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God we needed that. (POSTGAME THREAD GT 26 - PITT 21)
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<blockquote data-quote="CEB" data-source="post: 902072" data-attributes="member: 4905"><p>Yeah... I was thinking about this yesterday and I guess this is as good a place as any to post my thoughts. I’m thrilled with the outcome and a lot of what I saw Saturday especially given all that is going on around the program but I can’t shake the feeling that we’ve seen this before...</p><p>So is this the start of something different, or just game 4?</p><p></p><p>Two years ago, game 4, we had a Lville team that had been ranked for a couple of weeks. They lost to good Miami and Pitt teams prior, but the Cards seemed legit. We lit up the scoreboard and played better than we had seen at any other time under Collins so far. It was surprising. Maybe we had turned a corner... it felt different.... It wasn’t. We got whacked in our next three and lost 5 of 6 down the stretch. </p><p>Last year, game 4, a good, 21st ranked UNC team coming to town. Potent offense and presumably the best QB we would see all year. Offense came ready to out score the Heels and the defense played like they didn’t want the offense getting all of the attention. Closest thing to a complete game we had seen and against a GOOD opponent to boot. This certainly seemed like a turning point... it wasn’t. We lost 7 of 8... the last couple in disgusting fashion. </p><p>This year... game 4, ranked Pitt team, on the road. No offensive fireworks but STELLAR performance on D, great effort, relatively mistake free. Solid, impressive win. Different intensity, different attitude, different result. Surely this is different.... right?</p><p>Pitt missed so many opportunities I can’t tell. Aside from the dropped picks, I don’t think they fielded a punt cleanly all night. When we were consistently going three and out, Pitt never flipped the field. Credit our defense here, but every punt was a penalty and no return. </p><p>What WAS different; I told my son when we gave Pitt the ball with 2:30ish left in the second qtr that I was 100% certain they would drive the field, score and repeat on the first drive of the 3rd. We let them score quick and responded by running NO clock and Pitt really had a chance to put up more points in the FIRST HALF. Punt return went near midfield.... but wiped out by a penalty. Charlie T was a huge lift to the D to start the 3rd (not to diminish how good the D was all night) and the turnover was monstrous. </p><p>Bad: Pitt had 3 “2-minute” drives and they were 3-3. That’s the only thing they did well all night. We got beat deep on ALL of them. If we’re dropping 8, that just CANT happen. </p><p>Good: we showed a lot of heart and responded each time Pitt made something good happen. I hope that’s a sign of good things to come. </p><p>TLDR? Obviously this is a lot of words that essentially say we have to wait and see. Someone convince me this is INDEED different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CEB, post: 902072, member: 4905"] Yeah... I was thinking about this yesterday and I guess this is as good a place as any to post my thoughts. I’m thrilled with the outcome and a lot of what I saw Saturday especially given all that is going on around the program but I can’t shake the feeling that we’ve seen this before... So is this the start of something different, or just game 4? Two years ago, game 4, we had a Lville team that had been ranked for a couple of weeks. They lost to good Miami and Pitt teams prior, but the Cards seemed legit. We lit up the scoreboard and played better than we had seen at any other time under Collins so far. It was surprising. Maybe we had turned a corner... it felt different.... It wasn’t. We got whacked in our next three and lost 5 of 6 down the stretch. Last year, game 4, a good, 21st ranked UNC team coming to town. Potent offense and presumably the best QB we would see all year. Offense came ready to out score the Heels and the defense played like they didn’t want the offense getting all of the attention. Closest thing to a complete game we had seen and against a GOOD opponent to boot. This certainly seemed like a turning point... it wasn’t. We lost 7 of 8... the last couple in disgusting fashion. This year... game 4, ranked Pitt team, on the road. No offensive fireworks but STELLAR performance on D, great effort, relatively mistake free. Solid, impressive win. Different intensity, different attitude, different result. Surely this is different.... right? Pitt missed so many opportunities I can’t tell. Aside from the dropped picks, I don’t think they fielded a punt cleanly all night. When we were consistently going three and out, Pitt never flipped the field. Credit our defense here, but every punt was a penalty and no return. What WAS different; I told my son when we gave Pitt the ball with 2:30ish left in the second qtr that I was 100% certain they would drive the field, score and repeat on the first drive of the 3rd. We let them score quick and responded by running NO clock and Pitt really had a chance to put up more points in the FIRST HALF. Punt return went near midfield.... but wiped out by a penalty. Charlie T was a huge lift to the D to start the 3rd (not to diminish how good the D was all night) and the turnover was monstrous. Bad: Pitt had 3 “2-minute” drives and they were 3-3. That’s the only thing they did well all night. We got beat deep on ALL of them. If we’re dropping 8, that just CANT happen. Good: we showed a lot of heart and responded each time Pitt made something good happen. I hope that’s a sign of good things to come. TLDR? Obviously this is a lot of words that essentially say we have to wait and see. Someone convince me this is INDEED different. [/QUOTE]
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