Pitt - 3.5

rocky top buzz said:
Pitt is not very good. Every UT fan is PO'd about that loss. Bad execution on offense left the defense in bad spots and led to Pitt scoring drives. That said this is the type of game that Collins loses. Just like last year, feeling good about beating FSU then getting their doors blown off by UCF. I foresee a 42-24 type of win for Pitt and I hope I'm wrong. Sorry but I'm still out on this coach. I grew up in Georgia but I live in Tennessee and married a UT girl so I follow both programs closely. Collins is Butch Jones. Butch could recruit and he had an offensive system that would sometimes have success. But sometimes not. in 2016 Butch beat UF and GA but then that same season lost to bad SCAR and vandy teams to miss out on a 10 win season. Butch had all the coach-speak and just like Colins has the 404 Butch had the Brick-by-Brick. But fact is there were games they would lose that they just shouldn't have lost. And you might say that happens everywhere right? We all remember Saban losing to ULL in his first season at Bama. But that's different. I'm not talking about having a bad game, I'm talking about losing a game where you just look ill-prepared or disinterested. I really hope Collins isn't Butch 2.0 because Tech is in a much worse spot to fix coaching. People laugh at UT for their coaching searches but the fact is there isn't a coach in America that UT cannot afford to pay, their biggest booster owns the Cleveland Browns and sometimes that's a bad thing because the fans expect to hire the big name coach when the up-and-coming assistant may be a better fit. But Tech cannot say the same thing about money so to start over it's just a different spot. Sam Pittman went to Arkansas on a "prove it" contract and made it clear that he wanted to be there. Collins made the same claims about Tech and wanting to be here and to prove himself to everyone, but requiring a 7 year contract says otherwise.
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Feel like you've got some trauma from being both a GT and UT fan.
 
rocky top buzz said:
Pitt is not very good. Every UT fan is PO'd about that loss. Bad execution on offense left the defense in bad spots and led to Pitt scoring drives. That said this is the type of game that Collins loses. Just like last year, feeling good about beating FSU then getting their doors blown off by UCF. I foresee a 42-24 type of win for Pitt and I hope I'm wrong. Sorry but I'm still out on this coach. I grew up in Georgia but I live in Tennessee and married a UT girl so I follow both programs closely. Collins is Butch Jones. Butch could recruit and he had an offensive system that would sometimes have success. But sometimes not. in 2016 Butch beat UF and GA but then that same season lost to bad SCAR and vandy teams to miss out on a 10 win season. Butch had all the coach-speak and just like Colins has the 404 Butch had the Brick-by-Brick. But fact is there were games they would lose that they just shouldn't have lost. And you might say that happens everywhere right? We all remember Saban losing to ULL in his first season at Bama. But that's different. I'm not talking about having a bad game, I'm talking about losing a game where you just look ill-prepared or disinterested. I really hope Collins isn't Butch 2.0 because Tech is in a much worse spot to fix coaching. People laugh at UT for their coaching searches but the fact is there isn't a coach in America that UT cannot afford to pay, their biggest booster owns the Cleveland Browns and sometimes that's a bad thing because the fans expect to hire the big name coach when the up-and-coming assistant may be a better fit. But Tech cannot say the same thing about money so to start over it's just a different spot. Sam Pittman went to Arkansas on a "prove it" contract and made it clear that he wanted to be there. Collins made the same claims about Tech and wanting to be here and to prove himself to everyone, but requiring a 7 year contract says otherwise.
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UT has a lot more losses than Pitt to be mad about over the past 2 decades.

I see where you are going with the comparison, but the same can be said about pretty much every young, high energy, defensive minded coach who can recruit. Kirby Smart was looking like Butch Jones 2.0 in his first year, but with a stupider haircut and a UGAg degree, and God-willing he may still be. CGC is returning to GT for the third time. He has shown that he can recruit at GT greater than the mean 3 (!) different times, which is a big deal. I don't know who UT's coordinators were under Jones because I don't give a rat's fart about Tennessee, but the game planning by the coordinators that we have here has been legit for 3 games in a row. Coleman and Knight appear to be doing work on the D line. Choice is a rising star. Im optimistic that we could be turning the corner here.

For the record, I think we end up beating them on a field goal at the last second, because öööö Narduzzi.
 
cajunjacket said:
Pitt is very good? I disagree.

Their resume:
  • Win vs Massachusetts. meh
  • Win vs Tennessee. This is their one “quality” win. UT is worse than UNC and they didn’t win by as much of a margin as we did against UNC.
  • Loss vs Western Michigan. This was only two weeks ago, unlike our opening game fluke against NIU. Must’ve been looking forward to their game against the Little Sisters of the Poor aka New Hampshire.
  • Win vs New Hampshire. That’s like a win against a high school team
Can they put up points? Yes, but they haven’t played a solid defense, either.

I’m not saying we’ll definitely win. I’ve watched CFB for long enough to know there are no guarantees. If we play anywhere near how we played on Saturday, we whipe the floor with Pitt.
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I watched the first part of their game vs Tennessee and, tbh, turned it off because I thought Pitt was going to be blown out the way it started and they looked overmatched. Credit to them for winning that game.
 
cajunjacket said:
Pitt is very good? I disagree.

Their resume:
  • Win vs Massachusetts. meh
  • Win vs Tennessee. This is their one “quality” win. UT is worse than UNC and they didn’t win by as much of a margin as we did against UNC.
  • Loss vs Western Michigan. This was only two weeks ago, unlike our opening game fluke against NIU. Must’ve been looking forward to their game against the Little Sisters of the Poor aka New Hampshire.
  • Win vs New Hampshire. That’s like a win against a high school team
Can they put up points? Yes, but they haven’t played a solid defense, either.

I’m not saying we’ll definitely win. I’ve watched CFB for long enough to know there are no guarantees. If we play anywhere near how we played on Saturday, we whipe the floor with Pitt.
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Isn’t Kenny Pickett like a 14th year Senior? I guess that experience does scare me some. Is that Blewitt kicker still there as well? He was something like an 11th year player.

I know nothing else about Pitt, except their coach is a douche. I hope CGC holds grudges like CPJ did.
 
JoeCakeEater said:
Isn’t Kenny Pickett like a 14th year Senior? I guess that experience does scare me some. Is that Blewitt kicker still there as well? He was something like an 11th year player.

I know nothing else about Pitt, except their coach is a douche. I hope CGC holds grudges like CPJ did.
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I believe he does.
 
gtchief said:
Something that Collins needs to hammer into the team's head this week (especially the offense) is that Narduzzi is going to have his team playing dirty. There's going to be a lot of jawing, stuff happening at the bottom of piles, etc. It wouldn't even surprise me if he brings a hitman in to try knocking Gibbs or Sims out of the game. Discipline and keeping their heads on a swivel is going to be key as the game wears on. When we take the lead this will magnify in intensity.
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Needs to be careful with that. Last opponent who talked about taking Sims out of the game left Bobby Dodd in an ambulance. Collins may send Narduzzi to Grady himself if that happens.
 
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Collins and Thacker have been game planning against Pitt since the horn sounded last year.

Someone asked how long Pickett has been at Pitt. My answer is that we have six years of game film to study and the head guy studying it was one of the best Defensive Coordinators in the SEC.

I'll say it again. We are going to unleash holy hell on Pitt and their arrogant asshole of a coach who thinks he knows more than anyone else.

Mark it down.
 
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