Backyard Brawl revived: WVU @ Pitt; 6pm ESPN

[Vito Andolini 9086]

Time out.

Ok.

[Horn80 6074]

VW HC blew the game.

[Texas St. Armadillos 1377]

Football is back!!!

[Guest]

well, what an opening Thursday.  That was fun!!!

[DanTheHorn 4893]

This game is a reminder that the off-season sucks. It is great to have college football back.

[GreenspointTexas 9556]

Neal Brown running after refs and yelling

[Topper13 3200]

That was a fun one, great start to week 1.

[dcar00 14023]

1 minute ago, Horn80 said:

VW HC blew the game.

you could say he farfegnuegen'd it

[JFKFC 4878]

1 minute ago, Horn80 said:

VW HC blew the game.

[CptnJiggleBits 915]

Up 7, you can put the game away if you get an inch and they punt. Wow

[dcar00 14023]

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Neal Brown running after refs and yelling

is he asking if he can go back and go for it?

[Mitch Cumsteen 18517]

You deserve to lose when you’re that big of a pussy and don’t go for it on fourth down. 

[J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. 1084]

Cool game, but 4 hours and 7 minutes for a regulation game?!

[D3zii 3637]

2 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

VW HC blew the game.

WR* 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Neal Brown running after refs and yelling

He should punch himself in the face for that 4th down call...

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

1 minute ago, J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. said:

Cool game, but 4 hours and 7 minutes for a regulation game?!

And I enjoyed every minute.

[Elmer_Fudd 22084]

4 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Up 7, 4th and inches on the other side of the 50, a gassed defense, and a chance to break them, and you punt.

Do coaches still not study game theory?  How is that possible?  It's mathematically incorrect to punt there.  And it's not close.

Seems like something this guy would do

 

[Zeus 5943]

Great game WVU showed the fuck up

Horrible start for the worst officiating crew in power 5

[DaysOff 7821]

Cool game, but 4 hours and 7 minutes for a regulation game?!

This has become my problem with all televised sports. Death is off in the distance. Ain't nobody got time for that. How Brat watches a game us beyond me.

[bschoolprof 6232]

Great game, and a great reminder why cfb is the best spectator sport there is. 

[CptnJiggleBits 915]

14 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Up 7, 4th and inches on the other side of the 50, a gassed defense, and a chance to break them, and you punt.

Do coaches still not study game theory?  How is that possible?  It's mathematically incorrect to punt there.  And it's not close.

Just amazingly bad. I mean that wasnt even a decision or moment that needed contemplation. An assistant or player damn near needs to intervene, call time out and say no in a situation like that. 

Edited September 2, 2022 by CptnJiggleBits

[NorthLoop 14071]

Maybe I'm just starving for college football student section camera shots, but Pitt seemed to represent well with the girls in the crowd. 

[Loose Stool 112]

That was a fun game to watch

[Hiphopopotamos 20865]

 

[TexasMan 10785]

A lot of Tom Herman in this dude 

 

 

[TexArcher 37455]

2 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

A lot of Tom Herman in this dude 

 

 

Do you know what game theory is?

Do you know what balls are?

[mdleast 8255]

Is he MENSA??

[mdleast 8255]

[bullet 1596]

46 minutes ago, CptnJiggleBits said:

Up 7, you can put the game away if you get an inch and they punt. Wow

The way their defense was playing, I didn't mind that call.  But the D let them go 92 yards in 7 plays.

[bullet 1596]

42 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

This has become my problem with all televised sports. Death is off in the distance. Ain't nobody got time for that. How Brat watches a game us beyond me.

Blame replay.  They did a replay early on, AFTER a long break.  And then let it stand.

[bullet 1596]

26 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

A lot of Tom Herman in this dude 

 

I don't know if anybody knows what targeting is anymore.  The last one reversed was a defenseless receiver hit in the head, but with a shoulder.  The previous one was a clear helmet to helmet hit that almost knocked the guy out although maybe he hit shoulder to shoulder a fraction of a second before he hit helmet to helmet (didn't look like it to me, but the angle wasn't good and it was bang-bang).

I think that last catch by WVU I would have let stand.  It was real close.  The one with Pitt they let stand I thought was dropped, but it wasn't clear enough to overturn.

I think the thing that really set him off was that ridiculous claim there was no fair catch on the kickoff.  Fortunately, replay overturned that one.

[Vertuzzi 1351]

56 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Up 7, 4th and inches on the other side of the 50, a gassed defense, and a chance to break them, and you punt.

Do coaches still not study game theory?  How is that possible?  It's mathematically incorrect to punt there.  And it's not close.

You seriously think these meat head coaches know anything about game theory? I agree though, pussy move not to go for it. 

[bullet 1596]

40 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Maybe I'm just starving for college football student section camera shots, but Pitt seemed to represent well with the girls in the crowd. 

I think you're just starving.  I didn't see any representing real well.

[Zeus 5943]

1 hour ago, bullet said:

Blame replay.  They did a replay early on, AFTER a long break.  And then let it stand.

It's only big 12 refs that have to huddle up and talk every flag and have to review 20 plays in the fourth quarter between throwing flags every play at the end.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

3 hours ago, TexasMan said:

A lot of Tom Herman in this dude 

 

 

I watched it. He was really short with everyone.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Not even fucking close. Not by a mile.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

 

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

3 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Maybe I'm just starving for college football student section camera shots, but Pitt seemed to represent well with the girls in the crowd. 

In the parking lot they looked pretty good too. Gals from both schools looked good.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

at 13 minutes in, "you know this is serious when I'm not wearing my sunglasses".

Edited September 2, 2022 by PittsburghTiger

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

Great game, and a great reminder why cfb is the best spectator sport there is. 

Up until the lopsided scores of the college football playoffs

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

Great game, and a great reminder why cfb is the best spectator sport there is. 

Up until the lopsided scores of the college football playoffs

[Guest]

9 hours ago, J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. said:

Cool game, but 4 hours and 7 minutes for a regulation game?!

People binge series all the time on Netflix or whatever. There’s nothing wrong with four hours of entertainment

Pretty much every Saturday I’m going from 11 AM to about 1030 or 11 PM. Then on Sunday it’s from noon to 11 PM. Four hour game don’t scare me

Edited September 2, 2022 by slorch

[Tylerocks 2551]

10 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Maybe I'm just starving for college football student section camera shots, but Pitt seemed to represent well with the girls in the crowd. 

I was thinking this as well.  Solid.

[markstanco 12489]

14 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Most rivalries are that way now 

Pretty sad too.  At least they did a 4 year contract for the game.  Realignment may screw that up though. 

[ztejas 43244]

1 minute ago, markstanco said:

Realignment may screw that up though. 

How would realignment screw up a non-conference matchup? 

[markstanco 12489]

If one was required to play 10 conference games for starters.  No way either would put themselves at a self inflicted disadvantage by playing 11 P5 games. 

[John Coctostan 591]

My oldest son is a freshman at Pitt, so this was his first game. Not a bad way to start.

['stache 21743]

I watched the end, shocked that they overturned the catch. I thought it was close but probably not a catch. They almost always let it stand. I would seriously hate to be the guy making that call.

[ztejas 43244]

6 minutes ago, markstanco said:

If one was required to play 10 conference games for starters.  No way either would put themselves at a self inflicted disadvantage by playing 11 P5 games. 

No one is playing 10 conference games any time soon. The SEC doesn't even play 9 conference games. 

Also - they'd have to mutually agree to not play it out (or buy the other team out). Some new conference alignment isn't going to override an existing game on the schedule. 

Edited September 2, 2022 by ztejas

[Codaxx 5588]

11 hours ago, CptnJiggleBits said:

Up 7, you can put the game away if you get an inch and they punt. Wow

There is a lot of assumption in this theory. I go for it, but it does not end the game. First down and WV is at the Pitt 47 with 6 minutes to go.. You need 15-20 more yards to get in FG range (Legg was 4-7 from 40-49 last season), so scoring is not a lock. I find it a bit odd to fixate on this decision, when the defense let Pitt drive 92 yards in 2+ minutes for the tying TD (Pitt only faced 2 second downs on the 92 yard drive) and the WR dropped an easy first down that turned into a pick 6. 

Edited September 2, 2022 by Codaxx