|
|
Post by stlvufan on Nov 11, 2010 15:02:33 GMT -5
Fortunately this one quickly developed into a yawner so I was able to multi-task (Hayward looked lost for the 2 minutes or so he played last night in the Jazz win over Orlando).
However, UIC may have a new beast in the middle to contend with. J.C. something? He looked pretty good, and he's big, both vertically and strength-wise.
|
|
|
|
Post by milanmiracle on Nov 11, 2010 15:15:56 GMT -5
Thanks UIC, not exactly a good showing for the Horizon League getting destroyed 43. Pitt is good, but I would have expected a better showing than that.
|
|
|
|
Post by stlvufan on Nov 11, 2010 20:59:09 GMT -5
Thanks UIC, not exactly a good showing for the Horizon League getting destroyed 43. Pitt is good, but I would have expected a better showing than that. UIC has a lot of room for improvement from last year, they have a new coach, and Pitt is traditionally tough in the own arena. Parenthetically -- and this is not a criticism, just an observation -- the TV analyst for the Panthers last night is among those who, in games like that, has the *easiest* job in TV sport. Analyzing your team's play against a patsy has to be child's play for anyone minimally trained for the job. You can look at the two rosters and rack up all your analysis go-tos long before the game starts, and then just pull them out at the expected times. I'm sure the guy is great, and this is really apropos of nothing, but it just struck me that if there's any job in TV sports you can do in your sleep, it's that one. |
|
|
|
Post by bbtds on Nov 12, 2010 3:42:31 GMT -5
Thanks UIC, not exactly a good showing for the Horizon League getting destroyed 43. Pitt is good, but I would have expected a better showing than that. UIC has a lot of room for improvement from last year, they have a new coach, and Pitt is traditionally tough in the own arena. Parenthetically -- and this is not a criticism, just an observation -- the TV analyst for the Panthers last night is among those who, in games like that, has the *easiest* job in TV sport. Analyzing your team's play against a patsy has to be child's play for anyone minimally trained for the job. You can look at the two rosters and rack up all your analysis go-tos long before the game starts, and then just pull them out at the expected times. I'm sure the guy is great, and this is really apropos of nothing, but it just struck me that if there's any job in TV sports you can do in your sleep, it's that one. A real good color guy would find more and go beyond that. He would talk about which Pitt players were working on their fundamentals despite the lopsided score. He would delve into which ice cream the Pitt players eat or what happened the last time he was in Chicago on the El. You know, real good color commentary/analyst type stuff. |
|
|
|
Post by agibson on Nov 12, 2010 6:27:01 GMT -5
I followed a bit of the game on GameCast. It looked like UIC hung in it for a while? First quarter or more?
And then, well, yeah.
|
|
|
|
Post by valporun on Nov 12, 2010 10:29:33 GMT -5
Even though the game is in the past now, anyone who wants to watch it again, it is archived at ESPN3.com. Early season games mostly get regional announcers because ESPN doesn't want to waste a Dan Shulman, Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla(sp?), or any of the top names that mostly work the conferences close to where they live. It also gives those guys that we've never heard of a chance to talk about how they'd rather be in Vegas at the tables or somewhere other that Pittsburgh watching the Panthers play a lowly UIC Flames team that they don't even know where the Pavilion in Chicago is. It gets to be like watching Spring Training baseball games in the first couple of weeks where most of your Double A or Triple A stars are getting 3-5 innings of play before they are taken out in the 9th for some of the Class A kids that were high draft picks. It gets boring people!!
|
|
|
|
Post by stlvufan on Nov 12, 2010 14:38:24 GMT -5
I followed a bit of the game on GameCast. It looked like UIC hung in it for a while? First quarter or more? And then, well, yeah. They made a bit of a run late in the first half. Ya know, cut a 20 point lead to 14 or something like that  Other than that, nah. Pitt jumped out to a huge lead right from the start. |
|
|
|
Post by stlvufan on Nov 13, 2010 17:16:32 GMT -5
Even though the game is in the past now, anyone who wants to watch it again, it is archived at ESPN3.com. Early season games mostly get regional announcers because ESPN doesn't want to waste a Dan Shulman, Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla(sp?), or any of the top names that mostly work the conferences close to where they live. It also gives those guys that we've never heard of a chance to talk about how they'd rather be in Vegas at the tables or somewhere other that Pittsburgh watching the Panthers play a lowly UIC Flames team that they don't even know where the Pavilion in Chicago is. It gets to be like watching Spring Training baseball games in the first couple of weeks where most of your Double A or Triple A stars are getting 3-5 innings of play before they are taken out in the 9th for some of the Class A kids that were high draft picks. It gets boring people!! Dino Gaudio impressed me more doing the Oakland-WVU game on Wednesday. He actually put some work into his commentary. Of course that game wasn't quite as one-sided as the UIC-Pitt game... |
|
|
|
Post by valporun on Nov 13, 2010 20:49:30 GMT -5
Even though the game is in the past now, anyone who wants to watch it again, it is archived at ESPN3.com. Early season games mostly get regional announcers because ESPN doesn't want to waste a Dan Shulman, Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla(sp?), or any of the top names that mostly work the conferences close to where they live. It also gives those guys that we've never heard of a chance to talk about how they'd rather be in Vegas at the tables or somewhere other that Pittsburgh watching the Panthers play a lowly UIC Flames team that they don't even know where the Pavilion in Chicago is. It gets to be like watching Spring Training baseball games in the first couple of weeks where most of your Double A or Triple A stars are getting 3-5 innings of play before they are taken out in the 9th for some of the Class A kids that were high draft picks. It gets boring people!! Dino Gaudio impressed me more doing the Oakland-WVU game on Wednesday. He actually put some work into his commentary. Of course that game wasn't quite as one-sided as the UIC-Pitt game... Dino Gaudio was probably happy he was fired by Wake Forest after they lost of Stetson last night... The Oakland-WVU game was decent last night, but it seems the Grizz are missing something right now. |
|
Other than that, nah. Pitt jumped out to a huge lead right from the start.