Tennessee and Pitt to meet in home and home

#26
#26
I would worry about the game at Heinz Field. That place causes a lot of opponents to play ketchup football. :)
 
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Awesome, I'm surprised its not the New England Patriots the way we schedule non-conference. Figuring Tom Brady doesn't age
 
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#33
I hope it works out better than it did the last two times TN played Pitt. However iirc, Pitt did not pick up a first half first down at Neyland. It helped having Reggie White on the field that day.

For any young guys that laugh at Pitt, they have a bunch of national championships. Look it up.
 
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I like this match up. They are in a talent rich state and that will get the UT brand a ton of exposure when we travel up there to play them. Unless their program significantly improves by then, we will destroy them. At the very best they are a middle of the pack, slightly average ACC team.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
(1) Great matchup of storied programs...I remember back in the 80s, when both Pitt and Penn State were still Independents, that their annual matchup helped decide the national picture. Those two teams were perennially up in the Top 25 rankings. Add the Johnny Majors angle, and this is a really cool series.

(2) Our scheduling this game now all but guarantees that Pittsburgh football has bright years ahead ... 7 years from now, they'll be coming off a 13-1 season and we'll all be asking why in the H*&L Tennessee ever scheduled such a difficult OOC opponent. :)
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1) Other than Johnny Majors national championship, Pitt is as storied as Vandy is in football. Some ups, but mostly downs.

2) No chance in hell. Have you been to Pittsburgh? The heyday they had when Johnny was coach is over, the steel mills and unions are dead as is their population.
 
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VolStrom said:
1) Other than Johnny Majors national championship, Pitt is as storied as Vandy is in football. Some ups, but mostly downs.

2) No chance in hell. Have you been to Pittsburgh? The heyday they had when Johnny was coach is over, the steel mills and unions are dead as is their population.
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Jackie Sherrill was very good at Pitt

1977 9-2-1
1978 8-4
1979 11-1
1980 11-1
1981 11-1
 
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VolStrom said:
1) Other than Johnny Majors national championship, Pitt is as storied as Vandy is in football. Some ups, but mostly downs.

2) No chance in hell. Have you been to Pittsburgh? The heyday they had when Johnny was coach is over, the steel mills and unions are dead as is their population.
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Dave1967 said:
Pitt was National Champions in 1918(4-1 record),1937(9-0-1) and 1976(12-0)
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Depends on how you count them ... just like Tennessee has either 2, 4, 6, or 7 national championships, depending on how you count them.

Here are the Pitt NCs I'd personally count:

  • 1910 (NCF)
  • 1916 (NCF and others)
  • 1918 (NCF and others)
  • 1936 (CFRA and others)
  • 1937 (AP and others)
  • 1976 (AP, UPI and others)
  • 1980 (CFRA, NYT and others--but not AP or UPI, those went with Georgia)

Just a little better than Vandy, I'd say. ;)

As for Pitt still sucking 7 years from now, when we play them, don't you know? ANY team we schedule in the distant future gets magically better ... so that by the time we play them we're all asking why in the H&#L we ever scheduled them. It's just the way it works. :)
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
Would have rather done a home in home with NC St, UNC or Clemson if we were going ACC.
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Hey brother....thinking the RockyTop Insider boys gave you some mad love on the radio today regarding your talent analysis of the Vols. That was you right? Well done.
 
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BlueHalo said:
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Pitt gives local businesses thousands of free tickets to get people to come...no one does. I hope we have 50k to travel north or it will be a pretty boring environment.
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This is nice for me. Ive been to Neyland dozens of times. Going to be fun to watch us beat down a team from only 2 hours from me. GBO!
 
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ainge10heisman said:
I like this match up. They are in a talent rich state and that will get the UT brand a ton of exposure when we travel up there to play them. Unless their program significantly improves by then, we will destroy them. At the very best they are a middle of the pack, slightly average ACC team.
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You would be surprised at how many Power T's I see here in Pensy. I travel alot here in state, & I would say I see one at least once a week. #Volnation is everywhere!I would bet I see more T's than any other SEC team. I would say the barn at #2 & Bama at #3. Every vehicle I ever owned has worn orange proudly. My Baja turbo is sporting a 10 inch checkerboard T now.
 
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#50
This doesn't do a whole lot for me. Scraping the barrel from 1976 or the Marino days to hype Pitt is telling enough. For the poster that mentioned that Butch is trying to get the Vols in NFL stadiums...that made me laugh. I'm not sure how, but UT football actually existed before Butch.

UT has played in several games played in NFL stadiums in cities such as: Atlanta, Nashville, LA (Colorado 1990), NYC (Giants Stadium- Iowa 1987).
 
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