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Some of my thoughts on the game were---
-I agree with Laker all the way here----the new Pitt uniforms were just awesome! Unfortunately that is about all that I really liked about them. LOL. But great news that the classic look is back and has been enhanced to boot. The helmets looks great with the added blue facemask (instead of the boring gray one) and the stripe down the middle of the helmet that goes all the way down the back of the helmet. The last few years looked tacky with going only halfway down. I also loved the gold (yellow I guess) numbers. The old retros with the white numbers looked great as well but these were a nice added touch. A+ on the new duds.
-Virginia is the real deal this year and they certainly looked the part. This at least was not Youngstown State that they lost their home opener to.
-I am frustrated with Pitt's inability to attract a top-flight QB. Okay, Dan Marion or his kind is likely not coming back ever again but Pitt could do much better at the position. They have had some decent college QBs since Marino such as John Congemi, Alex Van Pelt, Tom Savage, Nate Peterman, et al. None of them overly excited too many people I doubt. I just think Pitt could do better at this position. It has been consistently mediocre the past 36 years since Marino left town. This needs to change!
-Major question marks on the game that new OC Mark Whipple called. I'm not sure why you come out passing like that with a very questionable QB. But I guess there is not much to be confident about in a revamped run game that lost both stud backs and 4/5's of a quality O-line. But as others have alluded to----receivers were open all night. The QB needs to get them the ball.
-I am rather ho-hum and meh on Narduzzi. I like him as a person and I think that Pitt could do much worse than him to be honest. But I also think they could do MUCH better than him. I'm not sure if I'm a big fan of his skill position recruiting. Paul Chryst seemed to get some much better players there----e.g. Tyler Boyd, Rushell Shell (or maybe they were even brought in by a different coach. With all the turnover in the coaching office it is hard to recall). I think that his job is pretty secure for the time being as he has done a decent job across the board. But I would not mind seeing Pitt try to land a bigger name coach. Mark Richt comes to mind.
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-I agree with Laker all the way here----the new Pitt uniforms were just awesome! Unfortunately that is about all that I really liked about them. LOL. But great news that the classic look is back and has been enhanced to boot. The helmets looks great with the added blue facemask (instead of the boring gray one) and the stripe down the middle of the helmet that goes all the way down the back of the helmet. The last few years looked tacky with going only halfway down. I also loved the gold (yellow I guess) numbers. The old retros with the white numbers looked great as well but these were a nice added touch. A+ on the new duds.
-Virginia is the real deal this year and they certainly looked the part. This at least was not Youngstown State that they lost their home opener to.
-I am frustrated with Pitt's inability to attract a top-flight QB. Okay, Dan Marion or his kind is likely not coming back ever again but Pitt could do much better at the position. They have had some decent college QBs since Marino such as John Congemi, Alex Van Pelt, Tom Savage, Nate Peterman, et al. None of them overly excited too many people I doubt. I just think Pitt could do better at this position. It has been consistently mediocre the past 36 years since Marino left town. This needs to change!
-Major question marks on the game that new OC Mark Whipple called. I'm not sure why you come out passing like that with a very questionable QB. But I guess there is not much to be confident about in a revamped run game that lost both stud backs and 4/5's of a quality O-line. But as others have alluded to----receivers were open all night. The QB needs to get them the ball.
-I am rather ho-hum and meh on Narduzzi. I like him as a person and I think that Pitt could do much worse than him to be honest. But I also think they could do MUCH better than him. I'm not sure if I'm a big fan of his skill position recruiting. Paul Chryst seemed to get some much better players there----e.g. Tyler Boyd, Rushell Shell (or maybe they were even brought in by a different coach. With all the turnover in the coaching office it is hard to recall). I think that his job is pretty secure for the time being as he has done a decent job across the board. But I would not mind seeing Pitt try to land a bigger name coach. Mark Richt comes to mind.
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