[Game Thread] Pittsburgh @ Boston College (12:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	PittsburghPittsburgh @ Boston CollegeBoston College
Location	Boston College Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Time	12:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN2
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/RhubarbFun3649]

Narduzzi is so ass 😂

[u/tripdawg15]

Refs need to be indicted for this game.

[u/Requiem2371]

Hahahahahahaha

[u/Flioxan]

Did narddog forget this was a conference game? Maybe he should yell at the AP some more

[u/PriorFar8064 → u/Flioxan]

Lmfao.

[u/yinzer21]

“Yeah Mahk I just don’t see enough to overturn it”

Pitt deserved to lose this but listening to this shitty ref with a Boston accent is cracking me up

[u/Ok_Friendship_6340]

just tuned in for a second and whys this ref sound like what i’d imagine JFK would sound like

[u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

The initial call with the ref who can actually see the ball said short then got overruled?? 🤔

[u/FlowState257]

Season was cooked when our qb went down but, "not like this...not like this"

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo → u/FlowState257]

Doesn’t explain the D

[u/FlowState257 → u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Totally agree.  I expected a rock fight and them putting up 27 is straight ass

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

He was clearly short but hey BC deserves a break, they haven’t gotten a call all game

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

Pat Nardookie

[u/VistaVick]

Not enough evidence to change the call

[u/Einfinet]

so can we stop all that rank Pitt talk now?

[u/lone_eagle2011]

Might be a few inches short?

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Just move the chains that we’ve lost this game trying to postpone the inevitable and extend our suffering. The game is over.

[u/VistaVick]

Looks like a first down

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Also this loss is 100% on the coaches. The defense wasn’t ready and we didn’t adjust. The QB is a 3rd string QB freshman, no shit he isn’t that good.

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

Was about to say, why the hell would we accept that penalty

[u/pittpanthers95]

Alright folks I gotta move my laundry to the dryer, if anything interesting happens it’s because I walked away from the tv

[u/FlowState257 → u/pittpanthers95]

Warms my heart that there is a slippery rock flair.  I had no idea haha

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Does BOB think he’s coaching Canadian football?

[u/MeeseShoop → u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

I don’t think O’Brien thinks at all.

[u/Sports101GAMING]

Might as well hold a open QB tryout tomorrow

[u/SenorPoopsPants]

Clean house. Injured qb1 or not.

[u/shitbreakfinch]

Yall think Pitt will be ranked tomorrow?

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/shitbreakfinch]

I think we fall out of the top 5 but should stick in around 12 or so

[u/NoLoveLikeGilfLove → u/shitbreakfinch]

AP voters better wake their asses up (for the bottom 25)

[u/EgregiousPhilbin6]

a reminder that pitt still has 3 timeouts and bc is still bc

[u/Thick_Policy9827]

Please no fumble

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

Announcers don’t know ball. We ain’t doing shit if we get them a 3 and out

[u/NoLoveLikeGilfLove]

I don’t care that Dailey’s a freshman, that was awful.

[u/goodiereddits]

Hell yes BC keep it up for exactly 3 more weeks

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Season over

[u/CommissarVorchevsky]

Fucking pushed off him

[u/sluggo15]

Back to Geriner please

[u/Aurelian92]

Fire Narduzzi the second the game ends... He should have benched the kid long ago

[u/VistaVick]

I didn't realize Pitt was not a serious football program.

[u/VistaVick → u/VistaVick]

As a BC fan, we are terrible.

[u/OcelotWolf → u/VistaVick]

Are you new here? This is business as usual

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/VistaVick]

We paid a lot of money for Heintschel. The backups are just bad.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Lol told you he was throwing a pick. Obviously

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

Someone here called that lol

[u/NoLoveLikeGilfLove]

To all the BC fans: We still have to go 80 yards in two minutes with a freshman QB who’s never started a game. Also, we need a touchdown. Which we’ve only done once all day.

[u/FracturedKnuckles]

I turned this game off at half, and if Pitt loses I will not watch another game until next season, I’ve given up on this team

[u/DeathsFavoriteHuman]

Why can’t we have one nice thing

[u/lone_eagle2011]

That missed PAT is gonna cost them the game. Most BC thing ever

[u/mynewname1]

Death, taxes, and BC blowing a lead

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/mynewname1]

We aren’t scoring a touchdown lol you’re fine

[u/Manthem]

Look, I'm not going to pretend I know more about calling plays than a head coach, but there's no way that is the right call.

[u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

too funny, take 3 knees and win the game bill o brien masterclass

[u/pittpanthers95]

Don’t worry BC we’re about to go 3 and out

[u/Thick_Policy9827 → u/pittpanthers95]

I have seen this story too many times. We can’t win

[u/pittpanthers95 → u/Thick_Policy9827]

I’ve also seen this story many times. Neither can we.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

I mean we still have to drive 90 yards with the 3rd string true freshman. He’s gonna throw a pick.

[u/Aurelian92 → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Even if he doesn't he's only been able to do it once on the opening drive. Outside of that it's been FGs and a FG doesn't cut it.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/Aurelian92]

Right, we aren’t scoring so it doesn’t really matter.

[u/Thick_Policy9827]

Sounds about right

[u/Aurelian92]

Narduzzi has one game plan and when it doesn't work he doesn't know how to make adjustments.

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

DPI or INT, the law of Narduzzi

[u/SCsprinter13]

So a FG wins the game and you do....that

[u/lone_eagle2011]

Fuck

[u/haasenfus]

lol

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

Crazy hold on the outside

[u/Brave_Ice4144]

Pitt defense looking like hot ass

[u/96kellyn]

Can we forfeit the remainder of the season

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Oh look wide open again!

[u/theexile14]

These RTP calls are insane

[u/Steelcity77]

Let me say it again, this secondary SUCKS

[u/YinzerInsuranceGuy → u/Steelcity77]

cant do much blitzing 6+ every play

[u/Steelcity77 → u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

D Coordinator or calling a good game

[u/Steelcity77 → u/Steelcity77]

WRS running free ALL DAY

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

4 or 5 roughing calls today? What are we doing…

[u/Aurelian92]

Lol only call a hold when it can be offset, what a joke.

[u/glouie2009]

Narduzzi defensive masterclass

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

They finally call holding on BC it’s offsetting lmao right

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Wide open every single play. Fucking lmao

[u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

0 holding calls against BC is pretty wild

[u/XrayGuy08 → u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

Well there was one. But with a Pitt penalty to offset it 🤣

[u/tarheelsrule441 → u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

There's one, but...

[u/YinzerInsuranceGuy → u/tarheelsrule441]

softest roughing the passer in history

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Narduzzi hasn’t adjusted his scheme in a decade lol dipshit

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Arch keeps playing like that the Steelers might have a shot

[u/chmcgrath1988]

Pete Cronan did a Herculean job stifling laughter after Jon Meterparal said “I think Ted Roof’s one of the best defensive coordinators in the country. He’s worked for 12 teams.” in a deadpan, sarcastic tone during the BC radio broadcast.

[u/dietmrfizz]

Pitt kicker man of the match for sure

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Our best hope here is McKenzie running backwards for a safety. Otherwise it’s a deep ball touchdown or 3 DPis to the endzone.

[u/Steelcity77]

Pitt has hurt themselves with these penalties but these refs haven’t called this game evenly which makes it even harder

[u/tarheelsrule441]

Over/Under 1.5 DPI calls on this upcoming drive?

[u/AdventuresOfAD → u/tarheelsrule441]

Surprise, 1 dpi and 1 holding

[u/realestatereddit]

13 penalties for almost 150 yards. Absolutely insane

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

There’s no way on earth any team commits 13 penalties for almost 150 yards that is gotta be as investigated for gambling. There’s no way on earth I’ve ever seen a game where that’s been called like that.

[u/theexile14 → u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

The timing has been awful too. Driving? Hold. Third down stop? Roughing the passer on a hit moments after the ball goes out. All judgement calls.

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

I can’t really argue those holding calls. Clearly our guys are holding.

[u/Thick_Policy9827 → u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

The penalties that aren’t getting called on BC are worse than the ones that are getting called on Pitt

[u/wirelessburrito → u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

You can argue why it's not called both ways

[u/Aggressive-Food1185]

That one okay but the one before was fucking bullshit

[u/pittpanthers95]

2nd and Worcester hahahahahahaha kill me

[u/Halvey15]

Yes Pitt is undisciplined. But they’ve been undisciplined for years and I’ve never seen this kind of disparity in penalties/yardage.

[u/sluggo15]

Fuck these refs dude. There has to be some accountability. Unreal

[u/GrumpyTartan]

ACC refs doing the usual - making the game nearly unwatchable

[u/tripdawg15]

Refs have been so one sided in this game it's crazy. BC apparently plays the cleanest brand of football in the world. Pitt gets a positive play and 10 flags fly.

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

Praying that the whole “2 score is the most dangerous lead” kinda thing holds true

[u/pittpanthers95]

What part of Boston is this ref from?

[u/OcelotWolf]

Yeah okay buddy

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

I’m glad BC finally got a call in their favor

[u/Timely_Conflict4796]

Man Mason is fun to watch. A tough as nails kid who fits this region like a glove. He’s getting better and better every week.

Genuinely think BC has a shot at 6-6 and a bowl.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

5-0 to 5-7. Another successful Pitt football season 🥰

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

Our d line is good enough to send 5, spy the QB, and put 5 in coverage…

[u/Halvey15 → u/AdventuresOfAD]

But our secondary isn’t good enough to only drop 5.

[u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

can we trade for oregons backup qb that they just benched

[u/lone_eagle2011]

IF YA DON'T LIKE THAT MISSED PAT, YA DON'T LIKE BOSTON COLLEGE FOOTBALL

[u/BigTimeSpider]

Whole lotta ass

[u/Traditional_Frame418]

Pitt knows BC wants to launch it and hope for a PI or wide open dude. And Pitt just keeps giving BC man coverage with zero help over the top. Honestly it's fascinating to watch and has to drive Pitt fans insane.

[u/Halvey15 → u/Traditional_Frame418]

I think you’re the same Wisconsin fan that I responded to earlier lol. It’s been the same thing for 12 years

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/Traditional_Frame418]

I need a Narduzzi retirement more than anything

[u/tarheelsrule441 → u/Traditional_Frame418]

That's just how the Nard Dawg rolls

[u/96kellyn]

We can still tie it with 3 more field goals!

[u/XrayGuy08 → u/96kellyn]

There’s the first one! 2 more to go.

[u/XrayGuy08 → u/96kellyn]

That would require 2 stops on defense though.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/XrayGuy08]

fuck

[u/XrayGuy08 → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Okay. Actually I lied. You COULD recover some onside kicks instead of playing defense.

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

I just don’t know what to say at this point I get that we have a bad quarterback situation but man, why is the defense this bad so if it’s on the refs but band

[u/XrayGuy08]

There’s a joke here about Pitts coach calling out voters then promptly losing to UNC and BC.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/XrayGuy08]

Has nothing to do with QB1 tearing his ACL

[u/XrayGuy08 → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

It has a little but not everything.

[u/theexile14 → u/XrayGuy08]

I mean, the starting QB and RB are both hurt. 

[u/XrayGuy08 → u/theexile14]

And? Is that stopping your defense from letting BC kill you deep? Or having over 100 yards of penalty yards? Injuries certainly are not helping but no way should Pitt be losing to this BC team.

[u/Steelcity77]

Secondary SUCKS

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

It should be plainly obvious to opposing teams to take a shot at least once every drive against us. At worst its a free DPI

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/AdventuresOfAD]

James Franklin is the only coach how watches film I guess. VT had nine pass plays over 20 yards. It’s so easy to expose our garbage scheme

[u/tarheelsrule441 → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

We just didn't have a QB with the arm to get it there, but somehow we still hit a couple, including our TE outrunning your secondary.

[u/sluggo15]

Our defensive has given up these huge plays every game I swear

[u/wirelessburrito]

Call a hold

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Literally just throw it deep every play. This defense is ass

[u/calvinwars]

Random question comes to mind for BC fans, do you guys have open animosity from New England professional sports writers?

Pitt gets a lot of public hate from Steelers, Penguins, etc sports media for being smaller (and since Pitt doesn’t have a journalism school, so a lot of media comes from West Virginia, Syracuse, Penn State). Does BC have any similar issues from Patriots, Celtics, Bruins writers?

[u/Rooleet → u/calvinwars]

It's too much of a pro sports city unfortunately. Not to mention all the college allegiances are split because of hockey, or they went to UMASS, so there's no singular school to get support.

[u/AcidaliaPlanitia → u/calvinwars]

Lol Boston sports writers probably don't remember BC football exists.

[u/EgregiousPhilbin6 → u/calvinwars]

Kinda the opposite tbh. Boston sports media is incredibly toxic and petty and BC is so irrelevant they fly under the radar of all of that

[u/lone_eagle2011 → u/calvinwars]

They just don't care about BC. School hasn't given them anything to care about though

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Need a second cocktail bc of this ref ball game

[u/Turbulent_Tale6497 → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Second? Rookie.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/Turbulent_Tale6497]

I’m unc now

[u/lone_eagle2011]

Passing has been working but now BoB thinks running it up the middld is what we need. Should have hired an OC

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

At least Narduzzi can always get a good kicker for us

[u/AfroJimbo]

I still have visions of Fitz having his way against us in 2003.

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009 → u/AfroJimbo]

I have found memories of Brandon Miree running all over VT in 2002.

[u/AdventuresOfAD → u/AfroJimbo]

I remember Kevin Jones having his way with us lol

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Both Pitt and BC punch above their weight in terms of football alumni 

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

We need a pick 6 or something 

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

If Narduzzi had played this conservatively last week, we still would be undefeated I guess he figures the only time you’re gonna take the points because you’re playing your backups when you’re down to your third string guy and not when you’re using some second string bum

[u/EgregiousPhilbin6]

Clearly not a fumble, but close ones like that are always called fumble on the field and overturned after the fact

[u/Halvey15 → u/EgregiousPhilbin6]

That’s not true. They wait to blow the whistle but then make whatever call they need to make.

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009 → u/EgregiousPhilbin6]

Yeah, I’m ok with that

[u/CNY_Orange]

Every year I think the ACC refs can't get any worse and yet here we are.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/CNY_Orange]

Refs must also think they’re too good for the ACC. They want to get picked up by the SEC/B1G

[u/Aurelian92]

It's time to bench CD, he cannot hit open receivers.

[u/medussa727]

The most obvious incomplete pass of all time.

[u/MrPinkThompson]

That was an obvious incomplete pass. What the fuck are these on field refs looking at

[u/tarheelsrule441]

Not a fumble, but I think Geriner is better than this kid is right now.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/tarheelsrule441]

Neither one of them can hit an open receiver

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

I mean, that’s not even close. What kind of fixes is in here?

[u/Halvey15]

I mean I’m not one to complain about the refs but come on… if you can’t see his hand moving forward on the field, how can I trust you to call penalties correctly?

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

What are with these refs? 

[u/theexile14]

That they called that a fumble on the field is probably the biggest indictment of the refs of this game

[u/wirelessburrito]

Where's the roughing the passer there

[u/AfroJimbo]

ACC refs are so fucking dumb

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

How is that a fumble? These refs are desperate to let BC win

[u/OcelotWolf]

There’s no way that’s a fumble lol

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

His arm is clearly moving forward so that will be BC ball

[u/lone_eagle2011]

Not a fumble

[u/Halvey15]

No way that’s a fumble lol

[u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

oh but they call a hold there. Fuck off refs

[u/OfficeContent3708]

Just me or have they been letting piles get pushed a whole lot more than usual in CFB this year ?

[u/YinzerInsuranceGuy]

pitt gets called for PI 5x in first half all ticky tacky and BC gets no PI called on them ever?

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Holding, Pitt was getting to close to the endzone

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

All these players that they’re calling clean defensive players, they would absolutely flagged on Pitt

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Yeah, that was pass interference 

[u/huskyferretguy1]

Hi, where is the thread with links to all the games? Its not on top of r/CFB. Thank you!

[u/endorphin__dolphin → u/huskyferretguy1]

It’s on the ‘Hub’ Post, underneath links Here you go though! Game Thread

[u/huskyferretguy1 → u/endorphin__dolphin]

Thank you!

[u/lone_eagle2011]

BoB is such a dope. That play has gotten us nowhere this half but sure lets run it on 4th down

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

1.8 YPC is crazy work 

[u/Pitt_Is_It_2009]

Defense steps it up when we neeeed it 

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

God these teams SUCK. I mean hey great play guys

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

Gotta put Holden in, at least try something different. Offense is completely fallen apart

[u/Halvey15 → u/AdventuresOfAD]

Yeah they clearly don’t trust Dailey at all right now. So why not?

[u/endorphin__dolphin]

Really unsure why that wasn’t blown dead due to forward progress

[u/CommissarVorchevsky]

Should have been blown dead, but hey let's just fuck Pitt over I guess!

[u/NoLoveLikeGilfLove]

That play was so over it’s not even funny.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Neither of these teams are going bowling so at least we get to see a great ref performance

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

For whatever favorable calls we’ve had over the last few weeks, we more than paid for it today

[u/theexile14]

Not sure how he wasn’t actively being pushed backward with stopped progress at this time, but hey, the refs are still ass