Pitt's Biggest ACC Rival
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VT is our biggest rival.
I agree with this. Syracuse? Meh. VT? UVA is bigger to them? Miami? Too one sided. I thought it would eventually become Maryland.
Correct approach… These trolls come over and start with an innocent question…Then they slowly drift to being arbitrary….Then they finally reveal their true character…..
funny how you guys forget the Benedict Arnold number that Virginia Tech pulled on Pitt and the Big East...Hate those bastards...After Penn State they are number 2 on the list of teams I hope book their flights with Marshall airlines...
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On the field with game results, I'd say VT or UNC.
Off the field with fan hatred, etc, I'd say no one.
Off the field with fan hatred, etc, I'd say no one.
I don’t forget. But then Pitt went and joined them, so whatever there. I dislike VT more because they are grossly hyped every year.
glad you think that urine running down your back is rain such that when someone puts the screws to you (ie, the things that generate dislike and thus rivalries) you go with "whatever"....But then Pitt went and joined them... not even the same set of circumstances. I added a link above as a refresher..
When at the end of the day Pitt would have done, and eventually did do the same thing, I can’t really hold it against VT.
pittdan77
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I think to have a rival it has to be a two way street.
We need to make another one up ala the vaunted "River City Rivalry" in the BE.
Because it's important to the fans to have a contrived rivalry with some random opponent.
Because it's important to the fans to have a contrived rivalry with some random opponent.
Land Grant Trophy “pleased”
Narduzzi and Collins should have a an annual cage match for charity.
That would be much better than some contrived "rivalry" trophy.
Yep--there's another one. Invented out of nowhere for no reason.
Can anyone name some others? I'd say it has to be a game between two programs that have no significant annual playing history or tradition with each other.
The Cy-Hick trophy between Iowa State and WVU?
OK not real and I stole that.
UConn and UCF have some stupid thing.
It’s not likely realistic to be able to build a rivalry in such a short time, but I think Pitt has a couple who could end up as a rival.
Hell, PSU has been in the Big 10 for decades, and they don’t have anyone who cares enough about them to have an in conference rivalry.
Hell, PSU has been in the Big 10 for decades, and they don’t have anyone who cares enough about them to have an in conference rivalry.
Beamer ball was built around a soft non conference schedule and a weak conference.
Pitt beat them often enough to matter and now we beat them more often than not.
I lived in Northern VA when Walt Harris had a little winning streak against VT. There were a lot of VT alums in the area and we had a sense of rivalry with coworkers and when we were in a sports bar. You have a fair amount of Pitt alums and Pittsburgh’ers in No. VA which added to it.
I’d say VT too. Hated them in the Big East days. The run of beating them in 2001 with Vick, the 2002 game in Blacksburg when they were top 5, the 2003 Gameday/night game at Heinz when they were top 5 again. This was also the “ACCHoles” game because it was announced they were bolting… I hated them as a student.
Who it’s west Virginia’s rival in the big 12?
Who is penn states rival in the big 10?
Exactly
Who is penn states rival in the big 10?
Exactly
pittdan77
Athletic Director
Minnesota vs Nebraska for the $5 bits of broken chair trophy. Look it up. Interesting story to how it came to be.
How many ACC schools (heck, any school) can say they’ve beaten Clemson twice since 2016? I think there’s a mutual respect developing that will likely grow as we play more often with the updated conference scheduling.
Clemson would not be a Pitt rival even if we played each other in the next 4 ACC championships and split those games
