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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Volatility_rivals135605" data-source="post: 132102541" data-attributes="member: 1476288">Look, I dont like Pitt, but they were a different team towards the end of the season.  WVU(and our fans) are also very well versed with how much a team can decline when its starting QB is out, muchless both its starter & backup.  Pitt was a better team, and while I dont know if they would have won by 4 TDs if Kenny P would have played, I do think they would have won the game.Look at how far WVU dropped when Will Grier got hurt his Junior year, it was a completely different team from a quality perspective.  A great collegiate QB can mask many holes on the roster, but Pitt still held their own in the game, and lost in the last minute or so.Considering they didnt lose much outside of Kenny, Addison, and their OC, if Slovis is really QB1 material, Pitt should be pretty good this year.  Their OL & DL are pretty good, which alone will be enough to win a few games, even if Slovis has trouble finding his rhythm before its to late.  Also, I do think WVU is better then what people(talking heads) are saying, I think they are negative simply due to the unknowns, but if those unknowns are better than a pessimists perspective, then WVU should be a 8 win team this year, even despite a tough schedule.  If we improve from where we were last year, considering a few of our losses was just by 3-4 points, those types of losses should be wins this year.I suppose some of that depends how good Mathis really will be, and if Justin J shows us why he was a 4 star RB. It sucks that Lyn J Dixon didnt work out, our RB room really needed his skillset to widen the diversity of attack, but from what IM hearing CJ Donaldson should be a factor in creating mismatches, tho not from a speed perspective, more like Size+Speed, which isnt exactly the same thing. I also think some of that will be dependent on if Mike O comes back 100% healthy, cause he can certainly be a difference maker in both the running & passing game this year.There are a lot of unknowns with WVU, but if this staff did a good job in getting the right pieces, we should see a team that finds a way to win those close games this year, which will surely be enough to make an easy bet and a little personal Christmas bonus.  I NEVER bet on sports, NEVER.... my day-job is essentially like betting with tested probabilities, but I think WVU is a lock for winning more than 5.5 games this year, which I think is super easy money.  Ill def be pushing all my chips in on that one.  Just have to find time to make it to the casino before the season starts.Any rate, we'll see very soon how this shakes out.  Good for us all that they'll be playing a good amount in the future too, so we can get back to this rivalry for a while at least.  Perhaps a good dose of why rivalries are important, valued, & valuable...</blockquote>

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