Pitt, Northwestern Draw Praise During Pinstripe Bowl News Conference , LINK!

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

New York Yankees and Pinstripe Bowl officials took turns Tuesday praising Pitt and Northwestern, the teams that will play in their game Dec. 28. Pitt (8-4) was labeled the only team in the nation to defeat two Top 5 schools this season and one of the all-time great college football schools.


“Who didn't grow up watching Pitt football?” said Mark Holtzman, executive director of the Pinstripe Bowl. Meanwhile, he called Northwestern (6-6) “a perennial Big Ten powerhouse.”


When it was his turn to speak at the news conference at Yankee Stadium, site of the seventh annual game, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald spoke of his relationship with “good friend” Pat Narduzzi, a former Michigan State defensive coordinator and Big Ten rival..................
LINK;
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11597501-74/pitt-northwestern-football

 

[wbrpanther]

New York Yankees and Pinstripe Bowl officials took turns Tuesday praising Pitt and Northwestern, the teams that will play in their game Dec. 28. Pitt (8-4) was labeled the only team in the nation to defeat two Top 5 schools this season and one of the all-time great college football schools.


“Who didn't grow up watching Pitt football?” said Mark Holtzman, executive director of the Pinstripe Bowl. Meanwhile, he called Northwestern (6-6) “a perennial Big Ten powerhouse.”


When it was his turn to speak at the news conference at Yankee Stadium, site of the seventh annual game, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald spoke of his relationship with “good friend” Pat Narduzzi, a former Michigan State defensive coordinator and Big Ten rival..................
LINK;
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11597501-74/pitt-northwestern-football

Pitt will conduct a clinic for Bronx youth. Then hopefully conduct another clinic on game day.

 

[rmndcat]

Pitt will conduct a clinic for Bronx youth. Then hopefully conduct another clinic on game day.

As someone who went to NU in the 1980s, I can't take anyone seriously who calls NU a perennial B1G powehouse.

On another note, I wonder if Joe Girardi showed up. He played his college ball at NU.

 

[raleighpanther]

Yes, I was soaking up what they said about Pitt...until I read the part about NU being a B10 powerhouse.
Seriously, they are not a bad team this year, but calling them a "perennial B10 powerhouse" is ridiculous, over-hyped marketing BS.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Yes, I was soaking up what they said about Pitt...until I read the part about NU being a B10 powerhouse.
Seriously, they are not a bad team this year, but calling them a "perennial B10 powerhouse" is ridiculous, over-hyped marketing BS.

Well, if a Big Ten Powerhouse is defined as Big Ten Champions, Northwestern is right with Penn State level.
1994 Penn State
1995 Northwestern
1996 Northwestern
2000 Northwestern
2016 Penn State
LINK:
http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=22

Northwestern has had 2012 & 2015 10 Win season with Athletic Integrity and that is one more than Penn State that had 11 Wins with Athletic integrity in 2016? So, if PSU is Powerhouse so is Northwestern!

 

[rmndcat]

Well, if a Big Ten Powerhouse is defined as Big Ten Champions, Northwestern is right with Penn State level.
1994 Penn State
1995 Northwestern
1996 Northwestern
2000 Northwestern
2016 Penn State
LINK:
http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=22

Northwestern has had 2012 & 2015 10 Win season with Athletic Integrity and that is one more than Penn State that had 11 Wins with Athletic integrity in 2016? So, if PSU is Powerhouse so is Northwestern!

Oh, don't get me wrong. NU has had a very respectable run the last 20 years. We've gone from a doormat to a team that can play with anyone in the B1G. NU is solidly middle of the pack, with Minnesota, MSU, Iowa, and PSU. But when I think of perennial B1G powerhouses, that's pretty much tOSU, with Michigan and maybe Wisconsin in the conversation. And that said, even Michigan is only now coming back from lean years under RichRod and Brady Hoke/Chris Christie.

 

[NitneLiun]

Bowl officials don't typically talk about the invited teams in disparaging terms. It's in their interest to pump up the participating teams.

Of course they say ridiculous things like, "NU is a perennial Big Ten power" and "Who didn't grow up watching Pitt Football?".

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Bowl officials don't typically talk about the invited teams in disparaging terms. It's in their interest to pump up the participating teams.

Of course they say ridiculous things like, "NU is a perennial Big Ten power" and "Who didn't grow up watching Pitt Football?".

Agree.....Promoters Promote and use Slogans and Penn State is Great at that too, and that is a Compliment, but some Fans take it as Truth until a Scandal happens and Legacies Shame Names like "Success with Honor" that had to be NCAA-AIA-B1G corrected and the "Grand Experiment" was actually "Painting the Mice"?

Pitt Posters know it, but you need to teach some of that to PSU Fans that still believe their own Paterno's Promotional Myth in the face of $2.4 Educational Fine$?

Franklin took back his "Dominate The State" & "Unrivaled" afte ignoring Pitt is a Rival that cost his arrogance a National Championship Invite?

Good luck against USC where, "We Are" was copied by PSU too, but many PSU still don't know it?