Pitt is It ... for an overall pathetic athletic department, that is

[Western PA]

Only Washington State and good ole Rutger keep Pitt from the very bottom of athletic department performance.

https://sports.yahoo.com/ranking-every-power-five-school-overall-athletic-success-201918295.html

 

[lionlurker]

Yeah, they won't like this one bit.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...up-yahoo-sports-analysis/stories/201707060197

 

[Zenophile]

 

[NJPSU]

That's really bad.

 

[NittPicker]

Yeah, they won't like this one bit.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...up-yahoo-sports-analysis/stories/201707060197

I like the following link within that article...

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...ch-to-Penn-State-rivalry/stories/201706280198

That article concedes the point that Pitt needs the game to ensure a sold out stadium for recruiting purposes yet offers no real reason why Penn State needs the game. Then at the end is says, "Penn State? It's your move".

As for the original topic, it's proof to Pitt fans of what we already know. Pitt is pitt-thetic. They've never won an NCAA championship in any sport. And no, the NCAA doesn't sponsor a championship at the FBS level.

 

[MtNittany]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Here's the relative rankings of the B1G schools:

7. Michigan
8. Penn State
9. Ohio State
21. Wisconsin
24. Minnesota
27. Nebraska
37. Michigan State
38. Illinois
41. Indiana
43. Maryland
44. Northwestern
47. Purdue
54. Iowa
64. Rutgers

 

[PSUoh90]

That's truly embarrassing.

 

[lionlurker]

And yet, they have more combined national championships than the top ten schools on the list, added together.

 

[Alphabets]

Why do we even entertain playing this school? They're a joke. Even when they beat us, we completely overshadow them. That school blows in every way possible. So irrelevant.

 

[PSUoh90]

And yet, they have more combined national championships than the top ten schools on the list, added together.

3 point field goal = 1.5 National championships

 

[MtNittany]

What a drain on that already struggling conference they must be. What exactly did they bring to the table? The Cranberry Twp. market if there's ever an ACC Channel?

 

[lionlurker]

According to the Lair, we compromised our morals in order to have success in women's basketball and gymnastics. Apparently all of our other national championships are lily pure, at least.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Rutgers to The Big 10(14)

vs.

PItt to the ACC


The best debaters in the world would have trouble winning the argument as to which was the "better" of these two moves!

 

[AngryOtter42]

 

[BobPSU92]

A good summary of what we already know. crapstain cindy reilly and his ilk will, of course, break out the crayons to try convince each other that it isn't true.

 

[heckmans]

obvi

But Hey, congrats Pitt! At least you're not Rutgers!

 

[boddyebsen]

A good summary of what we already know. crapstain cindy reilly and his ilk will, of course, break out the crayons to try convince each other that it isn't true.

It's one thing to show you're an idiot fan of a school that your own fans already know. It's another thing to demonstrate and prove it to the entire internet.

 

[lionlurker]

It really is amazing the schools that Pitt is behind athletically. They don't even fit in with some of the MAC schools.

 

[step.eng69]

Yeah, they won't like this one bit.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...up-yahoo-sports-analysis/stories/201707060197

LOL, cool

 

[marshall23]

SPitters swear the article is pure propaganda written by a PSU grad.
The only sport they care about and anyone cares about is football and men's basketball.
SPitt ranks #1 in Football National Championships, speed racing on sidewalks and Athletic Integrity.

 

[BobPSU92]

obvi

But Hey, congrats Pitt! At least you're not Rutgers!

On the one hand, I wouldn't underestimate pitt's ability to achieve new levels of futility. However, rutgres invented and perfected futility and will defend their ownership of it vigorously.

 

[lionlurker]

Pitt and Rutgers, in a death-match race to the bottom, that nobody wins.

 

[boddyebsen]

Pitt and Rutgers, in a death-match race to the bottom, that nobody wins.

 

[step.eng69]

Yeah, they won't like this one bit.

I like the following link within that article...

Sitting here laughing at the two articles......Bittner is killing the pitter critters. I'm going to have to do some rubbernecking over there to see the comments when these articles appear on their board.

 

[step.eng69]

A good summary of what we already know. crapstain cindy reilly and his ilk will, of course, break out the crayons to try convince each other that it isn't true.

Bob my friend, 'crapstain cindy reilly' is becoming a well known household name on the board. I wonder if he’ll consider changing his handle?

 

[pennstatekev]

I'm actually surprised to see Maryland so low. Obviously they suck at football, but I thought they were pretty decent in other sports.

 

[BobPSU92]

Bob my friend, 'crapstain cindy reilly' is becoming a well known household name on the board. I wonder if he’ll consider changing his handle?

Since the name fits, he must submit.

 

[Agoodnap]

Bob my friend, 'crapstain cindy reilly' is becoming a well known household name on the board. I wonder if he’ll consider changing his handle?

Yea, but is Ralph Cindrich a household name yet?

 

[medixman]

Captain Cindy Reilly has now removed "Smart Recruits choose Pitt" from his sign off comments!I guess Ford made him change this?

 

[anon_is9z1n0h3zblb]

SPitters swear the article is pure propaganda written by a PSU grad.
The only sport they care about and anyone cares about is football and men's basketball.
SPitt ranks #1 in Football National Championships, speed racing on sidewalks and Athletic Integrity.

Has anyone pointed out that the PPG article is based on the Yahoo Sports article which was written by Pat Forde, who is not a PSU grad.

 

[heckmans]

SPitters swear the article is pure propaganda written by a PSU grad.
The only sport they care about and anyone cares about is football and men's basketball.
SPitt ranks #1 in Football National Championships, speed racing on sidewalks and Athletic Integrity.

Don't forget that they are the #1 college football team in the western half of PA that plays in a pro-stadium.....I think I significantly qualified that

 

[heckmans]

I like the following link within that article...

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...ch-to-Penn-State-rivalry/stories/201706280198

That article concedes the point that Pitt needs the game to ensure a sold out stadium for recruiting purposes yet offers no real reason why Penn State needs the game. Then at the end is says, "Penn State? It's your move".

As for the original topic, it's proof to Pitt fans of what we already know. Pitt is pitt-thetic. They've never won an NCAA championship in any sport. And no, the NCAA doesn't sponsor a championship at the FBS level.

What I took from the article....

1. Pitt's AD gets that they are NOT PSU and the only way to play PSU is to "fit inside PSU's scheduling philosophy"
2. Pitt admits publicly that PSU is their biggest draw for attendance/revenue purposes

My take.
-meh. don't care about playing a middling little sister on the left side of the state. NO real benefit to beating them. REAL downside if they occasionally upset. Lose Lose situation
-maybe I'd consider it if the schedule was 2 games in Happy Valley for every one at Pitt. If PSU made the trip 2 to1 back when Pitt was 'more' relevant, then times have reversed. Also, this probably fits better into PSU's "scheduling philosophy" that Lyke mentioned.

But mostly...meh

 

[anon_is9z1n0h3zblb]

What I took from the article....

1. Pitt's AD gets that they are NOT PSU and they only way to play PSU is to "fit inside PSU's scheduling philospohy"
2. Pitt admits publicly that PSU is their biggest draw for attendance/revenue purposes

My take.
-meh. don't care about playing a middling little sister on the left side of the state. NO real benefit to beating them. REAL downside if they occasionally upset. Lose Lose situation
-maybe I'd consider it if the schedule was 2 games in Happy Valley for every one at Pitt. If PSU made the trip 2 to1 back when Pitt was 'more' relevant, than times have reversed. Also, this probably fits better into PSU's "scheduling philosophy" that Lyke mentioned.

But mostly...meh

A 2-1 would make sense if we still had 4 OOC games per year, but since we only 1 away game every two years, a 3-1 or a 4-1 would be more palatable. Rather schedule just about any other P5 team that wasting the away game on a mediocre Pitt team twice a decade. 1 visit to Heinz filed per decade would be OK if it means Pitt at the Beav instead of the stiffs from the MAC 3 or 4 times, but not if it's only 2.

 

[PinchotPenthouse]

SPitters swear the article is pure propaganda written by a PSU grad.
The only sport they care about and anyone cares about is football and men's basketball.
SPitt ranks #1 in Football National Championships, speed racing on sidewalks and Athletic Integrity.

#Nofootballcutlureatpitt #movelaong

 

[Judge Smails]

The thread on Pantherlair discussing this article about Pitt being one of the worst athletic programs in the country has turned into a Sandusky/JoePa thread.

It's all they have.

 

[lionlurker]

The thread on Pantherlair discussing this article about Pitt being one of the worst athletic programs in the country has turned into a Sandusky/JoePa thread.

It's all they have.

And once again, that's when you know we've won. For them, mentioning Sandusky is the same as waving the white flag of unconditional surrender.

 

[MtNittany]

Rutgers to The Big 10(14)

vs.

PItt to the ACC

 

[humpydudas_19]

It's one thing to show you're an idiot fan of a school that your own fans already know. It's another thing to demonstrate and prove it to the entire internet.

Lets just beat them this year on the field, then we can talk

 

[john4psu]

A good summary of what we already know. crapstain cindy reilly and his ilk will, of course, break out the crayons to try convince each other that it isn't true.

Truer words never written by Captain Crayon (I kid you not):
"I have no clue what is happening on Pitt Football Program...."
Does he have a clue about anything?

https://pittsburgh.forums.rivals.co...pov-6-july-2017-roundtable-video-link.114234/