The D is bad. We know it is bad. And that's why....

[UPitt '89]

... you NEVER take your foot off the gas pedal on offense.

Ever.

You know with this D, that no lead is ever safe. Ever. So you can't afford to end the game with 3 straight 3-and-outs.

You can't throw a screen on 3rd and 8 with 3 minutes left to your slowest RB when you KNOW that if you give the ball up that you will likely lose.

A team with a bad closer needs to have a big lead going into the 9th. A team with a bad goalie needs to score more goals late in the game and can't try to win by 1.

And a team with no pass defense needs their offense to stay aggressive until the final whistle.

Narduzzi and Canada played not to lose in the final 8 minutes.

Which is why they lost.

 

[maxxwell]

You're absolutely right on.

 

[buckage]

In the current college game, why would you ever take your foot off the gas?

 

[pitts-lament]

... you NEVER take your foot off the gas pedal on offense.

Ever.

You know with this D, that no lead is ever safe. Ever. So you can't afford to end the game with 3 straight 3-and-outs.

You can't throw a screen on 3rd and 8 with 3 minutes left to your slowest RB when you KNOW that if you give the ball up that you will likely lose.

A team with a bad closer needs to have a big lead going into the 9th. A team with a bad goalie needs to score more goals late in the game and can't try to win by 1.

And a team with no pass defense needs their offense to stay aggressive until the final whistle.

Narduzzi and Canada played not to lose in the final 8 minutes.

Which is why they lost.

Those prevent offenses and defenses most often get a team beat.

 

[Teh Teh]

We didn't. In fact if we did we would have ran off another couple minutes and won this game

 

[Gep Dawg]

This is spot on hopefully Narduzzi remembers this from now on

 

[H2Pforever]

I might have missed something, but I didn't see any change in the play calling. I saw UNC make stops.

 

[UPitt '89]

We didn't. In fact if we did we would have ran off another couple minutes and won this game

Yes, we did. Our final 3 drives after taking a 36-23 lead were:

Run into the line for small gain.
Run wide for small gain.
Low percentage pass for no gain or incomplete.
Punt.

Prevent offense.

 

[Delpanther]

... you NEVER take your foot off the gas pedal on offense.

Ever.

You know with this D, that no lead is ever safe. Ever. So you can't afford to end the game with 3 straight 3-and-outs.

You can't throw a screen on 3rd and 8 with 3 minutes left to your slowest RB when you KNOW that if you give the ball up that you will likely lose.

A team with a bad closer needs to have a big lead going into the 9th. A team with a bad goalie needs to score more goals late in the game and can't try to win by 1.

And a team with no pass defense needs their offense to stay aggressive until the final whistle.

Narduzzi and Canada played not to lose in the final 8 minutes.

Which is why they lost.

Conner hasn't been very good. He shouldn't even have been in the game on the last series. Yea, the lesson should have been learned after the PS game, if not, then the OSU game- the defense blows - try to score on every possession. Narduzzi is at his worst when Pitt has a lead in the 4th Q

 

[UPitt '89]

I might have missed something, but I didn't see any change in the play calling. I saw UNC make stops.

All three drives had 3rd and 6/7/8 with low percentage pass plays on the first 2, and a screen that never had a chance of getting a first down on the last one.

 

[H2Pforever]

All three drives had 3rd and 6/7/8 with low percentage pass plays on the first 2, and a screen that never had a chance of getting a first down on the last one.

The screen play was bad. Everything else though?

 

[UPitt '89]

The screen play was bad. Everything else though?

The first two drives... they tried a flat pass that had a very low chance of success... a very small window to put the ball to complete it. Hell, a run might have been better than those calls because at least the clock would've kept moving.

If you're going to go into a shell, go all the way and kill clock.

It was prevent offense.

 

[H2Pforever]

The first two drives... they tried a flat pass that had a very low chance of success... a very small window to put the ball to complete it. Hell, a run might have been better than those calls because at least the clock would've kept moving.

If you're going to go into a shell, go all the way and kill clock.

It was prevent offense.

The flat pass was fine! The issue was the receives couldn't get open. They don't get open over the middle either.

 

[oldpantherfan]

That is the absolute truth asnd the best. ( and mosdt honest). Post this football season. Thanks for saying it.