by David Moio | | Pitt Panthers Football, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
It’s not over, but isn’t it? Didn’t the season effectively come to an end on the turf of MetLife Stadium against the New York Jets? Yes, those Jets. Didn’t it end about six minutes into the game when you realized that stubbornness in coaching more often leads to...
by David Moio | | Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
Duck mania had its limits. Fans wearing ridiculous hats, mallard calls at games, Rubber Duckies flying off the shelves – Duck mania seemed to be growing with every terrible defense he barely managed to beat. But it had its limits. Until last night. I feel like...
by pittsburghbeautiful | | Pitt Panthers Football, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
In the wake of Devlin Hodges’ okay performance against the Browns, some pundits and fans clamored for offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner to unleash the Duck and let him wing it all over the field. And that is exactly how you lose football games. I get the urge to...
by David Moio | | Pitt Panthers Football, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers
Let me just get this off my chest before I move on to the Steelers: Pitt should be ashamed of its effort at Virginia Tech last Saturday. In the fog and filthy air of Blacksburg, Va., and on a field that looked like a transplant from 1978, brownish splotches and all,...
by David Moio | | Pitt, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Steelers, University of Pittsburgh
Here’s one way to write a lead. That is a link to the September 18th Musings when I said this: “I don’t like the trade the Steelers made on Monday for Miami safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. I love it.” And I still do. Good defenses need playmakers. Fitzpatrick is...
by David Moio | | Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Podcast, Pittsburgh Sports
I’m tired of Bob Nutting. Tired of him being tired of the narrative that spending more money on the Major League roster does not translate into a winning formula in Major League Baseball. He’s wrong. From 2013 – 2019, teams that spent above the league average...
