Week 8 Depth Chart / Injury Update for Pitt

[NineOneSeven]

Last season appears more and more to be a very odd and anomaly filled season (not many key injuries, unusual amount of turnovers by the defense, almost perfect special teams, seniors in key positions, and some lucky bounces).

 

[cuseguy]

Have to start wondering if a few of the injured will play again this year. Maybe a few games at the end perhaps to save their RS.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Have to start wondering if a few of the injured will play again this year. Maybe a few games at the end perhaps to save their RS.

Cisco and Iffy have already played 3 games.

McKinley might be 3 and a bowl.

I doubt we see Heckel the rest of the season.

 

[orange_in_VA]

Have to start wondering if a few of the injured will play again this year. Maybe a few games at the end perhaps to save their RS.

If I'm remembering correctly only Williams and Cisco still have redshirts available

 

[cuseguy]

If I'm remembering correctly only Williams and Cisco still have redshirts available

Believe you’re correct. Maybe Heckel gets a medical RS. Iffy? Who knows. He’s now missed 9 games over the last two seasons.

 

[Chip]

Yawn.
Zzzzzzzz....

 

[AAM62]

Cisco and Iffy have already played 3 games.

McKinley might be 3 and a bowl.

I doubt we see Heckel the rest of the season.

doesnt a bowl count as a new season a la the transfers playing last year?

 

[PhatOrange]

Have to start wondering if a few of the injured will play again this year. Maybe a few games at the end perhaps to save their RS.

There is still half a season left.

Might as well sit on Bear though until the last 4.

 

[JeremyCuse]

doesnt a bowl count as a new season a la the transfers playing last year?

Only from a transfer standpoint, form a RS standpoint that still counts as a game toward that season.

 

[JeremyCuse]

There is still half a season left.

Might as well sit on Bear though until the last 4.

He isn't cleared yet or apparently close so that wont be a problem.

 

[Chip]

There is still half a season left.

Might as well sit on Bear though until the last 4.

Two of the 4 have already used a redshirt, so if anything might as well start submitting the paperwork for the 6th year. You can decide later if you want to use it or not.

 

[PAcuse]

Medical red shirts are not easy to get
1. Must prove the player was injured for the first red shirt
2. An athlete must not have participated in more than three contests or 30 percent of their season schedule (whichever is greater) and not after the halfway point of the season (based on the number of contests rather than a particular date).

If Iffy does not return I believe he was hurt his RS season, Heckel not sure if he was or was not.

 

[Chip]

Medical red shirts are not easy to get
1. Must prove the player was injured for the first red shirt
2. An athlete must not have participated in more than three contests or 30 percent of their season schedule (whichever is greater) and not after the halfway point of the season (based on the number of contests rather than a particular date).

If Iffy does not return I believe he was hurt his RS season, Heckel not sure if he was or was not.

That's what the creative writing team is for.

 

[orangeinohio]

Soon after Heckel got hurt in Week 1, there was speculation that he might play against Maryland. Then, there was speculation he might play against Clemson.

How did he go from having an outside shot at playing in Week 2 and Week 3 to possibly being done for the season?

 

[rrlbees]

I've been saying this for weeks. Is Duerig that bad? I don't get it

Duerig missed a lot of time and I am sure he’s well behind in many ways.

 

[Cuse'91]

Soon after Heckel got hurt in Week 1, there was speculation that he might play against Maryland. Then, there was speculation he might play against Clemson.

How did he go from having an outside shot at playing in Week 2 and Week 3 to possibly being done for the season?

Maybe Jim Boeheim was the injury evaluator?

 

[Orijinal]

Put Duerig at center move Serva to tackle sit Vet or Alex. Serva is way too light at center. He gets blown up and doesn't allow Tommy to step up. Duerig has 55 pounds on Serva.

I like this idea very much ...as well as the reasoning behind it

 

[007]

Soon after Heckel got hurt in Week 1, there was speculation that he might play against Maryland. Then, there was speculation he might play against Clemson.

How did he go from having an outside shot at playing in Week 2 and Week 3 to possibly being done for the season?

Maybe...that was done, you know, intentionally. Why give out any more information than you have to help the other team game plan?

I don't know how effective that strategy is; but it has consistently been the case for as long as DB has been here.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Maybe...that was done, you know, intentionally. Why give out any more information than you have to help the other team game plan?

I don't know how effective that strategy is; but it has consistently been the case for as long as DB has been here.

Yeah.

Coaches are weirdos that way.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

doesnt a bowl count as a new season a la the transfers playing last year?

A bowl game played during the 2018 season counts towards the 2018 season.

A bowl played during the 2019 season counts towards 2019.

 

[007]

Yeah.

Coaches are weirdos that way.

Yeah. And apparently they are also too dumb or stubborn to consider the possibility of playing other OL.

I get it, it's a message board and part of the fun is speculating about this kind of stuff. But to think that the staff hasn't thought long and hard, and tested playing different combinations is just silly.

 

[AAM62]

I think Dino is being Tuckered with some of these guys.

 

[orangeinohio]

Maybe...that was done, you know, intentionally. Why give out any more information than you have to help the other team game plan?

I don't know how effective that strategy is; but it has consistently been the case for as long as DB has been here.

Yeah, I understand that Dino doesn't like to give out too much info to make it difficult for your opponent to get ready for the game.

My point is/was that no one is even pretending anymore with Heckel.
You don't hear that same speculation that you did earlier in the season.

 

[GreekFreak]

Maybe...that was done, you know, intentionally. Why give out any more information than you have to help the other team game plan?

I don't know how effective that strategy is; but it has consistently been the case for as long as DB has been here.

It's about as effective as not opening up our play book for the first couple of games to save something for ACC play.

 

[GoSU96]

Last season appears more and more to be a very odd and anomaly filled season (not many key injuries, unusual amount of turnovers by the defense, almost perfect special teams, seniors in key positions, and some lucky bounces).

yeah 10 win seasons are an anomaly, so let’s start tearing down the guy that has achieved the only one since 2001, just like the know nothings ripped the guy who got 3 of them, or the guy that got the only two winning seasons in between.