Get a grip. 1992-1996 was by far the worst stretch in the last 50 years. It isn't even close.
Pitt vs. BC Game Thread
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Much of the fan base is already turning down the regular season.
They're the smart ones.
I'm an idiot for falling for this shit every year.
Our fan base has been opting out of bowls for years. Can’t even blame anyone if they did this year. Only a complete masochist would spend time and money to go watch this team lose its sixth straight in Shreveport or freezing cold Yankee stadium for the holidays.
Duzz going for the deuce!
Lmao. He probably thinks it will cut it to a one-score game. Has to be one of the five dumbest people to have ever earned at least $50M.
Lmao. He probably thinks it will cut it to a one-score game. Has to be one of the five dumbest people to have ever earned at least $50M.
With the o-line we had we needed a ghost for a qb. Anyone with a physical human body, was going to get killed!
Nope. This team is not even close to being competitive with good programs. Now it isn't competitive with middling teams ala mid-90's. Both squads only have/had a handful of players that belonged on a major college roster.
It was on his note pad?
He wanted to prove we can’t do that either ?
A good portion of your 37 posts over the years have been “pitt stinks”. Here’s an idea: GFY
Nope. Those teams win 3-4 games per year against tough 11-game schedules while these teams won 10 games against pathetic 12-game schedules. Neither team was competitive. Neither team had more than a handful of players that any good team would want.
Not sure what that means, but if you’re saying that you think it’s ok for someone to come on the board once or twice a year to share “pitt stinks”, then you can GFY too.
You're probably right, but that's the dumbest defensive approach I can think of.
Me too. They do it continuously and I’ll never understand it. They get beat constantly
They got blown out by anyone with a pulse. They were awful, and not even close to competitive. And the Big East was not that good during that stretch. The bottom half of the conference with Pitt, Rutgers, and Temple back then was worse than anything that the ACC has ever had, at least since Pitt has been a member of it. Rutgers and Temple were truly god awful and Pitt wasn't far behind.
Just a reminder:
1992 3-9 (1-3), combined scores 289-429: wins over Kent State (2-9), Minnesota (2-9), Temple (1-10)
1993 3-8 (2-5), combined 168-371: wins over Southern Miss (3-7-1), Rutgers (4-7), Temple (1-10)
1994 3-8 (2-5), combined 246-307: wins over Ohio (0-11), Temple (2-9), Rutgers (5-5-1)
1995 2-9 (0-7), combined 217-329: wins over Washington State (3-8), Eastern Michigan (6-5)
1996 4-7 (3-4), combined 214-430: wins over Kent State (2-9), Temple (1-10), BC (5-7), Rutgers (2-9)
Total:
15-41 (.268), outscored 1866-1134 (average of 13 points per game): A 5 year stretch with only one win over a team with a winning record (Eastern Michigan) and one team with .500 record (Rutgers)
For comparison:
2023 3-9 (2-6), combined 243-328: wins over Wofford (2-9), Louisville (10-4), BC (7-6)
2024 7-5 (3-5), combined 382-321: wins over Kent St (0-12), Cincy (5-6), WVU (6-6), YSU (4-8), UNC (6-6), Cal (6-6), 'Cuse (9-3)
Total:
10-14 (.417), outscored 625-649 (average of 1 point per game): wins over 3 teams with winning records and 3 teams with .500 records with bowls yet to be played.
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At this point in the coaching regime, Pitt had no business losing to UVA and BC regardless of injuries.
But this season would have a different feel if those 5 losses, even if the same, were scattered throughout the season. The giant build up and equally giant let down makes it worse, and makes the negativity greater, and is definitely more of a program momentum and publicity killer to skid to the end of the season like that.
The defense was torched for all but 2-3 games this season without injuries .
Offense lets be honest sputtered often - and made back to back come from behind wins having us think they would carry us .
Then the cal game- defense bailed us out in the second half as the offense never looked competent again the rest of the season
You can’t get beat by UVA at home. That one hurt.
Anyone who thinks that Narduzzi is a defensive genius is high. He might have been a pretty good DC 15 years ago in the Big10, but college football has changed. Good offenses put up 30+ points regularly and they do it by passing and with big chunk plays. Very few teams win by methodically running the ball down the field 4 yards at a time. Selling out everything to stop the run is a prescription to get burned by competent passing teams. And putting your DB's in one on one coverage (without ever looking for the ball) is suicide. The frustrating thing about Narduzzi is that he simply refuses to learn and to adapt. He's going to keep doing what he does no matter what the results are.
Maybe Pat should just go fishing with Mack Brown.
