The IRISH squeaked out a 23-17 victory on Saturday over the Pitt Panthers. Nursing a 17-3 halftime lead, as well as a 20-3 lead early in the 2nd half, the Irish offense sputter all 2nd half, relying on the Irish defense to hold on to the victory. The win pushes the Irish back to .500 sitting at 3-3.
HESIMAN BABY
MICHAEL FLOYD - 7 rec. 59 yds - TD - Floyd catches just about everything thrown his way, with one or two hands. Not to mention, penalties negated another 90 yards and a TD for Floyd.
ROCK SOLID
HARRISON SMITH - 11 tackles, INT - With Pitt's fullback effectively blocking Te'0 all game long, it was up to Smith to step up and stop the run. And outside of a dropped interception to seal the game, Smith was all over the field making plays.
GET HIM OUTTA THERE
JAMORIS SLAUGHTER - I'm no guru, but I'm pretty sure the point of being called a "safety" is to not get beat deep. Well, Slaughter slipped up and got burnt deep on the long Pitt TD pass to Baldwin.
THEO RIDDICK - You have to take the good with the bad when it comes to Riddick. He makes great plays, and then drops the ball. His pick play on the Floyd touchdown was pathetic. I'm convinced Floyd would have scored even without the pick.
WAIT WHAT?
DAYNE CRIST - While Crist looked great on paper (24/39 for 242, TD - Rush TD), there is still lots of room for improvement. Floyd luckily snagged the poorly under thrown TD pass. Then, Crist missed a wide open Floyd in the end zone. Floyd missed a wide open Rudolph on the out and up. His accuracy is the red zone leaves much to be desired.
-DH
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