Pittsburgh 9/7 12:00 ESPN2

[leeraymond]

Among everything else that I saw today, there are three things that stand out in my mind about today's loss: 1) after Pitt scored their last touchdown that brought the score to a two-point game, UC had the ball just before the two-minute timeout. Kiner went out the game and did NOT return. Why leave Kiner out of the game when Pitt could NOT stop him? He could have eaten up yards and run the clock down; 2) Why does Satterfield continue to call the offensive plays. Since he has been at UC, Satterfield's play calling has NOT worked out well at all; 3) how in the @#%$ can the coaching staff allow what happened to the team last year happen again this year (all those unanswered points in the third and fourth quarters)? I could NOT believe what I was seeing today. You would think that the UC coaching staff would have learned a lesson from last year and NOT let something like that to happen again. Guess what, it happened again in almost the SAME way. It really did. You all saw it.

Despite all the things that went wrong today, UC has some REAL offensive weapons to work with (Kiner, Sorsby, Royer, etc). What UC is missing is some solid and imaginative offensive play calling to help move the ball when the other team's defense steps up its play. The bottom line is that Satterfield should let SOMEONE ELSE call the plays on offense.

UC blew a very good opportunity today.

[red_n_black_attack]

I remain confused how we got a defensive delay of game on 4th down. Confused, as in, what happened? What did we do? I was never able to figure out what happened.

I read it was mimicing the QB cadence to try to get the center to snap early. I'd love to have seen us make a stop on that 4th down to escape, but that fantom call led to the long gain after the refs gave Pitt a 1st down.

[UC4me]

I remain confused how we got a defensive delay of game on 4th down. Confused, as in, what happened? What did we do? I was never able to figure out what happened.

[Lobot]

On to positives.

Sorsby took a beating out there and completed some really nice passes under pressure in the first half. He's the guy. He went for 200 yards in the first half until Pitt adjusted in the 2nd half. The pass to Mayes was absolute perfect placement.

Royer is a weapon. He's going to to the NFL. Mark it down.

Kiner had 149 yards today and racked up a lot them up in the 4th and should have had more.

Anyway here's the Box score:

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...meId/401635538

[Lobot]

I thought I’m calm down by now, and be just bummed about the loss. But I don’t feel that, all I have is anger. The only adjustments this rotten staff made in the 4th Qtr are the adjustments that lost the game. Critical time, 2nd and two, do they run Corey, the short yardage back, up the middle? No, they ran Pryor off tackle for a loss of two. Then, they didn’t know how to adjust to Pitt pressure on Sorsby and had to punt, game over. Anger. They tried to run clock the entire 4th Qtr. Anger.

This! That infuriated me and to be honest if you can stop them on offense anyway, why the **** didn't we go for it on 4th and run more clock? It would have at least made them burn a time out before 4th down.

The playing not to lose is a pattern with the staff. Don't get it. This would be much a more palatable loss had we been aggressive in the 2nd half.

I'm not going to throw Veidt under the bus. We don't currently have to talent to run this scheme. That's going to take another year at least. The scheme is designed to bend and not break and the defensive backfield broke today on several occasions.

I've seen several social media posts blaming Carter Brown for the missed kick today. It was absolutely not Brown's fault. Snap was good but he kicked the laces dead on. Plain as day on replay. Mason Fletcher has to spin that ball so the laces are out. That said special teams had a lot of missed opportunities today on coverage. The punt that rolled into the endzone was a coverage failure. Not because our guy couldn't keep it out of the endzone but because Fletcher held the ball before the kick and we only had one guy downfield to make a play. Everyone else got fooled by a fake fair catch.

That's enough negativity for now on my part.

[longtimefan]

Kiner would likely have gotten the first down.... game over.

B.C.

Absolutely. At that place on the field you have 3 plays to make 2 yards. What you absolutely can’t do is lose yards on 2nd down, which is exactly what they did. Anger.

[Bearcat Chris]

I thought I’m calm down by now, and be just bummed about the loss. But I don’t feel that, all I have is anger. The only adjustments this rotten staff made in the 4th Qtr are the adjustments that lost the game. Critical time, 2nd and two, do they run Corey, the short yardage back, up the middle? No, they ran Pryor off tackle for a loss of two. Then, they didn’t know how to adjust to Pitt pressure on Sorsby and had to punt, game over. Anger. They tried to run clock the entire 4th Qtr. Anger.

Kiner would likely have gotten the first down.... game over.

B.C.

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

Some coaches know how to win and put the hammer down and put teams away.....some don't. Ours doesn't. You can't play to NOT lose.

[Bearcat93]

As if we needed more evidence to remove Satterville, we have this. Just wow.

[longtimefan]

I thought I’m calm down by now, and be just bummed about the loss. But I don’t feel that, all I have is anger. The only adjustments this rotten staff made in the 4th Qtr are the adjustments that lost the game. Critical time, 2nd and two, do they run Corey, the short yardage back, up the middle? No, they ran Pryor off tackle for a loss of two. Then, they didn’t know how to adjust to Pitt pressure on Sorsby and had to punt, game over. Anger. They tried to run clock the entire 4th Qtr. Anger.

[JohnFrancis]

Dumb penalties = lack of discipline = bad coaching

[JBB]

It feels like the Dave Curry, Ralph Staub era has returned
Clumsy coaching decisions. A real joke

[longtimefan]

However, If you wait until 1/1/25 it drops to 4M.

If he’s the coach on 1/2/2025, I’ll never attend another UC game.

[Lobot]

so have I heard.

However, If you wait until 1/1/25 it drops to 4M.

[longtimefan]

I regret to inform you that Satterfield's buyout is large.

Then we’re a basketball school for the foreseeable future. My seats will be empty against Houston, and I won’t give them to my neighbor. That will be my protest. I may not attend another game this year. There is no hope for this football program.