Anomaly?

[BillSU]

Or is Pitt that much better than we are.

You can say Fran Brown did everything he could to produce a new team, coaching staff, attract recruits and fans but it looked like tonight that that all came crashing down. Maybe he can't produce miracles - he needs more time.

Pitt must have, in the bye week, had us under a microscope. Our offensive line didn’t help Kyle but Kyle did not look like Kyle. 5 INT’s.

They flat outplayed us.

I hope we can put this behind us and get back to the team that won the NCST game.

Embarrassing with the entire nation watching.

 

[690West]

Yes

 

[dwilmont44]

This is Syracuse football for the last 20 years. Coaches and players change but the results stay the same.

 

[JSOrange97]

Or is Pitt that much better than we are.

You can say Fran Brown did everything he could to produce a new team, coaching staff, attract recruits and fans but it looked like tonight that that all came crashing down. Maybe he can't produce miracles - he needs more time.

Pitt must have, in the bye week, had us under a microscope. Our offensive line didn’t help Kyle but Kyle did not look like Kyle. 5 INT’s.

They flat outplayed us.

I hope we can put this behind us and get back to the team that won the NCST game.

Embarrassing with the entire nation watching.

All of it. Speaks to how far we still need to go.

 

[JustPherU]

Coaching all day won this game.Pitt looked as if they new every play we ran.

 

[orange7]

This is Syracuse football for the last 20 years. Coaches and players change but the results stay the same.

I hate that you’re right. But it’s true.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

A tipped ball INT is rare. We had three in one half. For maybe 21 points? At least 17. That’s some amazing bad breaks

 

[HRE Otto IV]

This is last year’s VA Tech game. Decent team but no where near what we saw.

 

[FrancoPizza]

A tipped ball INT is rare. We had three in one half. For maybe 21 points? At least 17. That’s some amazing bad breaks

Not bad breaks. Kyle was forcing bad throws into coverage that Pitt was sitting on. He needs to learn when to throw it away!

 

[FrancoPizza]

Combination of bad matchup, poor coaching and poor preparation.

 

[85SUAlum]

I'm beginning to dread the games we play after bye weeks

 

[JustPherU]

A tipped ball INT is rare. We had three in one half. For maybe 21 points? At least 17. That’s some amazing bad breaks

I’d argue a tipped ball interception is far from rare, but 3 is a little ridiculous

 

[Lukeyloo]

I’d argue a tipped ball interception is far from rare, but 3 is a little ridiculous

Felt like they had 11 DBs out in the secondary

 

[SU91]

It’s not really an anomaly. We are what we are. We aren’t that good. But we can beat other teams that aren’t that good either. It’s how we’ll get to six wins and a bowl.

 

[pokercuse08]

Or is Pitt that much better than we are.

Football is such a matchup sport, and they had a massive advantage in DL vs OL that we completely failed to scheme around. A couple bad breaks on the pick-6's that could have just as easily fallen incomplete put us further behind the 8 ball, forcing us to play into the disadvantage even harder.

Our defense wasn't outmatched at all, and I'd argue that with a better OL this would have been a very competitive game.

 

[JustPherU]

Felt like they had 11 DBs out in the secondary

Sure did, they knew every route we were running.
Almost like they had our playbook

 

[orange_in_VA]

Anomaly? Not in my lifetime

 

[Lukeyloo]

Sure did, they knew every route we were running.
Almost like they had our playbook

Honestly think it’s a simple as they knew if they played press coverage and overplayed the short routes that that would take away our offense. That’s all we’ve got, no ability to take deep shots and certainly no run game.

 

[FrancoPizza]

I’d argue a tipped ball interception is far from rare, but 3 is a little ridiculous

Not ridiculous when you consider how many throws were into tight coverage

 

[FrancoPizza]

Honestly think it’s a simple as they knew if they played press coverage and overplayed the short routes that that would take away our offense. That’s all we’ve got, no ability to take deep shots and certainly no run game.

Well I at least hope zeed is figuring out his personal issues because otherwise his absence is all for nothing.

 

[upperdeck]

Pitt is Better at pressure on D.

I think Pitt offense has a long way to go.

We have no explosive players that scared them and it showed.

 

[JustPherU]

Honestly think it’s a simple as they knew if they played press coverage and overplayed the short routes that that would take away our offense. That’s all we’ve got, no ability to take deep shots and certainly no run game.

Even every deep ball had a guy glued to our receivers hip, just really great defense I guess

 

[BKCuse]

Combination of bad matchup, poor coaching and poor preparation.

I’ll add bad (terrible) luck, and bad refs

 

[syrBossHogg]

Pitt had a good gameplan
McCord made some poor decisions
SU also got some bad breaks (2nd INT, RTP call after getting an INT, etc.)

 

[tbonezone]

just 6 yards rushing after sacks. (longest run was 8 yds.) 11 different targets in the passing game. 0 td's.