cap'n, I immediately thought of you when I read this! Ironic after the spirited debate here on this very subject with some visitors from the east.
Thank you, although I try to be careful and fair when comparing ALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAMS in many different categories it is refreshing to have a National Source such as NFL.COM, or ESPN, CBSSPORTS etc etc do the same thing even if it is years later.
I also look forward to posting, sharing, and discussing the information and with all College Football Boards Posters no matter where or what Team they support as a Fan. It just educates all of us even more and I appreciate corrections and agreements where we can disagree as well.
I have always known PITT College Football Programs even during dark years whereby the University thought it was not important to support or even win still was producing Great Players. Yet, in the Years they did commit to rebuilding and making it at least competitive, PITT Student Athletes share being second to none both in College and the NFL Record Books, Awards, and Recognitions!
Yet, it is very sad, when others with inferiority complexes that live their lives thinking College football success means they are superior somehow try to demean, object, and then attempt to post they know more, or this does not count, and it is not important, just because it shows PITT is ahead of their beloved University Football Program and they Hate it.
The good news this analysis had mostly all the PITT Players from 1950 to Today when PITT Best and Longest Football was earned from 1910-1940, only 7 Years after the NFL was founded!
Still, it was PITT and PITT Coaches along with the Ivy League, Michigan, USC, Georgia, Notre Dame, Army and Ohio State that actually developed the Game of Football as we know it today and once again, that is hated by some of our regional competitors that cannot point to the same Prowess as PITT History in this aspect of College Football so they attempt to ignore it, or say it was not important or irrelevant?
In the end, the FACTS, LINKS, and RECORD BOOKS with Statistics, Honors, & Articles always prove them not just wrong, but just outright little petty people whom are only superior in Ignorance, and they Hate PITT about displaying it when they challenge such publishing on Boards or elsewhere!
What they should Hate is themselves for being so dumb not to understand beating Top College Programs is just as much a compliment to their College Football Programs and I recognize the excellence of their Programs in my process of being objective, fair, and respectful.
Yet, this is on them, and says and shows, they have a problem with their own lives when they boil with hate when they cannot refute the Accomplishments, Awards, and Attitude of PITT Recruits, Players, Alumni & Fans!
Unlike some petty people College Football did not start just in 1967, it has been around a long time and PITT Coaches developed the Game along with many and PITT has always produced the Highest Quality Players right up there with other Programs, the difference is PITT has no fear of others thinking it makes them smaller somehow?
The problem is Ignorance, and once all the information is out for all to see, it only remains with Ignorance with the Arrogance of refusing to recognize about other Programs like Pitt!
Siragusa and Keith Hamilton easily could be the starting defensive tackles over Gilbert/Maas. Also, for Fralic to be left off shows the star power the school has had in the trenches.
It is too early yet, but Aaron Donald may end there very soon too! You have a point on Bill Fralic too, his name is currently on nomination listings for the Hall of Fame!
4. Pittsburgh
OFFENSE
QB: Dan Marino (1st round, Miami, 1983)
RB: Tony Dorsett (1st round, Dallas, 1977)
RB: Curtis Martin (3rd round, New England, 1995)
WR: Antonio Bryant (2nd round, Dallas, 2002)
WR: Larry Fitzgerald (1st round, Arizona, 2004)
TE: Mike Ditka (1st round, Chicago, 1961)
OT: Jimbo Covert (1st round, Chicago, 1983)
OT: Mark May (1st round, Washington, 1981)
G: Ruben Brown (1st round, Buffalo, 1995)
G: Russ Grimm (3rd round, Washington, 1981)
C: Mark Stepnoski (3rd round, Dallas, 1989)
The overview: Here's the "surprise team." The interior of the line combined for 18 Pro Bowl appearances, and Grimm and Stepnoski were tremendous values in the third round. Brown was one of the best guards of his era and was a nine-time Pro Bowler. Grimm is in the Hall of Fame. The tackles are solid as well. The entire backfield is in the Hall of Fame. Marino was a steal late in the first round; his right arm is one of the natural wonders of the world. Dorsett was expected to be a star and was. And getting Martin in the third round was a master stroke by the Patriots, even if he did a lot of his damage for a division rival. Ditka also is in the Hall of Fame, and Fitzgerald definitely is a candidate to end up in Canton, too. Those running backs running behind this line, with Marino at quarterback? My goodness.
DEFENSE
DE: Chris Doleman (1st round, Minnesota, 1985)
DE: Bill McPeak (16th round, Pittsburgh, 1948)
DT: Sean Gilbert (1st round, Los Angeles Rams, 1992)
DT: Bill Maas (1st round, Kansas City, 1984)
LB: Hugh Green (1st round, Tampa Bay, 1981)
LB: Rickey Jackson (2nd round, New Orleans, 1981)
LB: Joe Schmidt (7th round, Detroit, 1953)
CB: Darrelle Revis (1st round, New York Jets, 2007)
CB: Ed Sharockman (5th round, Minnesota, 1961)
S: Richie McCabe (22nd round, Pittsburgh, 1955)
S: Carlton Williamson (3rd round, San Francisco, 1981)
The overview: Doleman, Jackson, and Schmidt are in the Hall of Fame. Schmidt is one of the best value picks in NFL history. He played for 13 seasons and was an eight-time All-Pro and a 10-time Pro Bowler. McPeak provided great value; he was a three-time Pro Bowler after being selected in the 16th round. Jackson had been in Green's shadow in college, but he surpassed him in the NFL. Doleman and Jackson were big-time pass rushers. Sharockman was a steady hand in Minnesota's secondary for a decade and was a fifth-round find. McCabe played only six seasons -- and for three teams -- but he was an all-league pick in the AFL. Revis seemingly is bound for Canton. Gilbert and Maas were top-10 picks who played at a high level for a while.
