Once again, the difference in holding UNC to 18 Yards Rushing and still losing by 1 point was Execution in not making one 4th Down Stop in the last minute.......versus holding Clemson to 50 Yards but Executing a stop on 4th Down with a Minute left? Interceptions by Ryan Lewis, Maddox and Brightwell as well. Execution won this game by one play stopping a 4th Down and Execution lost the UNC Game by one play not stopping one of four 4th Downs by inches!
In My Opinion, The Three Changes Coach Pat Narduzzi & Staff Brought To Pitt:
1. Never Quit Pitt!
2. Focus & Execution
3. Attitude
EXCERPTS:
NEVER QUIT PITT:
The bruises Pitt running back James Conner left on Clemson's defenders while running for 132 yards were real. The passes placed perfectly in the hands of tight end Scott Orndoff on Pitt's game-winning drive actually happened. And the ball really did sail 48 yards off the foot of Chris Blewitt and through the Death Valley uprights to give Pitt an improbable 43-42 victory against No. 3 Clemson. Yet, it seemed to several Pitt players that there was something even bigger at work Saturday night. “I was on my knees,” cornerback Avonte Maddox said of his position as Blewitt was lining up the field goal. “I stood up and pointed to the sky.” Quarterback Nathan Peterman was even more certain of an unseen power. “Only God can do what happened tonight,” he said.
FOCUS & EXECUTION:
Staggered by injuries and a powerful Clemson passing game, Pitt found a way to turn college football upside down. Clemson (9-1, 6-1) came into the game thinking about staying in the race for the playoffs, but Pitt (6-4, 3-3) delayed those plans. “Sorry to do that,” Conner said. “But we wanted this one bad.”.....................Still, Pitt needed its defense — much maligned and staggered all day by Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson's ACC record 580 yards passing — to win the game. Facing a fourth-and-1 from the Pitt 35-yard line, Clemson called a toss to running back Wayne Gallman, who earlier scored on three 1-yard bursts. Linebacker Matt Galambos made the stop, with help from backup defensive tackle Jeremiah Taleni and Pitt has life. “That's our specialty,” Narduzzi said of the Pitt run defense that held Gallman to 36 yards on 18 carries. “I'm glad they didn't throw a quick out.” He didn't apologize for the following hyperbole. “That will probably go down as one of the greatest fourth-down stops ever,” he said...............
ATTITUDE:
“I had a couple guys come up to me and give me high-fives (before the kick) and tell me they believed in me,” he said. “After I saw the flight of the ball, I started jumping up and down.” Narduzzi said when Pitt got its final chance with 1:02 left, “There wasn't one person on our sideline that didn't believe we were going to win. Still for the most of the game a victory didn't look possible.
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11449725-74/pitt-clemson-yard
In My Opinion, The Three Changes Coach Pat Narduzzi & Staff Brought To Pitt:
1. Never Quit Pitt!
2. Focus & Execution
3. Attitude
EXCERPTS:
NEVER QUIT PITT:
The bruises Pitt running back James Conner left on Clemson's defenders while running for 132 yards were real. The passes placed perfectly in the hands of tight end Scott Orndoff on Pitt's game-winning drive actually happened. And the ball really did sail 48 yards off the foot of Chris Blewitt and through the Death Valley uprights to give Pitt an improbable 43-42 victory against No. 3 Clemson. Yet, it seemed to several Pitt players that there was something even bigger at work Saturday night. “I was on my knees,” cornerback Avonte Maddox said of his position as Blewitt was lining up the field goal. “I stood up and pointed to the sky.” Quarterback Nathan Peterman was even more certain of an unseen power. “Only God can do what happened tonight,” he said.
FOCUS & EXECUTION:
Staggered by injuries and a powerful Clemson passing game, Pitt found a way to turn college football upside down. Clemson (9-1, 6-1) came into the game thinking about staying in the race for the playoffs, but Pitt (6-4, 3-3) delayed those plans. “Sorry to do that,” Conner said. “But we wanted this one bad.”.....................Still, Pitt needed its defense — much maligned and staggered all day by Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson's ACC record 580 yards passing — to win the game. Facing a fourth-and-1 from the Pitt 35-yard line, Clemson called a toss to running back Wayne Gallman, who earlier scored on three 1-yard bursts. Linebacker Matt Galambos made the stop, with help from backup defensive tackle Jeremiah Taleni and Pitt has life. “That's our specialty,” Narduzzi said of the Pitt run defense that held Gallman to 36 yards on 18 carries. “I'm glad they didn't throw a quick out.” He didn't apologize for the following hyperbole. “That will probably go down as one of the greatest fourth-down stops ever,” he said...............
ATTITUDE:
“I had a couple guys come up to me and give me high-fives (before the kick) and tell me they believed in me,” he said. “After I saw the flight of the ball, I started jumping up and down.” Narduzzi said when Pitt got its final chance with 1:02 left, “There wasn't one person on our sideline that didn't believe we were going to win. Still for the most of the game a victory didn't look possible.
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11449725-74/pitt-clemson-yard