Season predictions

[Sean Miller Fan]

Nova W

PSU/OKST/UNC
I predict 2-1 (wins over PSU and UNC) but 1-2 at least is a must. The schedule is too difficult and losing to a mediocre Big Ten team that we are better than is unacceptable. I think OKST's spread hangs close to 50 on us ans we lose 48-38 in a typical B12 game but we finally get UNC.

Marshall/GT/@ UVa 2-1
The Marshall game has to be a win but they are a good program and will treat the game like a Super Bowl. They can beat us and it wont take a Herculean effort. They are good and well-coached. GT is tricky but I think we get them. At UVa sounds like the WTF loss that Narduzzi avoided last year.

@ VT W - its VT

@ Miami and @ Clemson 0-2

Duke/Syr 2-0

8-4, 5-3

 

[Swervin27]

breaking season into 3 parts:

I see us 2-2 after 4 but not panicking.. UNC away is tough, real tough. we will be underdogs there. im marking the cowboys a loss and us beating the lasch shower tickle monsters..

the next 4, I see us no worse than 3-1 with a very possible 4-0. I have zero respect for cavaliers and of course an experienced option QB can and will kill us but we outscore ga tech just like last year..

I see us finishing rough, just like last year with 2-2.. at The U and Clemson losses and us beating cuse and duke.. So yeah, 8-4 / 7-5 season..

The games that will make this season memorable vs good is Miami and UNC. if we can take one of those, we get 9 wins..

 

[HailToPitt725]

Record: 10-3

Villanova W 40-13
Penn State W 28-17
@ Oklahoma State L 24-17
@ North Carolina W 31-30
Marshall W 27-21
Georgia Tech W 20-14
@ Virginia W 24-9
Virginia Tech W 17-10
@ Miami W 27-23 OT
@ Clemson L 23-10
Duke W 41-34
Syracuse W 24-6
@ ACC Championship / Clemson L 27-17

This would be peak Pitt. This shows that we could run the table given everything falls into place, but it also shows how close some of these games will be. 6 games are within a touchdown, and that Virginia game could be an interesting one too.

A couple things would have to happen for this to happen. 1) Peterman gels under Canada and the new offense, 2) the receivers step up and replace the void that Boyd left, 3) the DL is able to create as much pressure as last year and 4) the secondary improves from last year. I think all four of these are possible.

If this doesn't happen, I could see us going anywhere from 7-5 to 9-3. If we are going to take a step forward, this is the year with all the veterans and talent we have on this team. History has shown I shouldn't be this confident, but I like this team way too much

 

[Swervin27]

i'll tell you what I'd like to see. More "Comfortable" wins against our ACC brethren. That duke and L'ville game were flat out fun to watch. No nerves just a pure beatdown. That Syracuse game made me sick watching, way too close. Ditto for some other games.. How bout some nice comfortable wins against programs like cuse and Virginia.

 

[OriginalEther]

Smf, I should point out that Marshalls super bowl is a week earlier. They host Louisville that week.

And on an amusing note, when the local paper previewed that game, they used Jeff Longs harbour seal as Pitts logo.

 

[Farnox]

I would think that most on this board are looking for an 8-4/7-5 type record this year. Tougher schedule but not there yet on the athletes we need to be better than that.

 

[VAPITTALUM]

Record: 9-3 (Finish the regular season in the Top 25)

Villanova W 38-17
Penn State W 28-24
@ Oklahoma State L 42-38
@ North Carolina W 27-24
Marshall W 35-21
Georgia Tech W 28-24
@ Virginia W 27-17
Virginia Tech W 35-24
@ Miami L 28-17
@ Clemson L 45-21
Duke W 35-17
Syracuse W 20-10

 

[QuitCallingMeWanny]

15-0

 

[runthewildcat]

Nova W

PSU/OKST/UNC
I predict 2-1 (wins over PSU and UNC) but 1-2 at least is a must. The schedule is too difficult and losing to a mediocre Big Ten team that we are better than is unacceptable. I think OKST's spread hangs close to 50 on us ans we lose 48-38 in a typical B12 game but we finally get UNC.

Marshall/GT/@ UVa 2-1
The Marshall game has to be a win but they are a good program and will treat the game like a Super Bowl. They can beat us and it wont take a Herculean effort. They are good and well-coached. GT is tricky but I think we get them. At UVa sounds like the WTF loss that Narduzzi avoided last year.

@ VT W - its VT

@ Miami and @ Clemson 0-2

Duke/Syr 2-0

8-4, 5-3

Even though it doesn't show much improvement statistically, 8-4 would be a huge step forward given how difficult our schedule is. And most of our tough games are away!
Also, I think the U is going to keep getting better with Richt down there.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Even though it doesn't show much improvement statistically, 8-4 would be a huge step forward given how difficult our schedule is. And most of our tough games are away!
Also, I think the U is going to keep getting better with Richt down there.

I think we can go 6-6 this year and actually have a better team.

The PSU for ND swap is easier. I think @ OKST is more difficult than @ Iowa.

Marshall is more difficult than at Akron

@ Clemson is more difficult than home with Louisville

The top 2 Coastal teams preseason are on the road.

 

[vegasgreed]

i can see anywhere from 7-9 regular season wins. its so hard to predict. so many games will be close. a fumble here, an interception here and the w/l record swings by 2 games.

last year the vast majority of the board had our GT game as a loss. as it turned out, they sucked last year. there will be surprise teams this year and there will be teams that have a let down year.

 

[9nationalchampionships]

I predict PITT's Unis will look great on 10/8

Season 8/4 + bowl win

 

[vegasgreed]

some incredible wisdom with your post. did you mean to post this on the premium board?

15-0

 

[steel_curtain]

-I seriously think we are going into Stillwater and beating Oklahoma State.

-Their run defense is one of the worst in the country. They lost their best player on the entire roster at DE to the NFL.

-And now their #2 WR is out with a broken foot until October, meaning their WR corps is almost completely different from last year now.

-I also think they were one of the worst 10 win teams ever last year. If you want to factor in luck to how that team won games, it was borderline crazy. 2 Game winning 40+ yard field goals as time expired, an overtime win against WV that needed 4 turnovers, a 95 yard drive to beat Iowa State at the end of the 4th quarter, and completely blown off the field against Baylor, OU, and Ole Miss the final 3 games of the season.

-Oklahoma State wont finish ranked this year. They wont sniff 10 wins either. They are incredibly overrated in my opinion, and lucky as shit last year.

 

[steel_curtain]

-I seriously think we are going into Stillwater and beating Oklahoma State.

-Their run defense is one of the worst in the country. They lost their best player on the entire roster at DE to the NFL.

-And now their #2 WR is out with a broken foot until October, meaning their WR corps is almost completely different from last year now.

-I also think they were one of the worst 10 win teams ever last year. If you want to factor in luck to how that team won games, it was borderline crazy. 2 Game winning 40+ yard field goals as time expired, an overtime win against WV that needed 4 turnovers, a 95 yard drive to beat Iowa State at the end of the 4th quarter, and completely blown off the field against Baylor, OU, and Ole Miss the final 3 games of the season.

-Oklahoma State wont finish ranked this year. They wont sniff 10 wins either. They are incredibly overrated in my opinion, and lucky as shit last year.

-And to put the icing on the Cake for Oklahoma State, they also recovered a whopping 70% of all fumbles last year. No way in hell that repeats again.

 

[9nationalchampionships]

If we beat OK St on the road we should win 10 games! That is still a tall order regardless of losing a few players!

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

-I seriously think we are going into Stillwater and beating Oklahoma State.

-Their run defense is one of the worst in the country. They lost their best player on the entire roster at DE to the NFL.

-And now their #2 WR is out with a broken foot until October, meaning their WR corps is almost completely different from last year now.

-I also think they were one of the worst 10 win teams ever last year. If you want to factor in luck to how that team won games, it was borderline crazy. 2 Game winning 40+ yard field goals as time expired, an overtime win against WV that needed 4 turnovers, a 95 yard drive to beat Iowa State at the end of the 4th quarter, and completely blown off the field against Baylor, OU, and Ole Miss the final 3 games of the season.

-Oklahoma State wont finish ranked this year. They wont sniff 10 wins either. They are incredibly overrated in my opinion, and lucky as shit last year.

Narduzzi's D was beyond awful against the spread last year. No way we can score with them.

 

[steel_curtain]

Narduzzi's D was beyond awful against the spread last year. No way we can score with them.

-Oklahoma State's defense gave up 700 yards to Baylor including 300 rushing yards, 600 yards to Oklahoma including 350 rush yards, gave up 650 yards to Texas Tech, gave up 700 yards to TCU, gave up 430 yards to Iowa State, including 250 on the ground. Oklahoma State has the worst P5 defense in the country. And if they were not lucky winning turnover battles last year, they would of won 6 or 7 games last season.

 

[vegasgreed]

SMF makes a comment about narduzzi and the spread and your response is about okie state defense......ok

i'm sure if we had played a big 12 schedule last year we would have pitched 4 shoutouts, does that sound about right?

 

[VAPITTALUM]

-Oklahoma State's defense gave up 700 yards to Baylor including 300 rushing yards, 600 yards to Oklahoma including 350 rush yards, gave up 650 yards to Texas Tech, gave up 700 yards to TCU, gave up 430 yards to Iowa State, including 250 on the ground. Oklahoma State has the worst P5 defense in the country. And if they were not lucky winning turnover battles last year, they would of won 6 or 7 games last season.

One of Narduzzi's best defensive units at MSU gave up 603 yards to Baylor in their bowl game. I'm extremely optimistic about this season and seeing some improvement on defense, however, I'm also realistic when comparing a game plan predicated on stopping the run to put pressure on the pass and how effective that game plan will be against a team that uses 5 yard passes like a hand-off.

 

[TD_istheman]

9-3. Bank it

 

[steel_curtain]

SMF makes a comment about narduzzi and the spread and your response is about okie state defense......ok

i'm sure if we had played a big 12 schedule last year we would have pitched 4 shoutouts, does that sound about right?

-The Big 12 was the worst defensive league in the country last year. Which means the stats were inflated severely.

There are 127 teams in D1 football. Here's your Big 12.

National Total Defensive Ranking

Kansas-127
Texas Tech-126
Iowa State-107
Texas-106
Oklahoma State-99
TCU-63
Baylor-62
West Virginia-61
Oklahoma-39
Pitt-37


-I dont consider playing and beating up cupcakes relevant. Although when Ole Miss blasted Oklahoma State off the field and Clemson blasted Oklahoma off the field in the bowl games, it was easy to understand.

-Central Michigan had the #16 defense in the country last year. Oklahoma State won 24-13 against them. They were also losing in the 3rd quarter to this team.

 

[big marty]

With our Oline and talent in the backfield bodes well for controlling the ball against some pretty average Dlines. Clemson is as good as it gets .

 

[revampedpanthers]

anywhere from a likely low of 6 wins to a likely high of 10 wins. So I will go out on a limb and say 8-4 with a bowl win!

 

[9nationalchampionships]

I am predicting pain being put on the Ped St front 7 by our OL and FB

 

[p45]

Even though it doesn't show much improvement statistically, 8-4 would be a huge step forward given how difficult our schedule is. And most of our tough games are away!
Also, I think the U is going to keep getting better with Richt down there.

This

 

[DC_Area_Panther]

With my blue and gold glasses firmly in place--

Villanova W 56-6
Penn State W 38-10
@ Oklahoma State W 34-24
@ North Carolina W 31-13
Marshall W 42-15
Georgia Tech W 38-10
@ Virginia W 34-6
Virginia Tech W 27-11
@ Miami W 37-17
@ Clemson L 24-20
Duke W 49-17
Syracuse W 31-3
@ ACC Championship / Clemson W 23-21

 

[p45]

I like this Pitt team a lot. I have little doubt they will be better than last year. If you had this team play last years schedule i think they win 10 games. However, this schedule is rough. Marshall is always very good. Even last years bad teams like Virginia and Syracuse seemingly upgraded their coaches and Syracuse' QB Dungey gave us fits last year and I think hes going to be a really good player. VT seems to have hit a home run with Fuente, although, keeping a guy at Def Coordinator who *I think* wanted the HC job could spell trouble. Miami will improve under Richt, which is scary because they always have crazy talent despite not always living up to it.

I'll predict 7-5. I wont predict game by game, because I legitimately think that 8 of their 12 games are 50/50 or 60/40 (either 60% pitts favor to win or 60% for pitt to lose). Im confident about Nova and Duke. I have very little confidence about Ok Stat and zero about Clemson. All the others are too hard to call imo.