Wow Jeff Schultz(GT sports writer from AJC) gives Pitt no credit for the win

[PittPoker]

Here is part of his article:

The Yellow Jackets lost another game Saturday, this one 31-28 to Pittsburgh. Grading defeats? This one was close. It was decided by an unlikely 56-yard field goal with 1:11 left. Know what? It should never have come down to that.

Pitt is 5-1. But its previous wins came over Youngstown State, Akron, Virginia Tech and Virginia, so let’s not wax on about how good Pitt is. This is a team Tech should be good enough to beat, especially at home, especially given its desperate situation, just as it should have been good enough to beat Duke and North Carolina. Win those three games and the Jackets are sitting today at 5-2 with road losses at Notre Dame and Clemson. Instead, they’re 2-5 and circling the drain, with no realistic hopes of a bowl game or maybe even getting out of last place in the ACC Coastal.


SCREW THIS GUY AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON!!

 

[rpastir]

What a stupid article.

"Win those three games and the Jackets are sitting today at 5-2"

Really!?

 

[jaebree422]

Come on you guys we know the pain he feels but doesn't it feel good to be 5 - 1 and not crying about how bad our team sucks!

 

[Ambst95]

I don't think he slights Pitt at all. We've beaten the bottom half of our division. His only illusion is the fact GT is in that half and the 3 teams they lost to are not.

Georgia Tech should be good enough to avoid losing 5 straight. They just aren't. That's because they've played 5 better coaches/talented teams. That's a hard pill to swallow, just as it's been for us in the past when we've had high expectations and seen the world crash down around us.

 

[FreeportPanther]

Here is part of his article:

The Yellow Jackets lost another game Saturday, this one 31-28 to Pittsburgh. Grading defeats? This one was close. It was decided by an unlikely 56-yard field goal with 1:11 left. Know what? It should never have come down to that.

Pitt is 5-1. But its previous wins came over Youngstown State, Akron, Virginia Tech and Virginia, so let’s not wax on about how good Pitt is. This is a team Tech should be good enough to beat, especially at home, especially given its desperate situation, just as it should have been good enough to beat Duke and North Carolina. Win those three games and the Jackets are sitting today at 5-2 with road losses at Notre Dame and Clemson. Instead, they’re 2-5 and circling the drain, with no realistic hopes of a bowl game or maybe even getting out of last place in the ACC Coastal.


SCREW THIS GUY AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON!!

Sounds like one of your regular posts, Justin!

 

[plcp]

I wish Pittsburgh had writers that stuck up for the home team

 

[ratking17]

What he says is correct but for us actually watching the games, we know our team is really good. But his premise is GT should be better which is also correct

 

[Delpanther]

Well, articles like this will continue to provide motivation to a team that's learning how to win. We have plenty of opportunities left on the schedule to prove ourselves and make believers out of people. All things in good time......

 

[Las Panteras]

This is nothing more than pure frustration by the writer that covers this team. Heck....maybe the guy went to school there.

Not a slight at Pitt as much as it is frustration with a team who had high expectations in the pre-season.

 

[wbrpanther]

Here is part of his article:

The Yellow Jackets lost another game Saturday, this one 31-28 to Pittsburgh. Grading defeats? This one was close. It was decided by an unlikely 56-yard field goal with 1:11 left. Know what? It should never have come down to that.

Pitt is 5-1. But its previous wins came over Youngstown State, Akron, Virginia Tech and Virginia, so let’s not wax on about how good Pitt is. This is a team Tech should be good enough to beat, especially at home, especially given its desperate situation, just as it should have been good enough to beat Duke and North Carolina. Win those three games and the Jackets are sitting today at 5-2 with road losses at Notre Dame and Clemson. Instead, they’re 2-5 and circling the drain, with no realistic hopes of a bowl game or maybe even getting out of last place in the ACC Coastal.


SCREW THIS GUY AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON!!

Classic "if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle" mentality.

 

[Pitt-Chains]

I don't think he slights Pitt at all. We've beaten the bottom half of our division. His only illusion is the fact GT is in that half and the 3 teams they lost to are not.

Georgia Tech should be good enough to avoid losing 5 straight. They just aren't. That's because they've played 5 better coaches/talented teams. That's a hard pill to swallow, just as it's been for us in the past when we've had high expectations and seen the world crash down around us.

Agree, no shots at PITT, shots at GT.

 

[YourPittDanceTeam]

Here is part of his article:

The Yellow Jackets lost another game Saturday, this one 31-28 to Pittsburgh. Grading defeats? This one was close. It was decided by an unlikely 56-yard field goal with 1:11 left. Know what? It should never have come down to that.

Pitt is 5-1. But its previous wins came over Youngstown State, Akron, Virginia Tech and Virginia, so let’s not wax on about how good Pitt is. This is a team Tech should be good enough to beat, especially at home, especially given its desperate situation, just as it should have been good enough to beat Duke and North Carolina. Win those three games and the Jackets are sitting today at 5-2 with road losses at Notre Dame and Clemson. Instead, they’re 2-5 and circling the drain, with no realistic hopes of a bowl game or maybe even getting out of last place in the ACC Coastal.


SCREW THIS GUY AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON!!

This guy sounds like the Ron Cook of Atlanta.

 

[crharris8892]

Turn it around and if GT won, then it would have been the same argument that GT isn't good because they barely beat a team whose wins were YSU, Akron, VaTech, Virginia. This sounds about as amateurish as any fan blog right after a loss, but I get his frustration.

 

[Franb]

I don't think he slights Pitt at all. We've beaten the bottom half of our division. His only illusion is the fact GT is in that half and the 3 teams they lost to are not.

Georgia Tech should be good enough to avoid losing 5 straight. They just aren't. That's because they've played 5 better coaches/talented teams. That's a hard pill to swallow, just as it's been for us in the past when we've had high expectations and seen the world crash down around us.

Since we do not have Smizik to complain about any longer, we have to search for slights from out of town writers.

 

[CUTIGER91]

It's a miracle that the AJC even WROTE about the game. They are huge SEC homers and only write about GT b/c they are in Atlanta so they kinda' have to write about them.

Y'all are having a great season so far. Love Narduzzi. He seems like a class guy who is doing things the right way.

I'd love for Pitt to take control of the Coastal.

HTP

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

A few thoughts:

1) As PLCP said, "I wish we had some writers who support the home team".
2) But was he, because in that paragraph was a lot of Ron Cook. GT should have won. They were ranked coming into this season, they were home, they were desperate. And they lost.
3) Denouncing our schedule and wins was not fair and did not tell the whole story. First off, the writer discounts "Pitting" and acknowledging in years past we would not have won those games, secondly, he doesn't mention they were on the road, and finally, didn't mention the one loss was AT Iowa who is 7-0 on a last second FG that likely should have never come to that.
4) Who cares, we are 5-1. It is nice to see another school sitting there on Sunday AM's trying their best "wtf" analysis and licking their wounds.
5) Georgia Tech as a program is the Southern version of Pitt.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

I think he got it right, Pitt and Georgia Tech are very even, both have Very Good Coaches that coach up their Players. GT played a tougher schedule so far. Pitt won by 3 but the Game was close all game long. I consider it a compliment Pitt beat GT in a close win, and barely lost to Iowa. This is first year Coach Narduzzi and compared to Graham and Chryst first years, far better. Pitt did OK and both Teams and Programs have Very Good Coaches.

Very game Pitt has this year has been tough and a struggle with a new coaches and new systems and all close wins and 1 lost, and Pitt has to play one play and one game at a time. Season toughest part is still facing Pitt? Why bitch about reality that improving Pitt Football every day this season?

Pitt Coach Pat & Staff & Players have 6 Games done, at 5-1, and 6 to come, those are facts and the reality of Pitt in 2015.

Every game except Akron has been close and needed Pitt defense to keep the win at the last series and Pitt did it? Cuse, UNC, Notre Dame, DUKE, ULou, and Miami are not easy wins either.

When Pitt becomes a Top 25 Ranked every year for 10 Years, then expectations should change and an article like this should be condemned but right now, Pitt is working on that goal, one play, one game, and one year at a time for 10 years too?

I am excited Pitt coaching Staff have been able to coach up the Defense and Special Teams, but Pitt needs to win against Top 25 Competition too, and that is coming, but not there just yet?

 

[PittPoker]

A few thoughts:

1) As PLCP said, "I wish we had some writers who support the home team".
2) But was he, because in that paragraph was a lot of Ron Cook. GT should have won. They were ranked coming into this season, they were home, they were desperate. And they lost.
3) Denouncing our schedule and wins was not fair and did not tell the whole story. First off, the writer discounts "Pitting" and acknowledging in years past we would not have won those games, secondly, he doesn't mention they were on the road, and finally, didn't mention the one loss was AT Iowa who is 7-0 on a last second FG that likely should have never come to that.
4) Who cares, we are 5-1. It is nice to see another school sitting there on Sunday AM's trying their best "wtf" analysis and licking their wounds.
5) Georgia Tech as a program is the Southern version of Pitt.

Exactly recruits - totally agree. I get it that the guy is upset that GT lost but we are not doormats and to act like they "should have won" is absurd. Also bringing up our "weak" schedule in his eyes without mentioning the 3 point loss to an undefeated Iowa team by a miracle field goal lessens his credibility imo.

 

[Farnox]

Classic "if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle" mentality.

My thoughts exactly. You can go all day with the " if we catch that pass here or get that stop there" analysis in every game.

 

[Pittx9]

This guy sounds like the Ron Cook of Atlanta.

Spot on. Pitt has had teams, just like last year, with bad records but in all reality were close to winning most. So what? They didn't. This guy is a complete moron. Tech should be able to handle Duke and UNC? At best I'll give him they should have been close games. It's not like they are teams that Tech should just roll over. They're every bit as good if not better than Tech. And I really don't care if he doesn't think Pitt is good, we beat Tech.

 

[thebadby2]

Here is part of his article:

The Yellow Jackets lost another game Saturday, this one 31-28 to Pittsburgh. Grading defeats? This one was close. It was decided by an unlikely 56-yard field goal with 1:11 left. Know what? It should never have come down to that.

Pitt is 5-1. But its previous wins came over Youngstown State, Akron, Virginia Tech and Virginia, so let’s not wax on about how good Pitt is. This is a team Tech should be good enough to beat, especially at home, especially given its desperate situation, just as it should have been good enough to beat Duke and North Carolina. Win those three games and the Jackets are sitting today at 5-2 with road losses at Notre Dame and Clemson. Instead, they’re 2-5 and circling the drain, with no realistic hopes of a bowl game or maybe even getting out of last place in the ACC Coastal.


SCREW THIS GUY AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON!!

He is absolutely correct that we are 5-1 against a weak schedule, we haven't beaten a good team, and that Pitt is the kind of team GT should be good enough to beat at home. But apparently, they aren't good enough to beat us at home-in fact, at 2-5, and ranked near the bottom of the ACC in a lot of statistical categories, they simply aren't very good, period.

We are winning, which is all that matters, but let's not get carried away about the quality of the teams we've defeated. We aren't the greatest team on earth, but what is really encouraging is we keep finding a way to get it done, to make the plays at the end that lead to a win, not a loss. That makes this Pitt team different than any we've had in a very long time, and I give Narduzzi all the credit for that. The players have bought in and they're playing as a team, for each other, expecting to win every time they take the field.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

2) But was he, because in that paragraph was a lot of Ron Cook. GT should have won. They were ranked coming into this season, they were home, they were desperate. And they lost.

They were also the favorite in the game yesterday. Which means that theoretically they "should have" won.

I'd go a step further and say that Goergia Tech IS good enough to beat Pitt, Duke and North Carolina. But they didn't play well enough to beat any of them. I didn't read the article, but that would be something worth exploring (if you are writing from a Georgia Tech perspective). Why is it that Georgia Tech keeps losing to teams that they probably should be beating? Before yesterday their quarterback had played rather poorly, given the expectations of him coming into the season. Why is that? Georgia Tech's defense has given up at least 30 points in all five games they have lost in a row. Why is that? And so on.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

He is absolutely correct that we are 5-1 against a weak schedule, we haven't beaten a good team, and that Pitt is the kind of team GT should be good enough to beat at home. But apparently, they aren't good enough to beat us at home-in fact, at 2-5, and ranked near the bottom of the ACC in a lot of statistical categories, they simply aren't very good, period. We are winning, which is all that matters, but let's not get carried away about the quality of the teams we've defeated. We aren't the greatest team on earth, but what is really encouraging is we keep finding a way to get it done, to make the plays at the end that lead to a win, not a loss. That makes this Pitt team different than any we've had in a very long time, and I give Narduzzi all the credit for that. The players have bought in and they're playing as a team, for each other, expecting to win every time they take the field.

Agree, You Are Spot On and Reality Is Nice & Let Our Posters Understand Coach Pat & Staff & Pitt Players Win The Games Because Pitt Program Needs Far More Rebuilding!

Brick By Brick Every Play, Every Game With Every Recruit Into Every Player Made Better As Taught By The Coaching!

Pitt Still Has So Much To Do And So little Done!

 

[Pittx9]

I'd go a step further and say that Goergia Tech IS good enough to beat Pitt, Duke and North Carolina.

The way you say it just sounds much better. GT is a very talented team and has one of the toughest offenses in the country still, despite the losses. But this guy just made it sound like Georgia Tech handed every single game away and there's absolutely no way they should ever lose to these teams. I think the simple fact is, Georgia Tech has just flat out lost to another good team every week. They've had a brutal schedule so far.

 

[pitt-girl]

Spot on. Pitt has had teams, just like last year, with bad records but in all reality were close to winning most. So what? They didn't. This guy is a complete moron. Tech should be able to handle Duke and UNC? At best I'll give him they should have been close games. It's not like they are teams that Tech should just roll over. They're every bit as good if not better than Tech. And I really don't care if he doesn't think Pitt is good, we beat Tech.

Yeah - what I took from that is the writer just basically trashed the Coastal since Pitt, Duke and UNC currently sit on top.

 

[WCSordill]

The way you say it just sounds much better. GT is a very talented team and has one of the toughest offenses in the country still, despite the losses. But this guy just made it sound like Georgia Tech handed every single game away and there's absolutely no way they should ever lose to these teams. I think the simple fact is, Georgia Tech has just flat out lost to another good team every week. They've had a brutal schedule so far.

It just goes to show you that there is a fine line between losing and finding ways to win. We have seen much more of the latter this year than we are accustomed to.

 

[Pittx9]

Yeah - what I took from that is the writer just basically trashed the Coastal since Pitt, Duke and UNC currently sit on top.

Yes, as the other poster noted, very Ron Cook like. A good Georgia Tech team losing week in and week out to other good teams, but still has to gloat about how good they are and bring up crazy hypothetical reasons as to why they lost and try to spin it as they're still a good team. But somehow the teams lost to aren't any good? Just a poorly written article if anything.

 

[Zeldas Greenhouse]

I still would say the VT win was a very good win. VT battled tOSU until their QB went down, blew away Purdue on the road then lost a tough game to ECU. The Pitt game came after the ECU loss and you would think VT would be an angry team at home. Pitt physically beat the snot out of them. The score didn't indicate the physical beating VT took because Pitt was still working the kinks out of the offense. VT was a good win.

 

[MajorMajors]

They were also the favorite in the game yesterday. Which means that theoretically they "should have" won.

I'd go a step further and say that Goergia Tech IS good enough to beat Pitt, Duke and North Carolina. But they didn't play well enough to beat any of them. I didn't read the article, but that would be something worth exploring (if you are writing from a Georgia Tech perspective). Why is it that Georgia Tech keeps losing to teams that they probably should be beating? Before yesterday their quarterback had played rather poorly, given the expectations of him coming into the season. Why is that? Georgia Tech's defense has given up at least 30 points in all five games they have lost in a row. Why is that? And so on.

FIRE PAUL JOHNSON!!!!

(Then we wouldn't have to play that confounded option game any more...)

Go Pitt.

 

[Panther Parrothead]

He's a writer who, at least in this case, sounds like a frustrated fanboy.

Looking at it from his point-of-view, the pundits had GT as the favorite to win the Costal, but here they are - laying the biggest of eggs. As Pitt fans, we all should be familiar with that situation.

 

[deepelemblues]

Hey Schultzie GT's wins are against Alcorn State and who the hell even remembers the other one. So maybe talking about how other teams haven't beaten anyone good is a bit dumb.