[newguy]

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From twitter re Pitt.....
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Mike Drakulich

@PghSportsNation



11 out of the 13 teams Pitt played this year will be in a Bowl.

2 are in the College Football Playoff.

3 are still undefeated.

9 out of the 13 were ranked at some point this season.

Don’t let the 7-6 record fool you.

This is the start of something special for
@Pitt_FB
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for these reasons, i think we should take the Panthers seriously.
they beat a team that is currently ranked in the top 20, and they very nearly beat Notre Dame in South Bend.

Responding to this tweet specifically, the Coastal Division of the ACC was the most mediocre division in college football (which this guy would have to know if he is being intellectually honest). Pitt lost to 2-9 UNC, whose only other win was against an FCS school Western Carolina (and UNC's season was so bad again that Fedora got fired). If we proverbially give away the game (with turnovers, penalties and other mental mistakes a la the Utah game), yes we can lose. Otherwise, Pitt got destroyed by UCF, a mediocre 7-5 Miami team (with no QB), Clemson, Penn State, and other than a win at home against Syracuse (advanced stats pretty much say Syracuse is probably not a top 25 team; more reflective of lack of quality teams outside the upper echelon, so somebody had to fill the 25 spots), they beat a bunch of 6 and 7 win teams. 

Granted, maybe our wins are nothing to write home about either, but the stats and Vegas both say we are markedly better on paper. Let's see what happens.

you may well be right.
and who knows, it may come down to turnovers.  during Big Game, they said we've won every game where our defense got at least one takeaway, so let's hope for that......

[newguy]

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From twitter re Pitt.....
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Mike Drakulich

@PghSportsNation



11 out of the 13 teams Pitt played this year will be in a Bowl.

2 are in the College Football Playoff.

3 are still undefeated.

9 out of the 13 were ranked at some point this season.

Don’t let the 7-6 record fool you.

This is the start of something special for
@Pitt_FB
[url=https://mobile.twitter.com/Pitt_FB]

for these reasons, i think we should take the Panthers seriously.
they beat a team that is currently ranked in the top 20, and they very nearly beat Notre Dame in South Bend.

Responding to this tweet specifically, the Coastal Division of the ACC was the most mediocre division in college football (which this guy would have to know if he is being intellectually honest). Pitt lost to 2-9 UNC, whose only other win was against an FCS school Western Carolina (and UNC's season was so bad again that Fedora got fired). If we proverbially give away the game (with turnovers, penalties and other mental mistakes a la the Utah game), yes we can lose. Otherwise, Pitt got destroyed by UCF, a mediocre 7-5 Miami team (with no QB), Clemson, Penn State, and other than a win at home against Syracuse (advanced stats pretty much say Syracuse is probably not a top 25 team; more reflective of lack of quality teams outside the upper echelon, so somebody had to fill the 25 spots), they beat a bunch of 6 and 7 win teams. 

Granted, maybe our wins are nothing to write home about either, but the stats and Vegas both say we are markedly better on paper. Let's see what happens.

you may well be right.
and who knows, it may come down to turnovers.  during Big Game, they said we've won every game where our defense got at least one takeaway, so let's hope for that......