My goodness it's been months and the pick by Devonshire still makes me jump out of my seat, and gives me chills. The stadium was rocking! I hate WVU so much, but to be honest I love that we are playing them again. To quote Tomlin their an awesome dance partner and this game is great for both programs. I feel like I'm gonna need body armor to head to Morgantown lol.
Rewatching The Brawl
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Every couple weeks I see that replay of the pick by Devonshire. A glorious moment. WVU should have never punted with the lead in our territory.
Yeah, that was suicide. Especially with the way they were moving our d-line. Although I guess you could argue Brown had them in a position to win in spite of that, though, and the dude just dropped the ball.
Yeah. Tide had definitely turned in their favor and we were on the heels. That pick was up there with Billy Owns that won the 87 PSU game. Similar tight game with a rival in which they looked to have gained the advantage and we’re moving to an almost sure winning score, but we were granted deliverance.
Obviously those moments are the greatest things about sports, huge defining moments that everyone remembers (happily or not). I generally find it distasteful to play WVU due to their awful fans (as I indicate in my post above) but no doubting that a win like that far exceeds any mundane win over a crap MAC or FCS opening opponent.
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i always wonder if the WVU WR didnt just drop a wide open pass, how that game would have turned out.
Indeed, and how the rest of that season goes for their QB. I still think the dude far exceeded Slovis; they got the better one. But things seemed to collapse for him and their team following that (and I didn’t follow them enough to know whether it was he or the team that is mostly to blame). As mentioned above, a real defining moment, for us, for them, for their QB, for Devonshire (his stature as a player got a tremendous boost).
a top 5 moment in pitt history, in my lifetime at least..
i really compare it to PItt's interception against PSU with Gottfried running down the sidelines and jumping on the pile in the endzone..
I don’t think you needed to write four long paragraphs to make the point his post didn’t make any sense.
Yep. I didn’t see the TV reply until getting home but it was tremendously done, and my vantage at the game was sucky because my section is ground level, basically 8 rows up and closer to the south end zone on the Pitt side. So in this case the TV replay gave great new perspective. Man what a great shot of the student section erupting as he scored into the north end zone. I forget the announcer but he did a great accompaniment to the play as well.
It can’t compare as a long agonizing painful experience that 13-9 has to still be for WVU fans but this one had to really hurt in like a (coming full circle) gunshot to the gut at a hoopie tailgate. Which of course will immediately become a very regular occurrence there thanks to a random state bill 🙄😂
I have a good friend who went to WVU. Every time he says something about Pitt, I just respond with "13-9." It has become a valuable retort. Shuts him up every time.
I have the stadium pic (12x10) of that game on my nightstand. One of the best days of my life (nothing will ever beat 42-39 tho; got my first kiss that day too after we won in the student section)
I'd say this one. I'm probably the same age as you. I was in 9th grade at the time and couldn't wait to go to school on that Monday to put it in the faces of snarky psu fans especially some of my teachers who would put down Pitt.
Last years pick 6 over wv was awesome but this was better IMO
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yeah, im with you. this basically ended the game, well it did. the wvu one, there was still some meat left on that bone before celebrating the win..
Plus, this was a great interception, the wvu one, kind of fell in his hands cause he was 5 yards away..
Owens interception IMO was just a thing of beauty on how he jumped that route. Gottfried went crazy and the nitters were humbled.
