Score Predictions
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Week 4 game thread
- Pick/market: Yup, it's why you need to test yourself a bit OOC.
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Week 5 lookahead line ... VT -5.5
- Pick/market: They are not a big boy program, evidenced by them being 5.5 point underdogs in the game.
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Week 5 lookahead line ... VT -5.5
- Pick/market: Arch is taking $2M when he could've gotten $8-10M somewhere else.
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Evaluating Pat, Fairly, I Hope
- Pick/market: What these posters do is the equivalent of seeing a homeless guy and just yelling "you ever tried being rich you idiot!?" ...
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Worry Level
- Pick/market: I don't entirely disagree, but it's clear a lot of people put a lot of stock in 10 wins seasons and bowl game assignments.
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Pitt/Bucknell ESPN matchup prediction odds
- Pick/market: We are probably in the minority but I’m with you - if Turner is fully, fully healthy and ready to go I would get him some reps Saturday.
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Evaluating Pat, Fairly, I Hope
- Pick/market: College football has changed so much since Pitt last went through a coaching change.
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Some thoughts on the weekend games.
- Pick/market: It's so nice to have your team in the W column before you even wake up Saturday.
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9-3 is the expectation now
- Pick/market: There are weaknesses on the roster, particularly at WR, that would make 8-4 a reasonable expectation.
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9-3 is the expectation now
- Pick/market: I didn’t see the edit calling me out lol.
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One Thing Fran Brown Did Last Night...
- Pick/market: You kick the FG when you have no confidence in scoring the TD, failing which, the team surrenders and admits they lost, something no coach wants to happen with 3-4 minutes left in the...
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Injuries
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Suggested approach on Phil Jurkovic
- Injury: Narduzzi regularly visited and kept in touch with the dad of the football player from Karns City who was severely injured.
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Running Back Group Potential
- Injury: Synkwan Smith & Jaylin Brown were highly touted to be freshman contributors last season backing up Des Reid.
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Revised Expectations Given ACC’s OOC Struggles
- Injury: Healthy Pitt winning 9+ games and 7+ ACC games is a reasonable expectation based on the tenure of the staff and this QB’s first dozen starts.
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Damon Ferguson
- Injury: The “next guy” who shows anything, especially replacing an injured starter, is pretty frequently hyped as better or likely better.
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Quarterbacks
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Week 5 lookahead line ... VT -5.5
- QB: I’m certain that the Pitt football team would accept a 40% increase in their player acquisition budget.
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Worry Level
- QB: Pitt was completely unprepared to play that SMU game…they were undefeated and you’d have thought they would have been sky high….instead they were flat as a pancake and couldn’t even tackle.
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10-2 (7-2)...
- Pick/market: Brohm is such a good coach.
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Does Pitt Get More Votes This Week
- QB/LB: Anyone who watched Pitt Thursday came away with the feeling that they’re no where close to being a top 25 team.
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Running Back Group Potential
- QB/RB: Not that 13 wins in two seasons is good, but it's amazing we won as many games as we did in 07 and 08 with the QB play we had.
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Week 3 Games Thread
- QB: He's a 5* true freshman who looks legit but yeah he Trace McSorley'd that one lol.
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Week 3 Games Thread
- QB/DB: Big difference between a punt that is snapped with defenders rushing you and a free kick punt after a safety that you could literally just kick 30 yards with ridiculous hang time to run...
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Week 3 Games Thread
- QB: Kienholtz is the type of QB that Pitt destroys in the first half, and we're up by 21.
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Week 3 Games Thread
- QB: Trinidad Chambliss is the best qb in the country and im not sure 2nd is close.
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Week 3 Games Thread
- QB: Trinidad Chambliss is the best qb in the country and im not sure 2nd is close.
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Should we be worried?
- QB: I just think its inconsistency which is very common for young qb's.
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9-3 is the expectation now
- Pick/market: Jesus...force retire the coach, QB is horrible, QB is mentally Gimpy, and statements we may only win 3 more games....this thread has it all.
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Depth Chart
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Pitt/Bucknell pregame observations
- Defense: Allen Bryant seemed to be running with the first team defense in place of Brookins for a few warmup snaps, we'll monitor that one.
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Predictions for Bucknell
- Pick/market: Not sure they need starters in long to pour it especially given the depth at RB.
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Does Chris Hoke have any ties to Pitt?
- OL: The thing about the DTs is I don't think it's as simple as saying they're 3rd and 4th on the depth chart and both returning.
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Coaching / Pressers
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✦ AI Summary · 4 items synthesized
- [247] The Morning Pitt's review counted five conversions on 10 third- or fourth-down plays needing one or two yards through Pitt's first three games of 2026. On third- or fourth-and-one, Pitt was two of six, including zero of three on third-and-one. These are the analyst's current-season counts, not a newly announced under-center package. - The supplied Morning... [source](https://247sports.com/college/pittsburgh/article/pitt-football-pat-narduzzi-mason-heintschel-press-confe
- [247] Coaching: From Mason Heintschel and short-yardage success to Cory Sanders' first year on the job and defensive tackle depth, Pat Narduzzi covered a lot of topics at his weekly press conference on Monday.
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- [247] Coaching: they said multiple times that Cuse has the largest oline in the country so , not really
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- [247] Coaching: true, i think they will start letting lovelace do more as far as blitzing when we play VT.
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The Morning Pitt: Five notable things Pat Narduzzi said Monday
- The Morning Pitt's review counted five conversions on 10 third- or fourth-down plays needing one or two yards through Pitt's first three games of 2026. On third- or fourth-and-one, Pitt was two of six, including zero of three on third-and-one. These are the analyst's current-season counts, not a newly announced under-center package.
- The supplied Morning Pitt analysis cited PFF snap counts through three 2026 games: Nick James had 145 defensive snaps, Sean FitzSimmons 125 and Jeremiah Warren 39. Those counts quantify the starting defensive tackles' heavier usage; the analyst's depth concern does not establish an injury, a new rotation or a promised reserve workload.
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Offensive Updates
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Week 4 game thread
- Offense: Cal might have the worst offensive play caller in college football since Frank Cignetti.
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Week 4 game thread
- OL: Watching more closely IU just runs a better version of the Flintstone Frank O.
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Ferguson better than Turner
- RB: In addition to Turner, Ferguson and La'Velle Wright , don't sleep on Pitt's #4 RB Justin Cook who has a total of 73 yds on just two carries this year!
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Defensive Updates
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Week 5 lookahead line ... VT -5.5
- QB/WR: No idea how good VT is, but I've seen national pundits say that Grunkenmeyer is playing like a future pro right now, which is a big concern for a Narduzzi defense.
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- LB: ACC Weekly Honors x2 @Alex5anford : Linebacker of the Week @roll5damon : Rookie of the Week More: https:// tr.ee/pitt-football- honors …
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Everything
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Game today
- DL: according to the forecasts, the western edge of the nor'easter should be well east of us.
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Predictions for Bucknell
- Intel: CJ Lee pads his stats to the tune of 19 catches for 450 yards in this one, and then I argue with Peak from December - next season's kickoff about his actual efficacy.
September surprises: Our unexpected all-portal team
- Intel: P: Gabe Russo, Pitt Transferred from: Idaho State Russo, a former Auburn walk-on who earned All-Big Sky honors in his lone season at Idaho State, has booted five 50-plus yard punts for the Panthers...
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what's going on at fox chapel?
- Intel: I couldn’t have afforded it then but knowing what I know now I would have paid $1,000 to have you come into @BigZeke247 gap while I was coming from second level to rip your...
Evaluating Pat, Fairly, I Hope
- Intel: This myth that there are Pitt fans with loads of money just waiting to be spent on the right coach is laughable.
Week 3 Games Thread
- Intel: I really believe that Dabo not using the portal much breads complacency from players.
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Week 3 Games Thread
- LB: If the bill passes, it greatly helps Dabo because you get to use designated money to keep your players and there's only 1 free transfer allowed.
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Week 3 Games Thread
- LB: but I think it will take a good minute to flip that script.
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