The last time Pitt had a late game drive for a TD?

[Sean Miller Fan]

I cant remember the last time Pitt had a late-game drive for a go-ahead or tying TD. We are so used to not being able to mount 2nd half comebacks that it made me wonder when was the last time that happened?

We had GW FG's against UNC and UConn in 09 but what about a TD? Has it been as long as I think?

That drive and the big 3rd and 4th down conversions were the most positive things for me. We just dont see Pitt do that.

The other thing was that he went to someone other tha Boyd on the 4th and 15. Similarly, on a 3rd and long on the late 2nd Q drive againsy Akron that resulted in a TD, he hooked up with Challingsworth after staring down Boyd. The play happed right in front of me, supposed to be a sideline route to Boyd for the 1st. When I saw him covered, I thought the play was over but he found Challingsworth for a critical conversion.

 

[ThePanthers]

I'm sure we have had others, but the only ones off the top of my head was beating VT in 2003 and I think WVU in 03 or 04 when Palko ran it in. I can't remember the year.

We scored a late go ahead TD in 09 against Cincy, but we all know how that went missing the extra point.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

I cant remember the last time Pitt had a late-game drive for a go-ahead or tying TD. We are so used to not being able to mount 2nd half comebacks that it made me wonder when was the last time that happened?

We had GW FG's against UNC and UConn in 09 but what about a TD? Has it been as long as I think?

That drive and the big 3rd and 4th down conversions were the most positive things for me. We just dont see Pitt do that.

The other thing was that he went to someone other tha Boyd on the 4th and 15. Similarly, on a 3rd and long on the late 2nd Q drive againsy Akron that resulted in a TD, he hooked up with Challingsworth after staring down Boyd. The play happed right in front of me, supposed to be a sideline route to Boyd for the 1st. When I saw him covered, I thought the play was over but he found Challingsworth for a critical conversion.

Funny, I could not remember when the last time Pitt blocked a kick and turn it into a Touchdown too. Lewis blocked Iowa's punt attempt and Amara did the rest, running it back 28 yards to pull the Panthers even at 17-all. This is why I am up on this Coaching Staff, they are doing things the other last 4 coaches did not do or pay attention to those details!

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

Pitt took a 35-34 lead with 3:33 left against UNC last year.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

Also tied the game against duke with 5 minutes left last yaer.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

Oddly enough, I don't recall anyone celebrating any moral victories for late game losses against either UNC or Duke last year. Maybe because the fanbase didn't invest their emotional hopes in Chryst like they have Narduzzi.

Did anyone celebrate any moral victories in the Virginia game when scored 16 unanswered second half points last year?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Pitt took a 35-34 lead with 3:33 left against UNC last year.

Yea, but that was not late enough for the purposes of my post. I was going for a late game TD which clinches either a win or OT barring a mini miracle which is what Iowa had.

The VT 03 and WVU 04 wins were also not late enough I dont think but cant remeber exactly. Plus, the VT "drive" wasnt much of a drive. It was a long Miree run, just saying. Peterman's drive was one of the most impressive we've seen.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

How about the pizza bowl when pitt kicked a field goal to take the lead with 1:17 left?

Or do you want to shift the goal posts some more so you can continue celebrating the moral victory of pitt's "impressive" late game drive?

Can we just give Narduzzi a half of a loss and a half a victory because his team played so valiantly in a loss?

Its good to know pitt is now 2.5-0.5 for the season.

 

[Panther Parrothead]

Yea, but that was not late enough for the purposes of my post. I was going for a late game TD which clinches either a win or OT barring a mini miracle which is what Iowa had.

The VT 03 and WVU 04 wins were also not late enough I dont think but cant remeber exactly. Plus, the VT "drive" wasnt much of a drive. It was a long Miree run, just saying. Peterman's drive was one of the most impressive we've seen.

I, too, loved the drive. But what happens in some of these cases, sometimes you score too quickly and leave just enough time for the opponent to mount their own drive. (Not a complaint - just an observation...) I realize that there's not much that can be done about this, but it's so "Pitt-like".

Then.....Pitt's failure to adequately cover the kickoff -- when they could've had Iowa pinned back around their own 15-yd line -- gave the Hawkeyes some "gift yardage" to make their drive even easier..

In close games, it's gaffes such as this which have been the difference between Pitt's winning and losing.

 

[colingrant2]

Oddly enough, I don't recall anyone celebrating any moral victories for late game losses against either UNC or Duke last year. Maybe because the fanbase didn't invest their emotional hopes in Chryst like they have Narduzzi.

Did anyone celebrate any moral victories in the Virginia game when scored 16 unanswered second half points last year?

Honeymoon's not over yet. Will last until end of season unless a few games are lost that shouldn't have been, in which such case, could possibly end sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving. A caveat to consider is recruiting. Should Pitt receive commitments from highly coveted targets, the honeymoon will be extended to an unspecified period. However if recruiting AND the team's record falters, annulment proceedings will commence immediately.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Honeymoon's not over yet. Will last until end of season unless a few games are lost that shouldn't have been, in which such case, could possibly end sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving. A caveat to consider is recruiting. Should Pitt receive commitments from highly coveted targets, the honeymoon will be extended to an unspecified period. However if recruiting AND the team's record falters, annulment proceedings will commence immediately.

There are no Honeymoons concerning College football Coaches, they either win or are gone, it is a zero-sum game.

Even after they bringing winning to a Program like Harris did, they have to go to the next level of 10+ Wins or are gone soon too? They have to keep winning even at a greater level once that is achieved too.

VT's Beamer and Iowa's Ferentz, have been winning over 15 years but even their fan base expect more now?

There are few exceptions like at Northwestern, Duke, and Stanford whereby they are happy with 7-8+ wins every year, and will make changes when wins do not amount to over 5 like Virginia, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest and changes will be made after 3 or 4 years.

Certain schools will not tolerate even losing 2 or 3 games a year or losing to a Rival like at Bama, Auburn, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, UTenn, USC, Oregon, Nebraska, FSU, Georgia, Notre Dame, Arkansas, A&M, Oklahoma, Texas, and a few more and they make changes necessary to correct and keep attendance coming to make money by winning 10+ game year or find another coach?

There are the schools content to win 10 games like MSU, Wisconsin, WVU, Ole Miss, Missy State, Miami, Penn State, ASU, Oregon, Baylor, TCU, OKSU, KSU, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Clemson and a number of others. This group changes with some Programs having great success for a few years and then loses their coach and goes back trying to find one again that can win 10 games.

The schools that keep searching to find coaches to win 8 to 10 games a year, like Oregon State, Washington, Arizona, Minnesota, Texas Tech, Mizzou, Washington, Boston College, Rutgers, Utah, UCLA, Maryland, NCS, UNC, Cuse, and that is where Pitt falls in that group, in my opinion. They will keep changing coaches because some come and go, and others win and then go, and tough to keep one for a long time?

Finally, the bottom feeders that just want to find a coach that wins 6 or 7 games in Football, and are happy, in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Purdue, Wake Forest, Cal, WSU, ISU, Colorado, Kansas, and then the Non-Power Conference Schools that just want to join a Power Conference in Boise, BYU, Temple, UCincy, UConn, USF, UCF, etc etc.

Pitt will be content to let Coach Pat & Staff win 7, 8 or 9 games for a while but sooner or later will want 10 wins more often. Anything less, then Coach Pat & Staff after 3 years will be on the Hot Seat unless only 2 or 3 wins happen, then the Hot Seat will be catch fire again? The question these Programs always have is when they do win 10 games do they stay long or go on their own?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

How about the pizza bowl when pitt kicked a field goal to take the lead with 1:17 left?

Or do you want to shift the goal posts some more so you can continue celebrating the moral victory of pitt's "impressive" late game drive?

Can we just give Narduzzi a half of a loss and a half a victory because his team played so valiantly in a loss?

Its good to know pitt is now 2.5-0.5 for the season.

A loss is a loss. This wasn't anywhere close to a moral victory. Iowa isnt good and any kind of loss to them is inexcusable......but the late game TD drive was so rare that that can only been seen as a positive. I mean, we're talking 10-15 years since thr last one. That's nuts.

 

[ThePanthers]

Oddly enough, I don't recall anyone celebrating any moral victories for late game losses against either UNC or Duke last year. Maybe because the fanbase didn't invest their emotional hopes in Chryst like they have Narduzzi.

Did anyone celebrate any moral victories in the Virginia game when scored 16 unanswered second half points last year?

I think losing to Akron earlier killed any of that.

 

[OriginalEther]

Oddly enough, I don't recall anyone celebrating any moral victories for late game losses against either UNC or Duke last year. Maybe because the fanbase didn't invest their emotional hopes in Chryst like they have Narduzzi.

Did anyone celebrate any moral victories in the Virginia game when scored 16 unanswered second half points last year?

I think losing to Akron earlier killed any of that.

1. Pitt fans, for whatever reason, have far more respect for Iowa than they do Duke and North Carolina.

2. This season can still end up being a very good one. I'll say it again, this team - and about 125 others - wasn't going to go 12-0.
And as ThePanthers pointed out, by the time Pitt lost to Duke and UNC, it was pretty much official that the 2014 season was going to be a lousy one.

 

[PittMBA]

Oddly enough, I don't recall anyone celebrating any moral victories for late game losses against either UNC or Duke last year. Maybe because the fanbase didn't invest their emotional hopes in Chryst like they have Narduzzi.

Did anyone celebrate any moral victories in the Virginia game when scored 16 unanswered second half points last year?

For me he biggest difference is the manner in which we lost to UNC, Duke and UVA last season vs. Iowa last weekend. Vs. UNC the defense simply could not get off the field. Pitt had multiple double digit leads and simply couldn't get stops. The Duke game was all about a bonehead coaching decision to somehow end up with a tough angle would be winning FG instead of getting to the middle of the field for a long extra point. UVA, we got down to the 1 yard line late with first and goal and ended up with procedure penalties that resulted in a FG instead of what appeared to be an easy TD. The theme in each loss was not being able to get out of our own way to win a game-- each game had an air of incompetency.

The Iowa game was just a well played game that ended with an unbelievable kick. Pitt didn't shoot themselves in the foot with procedure penalties (or penalties of any kind for that matter) or missed tackles. Other than the INT early, Pitt capitalized on it's chances to score. Players made plays.

Pitt looked like a competent major conference team that was well coached and executed what they were coached to do. In my mind, that was progress after a lot of what we saw last season.

 

[deepelemblues]

I'm pretty sure late-game TDs happened several times last year but they were in games Pitt was winning handily or games Pitt went on to lose like against UNC and Duke.

So in that sense Iowa really isn't different.

 

[geeman2001]

With Pitt coaches there are no honeymoons. Few happy endings for that matter. Looking early like Duz is no exception.

"Duzzies" like having no returner back on the key YSU kickoff, then the 4th and inches punt, are cause for turning the early jaundiced eye on his game day ability.

No coach is perfect ...many are frequently imperfect ... but those are closer to pee wee coach mistakes. And will quickly cause the honeymoon to end.

 

[ratking17]

Good question. The last time pitt won a game that it trailed at any time in the 4th quarter was the unc tire bowl. Now I believe 0-31.

Did we score a TD against WVU (Bostick perhaps) with 13-9. Not sure if it was in the 4th quarter or not

 

[OriginalEther]

Good question. The last time pitt won a game that it trailed at any time in the 4th quarter was the unc tire bowl. Now I believe 0-31.

Did we score a TD against WVU (Bostick perhaps) with 13-9. Not sure if it was in the 4th quarter or not

The TD was scored 1st drive of the 3rd quarter, after WVU fumbled the kickoff. I think the TD's that were called back happened in the 4th.

BTW, Pitt went for it 4th down in WVU territory (fake punt?) on the TD drive.

 

[ratking17]

Ok. I can't remember specifics that far back.