'22 Recruiting Forum: Official Pittsburgh Pregame/Game Thread

[InVOLuntary]

Lost a little confidence in Heupel tonight. Everyone deserves a mulligan. Nice to get a win when you're not on your game.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Still our Johnny
GO VOLS

 

[bluegrasser]

Defense has the most QB pressures in what, ten+ years?!!!!

Woot!

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

I’m drunk and we won! Blame them! That’s what I’m telling my wife

It's too drunk for you to be this late!

 

[Volsdeep4]

I’m drunk and we won! Blame them! That’s what I’m telling my wife

I did drink about 2 gallons of water with them drinks those

 

[jakez4ut]

In a tough road environment

Eh... Lets not go crazy. Pitt at Heinz field isn't exactly the swamp...

Didn't even get 60k in there..

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

That was our first win against a ranked opponent on the road in almost 2 decades.

And some are out on the coaches over it

 

[Volsdeep4]

It's too drunk for you to be this late!

Yeeeeeehawwwww

 

[zhangliao04]

Employer wouldn't appreciate it.

My next attempt: al pastor tacos. Definitely going to try it this week now.

 

[Jackcrevol]

HopFuLy wE CaN BeaT AkRun

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

I did drink about 2 gallons of water with them drinks those

2 gallons of water?

That doesn't even sounds possible.

 

[VolsnCards5]

Lol, ESPN app caught Blackledge and the play by play guy after the game in a live feed talking about how pedestrian Pitt was in offense

 

[Type Orange+]

Gotta learn how to win ugly and we did that, definitely A-LOT to improve on but in years past we lose that game 10/10 times. Good ugly win.

That's right.
We've had too many years where we would've folded in games like this.
CJH's teams do not quit.

 

[MarcoVol]

But this game shouldn't have been close dang.

But we won, man. We beat a top 20 team on the road in OT. They don’t all have to be pretty!

 

[gnm53108]

This win should not be downplayed. So much went against us and we won. Somehow. Too often games like this have resulted in a loss but we won. Against a top 25 team. On the road. This was a beautifully stressful thing to see

Yep. Don’t remember ever winning a game with a punt blocked and a fumbled punt.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

Just Win Baby!!

 

[gainesvol82]

The one thing I love love love about today, this defense is violent. WR, QB, HB all got smoked play after play today.

Tells me that the coaching is sound. Just need to keep recruiting well and we will be stout in future years.

 

[SweetasSoda]

JH shouldn’t be celebrating a damn thing…glad we won though…

CJH has done a remarkable job with what he was given! Big fan of him! And, go Vols!!!!!! Excited about winning a tough game on the road against a team that didn’t quit, and we did a lot to keep them in it. Hope Pitt wins the ACC again.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Just Win Baby!!

That’s exactly how I feel but too exhausted to dance right now!

 

[Atzar]

Way too many mistakes offensively. Drops, sacks, penalties. We can't have those if we expect to have a good season.

I was pleased with the pressure we put on Pitt's QBs over the game, but man, I don't like our secondary at all. That weakness really limits the ceiling on this team unless the offense is able to put up 40-50 points against high-level defenses, and while we're explosive, I didn't really see that level of consistency and execution today.

Still happy to beat a solid ranked team though. Go Vols!

 

[MarcoVol]

The one thing I love love love about today, this defense is violent. WR, QB, HB all got smoked play after play today.

Smacking dudes around

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Tells me that the coaching is sound. Just need to keep recruiting well and we will be stout in future years.

We will see on that front. Banks playcalling leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[Govolsman98]

And some are out on the coaches over it

Proving the haters (myself) wrong. Banks deserves aot of praise yet again. They held us up that second half and OT. Masterful effort

 

[zhangliao04]

And some are out on the coaches over it

I think it’s too early. Josh and his team need 2-3 years before that starts happening because of how horrible this roster was when they got here. They played last year with 77 total scholarship players. And went 7-5. Is there something Huepel needs to work on? Absolutely. Is there something Banks needs to work on? Absolutely. The defense wasn’t horrible tonight (26 QB hurries). There are some DBs that need to be replaced, but I think there is a reason why they keep playing and not many people look at that.

Anyway, great win. Sloppy on O, but a win is a win and I’m excited!

 

[SweetasSoda]

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Nice!