Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi had plenty to say after the Panthers’ ugly loss to Notre Dame on Saturday. But one of the things he hit on a few times was the play at quarterback.
I heavily criticized Narduzzi’s decision to basically sit on the ball before the half instead of trying to score. Narduzzi’s reasoning was, as you would expect, about trying not to turn the ball over again. And his primary concern was that Pitt was playing with an inexperienced quarterback.
“... with 1:22 and the backup quarterback in there, didn’t want to go slinging it around the park and see something bad happen,” Narduzzi said when asked about his passive strategy.