{"id":371004,"date":"2025-11-11T07:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/371004\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T07:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:11:11","slug":"pitt-coach-pat-narduzzi-says-he-doesnt-care-if-pitt-loses-by-100-to-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/371004\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt Coach Pat Narduzzi Says He \u2018Doesn\u2019t Care If Pitt Loses by 100\u2019 To Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s quite the motivational tactic, Coach!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>November 10, 2025 8:45 PM EST\u2022<strong>Updated<\/strong>November 10, 2025 8:37 PM EST<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"fb\">Facebook<\/li>\n<li class=\"tw\">Twitter<\/li>\n<li class=\"email\">Email<\/li>\n<li class=\"link\">Copy Link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Football is one of the closest things we have in this day and age to a gladiator sport (other than mixed martial arts, of course).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">It&#8217;s a game where warriors lay it all on the line to gain an inch, and competitors on both sides will do whatever it takes to win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Speaking of wins and losses, a wise coach once said, &#8220;You play to win the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The man who uttered that quote certainly was not Pitt Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi, whose team is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/betting\/four-my-favorite-vegas-win-total-overs-college-football-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">exceeding expectations<\/a> this year but had some rather interesting thoughts at his Monday press conference about his upcoming home game against top-ten Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Imagine you are a player at Pitt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">You&#8217;ve been busting your ass all season and see a prestigious team like Notre Dame coming to town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">You have to be licking your chops at the opportunity to beat these guys on a national stage and announce yourself to the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Then your coach comes out in his Monday presser and says, &#8220;I don&#8217;t care if we lose by 100.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">That&#8217;s got to be pretty demoralizing, huh?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I get what Narduzzi is saying in principle, Pitt&#8217;s chances of making the ACC Championship game and, in essence, the College Football Playoff, are not impacted at all by their game against the Fighting Irish this weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">But maybe that&#8217;s the problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Playoff expansion alarmists (myself included) predicted this when it was rumored the CFP would be moving to a 12-team format with autobids for each power conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">We&#8217;ve nerfed the regular season so much that Narduzzi&#8217;s proclamation of &#8220;losing by 100&#8221; could come true and his team could still make the big dance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I hate it here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Looks like the fine folks on X also had a field day with Narduzzi and his questionable comments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">It will be interesting to see how the Panthers respond on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If they come out and smoke the Irish, then maybe Narduzzi is some kind of mind game master.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If they lose, however, and the score ends up getting out of hand, this press conference will get played on loop for a while.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">It&#8217;s a bold strategy. Let&#8217;s see how it plays out for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s quite the motivational tactic, Coach! 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