For the 2nd week in a row, the opposing quarterback found repeated holes in the Pitt secondary. N.C. States Devin Leary tossed for 336 lawns and four goals last week.
Nearly when no one was looking, Kessman missed the additional point. It was his 3rd off-target attempt of the game after missing out on basket from 55 and 49 backyards.
The bright side is Pitt rallied from a 24-14 deficit in the 3rd quarter to tie the score on Vincent Davis 4-yard touchdown run and Kessmans long basket with 40 seconds left in the 4th.
He stated the team changed its pass rush method late in the very first half.
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Pitts Kenny Pickett and Alex Kessman experienced pain on various levels Saturday night, and the hurt wound up radiating through the whole team in a 31-30 overtime loss at Boston College.
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Narduzzi added there were no protection busts in the secondary– a minimum of, that were obvious during the video game– and the cause of Boston College receivers getting open was more a matter of getting beat physically.
” The huge pass in the second half took the wind out of (us),” Narduzzi said. “Great toss by Phil. Well need to see what we did or didnt do.”
Jurkovec was sacked 5 times however finished 25 of 38 passes for 358 backyards and three goals. He linked with broad receiver Zay Flowers on all 3: 44 lawns in the first half, a 77-yarder to begin the third quarter and a 25-yarder in overtime.
” I already grabbed him, and half our team has actually already entered there and grabbed him,” he stated. “Its a difficult method to complete it up like that.”
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” It comes down to strategy and basics at the line (of skirmish),” he said. “There were no coverage busts from my understanding.”
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” Kenny is a hard kid of a gun,” Narduzzi stated. “Ill go to war with that guy any day. Hes difficult. He played his tail off.”
Frustrating, however well stick together and continue to move forward,” coach Pat Narduzzi stated. Guys require to make plays, coaches need to make better calls and the entire deal.
Now, Pitt plays No. 7 Miami and No. 5 Notre Dame the next two Saturdays, with No. 1 Clemson waiting at the end of the season.
Kessman roadway a wild roller rollercoaster of emotions, kicking a school-record 58-yard basket to send the game into overtime and after that missing an additional point that ended the game and robbed Pitt of a possibility to play a second extra session.
In overtime, Pickett hurried for 17 backyards, consisting of a 9-yard scramble on 4th down that kept hope alive before he hit Mack on a 3-yard pass receiver screen for the touchdown.
Narduzzi said he will talk to Kessman, but he wont be the only one.
It was the second consecutive one-point loss for Pitt (3-2, 2-2 ACC) after a three-game winning streak to begin the season had raised hopes within and outside the locker room.
” We believed we were going to use some various moves,” he said. “Toward the near completion of the first half, we realized power would be best to contain him and get sacks. Thats what altered.
Frustrating, but well stick together and continue to move forward,” coach Pat Narduzzi said. Guys require to make plays, coaches need to make much better calls and the entire deal.” The big pass in the 2nd half took the wind out of (us),” Narduzzi stated.” We thought we were going to use some various moves,” he stated.” Kenny is a tough son of a weapon,” Narduzzi said.
” If we might have figured that out in the first half, we could have had more sacks in the very first half.”
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” Defense quit too lots of points in the very first half, way too lots of points,” he said of Boston Colleges 17-14 halftime lead. “( Jurkovec) knows how to use his legs. Hes going to make plays if you dont arrive quickly enough.”
The game boiled down to a kick that went broad right, but it was more about how Pitt stopped working to manage Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec, a Pine-Richland graduate playing versus a Pitt group he rooted for growing up.
Pickett played the fourth quarter and overtime in serious pain, hobbling on an ankle injury that kept him on the sideline for just two plays.
Senior defensive end Rashad Weaver, who battled the football from Jurkovecs grasp for among the sacks, said the mistakes are specifically painful for a team that prides itself on playing solid defense and making sound judgments.
