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Live stream and we uh we enjoyed that uh and uh there was a lot of comments and questions in that so hopefully you guys have some things to talk about tonight uh all right let’s uh bring in our our friend Jim Hammet he uh from panther.com he hasn’t been around
In a couple weeks he was at West Virginia two weeks ago last week you were listening to you two weeks ago you were with the hillbillies last week you were listening to hillbilly music right what yes what appalachin thing are you doing tonight Jim uh I don’t I don’t
Know what it’s just probably like a normal uh you know Thursday night in Johnstown I guess that’s kind of hillbilly and Appalachian enough opio opioids you know and and prescription drugs is that I guess that’s not that’s not yeah and some B music yeah that’s
Yeah that’s that’s not funny but I I had a friend who made a joke we were talking about Tyler Childers the other day and like oh did you hear the new Tyler Childers album oh is that the one about you know you know doing prescription drugs because he hurt his back in the
Coal mine oh oh that Tyler Cher’s album so I mean it’s not funny but I mean you know you got to make the references but Cole was big in Johnstown right Cole no steel whatever who cares anyway uh so it’s been a while since we’ve chatted with you but obviously the big thing
That happened happened most recently Jim it was yesterday uh with signing day and I mean we can jump right into that you know with obviously there’s transfers to talk about there’s recruits to talk about pit sign 19 recruits yesterday what um you know first blush like single sentence uh approximation of this class
What what what do you how do you describe it what do you say about it I thought they did a really good job at building up the trenches uh you know signing five defensive linemen five offensive linemen there was obviously that was targeted from June we kind of
Knew that was kind of going to be their approach and it was and so yeah I think from that standpoint they did a really good job of you know restocking the offensive and defensive lines I mean as for signing day itself they started yesterday morning with 19 commitments I
Wasn’t sure there were going to be 19 commitments at the end I thought it might have been 18 but you know it was you know there was drama but there wasn’t drama they they they they were able to avoid the drama and I think that was you know on signing day I think
That’s kind of what you want uh you know just not a lot of noise so that was pretty good yeah I think they’ve they’ve by and large I mean Pit’s not really a school that ends up in a lot of dramatic situ ation on signing day I mean for the
Most part it’s it’s pretty quiet I was trying to people have asked me like oh what was the craziest Signing Day thing you can think of and I mean I mean there was like Robert I don’t think Robert Foster was Signing Day you know people bring up Robert Foster but he was he
Committed like a different day that wasn’t a signing day thing um you know I I can’t I I I told the story of you know February 2011 when I drove to Woodland Hills uh for Lafayette Pitts and javante Pitts and Juan price was there flipping a coin maybe flipping a coin between
Ohio State pit I don’t know but so I went from there to Mckeesport where Delvon Simmons and Brandon Jackson you know Brandon Jackson went to Texas Tech and Delvon Simmons went to Carolina I think he ended up at Texas Tech eventually anyway because it was this weird year where Texas Tech was somehow
Relevant in the whiel and it was like only one year that this ever actually happened because then I drove down to claron and Desmond Green signed committed to and signed with Texas Tech and I was like what are these guys going from like mport and claron to Texas Tech
Like what do you you think LC Texas is going to be like I mean clar you know clar and McKeesport they are what they are we we understand what they are I mean if you’re if you’re an old steel town along the man you are uh you know
You you you’ve got a certain West Texas flare to you probably but lck like what do you what do you think is gonna happen when you go to lck and I don’t you know Delvon or Desmond Green never even made it to lck I think Brandon Jackson did
But I don’t know think he ever did anything and like I say I think Delvon Simmons ended up TR but anyway that was like the most Lively signing day that I can really remember I don’t know like you’ve been on the boards a long time do you
Remember a signing day where you were like like obviously you were glued to it because you were watching for all the names to come in and be official but like with drama or waiting on certain guys like what’s this guy gonna do do you do any jump out to you not really I
Mean I I think a lot of the situations were exactly what happened with like Francis brew and you know Jeremiah marcelin it was just like there’s guys you’re worried not worried about but you’re like okay they they might do something they’re there there’s something there they just made a visit
So I mean there’s always situations like that I mean what was it a couple years ago Sean Curtis like yeah I think he was committed to pit and just like he sent his facts to Old Miss kind of like that day I mean that’s the only one that like
I mean there’s more obviously but there it doesn’t happen a ton I mean usually the decommitments like it’s yon Willis it’s like a week or two before it’s never like the day of or the night before so I mean but I mean going into yesterday I mean there were two we
Weren’t exactly sure about there was no denying that I mean we we were kind of watching those very very closely and I mean I think at different points throughout the week leading up to signing day it’s like I think Francis Brew might go but then marcelin might
Come to pit then I kind of reversed and thought it was the other way around then you know it ended up both of them coming to pit so I think that was good work by the coaches because I I do think there were some serious threats there I think you
Know there’s a reason those schools kept on them and I I think it was commendable for pit to kind of fight those off and I’m sure sure you you watch Jeremiah Marceline’s Instagram live right of course yeah and so according to his principal or whoever it was that was
Sort of the MC there he was claiming that marcelin was going to Maryland that he made that decision already I I just thought he was pulling the hattick but you know according to that guy he was he was going to Maryland and yeah I heard out of the weekend after the Michigan
State official visit that it was going to be Michigan State for brew and so you’re right I mean it is you know credit to the coaches and anybody else who got involved as far as keeping those guys locked in I was thinking about um I feel like Jordan Addison didn’t sign
Until like Thursday or something he signed and and what was weird about him is like sometimes you can you know all right the recruits being a pain in the butt not really giving up much or their parents aren’t giving up much so you call the school and you ask the super
You know not the superintendent the athletic director the SEC secretaries are good like uh so he signning with P right is that you know just you know matter of fact type of thing and his like atic director or principal started being like real weird about well I don’t
Know we’re gonna have to see I’m like oh God I’m like you’re an adult like you’re like okay the kid wants to be wishy-washy about you’re an adult like why are you trying to play up the drama as well it’s kind of pathetic to uh you
Know to go that route obviously you know we know how that story turned out but Chase Pine you remember in 2016 Chase Pine tried to make a uh make it dramatic and claim that he was he was thinking about Virginia Tech or he was thinking about flipping around but but he never
Really did I think Henry Miller too that year got pursued by Miami Miami yeah that was I think that year like part of the reason there was so much hype I mean it was obviously Demar Hamlin was a big part of that flipping Aaron Matthews
From Penn State was a big part of the hype but and you know getting keesan Camp late I think was a big part of of all the hype that built that year but I think part of it also was just was was holding off Virginia Tech for Pine and
Miami for Miller and then getting this random former Michigan Commit This Rashad Weaver guy like it just all was you know it was all like coming together at the same time I think Paris Ford had already committed like earlier that fall and so you know they there was a reason
They sold a lot of season tickets that week after signing day I mean they were they were they were rolling they had a lot of momentum and those were all the good story lines and like you say this year I mean it ended up you know the the
Two areas of question marks ended up being uh you know go both going pits way and so I I was I I kind of like you said I predicted that Brew would go to Michigan State and pit would hold marcelin I ended up being wrong about
One of those but it went the right way you mentioned about building in the trenches and and I can’t get over in particular what they’ve done on the defensive line I mean like eight guys coming in between recruits and transfers I mean it is a complete rebuild of the defensive
Line I guess you know we we expect the transfers to play right away right I mean do are are you thinking I don’t know should we expect like Jer Winnington and Francis Brew to get on the field as well because even though like they’re adding eight defensive lineman they’re not adding
That like they’re only adding one veteran tackle and so I think they’ve still got some depth issues there it feels like a freshman might have to play uh at D tackle yeah I mean I think when we ended the season pit had three scholarship or you know after the dust
Settled on the transfer portal there was three it was you know Sean Fitz Simmons Isaiah Neil and Elliot Donald and that was it and I mean I think there’s been talks of nikai Johnson moving inside and I I mean but they really only added Nick James and three freshman so I mean yeah
I mean I think the you know the opportunity exists that they might try to find another defensive tackle in the portal to maybe you know eat up some snaps but I mean the way it looks I mean I I think a freshman’s gonna have to
Play and I mean I think what we saw from this year it’s like they played a lot of freshman I mean I I I don’t think they’re against playing freshman I mean you know they what three linebackers played this year like considerable amount so I mean I think on that
Defensive side if they need it the situation calls for it they’ll do it but yeah I mean it’s it’s it’s interesting because you normally don’t expect a pit defensive line to need this kind of reinforcements Pit’s been really good at keeping it well stocked there’s always
Been like that next guy in line but there really isn’t that next guy in line I mean they’re they they are thin so yeah I mean I I I do think a freshman’s going to have to play I do think the possibility exists that another transfer
Is coming in so yeah I mean it’s a totally retooled line but it was it was a great effort by Charlie partridge in the past couple weeks I mean he had to you know hold on to one of his biggest commitments and he had to do a lot of
Work in the transfer portal so you know in the past you know 10 14 days he’s been busy and it it really worked out well for him I was looking um just because I’m writing about this for the 321 column for tomorrow between you know the two the the the
Recruiting classes of 2021 22 and 23 they signed four tackles in those classes so I mean it’s not a surprise that their depth ended up this thin and and like of those four two were in the 2021 class it was Eliot Donald and Dorian Ford and Ford’s not even playing
Defensive tackle anymore so I mean you basically had three defensive tackles out of the last three classes prior to this year I wonder and I it’s hard to tell I think we would have to ask the coaches I wonder if they under recruited defensive tackle because they had so
Many scholarships locked up with Tyler Bentley de Daniel said David Green for so long you know what I mean with those guys being like six all all three of them playing six years that AE up a I mean you can only commit so many scholarships to each position group and
So I wonder if they were hamstrung a little bit because even if you look at like official visits they didn’t really bring anybody else in like they signed Sean Fitz Simmons in 22 and Isaiah Neil last year they didn’t really have any other defensive tackles even take
Official visits so it’s not like they were pushing hard for guys and they missed out on them like it’s almost like they were content to sign one in those classes and I I wonder if it’s because they had so many scholarships tied up with those other guys but now it’s
Coming back to bite them largely because DeAndre Jules went into the transfer portal like him going into the portal really took a giant chunk of their experience in production away um but because but it just doesn’t make sense otherwise of why they would only sign four guys over three classes at a
Position where you need at least two on the field at all times let alone being able to go two or three deep you know signing four of her three classes doesn’t make sense you know no and I I don’t think that was the only position that really happened because you know we
Talk about building building up the trenches um you know they signed five offensive linemen that’s the first time they’ve done that since 2018 I mean they they’ve had some years where they’ve only signed you know two or three offensive linemen so I I think that really you know they kind of factored
Into you know Jake cradle is goingon to be around Blake zobic M cons Solis like they had so many guys do this fifth and sixth year that they kind of they had some light recruiting classes I what they only signed what like guys in 2022 so yeah I mean there there was just
There was no doubt that the the covid year the extra guys coming back more of the transfer portal it definitely stunned that you know bringing in a full recruiting class and you know I go back and forth and we have arguments on the message boards about like you know they
Definitely need to sign 25 a year and I mean I don’t disagree with that sentiment but like you know there’s there’s got to be a happy medium because the transfer portal is so prevalent now and you know obviously they have nine commitments there so you know right now
As we’re looking there’s what 28 new players going to be on the roster next year at least and you know they haven’t even touched punter quarterback I mean there’s still there’s going to be over 30 new players and that’s a lot to commit to just brand new players um you
Know on a roster from year to year yeah I hadn’t even thought about I mean like I’ve talked so much about 19 recruits and eight and now nine transfers but you’re right when you kind of add it together I I keep thinking about it as individual positions oh they signed
Three three linebackers they sign you know nine you know 10 or how eight eight defensive linemen and five offensive linemen and all this stuff but yeah you’re right like it’s damn near 30 guys joining the roster 30 out of 85 yeah yeah exactly like more than 25% I mean
Like pretty much a third of the roster is going to be just brand new this year and and some of them will have college experience which is helpful but like holy cow I mean that’s a complete but I guess that’s that’s what it is I mean I guess that’s what you do nowadays
Because you can right they took away the initial counter limits although with so many guys enrolling early you know I don’t think they would have a problem with making it under the 25 because you can count players back you you were on the boards when we used to always debate
About who you could count back to the previous class weren’t you do you remember those those ongoing always like well he enrolled early so he can count his last year and those guys from last year could count his year well they have so many they have like nine recruits
Plus all the transfers enrolling early so I don’t think there’s any problem with the the 25 initial counters anyway but it is crazy to turn over like a third of the roster and they’re going to need more attrition too right how like I haven’t done a count lately I mean they
Need at least three or four right maybe five more to go just to fit the guys they currently have the recruits and transfers I think with the the commitment of Lyndon Cooper tonight the offensive lineman I think they’re at 89 I I I think so they’re they still need four
Guys to not be on the roster you know at some point whether you know some guys don’t make it to campus uh some other guys transfer but I I think the number is 89 right now so and that that doesn’t even account for that they probably still need to grab a quarterback a
Punter and maybe another defensive tackle so yeah there’s going to still be a lot of movement I I think you know we might see some of that like post Spring ball they might even be more than that just I found my back of the envelope you
Know important like uh you know data you you write on the back of an envelope that happens to be on your desk 85 minus 11 super seniors we put him at 74 10 transfers out I think it was the latest number that’s 64 19 recruits plus
64 that’s 83 right there and so nine transfers right then then you have you had three guys leave like Bob Means can Solis devenshire that are like go they had eligibility oh that’d be three more yeah you’re right you’re right okay um so that would
Be oh so that would be 89 that would put him me 89 you’re right yeah yeah that’s I I was I was adding this back of the envelope math was before they got their last three transfers so I was adding it to six transfers anyway which is what
You know the net number ended up being here um so 89 so yeah four need to go and we are positive they’re going to add more guys so I mean you’re looking at another at least six players leaving the current roster and probably more I mean there could be
Another six or seven which means you know you’re looking at 17 transfers out you know anywhere from 16 to 18 transfers out which again it’s like damn near a quarter of the roster I mean you are just turning it over but I guess that’s you know I guess credit to them
For using the system right I mean like you you have to do it people will say like I don’t want you to build the roster off of transfers you need to recruit high school kids and develop them but like the system provides you the opportunity to go get Kate mfield
And Bub means and Donovan McMillan lyen Cooper Marcus Miner like why wouldn’t you you know Phil jovic I mean why wouldn’t you build your roster that way um I don’t know did you see that about that that they’re going to allow multiple transfers you can just transfer
As many times as POS I haven’t seen the latest on the the court case there do you have any have you seen anything recently about that I haven’t but I mean I think that kind of would kind of strike into pit strategy because you you look look at the nine transfers you look
At I think they had 14 or 15 transfers on the roster last year all but two of them were multi-year guys are going to be multi-year guys so I mean the way you look at it in the portal it’s like okay I could take a high school recruit that
I know nothing about that might not be here for a year or I could take this transfer that has two or three years and I know I I know I absolutely have them for two or three years but you know now if you do that you could transfer after
Every year that kind of throws a wrench into that plan but I mean I I kind of saw some what it was doing with how they approached the transfer portal I mean that’s you know over 20 out of 22 uh you know transfer portal guys have been
Multi-year guys and I I think that was on purpose I think they you know they weren’t going after grad transfer guys they were going after Canady mfield and Donovan McMillan and guys like that yeah it makes a lot of sense Josh nework says uh why shouldn’t they turn over the
Roster after three wins I’m glad it’s going to be hopefully drastic for next year I I don’t know if it’s Unique to the fact that they went three and N this year year I don’t know if it’s really tied to that I don’t think they were
Like holy cow we need to revamp the roster I think they might turn over like half the coaching staff because they went three and nine but I don’t think they’re really I mean you look at you know I don’t think they pushed any of the transfers out I think most of
The guys who left either were guys they wanted back or guys who clearly saw that they weren’t going to get a lot of playing time and so I don’t think they like insisted on a you know roster overhaul that way I think well we’ve got these spots but you know that are
Available we’re going to fill them and try to rebuild you know the key points that we need to rebuild are you surprised they only have one cornerback so far I I know there’s a lot of questions about nylan green the corner from Georgia um you know who’s obviously
Still on the board as a as a top Target but you surprised they’ve only gotten one transfer corner so far yeah a little bit I’m also a little surprised that there hasn’t been like a lot of names they’re linked to at quarterback I mean yeah everyone kind of knows about you
Know nylan Green that we we believe he visited over the weekend and he’s a talented guy a former four or five star from Georgia and so yeah everyone’s interested with him but like that’s kind of The Only Name we’re kind of like sitting on right now so I mean I’m more
Are going to pop up I mean more guys are going to go into the portal it’s like that’s why you know I I saw this week you like people are disappointed like oh they missed on Sam Brumfield I’m like there’s probably going to be a Sam Brumfield equivalent going in the portal
Tomorrow I mean that’s just it’s like a NeverEnding Vortex of college football players so yeah do you uh do you have linebacker high on your list of of what pit needs in the portal no because I i’ I’ve been pretty adamant this whole offseason that I I really like the
Direction of the linebacker room was you know specifically with the young guys I like the three freshman I like the three guys guys they signed I like Kyle Lewis so I mean I I think they have a lot of things going there so I mean the the
Only question there is like who’s going to play middle linebacker next year and like I’m not sure Brandon George is going to start but I think he’ll you know take a lot of snaps there so one of those guys is going to have to move
Inside side so I mean I I I guess there is like yeah maybe they should look for a middle linebacker but it’s not I think there are more pressing needs than that yeah yeah I I kind of agree I I assume Brandon George will probably be the guy
Just because anytime I mean like he was the he was the next guy in line you know what I mean so I I don’t know if I see like who would start over him like I don’t know I wouldn’t move Solomon to Shields inside personally I I
Like him outside as a playmaker out there maybe George could play money linebacker maybe Kyle Lewis could be could be the middle I mean I I could see him sort of working there I could see Jordan bass kind of working as a middle linebacker I think he’d be pretty
Interesting but he’s like a seconde guy is he gonna be ready to sort of run the defense uh but I’m with you I mean I think even if if George does start if you have George the Shields and Lewis as your starters bass biles and love lace
As your backups with the third team being the Freshman who came in now I mean that’s great and hey if maybe after the spring you can find like a Tyler wils like an FCS guy um who who has made a lot of tackles you know pretty
Productive guy who can come in and be your you know fifth or six linebacker and potentially work his way up and and be a good player for you I mean maybe you can find a guy like that so I don’t know I’m with you it’s not a high
Priority for me there’s part of me at corner that kind of wants to see the young guys play like I want to see you know Bigalow and and Gandy and battle and crumpley but also like shadary and Harrison I I mean talked sharian Harrison up so much in that 2023
Recruiting class they were so excited about him he was on a team with like a five-star Corner who I forget where he went or whatever but Pat rzi is like yeah Sharon Harrison he played with another guy but we think he was even better which of course that’s what Pat
Rzi would do um but I like I’d like to see them get out there I I know you want to have experience you want to have older players out there but it’s not like Bigalow Gandy crumpley and battle have that much experience they’re a little bit older they’ve been in the
Defense longer but it’s not they like they’ve played a ton like get some of the younger guys if Jess I don’t know if Jesse Anderson’s still playing corner or is playing safety but get them on the field I know they brought it they’re bringing in a transfer to online them
From Nebraska but I don’t know I during the season we both agreed like Corner that’s the number one priority I guess if you can get n nylan green fine if you get a former fourstar guy from Georgia fine but I don’t know I’d kind of like to see the young guys
You know play because I I think were pretty hyped uh you know and and you know I think there were high expectations for them when they came in as recruits you know yeah I I agree but I I don’t think it was on accident that the you know the first transfer they
Really got this year was the you know time in Ling from uh Nebraska I mean they they made it a point like all right like let’s go get a corner right away and that so that’s what they did but I’m with you I kind of want to see some of
Those young guys I mean Rin Gandy started to like he was playing meaningful snaps towards the end of the year I mean it wasn’t at the beginning of the year but yeah there was like a crucial third down and I look down a couple times this year I’m like oh
There’s Ryland Gandy why is he out there but like you know it’s kind of a good thing so and I I’m with you with uh shadari and Harrison they they were really high on him and I remember that comment I think that the funny thing is that that cornerback he was talking
About is Corman mlan who is that’s he’s at Colorado now so that’s just kind of part of like the ongoing like P Petty match between Nardi and Deion Sanders so yeah I mean but yeah I they do have some good Corners you know good promising young Corners we just haven’t seen them
So it’s like I don’t I don’t necessarily know if they’re bad or anything I mean you’re obviously you’re gonna play you know Devonshire woods and Williams I mean they’re they’re good so I don’t think that’s necessarily an indictment on those guys well to be fair narduzzi said that about Harrison and mlan on
Signing Day last year and mlan had not committed to or signed with with Colorado yet so that wasn’t that that wasn’t it although I is there something funny about Sam Oola ending up at at Colorado is there anything that amuses you about that given pateri and and uh Prime Times
History there uh I I do find it a little funny and I I I have wonder if he was just like you know what I’m gonna go get him just because I can so but I don’t I don’t know I don’t think Dion had a great signing day I think they have what
Five five recruits right now something like that and their their best recruit might sign with Maryland I thought yeah didn’t he didn’t he flip or something like that that he he didn’t sign he did like the Jordan Addison did not sign on Signing Day so
Oh okay didn’t they have they had like a festar like offensive lineman or something or like number one offensive tackle in the country or something yeah that’s him it’s okay Jordan seon that’s right oh yeah so he still listed as committed I I thought he uh oh yeah wow
They only have eight guys in their class huh that’s crazy but like one two three three four stars and a five star among the eight guys so and I’m sure but I’m sure they loading up on the portal you know I mean I’m sure that’s what he’s
Doing and it’s what he intends to do and it’s what he’ll continue to do and makes sense I you know on on the last thing I would say about Colorado and Sam o andola and whether prime time was motivated At All by that uh I wonder
Well no I shouldn’t say I wonder I I’ve also been heard that Colorado was interested in other pit players as well so they might just be trying to go get good players or maybe you know Deion Sanders has learned who patterner he is and now wants to I I mean so many people
Have taken shots at Deion Sanders I can’t imagine that he’s actually keeping receipts on all of it but maybe maybe he uh he liked it it’ll be interesting to see what Sam okena does I mean he had five sacks right five sacks I mean looked really promising but yeah he had
Five sacks is that guy gonna be your starting defensive end I don’t know I’m not so sure about that uh Tito Panther wanted to know Jim he’s a super chatter wants to know uh what’s your favorite three places to eat in John sound three favorite places H yeah you got to pick
Three all right um let’s see uh wings I I’ll say Murphy’s pizza I’ll say Santos and um I like balance downtown I think that’s a nice restaurant is that a nice like date place is that where you would take uh yeah one of like one of like the
Three to four places in Johnstown that you could do that that was all right so that’s that’s the fancy do you have to call ahead for reservations at uh at that place you know it wouldn’t hurt okay good good to know I mean good to know everybody can keep track of That
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Coaching to apply can you hear my dog in the background uh kind of crying right yeah yeah a little bit a little bit these two I have two and these murderous s sobs got after a rabbit in the yard tonight and uh they catch it think he
Got away but he was like the rabbits can usually get out under the fence MH and the idiot beagle got close enough to get like one of his legs and hold on to him so I I didn’t see this happen my wife told me about it but apparently there’s
Like fur over the backyard and the dogs were like coughing cuz idiots kept like swallowing fur I I haven’t been out to the backyard to see what it looks like out there but they’re both in their crates and they’re both like really amped up of course because they had a
Hunt tonight and um I think he wants to get out to go find the bunny but yeah finish the job I’m never gonna let him out of his crate like I’m not like you’re going to live in that crate you bunny murdering jerk really upset about this this upset
Everyone in the house it’s it’s been a really um troubling night tonight least it’s not Easter that’d be weird yeah yeah but you know still doesn’t really need to be a holiday to be sad about a bunny getting killed by dogs you know like it could be like any random June 3
Or something like that and I’d be like oh that’s a bummer um Brock h2p says with Lyon Cooper on board now let’s land nylan green over Purdue and I’d be thrilled uh what do you think about the transfer Hall so far nine guys Cooper the most recent one offensive lineman
From NC State overall we did the overall thoughts on the the recruiting class what do you think of the uh the um transfers um I I I think it’s a good blend of you know maybe some guys that can definitely help right away and maybe some guys that are you know could be
Some big hits down the line I mean I I think the interesting part of the whole transfer portal Hall is the the two guys from Western Carolina because everyone’s so interested about you know what what this offense is going to look like with k B and so he’s bringing his two best
Weapons with him so I don’t know what that means like I I I don’t know if those guys are going to be you huge players next year or not or they might be I mean I I’m still interested to see how everyone kind of transitions from
Western Carolina to the ACC so I mean I those guys stick out to me and obviously you know we kind of mentioned about Charlie Partridge you know bringing in all those defensive line recruits and obviously you know Landing guys like Nick James and Nate Nate matlack I mean
It’s been a good haul for him that way so I mean I I like we’ve been talking all night I I I think they’re they’re going to add some more I mean there’s some obvious positions where they need to add some more talent but I mean I I think
They’re definitely attacking the spots we kind of expected them to attack yeah with the Western Carolina guys I kind of this is something I’m running about in the 321 column tomorrow as well uh and that’s so I I have some research here I looked at the top 25 rushers and top 25
Receivers in the ACC this year and a good number of them were transfers 11 of the top 25 rushers in the ACC this year were were transfers um including five quarterbacks actually so five five five of the top 25 you know five quarterbacks who transferred ended up among the top
25 rushers in the ACC nine wide receivers uh nine transfers were among the top receivers in the ACC this year out of all those guys those 20 transfers I just mentioned who are among the top 25 rushers and receivers in the ACC only two transferred from the FCS level and
It was bashel Tuton who came went to Virginia Tech from North Carolina A&T and lit up pit of course and then uh DeQuan Felton from Norfolk State went to Virginia Tech and was one of the top 25 wide receivers so that’s not I mean that doesn’t mean anything about Desmond you
Know Desmond Reed and sincer Lee like those guys may or may not succeed obviously Kade Bell thinks they can succeed um just saying that there hasn’t been a lot of you know it’s hard to predict how it’s going to translate and there’s not exactly a lot of press for translating
I’m I’m a little concerned about the size I think those guys both have speed I I think you can see the speed but they’re not very big you know particularly Reed is is is small I think he’s listed at 5’8 on on the Western Carolina site and usually you can take
Like official listed Heights and weights and subtract you know an inch or two off the height so I mean he might be like shorter than Vincent Davis um you know realistically which is a little bit of a concern not that short guys can’t make plays but he’s not big
And I don’t think sincere Lee is all that big either but they made a lot of plays and put up a lot of numbers and obviously like I said like Cade Bell believes in them so I guess if you’re Pat or dooy and you believe in Cade Bell
And K Bell believes in those guys then you bring him in I don’t think either one needs to be the leading guy though right like they’ve got Rodney Hammond back they’ve got Kate mfield back they’ve got dejon Reynolds and they’ve got Kenny Johnson so you’re not really
Depending on those guys like you might have been you know when you brought in mfield uh you know you brought in uh you know whoever as a transfer just a brief aside about the running back situation that’s really annoying about the dog um I I I might I might ask some
Like broad open-ended question and let you just talk for a while while I go over and let him out of his crate but uh running back wise I’ll come back and be like oh Jim that was a great Point really good really interesting stuff you just have to keep talking until I return
To my chair um Rodney Hammond obviously but like who like how does that depth play out like does Derrick Davis figure in montravius Lloyd Reed you know uh Joel’s golf did you know it’s jeels Jim oh yeah you did oh yeah you didn’t tell me this you knew this that it was jeels
How did you know it was jeels I I forget where I I think I watched like one of his high school games like a a YouTube broadcast or something like that and they said jeels yeah wow panneri said that yesterday well at first he said jeels Golf and I’m like oh this idiot
It’s juul’s Golf and he called him Joel’s golf no well he got it half right and the half that I’ve been getting wrong so anyway what I mean what’s what’s the running back depth I mean how how does this how does this play out I’m I’m interested to see myself I mean
Obviously Hammond’s probably going to be the guy but beyond that I mean I guess Daniel Carter’s still around but you know he’s still what a fullback that’s kind of listed as a running back I mean Dereck Davis never really showed any signs of breaking into the rotation even whenever they were struggling and
Looking for answers so I mean it’s hard to count on him but they did seem to like montravius Lloyd and you know he was like on the Travel roster he was with the team all year so I mean I think you know in a pinch
Um they could maybe go to him and maybe he develops but you know I’m I’m interested as well but I’m very on golf i i i he’s one of my uh you know top recruits in this class I think he’s a playmaker um he kind of over overlooked
He kind of reminds me of Kenny Johnson maybe because he’s from the same like same area they’re both from York PA and maybe nobody recruits York PA but I I think Kenny Johnson look pretty good and I think go could be pretty good too good enough to be like the number
Three back the number two back I’ll see why not I mean I I think freshman like a running back’s a position can you hear my like I’m getting a million texts can you hear that or no no none of it who’s texting are you getting info are you
Getting anything we need to talk about there something you need to go Post in the board no it’s just it’s it’s it’s Noah Hiles and Stephen Thompson just blowing up my phone again God those two maybe what what I mean what do they B should I
Send the link to Noah and bring him in here and tell him that if he’s goingon to keep texting you he needs to just come and talk about whatever he’s got to talk about yeah I don’t know you think I should yeah see if see if we’ll hop
On okay now what were you gonna say I forgot what I’ve been ask you oh about running backs running backs can be uh I think freshman I think that’s a position where you could come in I mean obviously we’ve seen in the past where the you know Andre pal says well they’re not
Good enough pass blockers so we can’t get them on the field but I mean I still think that’s a position where running backs running back and you can go and make plays and kind of do your thing so I think he’s a you know he’s a gifted
Playmaker and I think he’s the type of guy you want to you know just put the ball in his hands and let him run yeah yeah it because like I think Rodney Hammond could be really good but it’s like I thought he be really good last
Year too is right is he gonna be out there for 12 games is he going to and and I’m not again we’ve we’ve said it we both believe like injury-prone that’s not a thing guys aren’t you know this and that I mean I think it was just weird Personnel decisions that mostly
Kept him off the field um but you’re going to need somebody else though and and the more I think about it I’m just not like I’d like to see D Derrik Davis get a shot I I really I’m curious you know and maybe maybe it won’t amount to anything but I’m I’m
Curious um and then beyond that I just don’t know I guess golf could be an option maybe maybe Desmond Reed’s an option I don’t know it’s like basketball here wolf HD wants to know or says you know opines that I think what pit Hoops is missing is bub Carrington hitting his
Threes bub shoots like six threes a day and it’s been really cold the last few games which has slowed the offense a lot how I mean we didn’t even Noah said he’s not in the best frame of mind to be on camera at the moment what what does he think I me like
What what what frame of mind does he think I’m in yeah I don’t know oh that’s now I want now I really want him to join actually I’m gonna say you while while I’m talking about the game last night you should text him again and uh tell him he should
Definitely join the live stream we we tell him we only have like 15 minutes left anyway so we won’t keep him for more than just a couple minutes um it’d be great if he’s at like a bar or something you know like what do we think
Noah is doing on a Thursday night he’s probably out watching like Thursday Night Football right he’s probably out with Carter and and watching uh he should definitely join that would be awesome um no but last night was such a wild game those two teams like pit and Purdue Fort Wayne combined averaged 23s
Per game and they made Seven yeah they missed their first 20 between the two of them it was it was ridiculous it was some of the worst shooting I’ve ever seen they could not hit anything and pit only scored because they had that the size Advantage inside and they were able
To work the ball down low and and get rebounds and and score that way I mean it was it was a disaster I mean oneoff bad night right I mean we’re not We’re not gonna overreact to that shooting performance are we or are we going to
Take that as a bit of a concern I I don’t really put too much stock into it I mean that that team’s never going to shoot like 10% in a game from three again Blake hinson’s not going to have five points in a game like those are
Just like weird things that aren’t going to happen so yeah I mean I agree I mean I think there’s been a couple games with wolf HD saying you know Bub has missed some shots that he normally makes and you know we kind of want to you know
Whenever you get in the ACC play we kind of want to see him to do that so I I mean I think that’s part of it but I don’t know sometimes that game right before Christmas like those guys like hop on planes and go home like immediately after the game and I think
That’s sometime can lend to a sloppy game that that that that pre Christmas break you know that post Finals game like these two games are always tricky and um I think we that but I mean it’s like uh this is the game right before Christmas break and the students aren’t
There oh that was the game right before finals oh that’s a they played three games in a week uh like they’ve only played like 12 games right and and I feel like we’ve had a lot of excuses like you know I mean like and and maybe they’re valid and maybe
They’re not but I mean like you know how many different things are we going to hear about like oh the Syracuse game it’s going to be their first game in 10 days and everybody’s still get like right at some point man you just got to go out and like play
Good basketball and be focused and play well and it’s a little concerning that they couldn’t find a way to you know just just be better and be more focused I mean they were so they were just so sloppy and careless with that game last night and both teams were I mean it
Wasn’t just pit Purdue Fort Wayne too I mean in the early minutes I think Botham teams had a travel where a guy just just took a step like he didn’t like it wasn’t anything weird he just took a step and there were both teams at a time
Where a guy just stepped out of bounds like not like anything crazy not lost his balance or was was running too fast and couldn’t stop he was just standing there and just stepped out of bounds uh what ishma leot did it for pit and one
Of the guys did it for pru for way it’s like what’s going on here like I know the crowd is dead but you guys can still play basketball hard you you don’t have to take it easy um Bob Carrington I I keep I I keep feeling like he’s just going to keep getting
Better like I’m not really too concerned about his play of late I think he’s a talented player I think he’s continuing to find out how he fits and where he fits and what he’s going to do and and how he’s going to do it I think Zach
Austin too I asked him last night like is there just sort of a period of finding out how to aggressive to be and how assertive to be and when to be aggressive and when to be assertive and he said yeah that that’s a big part of
It for him and he’s actually shown up I mean Zack Austin has been pretty good since he got benched which is funny I thought about this gym I I kept saying and a few other people said sort of like Zack Austin coming in looked like he
Might be like a taller Nike Sandy well one of the best things Nike Sandy did was provide that spark Off the Bench I mean maybe that’s what Austin can give them you know and he might play 20 minutes a night uh but just coming off the bench and giving them sort of a
Spark and a boost and some extra energy I wouldn’t hate that role for him I think he can fit it pretty well actually no I I don’t think that’s a bad role for him I mean like my biggest concern with this team has been finding like that
Fourth guy that can you could definitely count on to score and they don’t really have that right now I mean you look at last year’s team I mean there was like stretches last year where like there’ be like five games and five different leading scores I mean they they had five
Guys that could go off and score 20 points in the night and this year they have three I mean there there’s nothing wrong with that but like there’s times where you want to see Zach Austin have a big game on a more consistent basis you
Want to see guo put up numbers or so I mean that there’s I still think they’re kind of finding that but you know you kind of wish you know heading into conference play they would have found it already and I still I don’t think they
Have yeah I wonder if Austin can be that guy when he gets so much it feels like a lot of his production comes from sort of like chaos points you know what I mean whether it’s fast bre fast break transition Second Chance whatever out of a turnover or sloppy you know what I
Mean like it it feels I don’t know chaos points is the best way I can say but I kind of like that term I know is there a more basketball official term for for that like ugly points junk points um you know what I mean like not in the regular flow
Of the off like I don’t feel like they’re running many plays for Zack Austin but he still he can get like 12 or 14 points getting out in transition or getting Second Chance put backs or you know something an alleyoop or something like that no and I mean I
Think they need guys like that because I mean I think the way that that you know their big three is constructed is you know going to have the ball in his hands a lot Blake’s going to take a lot of Threes uh leg get going to the basket I
Mean those three guys you kind of know what they’re doing so I mean I think it’s more of a matter of those two other spots on the floor kind of filling in the gaps like that I mean I think that’s kind of what you want from you know your
Big guy and I mean I think ymo provides a lot more offense than feder Rico so I mean I I think they’re kind of starting to get more of that and but yeah that that Zach Austin will Jeffers roll I mean will Jeffers is never really going
To score 10 or 12 points in a game I mean it’s just not g to happen happen so I mean I think if if Zach Austin could do that I mean that’s what they’re looking for from that’s what he was brought here to do so you know hopefully
For them that that happens in January back to signing day here for a little bit Homer Simpson says if I had to give the recruiting class of ranking I would give it a c minus 10 years ago it would have been a B+ great players on the
Defensive side of the ball but defense no longer wins championships it’s an interesting sort of um makeup for this class where you’ve got basically 10 linemen between the two sides of the ball right you know effectively five on each side although mace schanzer could go one way or the
Other You’ got 10 linemen and three linebackers and that’s 13 out of your 19 guys in the class you know you have one receiver one running back in the recruiting class and so I think that’s what Homer’s getting at but I think you have to think of it in terms of not just
This one class but in terms of a cycle in last year they signed four receivers and two running backs you know what I mean I think I I I think they still need to keep getting more receivers I think they needed more than one in this class I
Think they wanted more than one in this class I think they were trying to get more than one in this class but it’s okay to get one because you signed so many guys last year you can’t do it again next year next year you got to get
Two or three receivers and obviously you lost one of the running backs that you signed last year but and and then even then I mean you look they tried to get two running backs in this class so I think they wanted more on the offensive side but because they signed so many
Last year they were able to get away with it and and and not really get away with not emphasizing the skill players but get away with emphasizing the line I think that’s what this class was about was about restocking the lines which they did with a ton of numbers yeah I
Mean sometimes you almost have to look at recruiting classes as like a two-year cycle It’s like because you kind of build off of what you do last year and like you said like they got all these receivers and only one of them kind of burned his red shirt so they have three
They still have they’re going to have four scholarship receivers with freshman eligibility to start this year which is still fine there’s nothing wrong with that so yeah I I thought they were going to get another receiver after DayDay farmer decommitted I thought there was going to be more of an emphasis on
Replacing him and that you know there just really wasn’t I mean I think they kind of tried to make a few pushes here in the past week or two but like the DayDay farmer thing happened like before the season and like they had all year to like maybe figure something out it just
Never seemed like they did so yeah I mean I agree I mean I think that was they could have a second receiver and they probably should have yeah yeah those probably and unless they just felt like they had a luxury of having signed so many guys but even then when like
When you know the guys transfer I don’t think you can really even if you signed four linebackers one year I don’t think you can really count on having all four of those guys for the next like three years Homer Simpson follows up and says you got to score points nowadays
Hopefully Julian the quarterback out of Pen Hills can turn out to be a diamond in the rough Julian and uh I assume he says Ty y I assume he means Ty debach look like the best quarterback for the next system uh for the new system I I
Don’t know I haven’t do do you have a a thought on which quarterback fits you think t y do you think he means Ty deepen boach or do you think he means Nate jarnell what’s your guess on that I’m guessing he he Capital he Capital yeah I don’t
Know and then there’s this whole singular thing like singular verb looks like the best quarterback let’s just say Julian do do you feel like Julian Dugger is the best quarterback have you watched Western Carolina’s offense enough to to have the opinion that Julian Dugger is the best quarterback for that offensive
Scheme I I haven’t nope me neither um let’s see tto panthers a super chatter again he says would be interested to see an article yearby year if you think pit won or lost in the portal well there’s been what three years of the portal basically Kaden slovis year was is that
Really the first year of the transfer portal or or the year before I’m trying to who was the transfers on those well they brought in well they brought in Lucas crawl prior to 2020 yeah like they’ve always so they’ve always like kind of used the transfer even before it was called the
Portal I mean like this staff definitely was on top of that like Lucas croll and kylin Johnson and guys like that you know some of those linemen they had like Millan and ulizio I mean they they’ve always always been pretty open to transfers so it’s kind of like hard to
Like remember when like the whole transfer portal era kind of started October 2018 okay so the transfer the transfer portal launched on October 15 2018 to manage and facilitate the process for student athletes seeking to transfer between member institutions so since since then guys who joined pit for the
2019 season so I’d have to think back to the 19 I mean I remember crawl Johnny patrician 19 that might have been like will grag oh yeah deep pool Nikia Griffin Stewart yeah pretty much just like any tight end they they’ve had the past 10 years is a trans yeah yeah I
Mean it’s I mean that’s that’s not an exaggeration everybody other than Gavin Bartholomew I mean has been a transfer Carter Johnson niia griin Stewart and will grag like we mentioned Matt Flanigan crawl Chris Clark I thought Chris Clark was gonna be good man I yeah I don’t know yeah didn’t work out yearby
Year pit won the portal I I mean I think they’ve done fine I I think they’ve they’ve had a good approach to it they haven’t always gotten the number one guy out of the portal but I think they’ve gotten decent contributions I mean if we work back because it’s easier to think
This way I think Donovan McMillan was a good portal pickup I think bub me ended up being a good portal pickup Kate mfield was a good portal pickup um you know you go on the offensive line I think Marcus Miner was uh I guess well October 18 means Stephan illan wasn’t a
Transfer portal pickup because he played in 2018 um so maybe not really many other offensive linemen because that you remember that Nolan Alito guy who played for them in 2019 Marcus Miner was good yeah yeah yeah Miner was good but I think he was like the only real
Offensive line transfer so far jacobe is supposed to be good Ryan jacobe but it it hasn’t hasn’t really happened keldrick Wilson didn’t do anything but I mean I think that you know Shane Simon was a good pickup kylin Johnson was a good pickup that would have been the
2019 season um I I think they’ve generally done well you know I I I think you can get your vision can get clouded by like Ken slovis and Phil jovic and and Christian beer but I I think they’ve they’ve largely done well I think they’ve filled holes when they’ve needed
To fill holes and and they’ve gotten pretty good prod tacy or Mack although Mack was Mack was pre because he he was on the team 18 yeah so DJ Turner was good DJ Turner was good um yeah so I think they’ve you know they’ve done pretty well have they won
The portal I don’t know if they’ve won won the portal or lost the portal but I mean I think they’ve they’ve been good they’ve they’ve navigated it well and they’ve gotten what they’ve needed to get and and I think they’ve had their this is probably their I guess all right
We will fill Tito’s request and do a year byye uh he was writing it you were me well so I have somewhere like a year or so ago I ranked like the 25 transfers pitted gotten under Pat ardy so I could start with that list and it would only
Leave like a year or two that I need to fill in um yeah I ranked all 25 that actually went well I forget who I put number one should be obvious but oh I’m not going to look it up now but um so I can work from that all right I’ll I’ll take
That that writing assignment I will uh rank all the the the transfers and decide whether or not pit one in the portal but off the top of your head does this feel like the best transfer class they’ve gotten I I think so I mean there’s a lot of them yeah
There’s nine and there’s probably going to be what 10 11 12 something like that so at key positions you know they they address key positions I mean they refilled and reloaded the uh the defensive line room and you know I Reed and Lee to me are just gravy lottery
Tickets you know what I mean but you bring in a good offensive lineman you bring in a good corner I you know I tell you the Kansas State transfer Nate matlack I think is really really intriguing four sacks and seven and a half tackles for loss last year which
You say well that’s not very much but it would have been tied for third most on pits roster and he did it playing in a three-man front Kansas State they run that 335 defense and so oh yeah you saw that quotes that that he gave me and you know he
Um got that production you know he he basically performed at or around the same level as Deon Hayes despite not playing in a defense that featured the defensive end as a pass rusher so okay I’ll take that he’s a guy who’s played you know he’ll be a fifth year senior
This year um in in 24 yeah I’ll take an experienced guy with a decent amount of production in the Big 12 sure you know playing playing in a pass rushing defensive end spot so I I’m intrigued by him I think he maybe even a little bit
More than David O jeway for this season just because o jeway is Young and I feel like he’s probably going to take a little bit of time but I think he he could be good uh any any expectations for um what’s his first name Jake Jake Overman Jack Overman Nate Overman the
Tight end for Morgan State Jake Overman Jake Overman he pretty much all he pretty much only run blocked according to Pro Football Focus so that’s game yeah I mean I talked to him like these days are all running together I think I talked to him on Tuesday
Um he started eight games for Oregon State throughout his career I mean he’s been on the field I mean he hasn’t been like a huge pass catching threat but I mean he’s not supposed to be the number one tight end next year he’s probably not even supposed to be the number one
Tight end next year or the year after I mean he’s he’s in there he’s he’s the replacement for Malcolm EPS he’s the second or third tight end I mean that’s kind of what he is and he a starting experience so I think that’s still at
The end of the day if that’s your third tight end who has started some games it’s pretty good yeah I agree I agree all right I think we’re uh we’re just about to nine o’clock here we’ve almost made our our full hour gym any good plans uh for the weekend for the holiday
Uh I guess I have to go back and read these text messages from Noah and Stephen see what they had to say that’s what you’re going to do on Christmas no I I guess I’ll go somewhere and do something I don’t know yet um Noah said you they are arguing about Steeler wide
Receivers yeah I kind of I I’m kind of I I don’t even know if I want to get into like the Antonio Brown Juju George PS debate but yeah I might Martavis Bryant Chase Claypool the list goes on and on Antonio holes it’s it’s been it’s been a wild
Look I mean wide receiver has clearly been established as the position for weirdos you know what I mean like over the past 10 years 15 years it has been clearly established and I I don’t think uh anything seems to be changing there well you enjoy reading those text
Messages uh I’m sure it’ll be an enlightening experience uh and have a great uh holiday weekend and everything like that take a couple days we’ll start writing about pit stuff again next week but thank you Jim for hanging out tonight thanks to everybody who came and
Hung out uh on the the live stream and uh comments and questions and all those things that you guys do we appreciated it as always coming on a unique night Thursday night at 8:00 different night different time same fun so thanks everybody who tuned in make sure you
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I may have missed it but what is this class ranked nationally? We need to be top 25 nationally
Chris is Jim Hammett a Pitt fan or just a Pitt beat wrighter