Pitt @ UNC Gamethread

[uncboy10]

I just heard that UNC has not been penalized in this game???

We had an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called on the fumble recovery.

 

[uncboy10]

I'm pretty sure that at least 25% of today's attendance number is the band.

 

[strummingram]

I'm pretty sure that at least 25% of today's attendance number is the band.

I have to say; If you went to the game today, you got your money's worth!

 

[TarHeelMark]

Defense turned this game around in the 3rd. That was impressive especially considering how they were gashed in the first half.

 

[WoadBlue]

Fox missed the tackle. Pitt keeps ball.

 

[TarHeelMark]

They better not call that a targeting penalty.

 

[WoadBlue]

Almost a bobbled punt.

 

[WoadBlue]

RB between the tackles: Dooley ball.

Fedora is succeeding by doing what he used to say was part of 'that's not what we do.'

 

[TarHeelMark]

Newsome!

 

[WoadBlue]

Who is calling these plays and where has been until now?

 

[TarHeelMark]

Come on Heels. Need 7 here

 

[TarHeelMark]

Dammit. Needed some points there.

 

[WoadBlue]

One of the announcers gets it: Carolina letting the clock run, and that's not normally what they do.

 

[WoadBlue]

Dammit. Needed some points there.

13 point lead forces Pitt to score 2 TDs. 10 point lead makes it ab it easier for Pitt to get the game to OT.

 

[WoadBlue]

Wow - great throw and catch. Our D was in position.

 

[uncboy10]

Pickett is a really terrible name for a QB. But a really great name for a DB

 

[WoadBlue]

If that had been a UNC receiver and the call had been incomplete, I'd have been livid.

 

[WoadBlue]

3 point lead. We need to run the ball and eat clock.

 

[uncboy10]

Probably the last time we will see the victory formation all year.

 

[WoadBlue]

1st down - game over (unless we fumble)

 

[strummingram]

Pitt is snakebit against Carolina

 

[TarHeelMark]

Does this give us any hope going forward?

 

[tarheel0910]

Does this give us any hope going forward?

A win is better than a loss, but Pitt isn't exactly a great team. Not sure what to think.

 

[TarHeelMark]

A win is better than a loss, but Pitt isn't exactly a great team. Not sure what to think.

True. It could just be we squeaked out a W over a team that even we can’t seem to lose to (thankfully).

 

[WoadBlue]

Does this give us any hope going forward?

Can we count on that staff doing the coaching it has done since losing to ECU and calling games as it did today's?

 

[uncboy10]

Pitt is terrible. We have no hope lol

 

[2DDIMOND]

Oh, I agree. I'm just offering expert commentary any the why's and why-not's!

On the bright side, Antonio Williams looks good!

Maybe ready to taste a little crow, maybe he's better than I thought he was.

 

[strummingram]

Maybe ready to taste a little crow, maybe he's better than I thought he was.

Who?

 

[sctarheel30]

Good to see a big time committed recruit still giving us a look. Hope it works out for us too.

 

[2DDIMOND]

Who?

Antonio Williams

 

[uncboy10]

Good to see a big time committed recruit still giving us a look. Hope it works out for us too.

Who were the big time recruits?

 

[sctarheel30]

Who were the big time recruits?

Saw a picture of Cj Clark in attendance

 

[WoadBlue]

Saw a picture of Cj Clark in attendance

We do have a true pitch: plenty of PT right away for you at UNC.

 

[2DDIMOND]

Saw a picture of Cj Clark in attendance

Fedora was at the N Stanly game Friday night, I think he thinks there's a chance CJ Clark could still flip, at least that's what I'm hearing from some folk down this way.

 

[heelmanwilm]

Good news is that the team hasnt quit on fed

Bad news is that the team not quitting is the good news

 

[heelbent]

Sam Howell was at the game as well. That FSU commitment might not be so solid and our QB play isn't going to scare many off.

 

[Archer2]

Sam Howell was at the game as well. That FSU commitment might not be so solid and our QB play isn't going to scare many off.

Because our young guns aren’t getting any PT.

 

[sctarheel30]

I forgot to mention Howell too

 

[WoadBlue]

Sam Howell was at the game as well. That FSU commitment might not be so solid and our QB play isn't going to scare many off.

FSU certainly looks shaky. But sometimes a 1st year coach has major trouble getting going, and then finally gets it going with players he did not recruit. This year could be another 6-6 for FSU, and then next year Taggert gets the ball rolling with all those former 4 and 5* recruits playing well together.

Or maybe not. Perhaps FSU will be the dream job for Taggert that devours him. It wouldn't be the first time a coach made the wrong move assuming it was the best move.

If our QB play does not scare off many, then perhaps we have an issue with evaluating QB prospects and/or with QB development and/or with the way we use the QBs.

Here is a question I assume that Howell and his parents must ask: will Fedora allow a true frosh QB a legit chance to play?