Looks like Pitt will be hosting their QB target in a couple of weeks.
Way OT- Pitt offers a QB
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He's known for his big arm. Recent video of off season training shows a quick, compact release
I know you spend way too much time watching B1G football and maybe that's jaded your perceptions of what a good QB looks like. Please explain.
I didn’t say or intend to imply anything one way or the other about the QB-he looks to have a nice arm and he moves well for a a big kid. That’s about all that anyone can discern from a clip like that. The offense that team appears to be running-a spread with vertical elements ala Baylor in the Briles era—would be a major improvement over the antiquated run-heavy Pro set our head coach seems to favor-and a lot more fun for the skill players in it. Other than Canada’s one season we have been running one of the least dynamic, most lackluster offenses in D1 football.
If we were running something like what this kid’s team is running, we might have a little easier time attracting some good skill position recruits. It would be a whole helluva lot more fun to watch.
As for your snide comment, I know enough to understand that you can’t identify a player’s talent level based on a 2 minute high school highlight clip.
But since you went there....If highlight clips told the story, Touchdown Tommy MacVittie would have been an all-American by now. I’ll use the offer sheet as the better barometer every time. This kid, like all players who have recruiting profiles, has been looked at and evaluated by a whole bunch of professional talent evaluators-college assistants. He has like 3 P5 offers. Lame ones at that. So just maybe he’s not the second coming of Peyton Manning based on a 2 minutes high school highlight clip and the gushings of a known Pitt message board slappy who wouldn’t know the first thing about grading out a high school QB prospect.
One more thing-on your B10 QB remark-you do realize the #1 and 2 GOATs of all time were B10 players, right?
And I’m sure you’d have been bashing them as overrated bums while they were playing for their respective B10 schools.
Peyton Manning? Joe Montana? Dan Marino? Aaron Rodgers? John Elway?
Brady is the best, but #2 isn’t from the Big 10.
Pryor definitely played in the Big10.
Here's an look at it from a non- B1G homer point of view.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/touchd...2/28/top-25-nfl-quarterbacks-of-all-time/amp/
I will cede this point. 2 decades ago the B1G had a couple of good QBs. Brady wasn't the NFL version of Brady in college. Drew was very good.
I love how B1G fans live in their little bubble.
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Easy easy. Let's at least wait until the first quarter of game 1 before trashing Whipples offense to hell. 
I think you'd have enough trouble finding anyone of note who would put Brees in the top 5 QBs of all time.
https://247sports.com/player/mason-garcia-46056582/
Ranked 363 overall in the composite rankings now. He would be Pitt's highest ranked QB recruit since Pat Bostick, I believe.
Ranked 363 overall in the composite rankings now. He would be Pitt's highest ranked QB recruit since Pat Bostick, I believe.
Without digging too far, and using your preferred metric of 24/7 composites, Chad Voytik, Travon Chapman, Nate Peterman "not pleased".
And if he signs with Pitt on LOI day.
Until then, he's just another guy out there. Hopefully we are shooting higher than him for the most important position on the team.
You do realize that the only team that stopped Pitts run game the past 2 years was Pitt right? Clemson didn't even stop it. For some unknown reason our OC decided to put the ball in one of the worst QBs in D1 football too many times over the past 2 years in Denucci and Pickette. If Pitt would have held true to runing the ball like they win more games last couple years and the ones they did lose, they would have made it more interesting.
I will take it one step further. There has never been a better time in the history of football to play power running football. Defenses have gotten smaller because the spread. Go double tight Power I and jam the ball down these small defenders throats, should be the mindset.
You do realize that the only team that stopped Pitts run game the past 2 years was Pitt right?
Do you actually believe this?
Let's just use the Clemson game you referenced as an example. Ran for 191 yards--on 50 carries. Faced 3rd and longs all day. converted 3 of 17 on 3rd down. Had 10 more minutes of possession than Clemson. Had 8 3-and-outs. Threw for 8 yards. Lost by 32 points, probably could've been 50 if Clemson wanted or needed to throw it.
You are pulling the numbers without actually remembering what actually happened.
A) Clemson had 3 sacks and that counted against rush yards.
B) Including the 3 sacks Pickette ran it 11times (0.8 ypc) and Hall ran it 14 times (6.1 ypc) and Ollison 13 Times (4.3 ypc). Take away 5 of those Pitckette runs and give it to either of those 2 and maybe a few more drives stay alive and who knows what else happens. Plus 16 pass attempts was 12 too many for how bad the pass game was that night.
C) Not all Pitt run plays are equal. I stated since the Penn St game that Pitt was a straight down hill power football team. What did they do all season? Tried to run RPO which got little gains if not out right stuffed all season including the Clemson game. Go re-watch if you don't believe me, anytime they ran straight at them was nice gains. Even the jet sweep did not work that great this year.
D) I never said that Pitt would have one the game against Clemson or any other game they lost, but they could have put up a better fight and better numbers if they stayed true to themselves.
In summary, yes I believe it Pitt stopped itself more than the other team did. And I believe even more of what you did not quote me on. There has never been a better time to be a Power run team then right now because defenses are not built to stop it anymore.
