I see Pitt is playing at the same time as Vols tommorrow night. Coincidence?

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sjt18 said:
They're going to lean on their run game. They return most of their OL and some pretty decent RB's. They will test UT's D by pretty much running and running and running. I would have loved to have seen Abanikanda transfer to UT. Looks like a really good young RB.

Honestly, I'm surprised Slovis was named the starter. I thought Patti had a real shot at winning the job. I believe they return 4 or 5 OL's. However their projected starters at WR include Wayne who was their #2 guy last year and two transfers from G-5 schools- Means (La Tech) and Mumpfield (Akron). Mumpfield led Akron in receiving last year. Akron went 2-10 with the MAC's #7 passing O. La Tech went 3-9 with CUSA's #4 passing O. Means was their # 3 receiver. My point is... they have a lot of unknowns at WR and likely a weakness.

Pitt returns a lot of production in their front 7. I believe they only lost one or 2. Their secondary wasn't good last year... then lost its best cover guys. Statistically, Pitt was 12th out of 14 ACC teams vs the pass but first in sacks. That is a bit deceptive since 31 of their 54 sacks came against teams with a losing record. They were stout against the run though most teams appeared to see their pass D weakness and try to take advantage. Even a traditional running school like Mich State had their best passing day of the year vs Pitt.
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I think this is a good summary. I fully expect our WR's to be streaking wide open again in their secondary. I heard that the Vols had been working quite a bit on moving the pocket and throwing on the run this fall camp. This will be a good game to test that in.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
I'm uncertain either game will be competitive after the 1st half. WVU isn't good. Granted it's not quite as big of a mismatch as UT/Ball State, but it's close.

You can watch Pitt Saturday week. 😁
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watching this week gives a hint on expectations.

I will watch both games plus Penn St Purdue from Thursday. Got several to watch on Saturday... Good day.
 
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My conspiracy theory is that UT will get to play a vanilla game plan, leaving Pitt little film to go buy, while WVU will give Pitt a good game (not a prediction), giving the Vols a good tape on Pitt.
 
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BallerVolFan said:
Kedon Slovis is no Kenny Pickett and they lost their best receiver. Slovis is not very mobile and did not look good in their spring game. I think Pitt will have to rely more on their defense this year. Looking a week ahead because I can, but it’s more in our favor this year due to the matchup. Our lightning offense vs their D and their offense (downgrade from last year) vs our defense (hopefully improved). Plus, it’s not like we’re walking into an SEC atmosphere. Heck, I’ve seen where WVU will have more fans at the game this week than Pitt will.
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Think Slovis will be a force to be reconciled with. Think he will get over 300 yds passing against TN. Don’t take this team lightly.
 
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Given that they don’t play Clemson or nc state we are probably the toughest opponent they will face all year. Hopefully the hype for the renewal of the backyard brawl will drain them for next week
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Guy on XM was just talking Pitt up big time. The closer we get to the season, the more positive stuff is being said about Pitt.

I wish their game was Saturday so I could breakdown their film (IYKYK) and tell you guys what was going to happen . I’ll probably set up a command center to watch our game and have the Pitt/WVU game and the Purdue vs Penn State game on at the same time.
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They could get close to what they were last year.

But the Vols are going to be much better than the 7-6 team of last year.

It's going to be a classic imo.
 
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BallerVolFan said:
Kedon Slovis is no Kenny Pickett and they lost their best receiver. Slovis is not very mobile and did not look good in their spring game. I think Pitt will have to rely more on their defense this year. Looking a week ahead because I can, but it’s more in our favor this year due to the matchup. Our lightning offense vs their D and their offense (downgrade from last year) vs our defense (hopefully improved). Plus, it’s not like we’re walking into an SEC atmosphere. Heck, I’ve seen where WVU will have more fans at the game this week than Pitt will.
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I dunno man. Not really sure what happened to Slovis last year but he was a machine for USC his first year. Maybe the change of scenery will do him good. Point being, I'm not sleeping on Pitt. At all.
 
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stolitonic said:
I dunno man. Not really sure what happened to Slovis last year but he was a machine for USC his first year. Maybe the change of scenery will do him good. Point being, I'm not sleeping on Pitt. At all.
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Waited to watch their game vs WVU before responding, but if given the time he can sling it around. He does cower a little under pressure and holds the ball a little too long. But that won’t matter if we don’t pressure him. And by no means am I sleeping on any team. They’re a pretty good team so we’ll have to go earn it.
 
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