Pittsburgh 9/9 6:30 CW

[Lobot]

Terrible turf warning and a weird start time for this one. Pitt should be a much better test of where we are as a team after yesterday. Somebody needs to pull the River CIty Rivalry trophy out of storage for this. I'd like to beat Pitt on their own field just for helping pull the rug out from under the Big East.

Pitt is mostly reliant on QB Phil Jurkovec who transferred in from BC. He's a mostly a pocket passer that threw for 214yds against FCS Wofford yesterday in a 45-7 victory for the Panthers. It's hard to tell against FCS teams but it looks like a pretty balanced attack and running back by committee.

Here's the box score from Wofford:

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...meId/401525465

It's almost too early in the season for comparitive stats between UC and Pitt but on paper we had the better offense this past weekend.

ESPN predictor is only giving us a 40% chance of winning and I think that's probably wrong.

TV for this game is a national (?) broadcast on the CW Network. This is the first time we've ever played a game on that network. CW is available over the air locally with an antenna, on cable TV or through streaming services (in theory). I think we established that Raycom Sports is handling this non conference broadcast for the ACC. I have no idea what announcers we're going to get or how good the broadcast will be, etc. Can't be any worse than playing Marshall on Facebook Watch Live though.

[bearcatbret]

So, the teams that were picked preseason last and second to last in the Big 12 both beat Pitt. I like where WVU alternate colors in the sections. Also, WVU fans sing an interesting rendition of Sweet Caroline.
WVU vs Pitt 2023: Sweet Caroline - YouTube
WVU Fans Sing Their Version of Sweet Caroline During Backyard Brawl Win Over Pitt - YouTube

[Chewbacca2099]

We all got our hopes up from this win, but it turns out PITT just isn't very good... and neither are we.

[GoBearcats31]

Full game posted by the ACC https://youtu.be/dji84rPin1w?si=YXri96bP3F68tAKO

[Lobot]

What I don't understand is that while the refs let defense players onto the field (no doubt in answer to the offense making substitutions) why isn't the play clock suspended? It seemed to me that several times the clock almost ran out with the official standing over the ball.

I tried to type this earlier and it went into the ether. Richard has it right. if the offense subs, the refs have to allow the defense to sub and the ref will stay over the ball until both teams change personnel. There were times where we had momentum when I wish we would have gone hurry up to stop them from doing that.

[Lobot]

What I don't understand is that while the refs let defense players onto the field (no doubt in answer to the offense making substitutions) why isn't the play clock suspended? It seemed to me that several times the clock almost ran out with the official standing over the ball.

I noticed that as well. I'm wondering if that was gamesmanship by Narduzzi to run someone on late in order to not let us get a good look at the defensive personal before a rushed snap.

[richard k.]

Why were refs stopping play while Pitt ran defensive players off the field?

What I don't understand is that while the refs let defense players onto the field (no doubt in answer to the offense making substitutions) why isn't the play clock suspended? It seemed to me that several times the clock almost ran out with the official standing over the ball.

[cpawstoney]

Why were refs stopping play while Pitt ran defensive players off the field?

[D.A.H.]

Totally agree. The announcer are broadcasting ACC so a little bias is expected, but i thought they did a great job. Very informative and the camera work was very good. Definitely a good watching experience for the CW.

don't forget, the ACC network is produced by espn, not by the cw - you should see a good product

[Bearcatdave72]

Watched the UC-Pitt broadcast on CW from my residence in east TN...I thought the play-by-play and analyst were very good, not ACC homers at all, very even content about UC and Big 12 v. Pitt and ACC. They mentioned all the University of Florida ties to players on both teams, talked about the Dingle family, UC's football successes over the last couple of years - I enjoyed it although not at Dan Hoard level!!!

Totally agree. The announcer are broadcasting ACC so a little bias is expected, but i thought they did a great job. Very informative and the camera work was very good. Definitely a good watching experience for the CW.

[SKell82155]

Watched the UC-Pitt broadcast on CW from my residence in east TN...I thought the play-by-play and analyst were very good, not ACC homers at all, very even content about UC and Big 12 v. Pitt and ACC. They mentioned all the University of Florida ties to players on both teams, talked about the Dingle family, UC's football successes over the last couple of years - I enjoyed it although not at Dan Hoard level!!!

I don’t know about that. Seemed to me they were
rooting awfully hard for Pitt. Maybe that was in hopes of
keeping the game interesting, I dunno.

[SKell82155]

The officials were BigXII officials. We may see more of the same this season.

Meant the announcers, sorry.

[Lobot]

I was also there, strange crowd……literally thousands of Pitt fans left at halftime where the game (obviously) was still o Lu a 2 score game. I’ve never experienced that at a college football game before-thousands of home fans bailing in their team at half.

The stadium upper deck offered some outstanding views, sunset was particularly awesome. Did seem like less Cincy fans than I thought would be there.

We tailgated with the Republic of Cincy-fantastic set up & vibe, thank you Mike & company @ Republic Of Cincinnati!

Gotta beat the line for dinner at Primanti Brothers.

[JohnFrancis]

Watched the UC-Pitt broadcast on CW from my residence in east TN...I thought the play-by-play and analyst were very good, not ACC homers at all, very even content about UC and Big 12 v. Pitt and ACC. They mentioned all the University of Florida ties to players on both teams, talked about the Dingle family, UC's football successes over the last couple of years - I enjoyed it although not at Dan Hoard level!!!

[Bearcat93]

I was also there, strange crowd……literally thousands of Pitt fans left at halftime where the game (obviously) was still o Lu a 2 score game. I’ve never experienced that at a college football game before-thousands of home fans bailing in their team at half.

The stadium upper deck offered some outstanding views, sunset was particularly awesome. Did seem like less Cincy fans than I thought would be there.

We tailgated with the Republic of Cincy-fantastic set up & vibe, thank you Mike & company @ Republic Of Cincinnati!