I am willing to bet if you asked a panel of NCAA football experts they would rank Pat Narduzzi much higher coach in prestige, accomplishment and more importantanty ethics and ability for program building future. Franklin is generally not well thought of in major football circles and I see him fired or back on the hot seat after last years luck fest 11-3 season. They win 7 games at most this season and we beat them down again this season.
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I think they do indeed recruit against us on this. Sad to say these suspensions will be used against us twice ... in the games, and with recruits.
Suspensions happen everywhere,West,East and South of Pittsburgh!It's the ugly part of college football so to speak.It hurts when it's your school but with 85 young men on the team not all are angels and they break rules.Pitt isn't alone when it comes to suspensions,you will survive.
I would defiantly use this to negatively recruit.
You can be a forest ranger or dairy farmer and light up & get smashed at thon at PSU.
You can be a forest ranger or dairy farmer and light up & get smashed at thon at PSU.
Charges are here: https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/MDJReport.ashx?docketNumber=MJ-05003-CR-0004344-2017
He will likely get ARD (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition) which amounts to drivers license suspension, probation, DUI classes and a fine. If he gets ARD, the legal system won't keep him out of any games.
True. But equally true at UNC. And Duke (there certainly have been hoodlums on their hoops team).
Pitt self-sanctions, and pays the price. What's odd is we don't go all the way with it ... witness willing to bring in a guy like Carter (which I absolutely have no problem with btw ... but just saying). We half-ass it. Really satisfying nobody, in the end. The sticks-in-the-ass types aren't happy with anything but a team of genius boy scouts. They see today's actions and say, hey why not MORE games for Bookser too! While the likes of me are frustrated that we don't follow what Louisville (or Miami, UNC, or yes, Duke) would do to these guys ... likely nothing.
I haven't seen the benefit Pitt gets from this wishy washy approach, other than making the suits a little giddier in their skivvies when they can force the coaches' hand on occasion.
Wow, just really shocked at Blair. I mean the poor kid had a chance to make it at a P5 school and having the opportunity to chase every kid's (well almost every kid) dream of one day playing in the NFL....especially after suffering a stroke at a young age....just to throw it all away.
As Ricky Watters once said, "For who? For what?"
As Ricky Watters once said, "For who? For what?"
What did Kam Carter do to get kicked out at Penn State? Did he report a crime?
Meanwhile in Mckeesport this week there were lines a mile long of people wanting to "work" at the pot farm that the commonwealth is opening up there. While Pitt is kicking out players for it.
Even more reason for Pitt to get with the times. Marijuana is going to become more commonplace over time. There is no extra credit for acting holier than thou.
I'd take that bet.
Narduzzi's rep as a defensive wizard took a hit last season. He refused to adjust for the weakness in the secondary and cost his team a chance to win a few more games. They allowed Sryacuse to pile up the points.
His last two teams have been woefully prepared for the bowl games. And you can slam Franklin all you want, but he's kicking Pitt's fanny in recruiting.
After a great FR season he has been very disappointing. Even when healthy last year(assuming he was when he was playing) he wasn't anything more than average. Now this. Guy who many thought could be a 2 time all american and early draft pick.
I thought the same thing. Actually Bookser got off pretty light really. Seems like the only one that is going to have a major impact on the season is whitehead.
Agree Blair is just another guy, a roster filler who can play and not kill you but he isn't going to make many plays either. He was experienced and would have been a solid backup but its not likely that loses us any games. Same with Wirginis and he will be back after 3 games. I actually expected Bookster to miss more time. The one that hurts is whitehead. He was only average last year, but that was still better than the other guys. Plus I was expecting him to return to his FR form and be a stud.
Not true. Lets be honest NFL teams could care less what these guys do off the field as long as it doesn't prevent them from being studs on the field. but they are not going to like seeing a guy not playing football because of off the field issues because it means he has a repeated behavior which has kept him from playing, if its weed the NFL test as well and it will keep him from playing in the NFL as well.
Or ncaa mandates
Think Durand Johnson
Good point. I think that's where I was trying to get to but wasn't sure on how everything worked.
A time bomb went off in the 70's and covered to obtain the alrighty 409.. get lost.
To build a program from mediocrity you have to instill discipline. In addition - are any of these players Narduzzi recruits? Hmmm...
Look at the players who transferred out. All Chryst recruits. He's building HIS team w/ HIS players. Taleni, Wirginnis and Blair were just another in a long-line of 2-star defensive recruits recruited by super-recruiter Matt House. And Whitehead? Just to prove that no one is above the law of Coach.
Look at the players who transferred out. All Chryst recruits. He's building HIS team w/ HIS players. Taleni, Wirginnis and Blair were just another in a long-line of 2-star defensive recruits recruited by super-recruiter Matt House. And Whitehead? Just to prove that no one is above the law of Coach.
No, Rec use is illegal in EVERY state since it's a Federal Law. For some reason the federal government is letting it slide but it still illegal in EVERY state.
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Yeah, it is on the books. Guess what?, it is illegal to sing in a bathtub in Pennsylvania.
And I'm telling you, it's going to get worse not better with the direction this administration has chosen
Bigger fish to fry and no need to tie up federal prosecutors with small potatoes.
Their plates are full already.
I agree...but, it's still illegal in all states. I often wonder if federal grants are at risk? Regardless, it's illegal. If you'd like to change that you should vote accordingly.
If they Feds cared, no only would grants be at risk and they'd be raiding all the state licensed production facilities and outlets. The cat is out of the bag and they aren't going to get it back in.
The reason you can't smoke weed in the casinos is because their licensing is done at the federal level.
As far as being technically illegal you are correct, but that's much more in theory than in practice. There's a reason why I see 5 billboards on my to work advertising "legal" weed. For all intents and purposes it's legal in the states that have voted it in, and their numbers are only going to grow with each election cycle.
Well, then I guess they will drive Narduzzi away just like they did Dixon. F' the Pitt administration.
Catagorically untrue he was 4th in the entire ncaa in tackles when he was injured and every QB threw the ball away from him. He was having a monster year.
what is worse than DUI? rape?
just come out with it, what is the point in saying you know something without saying something?
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