Only Jay Alford Until Football

by BSD on Aug 17, 2008 12:00 PM EDT in Fun Stuff

Just 13 days until endzone celebrations are severely frowned upon.

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Homecoming 2006?

Against Northwestern, I happened to be sitting in the Northwestern section for that game and it happened right in front of me.

by stonewall435 on Aug 17, 2008 12:21 PM EDT reply actions

this whole series has me salivating for football season. Even though everyone has their own desires, i think its funny to see who comes to mind for certain people when talking about a number. keep doing what you doing. thanks man…

For the glory

by lionalum05 on Aug 17, 2008 2:01 PM EDT reply actions

Pitt Fans

I can’t tell you how many Pitt fans have texted me in the past couple days to brag about being ranked lower than us. What a bunch of aholes.

God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...

by Adam Bittner on Aug 17, 2008 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

at least...

you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that at 4 pm on august 30th, you can text them back after losing to bowling green

SHITT ON PITT

For the glory

by lionalum05 on Aug 17, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, remember the time when Pitt was even marginally relevant on the national scene at the end of the season?

Neither do I, because it happened 28 years ago, give or take and I was about 5 years old.

by Tailgate Shogun on Aug 17, 2008 9:29 PM EDT reply actions

Some quick math...

furry of finger counting, carry the one…

TS is about 33. I would have never guessed.

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by rahpsu92 on Aug 17, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Pitt won the Big East in 2004

I think that qualifies as “marginally relevant”

Christmas time in 2005, I was just beaming around Pittsburgh waiting for the Bowl Game, and a Pitt fan gave me the “you know we were in the BCS just last year” argument, the retort bears repeating, “That’s true, but nobody’s laughing at us”.

For the Glory; National Champions 1982, 1986, 1994,

by jesse. on Aug 18, 2008 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions

I looked this up, and thought it was interesting

1983

Penn State’s record was 8-3-1; Pitt was 8-2-1. The tie was the Penn State/Pitt game.

Pitt want to the Fiesta Bowl to play Ohio State, and Defending National Champion Penn State went to the Aloha Bowl to play Washington.

What a difference 25 years makes, can you imagine this happening today?

For the Glory; National Champions 1982, 1986, 1994,

by jesse. on Aug 18, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, if you call going 8-4, backing into a conference championship, then bringing about 2,000 fans to a game where you get humiliated by Utah RELEVANT, then ok. I’m in.

The fact that this was Pitt’s greatest single season in the past 25 is pretty telling that they’re far, far removed from national relevance.

by Tailgate Shogun on Aug 18, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, you said marginally relevant

How many points do you think Utah would have beaten Penn State by that year. I’d go with about 25.

For the Glory; National Champions 1982, 1986, 1994,

by jesse. on Aug 18, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions

That was 04, right? I’m not sure our offense would score 14 points, but I’m guessing the D would have held them to about 24, 28 or so.

And, by 04, we’re referring to one of the worst teams every to don the blue and white in the past 60 years. Pitt football = awesome!

by Tailgate Shogun on Aug 18, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions

There are things I said...

…and things I didn’t.

I don’t give a damn how bad you get beat by in a BCS game, if you win your league and make one, you have acheived a level of relevance that is, at least, marginal. I never said Pitt was awesome.

That Utah team kicked ass. They got screwed by not playing Auburn that year, who they might have beat. Virginia Tech and Pitt would have been a much more competitve game, and a much less expensive trip. The Fiesta Bowl is an uber expensive bowl trip, especially when you backed into your confrence title and you are pretty sure you are going to get smashed for your efforts.

Do you think that Penn State’s 2005 team would have crushed Utah’s 2004 team? I don’t. In fact, I think they would have been lucky to win at all. Keep in mind we bearly beat a 7-4 team that backed into its confrence title in the Orange Bowl. It’s apples and oranges I know, but it’s worth keeping in the back of your head when you start talking about the “dominant” 2005 Penn State team (which I’m aware you didn’t).

For the Glory; National Champions 1982, 1986, 1994,

by jesse. on Aug 18, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions

My only point was that the 04 team was the high water mark of the past quarter century for Pitt football.

This? I find this to be rather ‘meh’.

by Tailgate Shogun on Aug 19, 2008 8:01 AM EDT up reply actions

That's true, without question.

Meh is a pretty generous description of the past 25 years of Pitt football.

For the Glory; National Champions 1982, 1986, 1994,

by jesse. on Aug 19, 2008 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes, my youthful good looks + village elder wisdom can make people wonder my true age. But your math is spot on, grasshopper.

by Tailgate Shogun on Aug 18, 2008 7:14 AM EDT reply actions

13 days till you can act like you've been there before

best caption from last year, still quote it with my friends. see mike, you’ve entered the land of being quotable in social circles, how will ferrell of you.

by gbd106 on Aug 18, 2008 9:33 AM EDT reply actions