This sounds ridiculous to say

[Dcuse]

given the final score, but that has to be the worst offense we will see this year. I mean…..they suck. I’m demoralized by our performance.

 

[sufandu]

They had been averaging almost as many passing yards per game as us. It makes as much sense to judge their offense based on this one game as it does to conclude McCord with throw a pick six every game based on this one game.

 

[smartman]

I think I saw a stat at 31-0 that they had 83 total yards. That has to be some sort of record.

 

[elimunelson]

Reverse BC Syracuse 2004 game. We scored 40 in that game w all sorts of crazy plays

This is where Fran earns his keep . Get us 6 wins

 

[Trueblue25]

Pitts now 10-1 off byes with Narduzzi. An experienced coaching staff under hot seat pressure smacked us. Throw in tipped int’s and it was just a bad night.

It’s all about what we do after this game. I won’t care at all about the loss if we’re 6-2 after VT. We’ve got a brand new staff, we were due for a demoralizing beat down. It just sucks it came from Pitt.

 

[PhatOrange]

I’ve never seen 3 pick 6s in one game ever. That’s a first for me. Would’ve been great if we weren’t on the throwing end.

 

[orangencpolice]

I have never seen an interception where the ball floats into the defender’s hands, while he is on the ground and does not see the ball until it makes contact with his hands. Unbelievable!

 

[NJneer12]

I have never seen an interception where the ball floats into the defender’s hands, while he is on the ground and does not see the ball until it makes contact with his hands. Unbelievable!

I got a lot of texts after that play from friends. Bang bang lucky play.

2 deflections right into the mitts.

We need to do a seance at Heinz Field or something. This is nuts.

 

[anomander]

Reverse BC Syracuse 2004 game. We scored 40 in that game w all sorts of crazy plays

This is where Fran earns his keep . Get us 6 wins

6 wins? UTF? If we can only hope for 6 wins with this roster and this schedule then i give up. We aren’t improving the roster much better than this and we certainly will never have a schedule like this. If all we can hope for each year is 6 wins i’ll stop watching now.

 

[Pyle]

given the final score, but that has to be the worst offense we will see this year. I mean…..they suck. I’m demoralized by our performance.

Why is anyone judging Pitt's offense after last night? They ran like 9 plays before we were down 21-0. They didn't have to do anything. It was a clinic in this is how you don't mess up a defensive slaughter.

 

[David321]

6 wins? UTF? If we can only hope for 6 wins with this roster and this schedule then i give up. We aren’t improving the roster much better than this and we certainly will never have a schedule like this. If all we can hope for each year is 6 wins i’ll stop watching now.

You're a living legend posting on a message board after we got blown out. You're a die hard no matter what and you know it!

You are venting.

 

[upperdeck]

You dont expect every tipped ball to be picked off.

You dont expect a guy on the field to have the ball fall to him for a pick

Pitt exposed that if you over play the short pass and can create a pressure package you can cause issues.

On the flip side we still had like 4-5 long drives, several didnt lead to scores

Now if VT does the same thing we are in trouble

we also played a chunk of the game without #1 #2 and #3 WRs

 

[David321]

You dont expect every tipped ball to be picked off.

You dont expect a guy on the field to have the ball fall to him for a pick

Pitt exposed that if you over play the short pass and can create a pressure package you can cause issues.

On the flip side we still had like 4-5 long drives, several didnt lead to scores

Now if VT does the same thing we are in trouble

we also played a chunk of the game without #1 #2 and #3 WRs

VT would be crazy not to.

 

[upperdeck]

VT would be crazy not to.

If they can press coverage as well. I guess we find out.

As sad as it was. Had the picks only been INTS we might only give up 30.

We chased points again for sure.

Gasden needs to catch the TD pass, we cant drop our own PICK chances and we needed the one not called back

Offense was still on the field enough to score in the mid 20s if the game had stayed in reach and we could have just kicked FGs

 

[BomberOrange]

VT would be crazy not to.

I would hope that Nixon can scheme up a gameplan to exploit the press coverage. The film will show how its played very well against us and how it can be beat. We will see next week.

 

[Scooch]

You're a living legend posting on a message board after we got blown out. You're a die hard no matter what and you know it!

You are venting.

In fairness, this season wasn’t a tear down or a rebuild. We were a 6 win team last year. We kept all of our best returners and added a bunch of good new ones. The schedule isn’t daunting.

We should be expecting more than 6 wins.

We could have just kept Dino if the goal was 6 wins.

 

[shu 49]

I would hope that Nixon can scheme up a gameplan to exploit the press coverage. The film will show how its played very well against us and how it can be beat. We will see next week.

He knew thats what Pitt was gonna do. I did andi have 1/10 knowledge like money or any other coaches on here. P.s. the touchdowns they did score on were 3 man rushes giving qb all day to throw.

 

[Millhouse]

given the final score, but that has to be the worst offense we will see this year. I mean…..they suck. I’m demoralized by our performance.

Pitts defense was a pretty good offense ha. scored more than we averaged in 2020, 2014, (close to 2014 and 2010), 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

I get what you're saying but they might have played it pretty close to the vest with all the freebies

 

[elimunelson]

In fairness, this season wasn’t a tear down or a rebuild. We were a 6 win team last year. We kept all of our best returners and added a bunch of good new ones. The schedule isn’t daunting.

We should be expecting more than 6 wins.

We could have just kept Dino if the goal was 6 wins.

To me the schedule being so vanilla makes this so much more painful. I was not even angry last night. We need to figure out a way to beat peer programs after Columbus Day. For some reason we wilt.

McCord for all the money he's being paid has to be accountable for one of the worst QB performances i've ever seen. I hope it starts with him and he figures it out. Otherwise 6 wins will be the most we get

 

[MSOrange]

They had been averaging almost as many passing yards per game as us. It makes as much sense to judge their offense based on this one game as it does to conclude McCord with throw a pick six every game based on this one game.

Exactly and I'm sure that their defense kept scoring impacted how they ran the offense.

 

[FrancoPizza]

McCord for all the money he's being paid has to be accountable for one of the worst QB performances i've ever seen. I hope it starts with him and he figures it out. Otherwise 6 wins will be the most we get

someone just needs to tell him this isn’t Tecmo Bowl. You don’t HAVE to throw to a receiver if they’re covered. You can throw it away or heck just take a sack.

 

[Scooch]

To me the schedule being so vanilla makes this so much more painful. I was not even angry last night. We need to figure out a way to beat peer programs after Columbus Day. For some reason we wilt.

McCord for all the money he's being paid has to be accountable for one of the worst QB performances i've ever seen. I hope it starts with him and he figures it out. Otherwise 6 wins will be the most we get

Yeah, I wasn't angry either. We've seen this movie far too many times to get upset anymore.

I suspect the reason we wilt is because we're not as good as our peer programs. Our record sure doesn't stack up to theirs, and I've found that's a good way of determining performance.

Also, side note about your money comment... I don't hold back on criticizing the hell out of college players anymore. They're basically professionals at this point. And in my mind pros can deal with fan criticism.

 

[anomander]

You're a living legend posting on a message board after we got blown out. You're a die hard no matter what and you know it!

You are venting.

No, truly, if 6 wins is what we shoot for i’ll hang it up. We’ve had countless beatings over the years but i never stopped watching at halftime. Last night i did.

Look at the current polls.
Iowa St
BYU
Pitt
Navy
Army
Vanderbilt
SMU
Boise St

We’re the only program that come out of byes worse. I was looking at the positives going into the Pitt game. They were 5-1 and haven’t even come close to playing a ceiling game. We won based on talent. I don’t see the team improving. In some facets even regressing. You have to capitalize on seasons like this because we all know the excuses next year will be we played Tennessee, Notre Dame, Clemson, @Miami, @SMU, @GT, UNC, Pitt.

 

[bigmike]

8 is the mark in my mind. Still can get there - no reason to panic.

 

[kcsu]

Pitts now 10-1 off byes with Narduzzi. An experienced coaching staff under hot seat pressure smacked us. Throw in tipped int’s and it was just a bad night.

It’s all about what we do after this game. I won’t care at all about the loss if we’re 6-2 after VT. We’ve got a brand new staff, we were due for a demoralizing beat down. It just sucks it came from Pitt.

same as coach P who when given time almost always won