OT: Narduzzi brings little brother complex re: Pitt-Penn State
Whining and bellyaching for big brother to start playing with little brother again.
PSU has nothing to gain from playing Pitt, a second-rate program that has been a joke of a program for quite some time now.
http://www.cardiachill.com/2015/5/26/8658185/pitt-vs-penn-state-footbal…
Like the tude
Penn State should play Pitt. Renew traditional rivalries. Marshall gets up every single time they play West Virginia.
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West Virginia is like Viagra for the Herd. Good to know! /s
What is he suppoesed to do?
worked pretty well at MSU. Don't like those clowns, but Narduzzi clamoring for PSU to play Pitt is the right move from every angle.
Pitt has way more to gain.
Why are playing rivalry games a bad thing again? It'll excite both fanbases if anything.
Last time I checked, it's worked.
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It's common sense that Penn State should play Pitt -- just like Texas should play Texas A&M every year. In state rivalry games are always fun and I'd much rather watch a Pitt vs Penn State September matchup as opposed to Eastern Michigan vs Penn State.
They should play...
Pat Narduzzi:
I think it's an in-state rival. It's two Power Five conferences that can go head to head. ... To me, why not keep the money in state and play [a game between] the two best schools in the state? I'm a firm believer that you keep those rivalries going as long as you can, especially in state.
James Franklin (albeit last July):
It would be great for the state, great for college football. I'm in favor of it
OP:
Whining and bellyaching for big brother to start playing with little brother again. PSU has nothing to gain from playing Pitt, a second-rate program that has been a joke of a program for quite some time now.
Pitt and Penn State have a rivalry dating back to 1894 (PSU leads by eight games, 50-42-4). They absolutely should play, and I think the OP is displaying the same type of little brother inferiority complex he's ascribing to Narduzzi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State%E2%80%93Pittsburgh_football_riv…
I just saw on Twitter that they have 4 years scheduled starting 2016
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Most Pitt fans believe everyone was waiting for the Paterno influence to wane* before the series could start up again, which obviously happened. They announced the series about a year after his death.
*Not taking a position on what I think, I really don't know.
These days, aren't the two best schools in the state PSU and Temple?
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Are you saying Temple has a better football program than Pitt, or that there's a chance Temple could beat Pitt if the played in 2015? Pitt has a seven game winning streak against Temple and is vastly superior in every way historically, even including the recent turbulant state of the program.
No. I was being a smartass. Pitt is obviously a vastly superior program both historically and recently.
My bad. +1.
No worries.
I did deadpan it and omit the "/s" so your confusion is understandable.
Browser crash machine restart double post 12 hours later. That's a new one.
To be fair, DISCUSS Man is a second rate poster and has been a joke of a poster for likely their entire existence on this blog.
So that may help explain the difference in tone between Narduzzi, Franklin, and the OP.
Makes more sense then forcing a penn state v sparty rivalry.
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Don't disrespect the Land Grant Battle.
Making his defenses/teams feel like they have something to prove seems to be his MO, so this isn't surprising.
PSU doesn't need Pitt. They have new rivals like Maryland and Rutgers.
Just ask BTN how big the psu-ru rivalry is.
Lets just have a party and bring Pitt into the B1G.
Should have awhile ago imo. Good academics. Decent sports.
Better than Rutgers.
I would trade Rutgers for Pitt..
christ this thread is stupid
If you want, we can start up a Nike V. Adidas thread.
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don't give WD such an open invitation!
I would like to talk about my favorite color
That's fine, as long as we can reasonably compare it to the Pantone chart and determine that it should be a darker shade than it is currently.
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Perhaps another rowing thread will jump start things?
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Blue! No, Maize!
with apologies to Monty Python.
Yup. It actually shows a slight inferiority complex the OP has with anything related to MSU.
100% agree. Narduzzi's comments seem fine, Franklin's comments fine, and they are playing a 4 game series. The only whining I see is from the OP.
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I agree, this thread is kind of pointless.
While not mentioned, I think that the OP was also alluding to past comments made by Narduzzi about being "down the road from a big school, and look how that turned out" (something along those lines), and bringing that attitude to Pitt about beating PSU - the football incumbent, if you will.
college football rivalry, then it would be Pat Narduzzi and James Franklin.
I'm dating myself, but growing up, this was one of the November games I looked forward to:
Pitt-Penn State, Nebraska-Oklahoma, Ohio State-Michigan, Auburn-Alabama, Texas-aTm, UCLA-USC
Kind of sad how all the oxygen gets sucked out of these great games.
I don't even know the last time Pitt and Penn State were both ranked in the Top 10.
Sad that Nebraska-OU and Texas-A&M (plus WVU-Pitt) are basically done for
Series is 50-42-4 Penn State. Hardly the runaway by Penn State you want it to be OP
Who the f#%* cares. Harbaugh.
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Pitt 2008-2014: 52-39
Michigan 2008-2014: 46-42
But I'm betting SoS and expected yield versus results tell a different story
Ouch...
Michigan had an 11-2 season just four years ago and a BCS bowl victory.
Pitt lost to Youngstown State at home by 2-3 TDs at home a few years ago.
FCS Youngstown State. 2-3 TDs.
Every single year...it's stupid that they don't. I get Pitt has the backyard brawl, and if they play PSU every year then that doesn't leave much for variety in scheduling...but figure it out. At least play every other year so the players get 1 game at home and 1 on the road in the careers.
We should be doing the same with ND. Every other year. Home-Away-Home-Away-etc.
It was PSU and Paterno that were doing so, definitely not Pitt.
Pitt turned down a 1-1 for 2008-2009 because they wanted a longer, 4- or 6- year series.
PSU only wanted 2 years, so instead scheduled Syracuse for 2008-09 instead.
If Pitt had won one more game in 2014, they would have been Pinstripe Bowl eligible (per the ACC's Bowl-slotting rules) and we could have played last year.
That one, their fans don't necessarily like it but the "blame" as it is is solely on Pitt. Don't lose home games to AKRON.
I was just mentioning that Pitt can't have two "locked in" non-conference games every year.
No, I don't give a shit about having a footprint in NY