When we last left you, Pittsburgh running backs roamed freely through our defense, but due to the Genius of Todd Graham, they spent more time throwing incomplete passes...meanwhile Brandon Oliver found slightly more running room than Chevron Jeffvon Gill who was permanently fixated on the bench...down only 7, Quinn decides not to deviate from the original gameplan.
2nd Quarter
Pittsburgh in the red zone, they start to abandon the run and prove how high octane they are.
14:20: Colby Way with a great bull rush for a sack, on 3rd down, field goal no good
13:37: 7 yard run by Oliver plus 15 yard personal foul on Pitt, we're driving.
12:58 Finally we see Chazz Rollout Right....on 2nd down, with the usual outcome of ball thrown out of bounds.
terrible footwork there by Chazz
good feeling for the pocket though
by ubbulls08
Good punt out of bounds.... directional punting is a lost art.
Sunseri gets a 15 yard scramble, but Pitt got away with a monster hold.
Pitt matriculates down the field using the big targets:
somebody may want to cover the tight end
by BRJ75
8:42 a coverage throw away, we are getting near to no penetration, probably should have been called intentional grounding.
8:32 of course as I say that, on 3rd down mack gets a nice pass rush on a stunt, Pitt checks down for a short gain and now a fg attempt....no good...Pitt is looking like a MAC team....
But the natives are getting restless:
I don't understand the fixation on Oliver
He's not starks. stop making him the focus on the offense
by ubbulls08
Two years in a row I don't get it!
by 2010bulls
Jeffvon Gill shold start over Oliver
why does nobody realize that Jeffvon Gill tends to lead the team in yards per attempt every year?
by D.C.A.
Maybe one day we'll find out why Gill was shut out and shipped out, but that Oliver guy found his grove eventually.
7:40 1st down good pocket good throw for a first down.
6:44, 2nd down quick slant to Neutz out of the shotgun
6:22 Quick WR screen to Terrell, 2nd first down...ahh the beauty of the spread offense, who cares which running back we use, lets just go 5 wide and toss it around.
6:01 another quick slant to Neutz another 1st down.
5:29 TOUCHDOWNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! OH GOD NO!
oh God no why
by D.C.A.
by 2010bulls
cannot believe that drop
by ubbulls08
perfect throw by chazz!
by Scott Peddie
After the game I went back to the tape of the Young drop:
The initial matchup:
UB
Shotgun: 3 wide left, 1 wide right, 1 Running back (10 formation if you're using the yellow flip cards at home.)
Pitt
Base 3-4 Defense, 1 OLB standing up at the line of scrimmage, 1 OLB and 1 MLB split covering WR's, 1 MLB at Center. 2 deep safeties and 2 Cornerbacks on the outside.
Situation: 1st and 10 at the 33, 2nd quarter 5:38 to go.
Pitt expecting a short pass, sends all 4 linebackers and both corners on shallow zone drops...2 deep cover 3 it looks like...on the bottom of the screen you can see Marcus Rivers has a free streak down the field...an inexperienced QB would be tempted to go there...
But an experienced QB knows the easier play, and safer (see Donald Jones) is waiting for the safety to shift outside and hitting the slot receiver.
Perfect execution prevents teams from cheating, and getting away with it. It stops teams from playing zone, and blitzing, and allows you to exploit your one on one matchups.
Poor execution, penalties and mental errors, are the surest way to steal defeat from the jaws of victory.
SMH
On reverse angle, I can't see why that ball is not caught. Like Ragu it's in there!
Insult to Injury...the Pitt Manager turns back to laugh with his friends about how much we suck.
Back to the game:
So with regular plays working, but not being executed properly, we try to execute some trickeration, with a FleaFlicker, Rivers gets his hands on it couldn't bring it in.
41 yard field goal good UB 3 - Pitt 7. The Punter Kicker from down under.
4:15 Bulls upping the pressure
Is this guy getting out of the tackle box when he's throwing it away
the last two have been real close
by BRJ75
No he isn't but Big East refs....
3:59, huge jailbreak pressure, blantant holding and a dropped INT by Lester...and yes no call on the holding. True Blue is feeling the defensive effort.
anybody else hear the chant?
by D.C.A.
by BRJ75
Gotta let those people know we heard em.
by ubbulls08
Love that moment sometime in the 1st half when we do something good and can chant before losing...in Tennessee there was the Chazz touchdown run and the recovered fumble on the ensuing kickoff...the euphoria lasted about 40 seconds tho as we went 3 and out and missed a field goal.
BTW Jeff Quinn *still* has not scored a First Quarter Touchdown as a HC...
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by Tim Riordan
3:45 the alway effective return for 0 yards with the block in the back penalty.
Chazz roll right not by design but still thrown out of bounds.
2:55 slant to Neutz, still not stopped by Pitt. 1st down...will either coach make an adjustment? Because Bull Run Nation wants adjustments.
I know that slant has been working
but sooner or later its going to get jumped
by BRJ75
need to hit a slant and go
by Scott Peddie
1st and 10 7 yard scramble by Anderson
2nd and 3 no gain run oliver
3rd and 3 incomplete pass slant to rivers
4th down....thought about going for it didn't.
1:16 Punt downed at the 1.
Pitt at the 1 is in goal line formation we counter with....the 4-3...Pitt just wants to get to the line and kill clock....so why aren't we on the line to push them back???
I screamed that at the top of my lungs about 10 rows behind the UB bench in Tennessee, ....if its 3rd or 4th and 1, or the other team is on their own 1 yard line...why are our linebackers 5 yards off the ball...get aggressive!
Pitt gets a yard, runs out the clock and ends the half. The first quarter dominated by the Panters, the 2nd quarter by the Bulls but both high-octane spread offenses only manage one score each. Pitt 7 - UB 3.
I think any of us would take this score. Right in the game, with ball at half. Lets see Quinn make some half time adjustments
by Scott Peddie
Halftime adjustments? We have a few comedians in the house...
And I'll close with my favorite segment of the game thread:
Ok 7-3, whay is Jeff Quinn Writing here for halftime?
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by Tim Riordan
poo poo platter
garlic chicken
pork fried rice
and oh yea.....
fortune cookieby BRJ75
by 2010bulls
to Oliver
by D.C.A.
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by Tim Riordan
To Serve Oliver
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by Tim Riordan
see what 5th year eligible quarterbacks are available
by BRJ75