2024-2025 Pitt Super Panthers Sports Thread

[Morkle]

When does Pitt get to treat Narduzzi like they did coach W. This guys just sucks the life out of everything.

[dodint]

He is the only reason I'm not all in on Pitt fandom. Dude is repellent.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

When does Pitt get to treat Narduzzi like they did coach W. This guys just sucks the life out of everything.

Wanny had a few too many players throwing guys through windows on the south side

[willeyeam]

They can't afford to run duzz out yet even if that's what everyone wanted

[willeyeam]

If they run it back with Holstein and Dez and grab a decent wr and OL in the offseason and still disappoint in Bell's second year, I'm all the way off the Duzz train. Don't love the guy, but we've had worse and he's brought us some good times that we haven't had in a long time. Like it or not he's earned himself a little leeway I think

Which I guess is my way of saying the leeway is gone now, gotta win in 2025

[shafnutz05]

That was a fun watch (I only caught from halftime on), but man, how did Narduzzi kick a FG on the 1.

[Stoosh]

I didn't expect to take all that much away from one bowl game, especially given that Pitt's roster was so depleted. This was basically an exhibition game.

That said, I also didn't expect Dugger to look as good as he did. He didn't set the world on fire by any means, but he mostly looked very comfortable and poised. Other than one really bad throw where he didn't see the DT drop into coverage, he didn't look overwhelmed. He made some really heady plays in the pocket and some of this throws stood out. The TD throws to Overman and Williams were good, accurate throws. On Williams's TD, he had to step up in the pocket and thread that pass in between two defenders, and he executed it pretty much to perfection. When he was in, the offense looked as dynamic as it has in months. Maybe that was due in large part to his mobility. As it was with Holstein earlier in the year, maybe this offense just runs a lot more effectively when you have a QB that can pull it down and take off.

Dugger's play yesterday makes me wonder again about the coaching staff and their ability to evaluate their own players. I'd love to know what exactly they saw during practices that made them think Lynch was the better option. Even moreso, where the hell was this package with Dugger during the second half of the season? I get going to Yarnell after Holstein went down, but the offense struggled against just about everyone in that second half, a situation that was made worse by injuries to Mumpfield, Lee, Carter, and Derrick Davis. They went into the BC game with basically two RBs on the gameday roster, and you've had presumably a whole season's worth of practice seeing Dugger in practice, even in limited reps. You couldn't have put this package in place for that game? Or during any of those games down the stretch when the offense was struggling to do anything?

I'm not saying Dugger would have saved the season. But this kid is one of your scholarship QBs, really the only other QB on the roster who brings the same type of dual-threat athleticism that Holstein did and going into yesterday, he was still sitting behind a pro-style walk-on who was floating every single ball he threw. It bothers me that it took this long for them to put this kid into a game. I hate to make too much of it, but it's just another thing with this coaching staff that irritated me about this season.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

CB97HCPN seemed to be rewarding lynch with playing time during the regular season due to good practice habits. Narduzzi said as much when explaining why diffenbach never played.

I mean I get that line of thinking, you want to recognize effort, but if someone has zero talent and max effort can they help you win ballgames?

Other thoughts:


Defensive line looked totally ineffective against a MAC offensive line

Narduzzi was schizophrenic in terms of being agressive. Running the ball nonstop when you over a minute left and two timeouts in regulation? Then not trying a long shot field goal? Then overtime comes and the first play out of the gate is a shot at the end zone? And a trick play involving a TE and a DL? And then a field goal from the 1?

Dudes been a head coach for a decade and can’t figure out if he wants to be a gunslinger or old time 3 yards and a cloud of dust.

Toledo’s top two receivers combined for 20 catches in about 280 yards. Yet another game where the opposing coach understands Narduzzi’s defense and picks it apart.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

This whole season is/was stupid. In his "Morning Pitt" episode this morning on YouTube, Peak said something along the lines of "injuries obviously played a role but it still feels like they mostly blew the Clemson game, the Virginia game, and the BC game, so that would've been 10 wins." I think it's the first time I went from "Hey, that's just Pitt being Pitt" to honestly pissed about how this season ended.

A couple pages ago but I thought I’d follow up and say I agree

College football usually has a half dozen or so teams that are really physically more talented than everyone else. Teams seven through 45 are roughly equal in terms of talent. records four teams seven through 45at the end of the year generally depend on a few bounces here and there during the season. Pitt started the season with a seven game win streak because a few bounces went their way. They had a chance to be among the best of the rest until Eli got hurt. They still had a chance to have a really good season even with bad offensive line and QB play

the Clemson Virginia and Boston College games were terrible losses and really unfortunate because Pitt needs any sort of momentum they can find instead we’re seven and six and once again a laughing stock not all that different from the seven and seven season when Pitt played in the ACC championship

[Troy Loney]

The refs should’ve forfeited the game and gave it to Toledo after they kicked that overtime FG at the goal line

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

The refs should’ve forfeited the game and gave it to Toledo after they kicked that overtime FG at the goal line

Pitt got the ball back with two timeouts and 1:45 left at the end of regulation. Ran the ball like 6 times and only had two pass attempts. Gutless.

[willeyeam]

Eli back

Sincere Edwards gone

So far he's the only real loss, and it that's all it ends up being, I'd call it a win on the retention front

[dodint]

Nardouchey catching **** on the socials for running away from the handshake. Class as always.

[Joegap]

Didn't Narduzzi have a complete piss baby meltdown when someone did shake his hand, or barely shook it?

[willeyeam]

Kyle Louis is back

[willeyeam]

Didn't Narduzzi have a complete piss baby meltdown when someone did shake his hand, or barely shook it?

Yes against GT, breaking news he's an emotional hypocrite sometimes

[Stoosh]

Biles also just announced that he's back.

[willeyeam]

retention was pretty good I'd say. go buy a couple linemen on both sides of the ball and a WR now

[Stoosh]

Ryland Gandy and Tamarion Crumpley both to the portal today.

Gandy would be the biggest loss of the portal to this point. He started all year. Crumpley was in the two-deep at corner all year and would have certainly been in that mix again. These each have to be NIL-related.

The new AD has his work cut out for him when it comes to fund-raising. Alliance412 can hit up the average fans and students all they want, but unless they and the athletic department start bringing in some big-time donors, this is how it's going to be for Pitt going forward.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Welp there goes the depth at the one position with depth on the team

Gandy should have stuck around, he was on the path to be the next cb drafted. Lots of reasons to bash narduzzi but the guy does get defensive backs into the nfl

[Joegap]

Volleyball lost Torrey Stafford to the portal

[Stoosh]

Welp there goes the depth at the one position with depth on the team

Gandy should have stuck around, he was on the path to be the next cb drafted. Lots of reasons to bash narduzzi but the guy does get defensive backs into the nfl

I agree.

I'll be interested to see where Gandy winds up. I'm guessing he gets the same sort of thing that drew Deshields to A&M. You could start at Pitt for another year and work your way into a 2nd-day or 3rd-day NFL draft pick. Or you can take what will likely be a reduced role at a bigger P4 program for an NIL check that will be on par with or even better than your NFL signing bonus and maybe even your first-year salary.

[Dickie Dunn]

The new AD has his work cut out for him when it comes to fund-raising. Alliance412 can hit up the average fans and students all they want, but unless they and the athletic department start bringing in some big-time donors, this is how it's going to be for Pitt going forward.

This strikes me as the eternal problem for Pitt athletics, only made worse by the new landscape. Does Pitt have any real "big-time" donors. CB97 has peanuts compared to the deep pocket donors at other programs. Even WVU has a billionaire to fund things. CB97 is probably tapped out and you can only expect so much from AD97.

[Stoosh]

Chief Borders to the portal. Cool.

Anyone know if Patrick Jones or Rashad Weaver have any eligibility left?

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Tyree young probably does (if he’s not incarcerated)