The day Pitt football died
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There will never be another day like that one.
Yes there will. Two days from now.
35 years and what, 9 coaches later, it really is incredible. I added up the year to year, they are something like 27 games over .500 in 35 years.
You have to go back to the end of the Ivy League or to the '30's when Fordham and St. Mary's were national powers, to find a fall like that.
You have to go back to the end of the Ivy League or to the '30's when Fordham and St. Mary's were national powers, to find a fall like that.
where is the video of Chet P and Sherrill mixing it up on the sideline ???
not the same, Pitt was 10-0 going into that day, lead by king Jackie (it was his birthday). Such a tease to have them roll up 14 points and going for 21, when it all fell apart.
The day Pitt Football died was when Ed Bozic, AD at the time, fired Mike Gottfried, and hired Paul Hackett in 1989. Bozic wanted to be Stanford, and Hackett convinced Bozic he could win with those type of players. Sorry, your giving PSU to much credit on this one. We've sanctioned ourselves worse than the NCAA has done to any team accept SMU. The beginning of the end was when they let Sherrill go, and told the Golden Panthers to take a walk.
If the Golden Panthers hadn't been shut down, the NCAA was going to take the program behind the woodshed. It wasn't a decision that the administration made on their own.
It sure didn't help. Gottfried was doing a pretty good job ( including beating us) and I Can't Hackett was a bozo. Who followed him? Was it JM II or somebody else?
The Golden Panthers were going away, either way. Didn't you wonder why all of a sudden all-state football players from Louisiana and Mississippi were coming up to Pitt to play football?
I called the obituary departments of the P-G & Pgh Press to report the death of the Pitt Panters immediately after returning home from the game. The 2 who took my message were ROTFLTAO. One of the best days ever for PSU football.
What amazes me is they try point out that Penn State's record over the past so many years is only slightly better than Pitt's. However, they don't point out the fact that Penn State faced heavy sanctions that were so unjust they were later revoked, went through the worst down period in over 60 years and the only losing seasons during the time of comparison, and played in a far superior and more difficult conference with tougher opponents than Pitt did. Big 10 vs. Big Least, c'mon, and they eat that up. Totally delusional fan base.
Hahahaha, yea Gottfried was going to be the savior of their program. He averaged 7 wins a year for 4 years and never coached again. I'm sure Pitt would be a power by now if he had stayed.
I guess we can't kill them twice.
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anon_1eeb2b426hv3y
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Nah, maybe if we beat them by 100 and their coach quits on the sideline it'd come close. But that was the No 1 team at a big time for them, at home, late in the season, Marino at QB, seemed an easy win for them early.... and then a complete shutdown with 48 unanswered. That one was special.
How about erecting a memorial of Joe, so maintenance can come remove it in the 1st quarter under police protection.
Yep. 48-14 in 1981 was the first shot that started the downfall of pitt football. That was then followed by Penn State's 1982-1986 success of playing for 3 national titles, and winning 2 that just buried the Pitt program in Pennsylvania.
It still is the worst loss by a #1 ranked team at home EVER.
I'm tired of hearing how Pitt is so exclusive and how you can't win because the administration suspends players that would be playing at other programs.
You have a guy on your roster that we kicked out of school.
Typical sPitt BS.
Delivered by none other than Joe Paterno.
Unbelieveable bullshit from pitt athletic supporters. All the more unbelievable when they shovel it while discussing the program that originated and now embodies The Grand Experiment and Success With Honor.
I wasn't there for the funeral of Pitt football but I sent a letter saying I approve of it.
bwifan
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Well since they were ranked #1 that season they count that as a national championship
We have to keep in mind that Pitt only allows genius Mensa members to participate in their exclusive, private athletic programs. It is truly amazing that they have been able amass 259 national championships while only fielding the highest quality student athletes the world has ever seen. Hats off to them. "Hail Pitt!!!!!!!", the illiterate Tony Dorsett.
Pitt died when they turned away from JoePa's all athletics Big East and went with Gavitts Basketball Big East. It forced Joe to go to B1G.
What was JoePa's Big East? PSU, Pitt, BC, Syr, WVA, MD, Rutgers, Temple? Anyone else? We're any of the Va. teams and ND in the mix?
What was JoePa's Big East? PSU, Pitt, BC, Syr, WVA, MD, Rutgers, Temple? Anyone else? We're any of the Va. teams and ND in the mix?
48 straight points against supposedly #1 (10-0) ASWP in both teams last regular-season game of 1981 to beat the supposedly #1 team at their house 48-14 - any questions ASWP losers??? LMAO, eat it Jackie, you piece of garbage loser.
