Northwestern
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A crappy b1g team that we will pound.....much like USC pounding Ped St.
By far the dumbest bowl ever. Why the hell play a bowl game in a baseball game let alone up north?
College football needs to get rid of half the shitty bowls.
Sucks for Pitt they have to win their conference in order to get a good bowl.
College football needs to get rid of half the shitty bowls.
Sucks for Pitt they have to win their conference in order to get a good bowl.
Northwestern does not look like a good team, but it does look like they have the talent to surprise if Pitt doesnt take them seriously. 6-6, but with wins over Duke, Indiana and Iowa.
Also, I don't know much about him, but their player to watch is probably Austin Carr, the Big Ten receiver of the year.
Also, I don't know much about him, but their player to watch is probably Austin Carr, the Big Ten receiver of the year.
I like this opponent. Its not a bottom-feeding no-name like Purdue, RU, Indiana, or Maryland. We can enjoy a comfortable win and get our 2nd team some reps.
Wel I would hold up
It's still our defense... No game is going to be a cakewalk
It's still our defense... No game is going to be a cakewalk
Yeah... we are better and should win, but far from a given. Don't like the fact they have maybe the best receiver in the Big Ten too.
Every single one of this guy's posts trashes Pitt's bowl prospects.
Would've rather played someone like Iowa. Don't mind the destination.
Please remember that our defense gave up 61 points to the backup qb at Syracuse.
Incorrect, just trash your outlandish predictions year after year. Trying to bring you back to reality.
I don't think anyone on this board believes you're a PITT fan, you can stop with the act.
Although I would love to have a game in the south on Charlotteour Orlando, this game sets up much better than the Sun Bowl in terms of PITT fan attendance.
1.) The Pinstripe Bowl has quickly become one of the better mid-tier bowls. NYC during the holidays? Two P5 conferences + Notre Dame? Pretty fun set up all things considered.
2.) Hell no, there is nothing better than having college football on pretty much every day for 2.5 weeks. Who gives a flying **** if the bowls 'don't mean anything'? Bowls haven't meant anything for decades. The more college football to watch, the better.
Yes lets pump the brakes with the overconfidence. Our offense means we can hang with anyone. Our pass D can make anyone look like Dan Marino, including Syracuse's backup QB.
Atleast El Paso we would play a relevant team. NW shouldn't even be in a bowl.
I don't think it would happen, but i wouldn't be surprised if they lost.
Would be tough to get up for this game in my opinion.
NW will lull them to sleep.
Enough of the "X team should not be in a bowl." That kind of comment has a way of coming back to haunt you.
I disagree. They'll have no problem getting up for a big ten team, they'll slap them up and down the field just like the other one they played.
Ask BethJohn if I am since he is my friend. I don't have to be a fake fan boy to be a fan, I'm real
Well, that's the kind of talk that gets you beat.
Last year we thought we would pound Navy also. Bowl games are different. I have seen NW play and they can be very god.
This
I've never understood bitching about too many bowls not meaning anything etc.... I love seeing a bunch of team I normally would not see ...it's fun... to hell with that old crusty Ron Cook crap perspective
letstalkaboutnextyear , the biggest looney tune out there
NU has a very good receiver (Carr) and a pretty good back field (Jackson and Moten). They get killed on the line, though.
They gave the Buckeyes all they can handle, gotta respect that.
Sucks that I have to work that day, sucks so bad. Friggin 2:00 start time on a weekday.
Sucks that I have to work that day, sucks so bad. Friggin 2:00 start time on a weekday.
he is a Pitt fan. And the stakes for Pitt in the Sun wouldf have been much higher than thiey are in the Pinstripe matchup. Pitt will get no credit for beating Nothwester...6-6...yawn. You beat Stanford or Utah in the Sun ... you go up in the ratings.
It has? Every year they seem to get 5 and 6 loss teams. In fact, Pitt might be the highest ranked team they've ever had. Face it. We got jobbed because the better bowls didn't want us. Best case scenario is that Pitt sells a lot of tickets and has two years of nice sales to convince a decent bowl next season.
A little higher, yeah. And could brag a little more leading up to it. But agree less wiggle room and more to lose v NW. But either way a win finishes them near top20.
Doesn't matter, it is a win against a P5 team. Won't move the needle more than the pinstripe bowl. Weather in El Paso not that much better than NYC. Although I think we match up better against Stanford who has a pretty bad offense. Of course Northwestern has a Biletnikof candidate receiver who will probably have a career day. But I like playing a B1G team and having a chance to go 2-0 in the conference.
This is as big as the 2008 Sun Bowl. A chance to finish season ranked, 9 wins for the 1st time since Wanny the Great, and beating a Big 10 team. May even lead to pre-season ranking. Lot on the line here.
No it's not as big as the Sun which gets way more pub on CBS. Stanford's been a big name since Harbaugh coached there. 95% of the country won't even know that this game has been played at 2 on a weekday where one of the opponents has a .500 record. All you need to know about the Pinstripe is where it stacks up in the Big Pretend bowl lineup...near the bottom.
You totally missed everything I said in the post, but that doesn't surprise me.
