Tennessee vs. Pitt Full Game | 2022 ACC Football

of the weekend both teams ranked in the top 25. pittsburgh won the toss and deferred tennessee elected to take the ball and pittsburgh will kick off it's been sauls who will kick it away for the panthers very little breeze in this stadium on this natural grass field good kit and no chance to return it for jimmy holliday so here comes the high-flying volunteer offense led by hendon hooker in his sixth year in college football was in the virginia tech program for four years then transferred to tennessee and became their starter in week three took over from joe milton who was injured in that loss to pittsburgh and what a year hooker had 31 touchdowns just three interceptions set the single season tennessee record for completion percentage for passing efficiency those three interceptions fewest in the country among the 72 quarterbacks who three at least 300 passes he checks it down to jabari small and he's dropped 4-0 gain by m.j devin scheier one of the heroes of their win against west virginia had the pick six that gave them the late lead pucker throws quickly off the hands of his intended targeted incomplete looking for their best receiver one of the best in the country cedric tillman tillman only had one catch for 20 yards when these two teams met in knoxville last year trying to get him involved early right away you see the tempo the speed tennessee likes to play with [Applause] and they spread receivers from sideline to sideline two to each side here jabari small the running back and this pit crowd into it early this is when pits defense shines third and long time for hooker and the long pass incomplete too far out in front of jalen hyatt who had eric howard an excellent safety running in single coverage when you play up tempo offense you have to make plays you have to convert first downs this is good protection they kept the back end to help hooker just a little errant with the throw and that's a fast free and out because of that tempo of their offense 26 seconds and the punter paxton brooks on the field fifth year senior third year as their starting putter and not a great kick lands along their sideline the far sideline and this sec officiating drew spots it at the 45. so here comes keedan slovis like hooker a transfer he started his college career at usc it was a great start he was a pac-12 freshman of the year in 19 led them to the conference championship game in 20 the last year supplanted as the starter by jackson gart and in december he decided to transfer here to pittsburgh and he takes over for kenny pickett who was the starting quarterback last year when they won the acc title was a heisman finalist and a first round pick of the pittsburgh steelers big shoes to fill for slovas he played well in the win against west virginia in his panther debut he handed it off to israel abanacanda for a gain of three jeremy banks the stop slopes is very happy and comfortable here when he made the decision to come to pittsburgh it was really all on pat narduzzi they didn't have an offensive coordinator they didn't have a quarterback coach hired yet but he was convinced that matt narduzzi would treat him well give him a good shot he liked the fit culturally with the way the team seemed they played a much slower pace than does tennessee but then again everybody does a nice slant caught by jared wayne for a first down to the tennessee 44. you mentioned no coordinator and quarterback coach at the time but peter slovis told us yesterday he leaned very heavily on kenny pickett he said they talk about it pit culture it's real guys care about football they practice hard they play hard it means a lot to them and pickett's endorsement of this program had a lot to do with keaton coming here after the play feige dropped it off bobbled and then caught gavin bartholomew the big tight end inside the 31-yard line they'll spot it on the 30 in another pittsburgh first down really nice job of slovis hanging in there kabal hadden was coming in on the blimps he hung in there slung it out kind of sideways and made an accurate throw knowing he was going to get hit in the mouth and a nice drive here so far for pitt they started the game last week with big personnel extra offensive lineman just about every play in the first quarter come out much differently with three wide receivers in this game without rodney hammond who was their leading rusher in the open area as an ankle injury and that play dropped for a loss a quick pass to jalen barton and he's dumped immediately by tamarion mcdonald part of a strong secondary for tennessee should also mention someone else pits playing without gear in addition to hamming on their offense one of their best offensive lineman gay boy their right tackle did not play last week it's out again this week the offensive line for pitt was considered one of their real strengths they returned all starters and hoy was one of the real leaders he's backed up by gonzalez who's in there right now in his place at right tackle he's experienced today is his tenth career start better and offensive line that brought back all five starters from their championship team of the year ago here's jared wayne with a first down and out of bounds near the 15-yard line impressive opening possession for kaden slovis in the fifth panthers great protection i mean slovis is able to scan the field read the whole route and he finds his underneath crossing round and jared wayne a very dependable target at 6'3 215 pounds it has a couple other receivers that were transfers that are new to the program jared wayne is one of those veteran pit players three and a half minutes in pittsburgh on the move the play fake by slovis and he slides down after a short game not the fastest runner but effective when he needs to be he was chased down by kamal hadden who's starting at cornerback today for tennessee slovis is picking up right where he left off last week he left some plays out there against west virginia took a few sacks but when they needed him the most 92-yard drive five for five including the game-winning touchdown at the end and he's off to a fast start again here today right hooker very accurate passing he's on target and it's dropped [Applause] anontay mumfield a transfer from akron dropped it he was looking to the end zone too soon i mean it was a good throw he didn't secure the catch he got his eyes off the ball and towards the goal line and ended up bringing up third now with the incompletion we're trying to replace not only pickett but jordan addison who won the politnikov award is the best receiver in the country he caught 100 balls last year for pitt he transferred to usc big drop it's third down and seven [Applause] lots of time and now right out of it slovis fires to the back of the end zone and it is caught but out of bounds but he was well beyond the back line to the end zone and the field goal team will come out that's a good stop by the tennessee defense slovis extended the play nice job by the safety mccullough number two just kind of forcing the receiver to the back line so here's ben sauls who lost the battle last year to be their field goal kicker to sam skarton he won it in this preseason and made his only pick against west virginia from 42. this one's good from 30. nice start for pat narduzzi and the pit panthers 182 games as a head coach and fittingly in the college football hall of fame inducted in 2013 in molly it's a story that hits extremely close to home and i know you had a chance to talk to frank signetti jr this morning their offensive coordinator here at pitt yeah frank cignetti jr was emotional but in good spirits when i spoke with him before the game he said there's no question about whether or not he would coach today saying my dad would want me to coach and keep my promise to these players cignetti learned the news of his father's passing at 11 11 this morning right before their team walked through so he spoke to the team made them aware of the news and they celebrated the life of frank cignetti senior during their team last time we share in the sadness and in the celebration we had the pleasure of knowing frank signetti senior and our wonderful man and hooker's pass is incomplete through the hands of princeton fant one of their tight ends i spoke to him on the field before the game too and he was just saying how thankful he was for pat narduzzi said he didn't know pat but pat caught him out of the blues coaching at vc offered him the opportunity to move back his family back this is his third stint on a staff at pittsburgh and it couldn't have been a better timing to come back and be around his mom and dad at this time of their lives cooker pulls it down and goes nowhere frank signetti jr had the great honor playing for his dad at iup for coaching for him there they were extremely close frank jr tweeting out this morning you're my hero he had a chance to spend time with his dad yesterday coach cignetti senior had a stroke back in february fell into ill health in the last week or so and have been on hospice kid the last few days here comes a blitz and hooker goes down got across the line of scrimmage so it won't be a sack pit had five sacks and their victory in knoxville last year nate temple leading the charge when pitt gets you third and long that's when they're exotic they're pretty vanilla on first and second down but on third down they go three down linemen but they have a lot of guys around the line of scrimmage and they can bring pressure from all over the place and they force another punt like paxton barnes excellent punter and academic all-american 3.92 gpa in kinesiology a fair catch made by mumfield on a 50-yard punt a couple of three and outs for tennessee and a field goal on their first opportunity for pittsburgh presented by arby's arby's we have the means this is the second johnny majors classic named for the great coach that both pittsburgh and tennessee got his first head coaching opportunity at these two schools at pitt and he inherited a program that went 1-10 in 1972 immediately was a winner and as you saw in his fourth and final year of his first in here pit he won the national championship in undefeated season led by the heisman trophy winner tony dorsett who speaks all looks like he could still play huge haul israel van akanda they cannot get him touchdown pitchburn 76 yards reminiscent of tony dorsett in 1976. [Applause] longest run of his career for abanacanda junior from brooklyn who was a standout abraham lincoln high school in brooklyn and showed that sprinter speed there ben sauls on for the extra point and it is good and a great start for the underdog panthers on their home field today leading 10 to nothing watch this block by right guard jake cradle that's the first block and then as you get down the field and now avocado gets into the secondary watch the wide receiver right here watch this block by mudfield he dropped the pass in the first possession gets a key block there and then the speed takes him to the end zone last week pitt was disappointed with the way their offensive line played disappointed with how they ran the football this can correct a lot of problems with a play like this sean remember last year in knoxville it was tennessee that jumped out to a 10 to nothing lead in the first quarter this year it's pittsburgh [Applause] he loves it of the great players in pitt history obviously tony dorsett and they've had a lot of great players israel vanakanda the career long run 215 pounds he's got power but he's also got track sprinter speed which he showed on that play by the tennessee offense and their defense gets cash on that play and sauls with the touchback so here's the third possession for tennessee still looking for its first first down they can score in a hurry nearly 40 points per game last year under josh heipel we mentioned pittsburgh the underdog you know pat narduzzi a proud son of youngstown ohio kind of lives life with a chip on his shoulder fun guy to be around and when we asked him yesterday you know what's the extra motivation this one said we're an underdog right on our home field we beat him last year we're on our home field this team is aware of their status in that regard entering today's game coach narduzzi was going to make sure that he knew last year he was railing against espn and in some part with good reason after our network reported 75 percent of the fans who are going to be at the backyard brawl here would be west virginia fans that turned out not to be true and then hooker has the first first down well to the 40-yard line goes the sixth year 24 year old quarterback oldest starting quarterback ever in tennessee [Applause] and they go quickly and they sling it deep in single coverage we'll see a lot of that today and this one won by mj devin shire who had the coverage on cedric tillman all three of the corners that we'll see for pitt are undersized compared to these tennessee receivers but that ball was thrown too far to the inside devonshire was in perfect position and was able to knock it away they're not real big but they are feisty and they believe in themselves because they get put on islands to play so much man coverage and they're ready for it they will face a lot of deep shots no matter who the opponent is because of the single coverage there's jalen wright as their leading rusher in the opener against ball state with 88 yards they hammered ball state 59-10 they snap it quickly on third down the slant to tillman first down balls through the pittsburgh 45-yard line they went without a substitution on that third down play shaw so they kept four-man defensive front end for pitt and got great protection spotted it on the 46 hooker flag thrown in the middle of the offensive line hookers spun ahead for 12 and what would be a first down [Applause] the referee is jason autry leading this sec during the run holding offense number 76 10-yard penalty from the spot of the foul repeat first down davonte's dragons the right guard part of the veteran tennessee line there it is right as maldonado was trying to turn to make a play he got grabbed as he had some momentum and then hooker slow start but pretty good on this possession shows his toughness when he runs the football too he's not a real big guy but he will take some shots and keep fighting it's it's fun to see a guy like this i mean you said 24 years old he had some success at virginia tech had a great penalty that's correct it's first down and he is he's the best version of himself right now they expect him to be even better this year because he has a full grasp of josh hypel's offense he's comfortable with his teammates he's comfortable as a leader on this team [Applause] they expect him to just play even better as tennessee tries to improve on the success they had a year ago after the play fake pop and an incomplete pass threw it into a crowd for jacob warren the tight end the best game of his career last year against pitt five catches for 55 yards a career long 34 yarder and a touchdown they don't throw it a lot to the tight ends the handoff too jaylen wright breaks a tackle breaks a couple of tackles and gets to the 41-yard line of pittsburgh five yards short of the first down shane simon among those pit panthers who whiffed this is really a good call by offensive coordinator alex golish because brandon hill the safety was going out to cover and left that area void for the run tight formation and right stuffed on third down and five in a decision for josh hypel on fourth down and three from the pit 39 down 10 to nothing with six and a half to go in the opening quarter they're going to go for it not in field goal range for the tight end coming in motion to the wide side of the field trying to get him the ball quickly they send jaylen right out in motion not going quickly here wanting to make sure they have the right play call slant incomplete off the hands of cedric tillman aj woods had the coverage and pittsburgh takes over on down this will go down as a stop for pittsburgh but it's a drop by cedric tillman this is a good throw ball's got to be caught instead pitt gets the football back provided by goodyear celebrating the challenge of road games everywhere are you ready for the road goodyear more driven 5g sky cam orange clad volunteer fans on the road here in pittsburgh their team down 10 and nothing here's jared wayne in the balls territory and down at the 43-yard line in the arms of jeremy banks it was aaron beasley who put pressure on slovis second time in the ballgame we've seen slovis read the blitz and hang in there with toughness and get rid of the football accurately knowing he's got a free rusher on it that makes a defensive quarter cornerback or coordinator a little bit hesitant of calling that blitz if the quarterback is seeing it and making plays against it that easily [Applause] the pass batted down and it is caught by the tight end gavin bartholomew unlike an offensive lineman he can catch that ball picks up a few extra yards and it's second in short jeremy banks the active hands he's a linebacker he almost ran down to banacanda on that touchdown run outstanding players banks pre-season all southeastern conference good fake again by slogans looking for mumfield and single coverage and a flag is thrown on to marion mcdonald [Applause] mcdonald was in good position it was going to take a really perfect throw but right there the hand just kind of prevents the receiver from making the play in the football he's in good possession if he makes a play on the football it won't be a penalty but he's got a first place through the receiver [Applause] progressive pylon cam gave us a great look at that donald got their season off to a great start in the opener against ball state he had an interception on the first play from scrimmage in that game ball state tried to run a flea flicker mcdonald picked it off and led to a touchdown on the first offensive play by [Applause] tennessee against a much different opponent indeed throws it away [Applause] slovas as we mentioned an accurate passer he started his career [Music] a lot of air time today and that's fine we will compete for it at db at usc in his 26 career starts he completed 68 of his passes and 72 his freshman year which is you know almost unheard of to be that accurate that efficient in your first year playing college football was kurt warner great quarterback was his high school football coach in arizona another batted ball and it flutters in complete there is a flag down in the secondary [Applause] looks kind of like they're saying offensive pass interference but the ball was deflected let's see what what we have there's no foul for pass interference the ruling is the ball was tipped third down on the incomplete pass [Applause] [Music] barack garland with the tip and he comes out of the game on this third down play third and ten just under four and a half to go first quarter has been all pittsburgh against the tennessee team that was the best in the country in the first quarter last year in total points for first quarter and in first quarter point demorentia slovis enzo intercepted trayvon flowers after it went off the hands of bub means there is a flag down at the 13-yard line along the near numbers [Applause] outstanding play by flowers here's the call there is no foul for defensive holding the results will play as an interception first down for tennessee at the 20-yard line a good job by aaron beasley kind of pulling back on that hit on the quarterback watch number 24 just kind of pull back a little bit led with the shoulder and then flowers showing his athleticism in the back of the end zone off the tip pass slovas put that where you want you give your receiver a chance usually if you throw it high in the back of the end zone it's either going to be your guy catches it or nobody does that time the ball was tipped up in the air trayvon flowers comes down with the interception his first of this season is fourth career interception for the senior from atlanta veteran starter in their secondary to his 27th career start he and jaylen mccall a long time excellent duo although for all their talents it's a tennessee defense that was 99th in the country in total defense last year they're going to take the next step beyond a seven-win season of a year ago and josh hype is first they need to get better on defense you know one thing they did really well they set a school record for tackles for loss so they were disrupted but they were terrible on third down one of the worst in the country they couldn't get off the field so they had to run too many plays defensively that's really where they've got to improve this year and that was a good third down stop hooker to jalen hyatt for six on first down now jaylen wright doing all he can for a hard-earned yard devin danielson the stop for pitt [Applause] under josh hypel they've scored a first quarter touchdown in all 14 of their games they're running out of time in this first quarter devin danielson is the injured player for pitt last year tennessee averaged 14.6 points per game in the first quarter that was almost four points per game better than anybody else in the country they've started quickly under hyper not today here's kevin the gandhi shawn time now for our mayhem moment brought to you by allstate we go to south bend uh-oh bug here comes marshall 20-point dogs on the road yeah that notre dame defense not pointing to the same level as they did last week against ohio state jaylen laborn in the end zone it is marshall the thundering herd up 9-7 at the half back to you all right gentlemen thank you you know danielson is one of their veteran defensive linemen a fifth year senior already playing today without deslin alexander another one of their veteran guys alexander an outside defensive end danielson an inside defensive tackle and just from a depth standpoint and rotating and getting you know fewer reps for your defensive lineman to be a second guy down for this pit defensive front there's desolate alexander he's in uniform he's not going to play but a very vocal leader kind of a coach on the field [Applause] a year ago this is unusual for tennessee in a season plus under hypo and they keep this possession going on third down and three from their own 27. no pressure hooker has his man first down out near midfield cedric tillman swung down by the safety brandon hill we're so used to seeing the wide splits this time they brought tillman in in a tight split and ran the out route so there was a lot of room to make that throw and catch a good play fake and a completion to tillman to the 45-yard line they're going to pick up the pace here they'll mark it at the 46. second down and three under three minutes to go in the first quarter hooker under duress no he's slipping no i mean it looked like they were going to get him for a loss of yardage he avoids a couple tacklers and he gets another first down in tennessee with good momentum right now on this drive and they've got tillman involved and active in their offense hooker's pass caught a little bit behind his receiver brew mccoy to transfer from usc they made a catch for about seven more another lock on the screen we're gonna keep track of how quickly they go from the tackle to the snap but there's another injured player it's tyler bentley who's a backup defensive tackle another veteran player fifth year senior from westchester ohio tonight on abc a lot of the former trojans this game might be watching usc 7 30 eastern time on the road in palo alto against stanford 101st meeting all time usc a nice debut for lincoln riley last week they hammered rice 66-14 it was stanford over colgate 41-10 you throughout the record so they get together well you hear so many coaches that we talk to talk about culture how important culture is and now you've got lincoln riley going to usc and they bring in 24 25 transfers one of them being jordan addison who's the great receiver for pitt a year ago 100 catches one the bulitnikov award but winning helps your culture you know but when you bring that many new players in you know that's a challenge getting everybody on the same page and here in pittsburgh todd you referenced earlier desmond alexander excellent defensive end not playing today he's one of their captains a two-time captain they felt like they still had enough depth yeah without him as long as they didn't have to play 95 or 100 plays well now they've already lost danielson molly and it's another player bentley limping off the field yeah sean you saw devin danielson walking off gingerly when he left the medical tent he yelled out in pain when he put weight on his left leg and said to athletic training staff i can't put any weight on it and he shook his head so not looking good for pin as the injuries just keep piling up some of these tennessee fans i think were booing thinking they were trying to slow the tempo down with a fake injury i don't think it was a fake injury no they they are down a couple defensive lines and now the depth is a concern particularly against this fast-paced tennessee offense that tries to wear you down even when you're at full strength jaylen wright very close to the first down marker it's really fun to watch and study them on film the wide splits you just don't see too many teams and put their wide receivers outside the numbers like tennessee does they really want to stretch your defense and take people away from the box they count the box and when it's favorable to run they run and they just ran for a first down with jalen wright tackled by cervasi a dennis one of their captains it was second team all-conference a year ago see they stretch your defense with their formations and then they stress your defense with their speed and their tempo [Applause] just did get it off as a man open and it is out of bounds jalen hyatt the receiver he caught it the deemed to be out of bounds along the near sideline the ball was fading him to the sideline he makes the catch but he doesn't get the foot down good call by the officials the right foot came down clearly in the white and it's just because the ball faded him too far outside he had separation as a progressive pylon cam we take the last look at it there's a right foot out of bounds and a near miss for hinton hooker it's second and ten under a minute and a half to go in the opening quarter pop pass down the middle jacob warren into the end zone but did he go down before he got there they're going to spot him down just shy of the goal line brandon hill able to wrestle him down at least for the moment it's not a touchdown this play hurt last year in fact tennessee scored a touchdown on it in knoxville up the middle small has the tennessee score and that streak continues they've scored a first quarter touchdown now in all 15 games under josh hypel great play call on the throat is a tight end and fooled the pittsburgh defense great play fake by hooker watch it affect these two guys the tight end is going to slip right through there but the safety and the linebacker got their eyes in the backfield and they lose track of the tight end so excellent execution and then they lined up quickly and got the touchdown run by chase small another usc transfer adds the extra point jabari small leading rusher from last season they went for just under 800 yards as the first touchdown of the game capping an 80-yard drive and 11 plays big interception boy pitt had a chance to take a 17-0 lead that one could be a game turner hooker was five out of six on that touchdown drive 64 yards and then small punched it in he had one in the opener against ball state time for the athletic trivia question johnny majors won a national title here at pittsburgh in 1976 and then left to become tennessee's head coach that was the hardest decision he ever had to make we want to know who are the other head coaches who left the program following the national championship i assume we mean josh hoffman the arbiter of all things aflac [Applause] telecast today on abc produced by josh hoffman directed by scott johnson very pleasant day here in the steel city temperature in the mid 70s partly cloudy skies the sun's been in and out [Applause] and here's the kickoff by paxton brooks vincent davis brings it back and he gets stopped in his tracks at the 17-yard line by james pierce they were salty on special teams a year ago and that continues in 2022 here's the answer you want to guess before we reveal the answer come on now academic all-american howard schnellenberger left miami and tom osborne retired so johnny major's the only one who left to go to another program and it was the call of his alma mater has not been tennessee he said many times he would not have gone he had a 16-year run there and then came back here to pitt to finish his head coaching career havana canada to the 21 a gain of four here's kevin sean reminding you we have a big saturday on the espn family of networks over on espn the us open women's final currently going on espn2 texas a m at home down to appalachian state acc network featuring clemson in control up 21-3 on the sec network number three georgia in action back to you [Applause] it's a great college football today including a wild alabama win at texas on a last second field goal slovis hit as he threw he got it to bartholomew who got swung down short of the mind the game by about a yard it was aaron beasley the blitzing linebacker put another hit on slovis who's taken a pounding here in the first quarter but three times they've had a free rusher he's seen it he's recognized it and he's delivered the ball accurately in the face of the blitz like last year in knoxville an entertaining first quarter espn's presentation of college football at abc will return after this message in a word from our abc stations [Music] continuing to be the live ma student section of the year all season long that panther fit went off to a good start with taco bell competition they turned out in a big way against west virginia in the backyard brawl came back the first time in 11 years and was another classic israel abandon canada on third down and one has a pit first down on the first play of the second quarter the panthers on top ten to seven molly well sean pitt defensive lineman tyler bentley spent a long time in the medical tent he came out of the medical tent jogged back and forth on the sideline and looked pretty good and joined his teammates and gave them a thumbs up and said i'm good to go and they'll need him tennessee even with the sputtering start is on a pace for 108 offensive plays a ridiculously high number pit offense will try to be methodical and keep the defense off the field slovis under pressure threw it away in the general direction of jaden bradley the heat came from byron young the senior 24 years old out of georgetown south carolina yeah byron young uses his quickness and strength to get around again the not the normal starting right tackle and gonzalba is just burst by byron young great story self-made player and enjoying uh enjoying a fine end to his career it started last year at the end of the year georgia military college once the assistant general manager of a dollar general store good throw by slovis he got walloped again on the delivery but got it off to jared wayne the trail bumpus provided the bump to the quarterback and jalen mccullough made the tackle for the ball yeah i mean he had to get rid of it bumpus was unblocked carter warren or left tackle had to go inside to take the nearest defender and again slovas throwing under duress with accuracy pretty impressive and he's tough they told us the coaches did frank signetti and pat narduzzi they like his toughness he arrived in january one his teammates over immediately to the point where they have voted him just months on camp as one of the four team captains that meant a lot to him he faces a blitz he gets hit again but got it to barthology the tight end up and over and in to the end zone touchdown pitch [Applause] [Applause] unbelievable just unbelievable effort by bartholomew and keaton slovis again throwing under duress tennessee choosing to blitz the quarterback the linebacker jeremy banks got lost in coverage and then trayvon flowers got hurdled by a very athletic tight end and gavin barkley goodness i'll say so six five 255 pounds ben sals tacks on the extra point it's a 57-yard reception longest of his career frank cignetti told us they wanted to get the ball to bartholomew more driven [Applause] they told us the senior from scottsdale arizona was tough and he's demonstrated that tough slovis hang in there getting belted regularly he was three for five on the touchdown drive and put the lead back to 10 for pitt here's jimmy holliday nice return out to the 29-yard line obviously defensive coordinator tim banks wanted to go after the quarterback thinking they could rattle him slovas has taken some hits but the hits have gotten there a hair too late he's hung in there he's made accurate throws this was the last one for the touchdown to bartholomew but about five completions of those nine was with a free rusher where he knew he was gonna get hit hangs in there makes a tough throw and takes the hit and getting worked on his throwing hand so you might have a cut tyler bentley who was injured earlier for pitt is back in the game along the defensive line hooker on first down checked it down to princeton fant one of their tight ends because of noah now with the seahawks got eight on first down good decision that was a zone defense by pitt and hooker recognized it two receivers wide each side another missed tackle and a first down for the ball cedric tillman they'll mark him out at the 44-yard line he likes to do that a lot and with those wide splits if you just put two defenders out there they're gonna throw quick screens and if you miss a tackle and you have one blocker it can turn into a big play design role hooker was missed and did well to get back to the line of scrimmage solomon de shields a backup linebacker had a chance to get him and did but tyler wilts did i think he was going to throw this a throw back but the pressure was there so quickly that he had to try to run it and gain something ended up losing a yard on second down looked like a designed quarterback draw [Applause] and hooker's just shy of midfield he rushed to 49 yards last year against pittsburgh on nine carries third down and five for josh hypel in tennessee he's involved in the play calling but alex golish the offensive coordinator calls the bulk of the pledge and this is a big one it's showing a four-man rush not showing additional pressure at this point you've got five offensive linemen to block four plus the back and a goallist point last night we want to go fast but in big situations it's more important to get the right play they took their time is it the right play yes first down cedric tillman to the 43-yard line of pittsburgh where they typically like to go fast is like right now after a first down they got the conversion you're right third down let's settle down let's make sure we have the right people in the right play we'll execute hooker has a man open and it's too long cedric tillman was running free behind the defense and hooker launched it a bit too far that pit is wholesale substituting on defense they just put about six new players in after that incomplete pass and last year when they played in knoxville that was part of the problem for tennessee they had a ten nothing lead and they had several opportunities on throws down the field that they did not connect on again pitts defense will invite you to take shots down the field but you've got to hit some of them especially if you got a guy running free like tillman was there second and ten they missed a great chance for a touchdown hooker scampers out of bounds they'll spot him about a yard short of the 33. tennessee right now it's third and short they run for the first down they get the first down i wouldn't be surprised to see him take another shot at the end zone right away they'll do it very quickly there's jabari small 5 11 213 pounds he got the first down and now they do line up quickly last year they averaged 20.1 seconds between plays that was the fastest in college football about a full second faster than ole miss and kent state snapped the ball so with the play clock down to 15 this is snail's pace yeah really probably feels like they're taking a knee [Applause] single coverage again this time there was good coverage for a moment but that ended and it's a touchdown brew mccoy won the battle of 15s with rashad battle it looked like mccoy was going to be out of bounds but if he was forced out of bounds by the defender he can come back in reestablish and make the catch if he goes out on his own he can't make that catch but he was forced out by the defender rashad battle used that big body to get back in play and hooker hit him with the football good concentration by bru mccoy well crowd irate pat narduzzi's all the way down to the 10-yard line screaming at the nearest official to him chad greene you explained it very well and that's why the touchdown is going to stand these fans don't know the rules as well as you do [Applause] chase mcgrath is on to the extra point pat narduzzi on the field and in animated conversation with jason autry who's trying to explain the situation let's bring in our referee longtime sec official matt austin matt what do you think yeah sean todd said it exactly right uh the receiver is definitely forced out of bounds right here you can see him going out because of the contact he does reestablish himself you see the deep official throw his hat he's signifying that he saw everything he knows how the receiver got out of bounds the fact that he didn't throw a flag means he ruled him to be forced out so this was just good officiating all the way around and well explained by both you and todd the head coach for pittsburgh is challenging the ruling on the field time out the replay official is dave allman [Applause] that is the headlines with chad greene chatting with the always animated kat narduzzi again the issue is did drew mccoy go out of bounds on his own or was he forced out and it was very clear that he was forced out people are upset about the very end of it where they thought perhaps brew mccoy had pushed off the defender with that hand to the chest i don't think so matt did you see anything there at the end of the play after the question about the out of bounds no i didn't and certainly nothing he was definitely inbound so i can't believe they review that and this play i don't believe is even reviewable if the if the officials on the field ruled that there was contact which pushed him out of bounds and there's any contact at all that takes replay out of it they cannot judge how much contact there was and if it caused him to go out the officials on the field ruled that i don't see what there is to review here unless there's some different interpretation from the replay booth if i were pittsburgh i'd be encouraged by how long this conversation is going after video review the ruling on the field is confirmed the receiver was forced out came back in immediately completing the pass it is a touchdown pittsburgh has charged a timeout and they have lost their challenge for the game we'll try it for the point after you know unsurprised i mean that almost makes you feel like maybe they weren't familiar with the rules and you know that they are because pat narduzi kept looking up at the big screens here at agriculture stadium he saw the play clear as a bell and he had nobody to explain it to him as clearly as you did and matt did that could be big later on so tennessee an extra point away from a three-point game and mcgrath yeah it's the extra point drew mccoy transfer from usc stop us if you've heard that before has a touchdown his first as a tennessee ball to go to kent but he played at temple dean played at pitt they were both offensive linemen and then later dean played for the steelers and my dad ron blackledge was his coach for pittsburgh steelers that's a nice story i tried to take the pizza away i it's delicious we should go there tonight now you have a fancy new sponsor i'm sure you get a lot of money for these segments so it'll be your treat wonderful spot it's one of pat narduzzi's favorites yeah he was the guy that recommended it two years ago when he went the first time i believe i paid for that fact i know i did because it's a weekly tradition on first down vincent davis ahead to the 28-yard line veteran back up running back senior out of fort lauderdale florida interesting transition for pat narduzi on offense they were high scoring last year under mark whipple he left to become the offensive coordinator of nebraska and i think without kenny picker they want to be a much more balanced team run versus pass they appreciate what whipple did here well you want to play to your strengths now they feel like their strength is their offensive line and even though they're playing this game we see a hard one there by vincent davis they're playing without rodney hammond who was their leading rusher last week against west virginia you know they want to they want to run the football use that big offensive line and go play action there is no foul for a face mask the result of play is first down [Applause] good hard-nosed run right there by vincent davis jr he was the leading rusher in the game a year ago mccullough did have his hand on the face mask but he slid it off without grabbing that's why there was no penalty for a facemask matt austin nodding his head in full game you were right on top of these calls and non-calls today mr blackledge even with that full stomach [Applause] slovis over the middle deflected and caught that's the second time today the pit panther has caught a ball that was tipped by a tennessee ball this one taken in by bunk beans to transfer from louisiana and jeremy banks got his hands on the football then after the play had a couple of hurts for means like you're welcome that i didn't intercept that but good concentration by means bit on the move with another first down we need to replace those 100 catches from jordan addison who transferred away from pit to usc bartholomew the tight end a late substitute so the center judge steps in to allow tennessee the opportunity to sub time out pit this is their second charge time out of the half and it comes with 8 10 to go another entertaining game in the johnny majors classic pittsburgh in tennessee in downtown pittsburgh kick off your week one coverage sunday at 10 a.m with countdown israel abandoned canada the ball carrier for pitt eight minutes to go first half here 17 to 14. panthers have the lead for pat narduzzi 101 yards rushing now for pitt here in the first half so a much better effort than a week ago much better effort than they were able to run the football last year against this tennessee defense in knoxville which was a big passing day for kenny pickett 285 yards through the air but better balance so far in the first half offensively for pitt just shy of midfield midway through the second quarter slovis got it off showed his arm strength there and it's broken up on a nice defensive play the intended receiver was bub memes and it was kamal hadden for a brief moment in time at auburn the end of tennessee is a transfer good play yeah good play he was a good throw the blitz was picked up really well by habanakanda and uh so slovis had a clean pocket just a better play defensively [Applause] they haven't had many third downs they've converted one out of three and the pass caught on a slant for first down jalen barton jr from lazzella georgia with a gain to the 34 tennessee they did a nice job of using the tight end bartholomew to pull the linebacker coverage away to really open up that throwing lane and a good crisp throw on time by keeping slopes for the first down nice route design that time pulling the middle coverage away there's two catches of the season for barton in this first half after the 17-yard game slovis scampered out of bounds with a short pickup i think he wanted to hit barton again for his third catch and uh but barton fell down a little misdirection we're going to kind of flip it to him right out of the backfield he had a lot of room to run if he stays on his feet [Music] wide receiver coach taekwon underwood talking to him there just stay on your feet you got a big play my man [Applause] looks like he tripped over a banacanda who's going in the opposite direction four man rush a pocket and almost another interception for kamal had and this time intended for bob with me that was ticked again by jeremy banks that's about the second or third time he's got his hands on the football he's not rushing he's just watching the quarterback and timing his jump and they're not able to get the interception off the deflection the fed has had two completions on tennessee deflection maybe they put that into the playbook the old ricochet they're on the fringe of field goal range just more than a 50-yarder they put mumfield the receiver in the backfield and motions abandon canada back there as well dumped off short above means is short of the first down by about two yards [Applause] and what is pat narduzzi going to do no sign of the field goal team yet and they're going to go for it the tight end bartholomew comes on we got to be a quick throw and that big target bartholomew a guy you want to think about here maybe a little too far to run the football bartholomew right here on the end of the line to the wide side of the field number 86. play clock at three as they snap it he gets buried from behind leslie walker came on a blitz and tennessee takes it over on downs he missed the tight end bartholomew was open versus the blitz here he is he's just going to go and sit down the blitz is coming from the outside and slovis for the first time today doesn't see it there's his tight end wide open would have been an easy conversion on fourth down his eyes were in the wrong place and tennessee for the first time in the ball game got home with the pressure the sack a seven yard loss for pittsburgh and another beating delivered to cayden slovis and he's not going to get through the year todd if he continues to take hits like this [Applause] and now down by three here come the balls damari small sliced his way to the 38 for a gain of four gonna see a lot of time here before halftime all three of their timeouts remaining here comes pressure from pit they don't get there flag down single coverage beaten again all the way to the goal line goes tillman no signal yet touchdown he beat mj devonshire there is a flag down back near the line of scrimmage i'm wondering if they got the center cooper mays number 63. [Applause] personal foul illegal hands in the face defense number 57. the 15-yard penalty enforced on the kickoff result the play as a touchdown and was it a touchdown there was some question about whether tillman got into the end zone before going down progressive pylon cam will give us another good view he's okay [Music] is that his forearmer's elbow down before the ball crosses the plane potentially that's the question right about here matt austin is he down matt what say you i think he is down it was it was hard to tell at first because the wrist is part of the hand but i do think the elbow or the the whole forearm and the elbow got to the ground just before the ball broke and the ball just the front part of the ball has to cross the plane right it doesn't have to all the way go in the end zone but i think you're right i think that forearm was down before any part of the ball crossed the plane to the goal line i agree it's a 62-yard play and tennessee todd doing a great job taking those deep shots we have to connecting on them you have to because pitt will invite you to that because of so much single coverage and you just have to win some plays you have to win some one-on-ones and that's what josh hypel alex golish told us when we met with him yesterday and we got to win some one-on-ones they didn't win enough one-on-ones a year ago but they've won a few big ones here so far in the first half jason autry has finished his conversation with dave allmand in the replay booth it's either a touchdown it's going to be first and goal balls from inches away after video review the runner was down a half yard short of the goal line the personal fat will be enforced from that point first down tennessee well a double break for pitt because the penalty enforcement is going to be a couple of inches both come on the kickoff should tennessee score and take the lead for the first time separation i mean tillman just ran by the corner devonshire who was the hero a week ago against west virginia again it's kind of feast or famine when you play cornerback in this defense officially a 61-yard play now that it's not a touchdown tillman really emerged last year he's a fifth year senior jabari small the running back and the touchdown scorer [Applause] and tennessee leads for the first time today just the opposite of the game last year last year in knoxville tennessee jumped out to a 10-0 lead pitt battled back took the lead in the second quarter and went into halftime with the lead and never trailed again tennessee made a furious comeback in the fourth quarter but it was short this time it starts with the lead tennessee crawls back and right now before halftime tennessee trying to go into the break with the lead well that interception were owned by slovis when it looked like pitt was about to take a 17 to nothing lead the biggest play in the game right now and chase mcgrath adds the extra point it's a four-point advantage for the volunteer tillman set it up he beat devin shire in the one-on-one coverage he's targeted 10 times six catches 111 yards at a touchdown or a short of a test we'll see at the half all right gentlemen thank you very entertaining first half indeed here in the johnny majors classic been a winner by seven 41-34 last year in knoxville tennessee trying to win on the road first game they've played in the northeast since 98 and they played syracuse a big win in their national championship season todd they were down 10 nothing today looked like it was going to be 17 to nothing but this play changed momentum big time yeah i mean it was it was a breath of fresh air for tennessee led to a touchdown they bought their way back in and then the incredible play by bartholomew again and then this controversial play that was just great concentration by drew mccoy to stay in bounds tennessee has fought their way into the league here late in the first half leading for the first time just under five minutes to go vincent davis not finding any running room a half yard that's about all he ran into aaron beasley who's been active in this first half senior from franklin georgia he played very well last week in their opening win against ball state we got another linebacker juwan mitchell who's a transfer from texas who was one of their top players a year ago he's been out has not played yet beasley and jeremy banks banks who had 128 tackles a year ago very active inside linebacker group for this tennessee defense andy bolster when mitchell's healthy missed most of last year with a shoulder injury has not played this year well protected this time slovas but nobody open now he zips one way short with his intended target it was bub memes warren burrell had the coverage excellent coverage downfield because as you mentioned slovis was well protected he moved out of the pocket still had an open throwing lane just nowhere to go with the football [Applause] important time of the game for pitt third and long here they get a two for one they won the toss and deferred so they'll get the ball to start the third quarter you'd love to try to finish the second quarter and start the third quarter with something slovis positive vincent davis back to his left hip four-man rush with a spy uh the check down to davis and a first down really good decision by slogan tennessee was in a deep zone coverage had a deep middle safety he didn't try to force it down the field into coverage he threw underneath to the back and let the back do the rest for the first down this is deep zone coverage tennessee's got everybody accounted for but the back slipping out of the backfield was the right option for keith slovis [Music] and davis nowhere to go stuff for no gain again roman harrison back up defensive end plays the leo physician another senior on this defense out of mainbridge georgia [Music] well you said it earlier for tennessee to take the next step in their development under josh heifel it's got to be starts with their defense the league that they play in you can't just hope to outscore everybody you got to play good defense too you got to stop the run tennessee's defense trying to catch up to that offense a little bit more in year two of this coaching step play clock running out they snapped it with one we're under three minutes to go in the half slovis still up somehow and got it off [Applause] roman harris again putting the pressure on slovis and again good downfield coverage because initially the pockets there slovis leaves and somehow gets rid of the football before getting sacked [Applause] nine hits delivered on to kovas made by this tennessee defense and third down and long will they come after him again with their back up left tackle and branson taylor for their left tackle carter walk is one of their best if not their best offensive lineman they get a completion to canante mumfield but he's short of the first down by about two yards and pat narduzzi has the punt team ready to come on no sign of warren who has started 36 games on the offensive line a 5th year senior there's something wrong with him that's another big blow to the panthers i already mentioned gabe hoy the starting right tackle another bet not playing in the ball game today he started 27 games at the other end of the line so here's sam van der haar with either foot this one's right footed he's from australia and a little backspin on that one they'll down it at the 23-yard line now a quick word from cheezin i feel the cheesiest but the chain puts the extra cheese on the crack it's here look at this it's the cheesiest change this is the cheesiest day of my life this takes spin and cheese to a whole new level she's an official sponsor of the college football playoff with a minute 50 to go in all three time outs they don't need a lot of time and in hooker he started two out of eight they started the game of two three and outs he's 10 out of 12 cents and up to 188 in the half with a touchdown and no picks also they're leading rusher right now with 35 yards on eight carries [Applause] 145 straight passes without an interception he got stood up and dumped by collie jacansey in the middle of that defensive line [Music] just a solid guy comes on the inside move and makes the play behind the line of scrimmage you get a very disruptive defensive front for pitt fancy one of the leaders very athletic for a big man some movement no flags down hooker pulled it down he gets sacked again by david greene fifth year senior from west mifflin pennsylvania who had a half stack in the opener against west virginia and todd to me this is where pat narduzi really hurt himself with that challenge that cost him a time-out yeah absolutely he's only got one left i think you use it if they run the football or the clock's moving here because they came close to a couple block punts early in the game i think they could go after the tennessee punter if they get a stop here on third down tennessee not in any big hurry it would have been able to stop the clock twice looks like josh hypo is going to let it go down and then use one of his three timeouts with 37 seconds called their first time out of the half it'll be 30 seconds in length then we go back to the challenge and you said immediately what happened on the long play to gru mccoy was pushed out of bounds came back in i made the catch it was a touchdown seemed clear as a bell to you to matt austin and you know patton ardouzi didn't have to rely on assistant coaches because he kept looking up at the big screen here at axer stadium and seeing the same replays we saw yeah and it's unfortunate because obviously he loses a challenge for later in the game but more importantly right now he loses a timeout so he only has one left this was a play again clearly forced out of bounds by rashad battle the defensive back for pitt re-established himself made the catch and right now that was very smart also by josh heifel to let that clock run down use one of his timeouts he's going to have to pump the football if they don't convert here they have success throwing it down the field will they try that on third down in 19. they'll run a conservative play and make pitt use that last time up jalen writes the running back hookers had more freedom this year to change the play calls his own number and gets a couple wrestled down by john morgan who's the primary stand-in for deslin-alexander who's out today morgan was excellent last week [Music] [Applause] tonight from t-mobile arena in las vegas it's ufc 279. they had to jumble up the cards but they still came up with some terrific matchups diaz and ferguson the main card begins at 10 eastern it's on cape review with the prelims at 8 eastern 5 pacific on espn news to order the main card in english and spanish go to espn plus dot com slash ppv [Music] [Applause] apparently one guy didn't make weight today a lot of hostilities at the way in the press thing the other day that should be fun to watch tonight again i think if your pit i think you try to go after this fact they don't even have a returner they were very close to blocking the first two tennessee punts this time they are going to sell out they've got two gunners everyone else on the line of scrimmage veteran punter and paxton brooks 50th career game four-year start he knows to catch it and get it off he will get it off quite as quickly as he might have there's a very nice kick it goes out of bounds at the 37 so 21 seconds no timeouts for pitt the defense rose up yeah they did they got the loss of yardage play early and then they came back on third down a little conservative by josh hypel not one to do anything right here at the end of the half to incite this crowd or to give momentum to pitt pittsburgh's defense with a good possession there and their offense gets one more shot at it here no timeouts 21 seconds if you get a completion on this first play across the 50 or in that area now you got the opportunity to maybe throw towards the end zone tennessee is probably going to be in a back in that soft type of zone pitt has been to take many deep shots they've had a hard time defending protecting slovis defending the rush and right on cue he gets swung down and the ball has come out tennessee thinks it was a fumble omari thomas came away with the ball and it will be tennessee ball tyler barron with the with the pressure and the saddle feels through by the defense please place 14 seconds on the clock first down tennessee he threw slovis to the ground violently the ball's coming out clearly before he hits the ground so that is a fumble and recovered by tennessee and so the conservative offensive play call and the time-out paid off for josh hypo who now has two timeouts left and a chance to attack the end zone [Applause] carter warren who is their starting left tackle the veteran standout was back in there for that possession so he's just getting a breather on the last series that's nick patty the backup quarterback he probably wouldn't want to go in today the beating that slovis has taken but he better be ready nice little game by the defensive line and now tennessee with a chance to attack and tack on more before halftime interesting formations three receivers wide than the rest of them tight one on one again and that one's intercepted mj devonshire takes it back for the panthers [Applause] and the question was was he in bounds he had a pick in the win the huge pick six for the winning points against west virginia a week ago thursday here and there are those toes on the line they're going to take a look at this as we take a look from the progressive pylon cam i think that's out of bounds he made a great play and remember we said if you're a corner in this pit defense it's feast or famine you're out there on an island a lot he got beat earlier in the game by tillman and that time you have an interception on the previous play is under video review timeout it is almost certainly going to be overturned mj devonshire what a thrill for him grew up in aliquippa not far from here elected to go to kentucky transferred back home said he was encouraged to transfer back home by among others darrell reavis from aliquippa ty law trying to get him to go to michigan yeah he's happy at least he came back home to play for the fifth panthers aliquippa in the same hometown as tony said a lot of guys so he was very not a lot of good footballers very familiar with the backyard draw and when that rivalry got reinstated this year he's very uh very much aware of it and wanted to make a big play do something special in that game well it's not a huge break it looked like west virginia was driving yeah bryce sport wheaton who had a huge game had a pass go off his hands went up in the air into the arms of devonshire who ran for the touchdown 56 yards with 258 to go we asked him who visited yesterday what were you thinking he said don't get a penalty when i score because coach garduzzi isn't going to like that so the discipline has been driven home there's the big break from video review the defender stepped out of bounds before completing the cash that was his second career interception this one would have been his third it's been overturned both were big he had an overtime interception against north carolina to steal a win last year so they put the ball back at the line of scrimmage now you got a line right back up again now how does josh hypo approach these final 10 seconds does he look for a quick completion to play for a field goal and a 24 to 17 lead i think with the win jump balls have you got to play you think you can do that again and look at pittsburgh now backing off three defenders deep they're not going to allow that so they run it up the middle jalen wright short of the first down it will be a field goal situation now tennessee has called their second time out of the half please reset the game clock to five seconds this is a 30 second timeout well do you get greedy here or do you kick me you know your defense your defense is playing well they're putting pressure on the quarterback they're getting hits on the quarterback they've held their own okay on the run game and it's the kind of game you expected it was going to be you expect a four quarter game here in pittsburgh against a good opponent take the lead go into halftime with a touchdown lead if you get a conversion here on the field they have a good kicker in mcgrath there's the starting kicker at usc and the trojans will be on saturday night football on abc tonight presented by capital one against stanford 7 30. he is now in his second year as the kicker of tennessee at a very solid season last year the degree from usc and communications right between the hash marks this will be a 37-yard try a seven-point lead and it is good with baby draw the fifth year senior from newport beach california that's 10 points off turnovers now for tennessee they have not turned it over the panthers have turned it over twice interception on a ricochet and on a lost fumble both by keden slovis and here's molly mcgrath coach what went into that decision to challenge that tennessee touchdown in the second quarter you know they talked about him being pushed out but i don't think he got pushed out i think he ran out they lined up in these wide splits and they cut themselves off we had a hand on we didn't push him out he ran out so that's what i just disagree with the call still kaden slovis taking a lot of hits how concerning is that he's a tough kid we're ready to go he's going to make plays he's made some great plays today we'll keep making it all right thank you coach all right he didn't think there was a push that's at least an explanation just thought the defender had a hand on entertaining first half we'll stay to the studio for the state farm halftime report after this messaging work for our abc stations and the big news is that keaton slovis who got hit time and time again in the first half is not going to play in the second half molly mcgrath telling us he has an undisclosed injury nick patty the backup has been warming up and you can just about see it coming todd blacklinks with the way he was battered and bruised by this ball's defense he showed great courage early he hung in there he made throws under duress three rushers but i mean those hits accumulate and the last one when he fumbled you know he got kind of tossed around and thrown down to the ground pretty violently landing on his shoulder don't know what the injury is but he took way too many shots in that first half of play short kickoff and a fair catch made so it'll be nick patty to take over he has started two games as a pit panther played in 17 in his career he actually started their bowl game against michigan state the chick-fil-a peach bowl and kenny pickett decided not to play in that game get ready for the nfl draft which he was a first round pick but there was some competition in the pre-season slovis had to earn it and they think patty is a talented guy well i think they they think he's talented and they also know that he's got the respect of his teammates all right he's been a part of this program he's been on the team he didn't pout when he didn't win the job he's there and you know the the hardest job in college football or pro football is to be the backup quarterback but you have to prepare like a starter because you're one play away from being the guy and right now it's nick patty's game fifth year senior from hillsdale new jersey out of saint joseph they start on the run with israel of anacanda i mentioned he started the bowl game against michigan state completed two out of five for 21 yards rushed three times and for a td to miss the final three and a half quarters he suffered a broken collarbone and did not play the rest of the game dazzling 16-yard scrambling touchdown run and the pit touchdown [Applause] broke his collarbone off the play fake in the flap bartholomew [Music] we talked to tim banks yesterday he said one of the things in the development for byron young now is not just rushing the passer but guarding a tight end in man coverage dropping into zone taking his game to the next level that was beautiful work by a defensive end dropping into coverage man-to-man on a tight end and then making a sheer tackle short of the first down one of the great stories in college football molly mcgrath has spoken with him he mentioned he was working at a dollar general store as an assistant general manager georgia military college tried out for the team and made it and that started his college football career on third down patty and a flag thrown late along the far numbers at the 36 yard line and patty treated just as slovis was by these balls banged around by aaron beasley and byron young patty i think just his skill set during the run holding defense 10 yard penalty added to the end of the play it includes an automatic first down that's huge obviously it would have been a punt i think that's part of the reason why patty had to pull the ball down and try to run was because of the penalty but patty has got more mobility and running ability than keith slovis but with slovis out of the game now and back in the locker room you wonder how much frank cignetti junior wants to put his quarterback in harm's way and he's just dropping back and throw has been harm's way for keaton slovis so far in this ball game [Music] and he almost broke free to take that one the distance he had a 76-yard touchdown run in the first half this one goes for 25. well carter johnson the tight end got to watch watch carter wore watch warren number 77 with a big block and here's the tight end down the field with a pancake blocking the title of the safety flowers blocking at the point of attack and blocking at the next level and another big run for bit planting flowers down the field with carter johnson 6-2 250 pounder out of pickington ohio butler community college in kansas the defensive holding penalty huge now pitt trying to take advantage whistle stop the play game offense number 12. five yard penalty remains first down patty was a top recruit raided one of the top 20 pro style quarterbacks in the country coming out of high school in new jersey red shirted here in 2018 served as the top back of the last couple of years behind kenny pickett right now you want to try to lean on your offensive line in the running game and protect your quarterback with max protection on play action to take some shots down the field on the delay havana canned a stock for no game by big o omari thomas [Music] then banks told us yesterday we need big o to be spout be a factor and he was on that play high school teammate of jabari small defying tennessee running back and fried crest in tennessee [Music] nick patty here you're just thinking about getting some of that yardage back give yourself a reasonable chance on third down second down to 15 here don't have to get it all with one play he fires good throw short on the first down by about four yards jared wayne thrown back by kamal hadden and a big third down here like what jared wayne does runs his route pushes the defender shows the quarterback his numbers and then makes a secure catch coming back to the football and just what they needed now you've got a chance on third down and this distance you've got a run pass option here on third down and pat marduzzi may even be thinking two plays here to get the first down they are in field goal range they have a new kicker this year they have confidence in him he was a highly recruited kicker out of high school paddy throws it away dominic bailey the latest to bring pressure he's a backup defensive end well against the quarterback was outside the pocket the pass beyond a lot of scrimmage a complete pass fourth out here's ben sauls red shirt sophomore highly recruited kicker ranked in the top 20 by the kicking services coming out of high school in tip city ohio but lost the battle last year to sam skarton it was a walk-on starting made 17 out of 21 last year they had a battle again in the off-season falls one at this time he's two for two this year one for one today that one is nowhere near the uprights wide left very wide left from 46 yards you're watching espn college football on abc presented by arby's 17 and their head coach josh heifel told me his team started to settle in offensively in the first half once they connected on some big passing plays it gave a little more confidence to their quarterback hendon hooker and they got some more momentum he said his receivers need to continue to win those one-on-one matchups he stressed that he said this game is going to come down to that pitch in catch all night it's going to come down to our wide receivers at the end of this game they pitch and catch hendon hooker to jalen hyatt for a gain of nine on first down [Applause] pendo cinco out wide again late flag thrown if the play stands it's a first down for jalen hyatt [Applause] pass was caught behind the line of scrimmage therefore there is no pass interference results of play is a first down tennessee will keep challenging you with these wide quick throws to the wide outs against man coverage you got a single blocker out there and if you break a tackle this short throw can turn into something big and then you can set up something else hookers taken down brandon george backup linebacker you made the point at the half todd they had five sacks against tennessee last year this is just their second today a little stunt the linebackers cross brandon george gets in there unblocked they had a tight end and a back in there to help protect and neither one of them saw brandon george the previous three seasons pit with more sacks than any team in the country a flag down another flag four flags down as brew mccoy made his way to the 45 of pitt for first down of its stands but four officials at least through their flags that's got to be offensive passes interference offense number 88 the 15 yard penalties enforced from the previous spot repeat second down see the reason that didn't get called a couple plays ago is because the ball was thrown behind the line of scrimmage this ball's thrown over the line of scrimmage so fant has to at least look like he's trying to run around you just can't go in to block a man that obviously when the ball is thrown past the line of scrimmage a huge turn of events the big gainer taken down the 15-yard walk-off brings it back to the 21. fans trying to get back into it they had a 10-0 lead twice led by 10 in the first half tennessee took the lead late in the half and still has it hooker got hit hard his pass errant diving attempt at the interception by devon shire it was habba baldonado fifth year senior who had two sacks last year in tennessee who blasted hooker aldonado's in a stand-up linebacker position on that play and had a straight shot to the quarterback hit defense all of a sudden now starting to get home a little bit with that pass rush three receivers to the short side to hookers right in a bunch and they throw it in that direction nobody blocking it didn't matter was thrown behind the line of scrimmage to cedric tillman got some good yardage but way short of the line to make which is the 48-yard line of pitt so paxton brooks will come on to punt for tennessee [Music] career average of 43.4 third best involves history trevor daniel and jimmy colquitt the two ahead of them jalen barton back at his own 21. nose up spiral in a fair catch [Applause] a little contact at the end of the play and now some woofing as well the officials step in well you just joined us some sad news this morning when we learned of the passing of frank signetti senior that is his son frank signity jr the offensive coordinator here at pitt coach cignetti senior college football hall of famer died this morning at the age of 84. mike jr did get an opportunity to spend time with his dad the last few days tremendous success at iup in division two for holding daddy offense number 60 half the distance from the previous spot repeat first down owen drexel the center called for the hold do i talk to frank zignetti you did too molly did before the game he visited yesterday he told us yesterday he knew any moment that his dad would pass away but when we talked this morning he reminded me frank cignetti when he was the head coach at west virginia got diagnosed with cancer twice he had the last rights red bloom this was 40 plus years ago very nice man in addition to being one of the all-time great coaches paddy threw it out wide to mumfield and you mentioned it earlier frank jr came back to pittsburgh his third stint on the staff here pitt in large part because he wanted to be close to his parents his two sisters live here his mom marlene is alive and living here in pittsburgh so it's wonderful that he's been here to support his mom and sisters through this brother curt of course the head coach at james madison and as he told us and this is true pittsburghers love pittsburgh so i mean for him to have the opportunity to come back home was uh too good to pass out first hit frank jr was with great mike gottfried as a graduate assistant the three-quarters and jared wayne the intended receiver it's incomplete it will be third down and 14. kurt signetti coaching his team today against norfolk state and a similar tweet to the one we showed you earlier from frank jr i was blessed to have a great dad i know you can say the same thing about your dad a coach and i was blessed to have a great dad and i we all i know the pain very well missed my dad every day he's been gone for 19 and a half years third down and 14. [Applause] paddy and almost intercepted again travon flowers had a shot at it well sean frank zignetti jr said before the game there was no question about whether or not he coached today saying my dad would want me to coach and keep my promise to these players and signetti learned the news of his father's passing at 11 11 which he thought was significant and that was right before their team walked through this morning so we spoke to the team made them aware of the news and they celebrated the life of frank cignetti senior during their team mass and he made a point to say he wanted today to be a celebration of his father's life he wasn't lost on frank jr that his first game back here hit this was in the backyard brawl dad and former head coach at west virginia vanderhar punt no fair catch trayvon flowers into pick territory and got stacked up at the 48-yard line in fact frank jr told us yesterday his dad watched a backyard brawl it was really the last moments that he was conscious nine days ago may he rest in peace a wonderful man and a great football coach on abc is brought to you by duluth trading company clothing and gear designed and tested to do and popeyes well earlier today a bust of johnny majors unveiled his heisman trophy winning running back tony dorsett among the many former johnny majors players here in pittsburgh today this is the johnny majors classic tennessee and pitt for the second year in a row hit one in knoxville last year by a touchdown it's tennessee with a one touchdown lead midway through the third quarter here in pittsburgh hennen hooker another one on one shot another open receiver incomplete cedric tillman ran by aj woods this time but they couldn't complete it he got the separation right there he's got the space it's a well-thrown ball he just isn't able to make the catch i don't think aj woods got a hand on the football but maybe just the hands around the face and the body enough to distract tillman from pulling the football in they connected there's a whistle here and a flag they connected for 10 touchdown passes last year i'll start offense number 15 never came set five yard penalty second down remember last year in this ball game he only had one catch for 20 yards he's been targeted 14 times today by hendon hooker seven catches 126 yards and he almost had another one right there a very interesting career cedric tillman first three years in knoxville he had a total of eight catches and then last year with the new offense and coach hyper believed in him 64 catches they tried the pop pass over the middle to jacob warren again worked in the first half not that time another third down and long dad cedric played the nfl for the broncos and is a big influence on his son what a season he had a year ago you're hendon hooker right now you just can't make a mistake you're backed up behind the chains your defense is playing well don't do something careless with the football here trying to be a hero they straighten it out to jalen hyatt and he's dumped after a gain of one or two by bengali camaro i know josh hypo and his teams are probably not used to playing a field position game but look you got to do what you got to do to win right they got a chance to really flip the field pin pittsburgh back with their back up quarterback who hasn't really gotten into a groove yet and nick patty sometimes you've got to play that game right now your defense is playing well i hope your special teams can come up with a nice punch situation here and make pitt go the long field good punt but brooks and it's blocked left by pittsburgh they were close on two of them in the first half this time they get it number 22 is the guy who got in there and got it pj o'brien jay o'brien back up safety clean shot to the ball laid out and again you've got to go for where the ball is coming off the foot not at the leg of the punter perfect place to be and pitt gets the break tennessee's in position to pin pittsburgh back with a good punt and pittsburgh completely flips the field and changes the momentum of the game thanks to pj o'brien primarily a special teams player the sophomore out of pompano beach florida last year it was a tennessee block of a pittsburgh punt on the first pit possession of the game here's a man of candace spinning but going nowhere sent back by aaron beasley pittsburgh trying to go with a bigger formation have an extra offensive lineman in there number 61 ryan jacoby he's coming out on this play but first down he was out there we saw a lot of that heavy formation a week ago against west virginia not as much in the ball game tonight does it seem to you that paxton barnes is a books rather there's a little slice getting the punch we were surprised when all he was trying to do was get it off at the end of the half they took as long as he did nick patty play fake slant incomplete intended for jared wing it'll be third down and nine it's the second block punt of the career of brooks their four-year starter in the first since 2019. that's a surprise [Applause] and pittsburgh capitalized they were down deep earlier in this quarter missed a 46-yard field goal nick patty and relief of keaton slovis another deflected ball and it sailed over the head of shavon flowers i think this just hit off a guy's shoulder omari thomas the big nose tackle he didn't get a hand up it went off either his shoulder or his head and went up again patty with kind of a low delivery that sidearm delivery that ball didn't even get over the head of the defensive linemen so here's saul's two for three this year his first as their field goal kicker the missed was moments to go in this direction from 46. this from 36 patty's a holder and he misses again and you wonder if they'll go back to scarton who was their kicker all of last year missed only 4 out of 21 all season momentum momentum swings in football tennessee has a chance they're going to pin pittsburgh back right no the block punt everything changes momentum on the side of pittsburgh three and out and then another missed field goal tennessee sudden change defense still presented by arby's panthers the acc champions a year ago hosting tennessee out of the sec and in hooker on target to the 30-yard line for a first down jalen high at the catch marquez williams the tackle for pittsburgh neither team is scored here in the third quarter which has five minutes remaining it's hyatt a frequent target here in the third run out of bounds after a pickup of eight more the quick tempo really caught pittsburgh out of position that time there was a lot of room to run when hyatt caught that football we got nine now they hand it to hyde in trouble and taken down by eric hall at the safety just short it seems of the first down [Applause] you know sean with with keaton slovis out of the game for pitt and their offense i really think if pitt's going to win this football game their defense is going to have to do it they have not forced a turnover yet that was a big key last year when they won jaylen wright has the first down and pitts saying the ball's out and they have it eric hallett came away with the ball official from the far sideline ruling the runner down but the pit defenders continue to plead their case tennessee has not turned it over today last year pittsburgh forced three turnovers really on the field as the runner was down results in a first down tennessee [Applause] hard to tell there what part of his body was down when the ball was ripped out the ball i'm surprised it's not at least a stoppage and uh the ruling of the runner being down prior to losing possession is under review timeout matt nardusi was watching another replay on the big screen he's convinced this time it's going to go his way it was tyler wiltz who ripped the ball out there's the ball and i guess the question for matt austin for the replay official dave allman was had the play been stopped well it doesn't matter if the whistle blows as long as you have an immediate recovery which we did it's hard to see when the body of the runner touches down the ball definitely comes out if it's out right there i think it's a fumble matt i think his body came down on a a pit defender i don't think it came down on the ground before the ball came out i think it came down on another pit defender and the ball was out an immediate recovery as you said by eric hallett i think this one's going to get changed and pitt's going to have the footage i think that's what it is it looked like he was still up play had not been stopped he was still fighting for yardage and the ball was ripped out by wilt recovered out of the air by eric hallett and again sean the reason this is so critical for pitt if they get this turnover is you know pitts offense right now with the people 44-yard line so the panthers need a short try to get his team in the end zone for a tight touchdown thanks to your defense you're on the tennessee side of the 50-yard line right now that has turned it over twice leading to 10 tennessee points gavin bartholomew jared wayne listen it looks like they're still searching to find some playmakers at the wide receiver position well you know outside today are both transfers so they're still kind of getting used to playing it playing in this system he's going to take he's short of the first down stop by at the 37 they need the time they wouldn't try another field goal from here bartholomew out on this third down playing the extra defensive lineman ryan jacoby 61 into the tight end and number eight but an extra offensive lineman in the game as well in jacobi abandoned to the running back and without their power back but hammond not available today it doesn't matter that time for a banacanda as he's powerful enough to move the chains first down pittsburgh at the tennessee 33. brian jacoby is a guy that's pretty versatile pretty athletic they line him up kind of like an hvac and he's actually the lead blocker here watch him get in here they pull the backside guard marcus miner around managanda first down and a new set of dowels for pitt good time for play-action pass here on first down jacoby's another transfer he's from ohio state havana canada [Applause] flattened in the line of scrimmage well played by roman harrison he's done a number of big plays and we're approaching two and a half to go in the third pittsburgh in quarter big hurry trying to give that defense some rest tennessee has run 57 plays so far to 54 for pitt [Applause] but tennessee's only averaging five and a half yards per play so i mean they're not getting the big plays as much as they have in the past they still do have the lead though patty after the play fake zips one time mumfield almost surrendered the first down yardage it looks like they'll give him the 22 and a panthers first down from field is a guy they really like he transferred from akron he was an all mack performer a year ago feel like he can run all the routes on the route tree that time he thinks down for the first down making the game first down not sure josh hypo likes that call mumfield was their leading receiver for the zips last year 63 catches three 100-yard receiving games they think he has speed they really haven't been able to stretch anything deep today under two to go in the third quarter of anacanda [Applause] belted a couple of yards short of the first down jalen mccullough flying in like a missile to chop him down after a gain of eight really nice teamwork by the left side of the offensive line little inside zone run that time good exchange by the left guard the left tackle [Music] they're kind of flexing their muscles a little bit again extra offensive linemen in the ball game right now second and two havana canada inside the five first and goal pittsburgh from the fourth down by seven and we'll go under a minute to go in the third quarter when they snap it again they put the ball back on the five-yard line galen wright the fumble hoping the defense can cover that up [Music] havana canada 148 yards rushing that is a career high including a 76-yard score in the first half and he gets one down for a loss by byron young [Applause] that could well be the last play of the third quarter and the fifth coaches are telling paddy not to snap it again it was a scoreless third quarter [Applause] pittsburgh at the six yard line when the fourth quarter begins down by seven espn's presentation of college football on abc will return after this message and a word from our abc station bryce to henry pearson and ab state up 14-7 here brooke what's going on with a mary baldwin so ensuing kickoff devon a chain the sprinter bye bye they have got to get the ball to their playmakers in the open field at the end of this game stayed up 17-14 on espn2 sean all right great game there and we have one here as well pittsburgh down by a touchdown paddy wants to run nick patty lunging for the pylon there is a flag down it's rolled a touchdown if it stands it's interesting he wanted to throw to gavin bartholomew first he wasn't there and then bartholomew turned into a blocker and i think that might have been where the hole came from on 86. during the run holding offense number five 10-yard penalty on the spot of the foul repeat second down bartholomew was the primary receiver jared wayne's just out there blocking him he's not even looking for a throw wow right there he is there's the end it wasn't a foul until the end as the defender hadn't was trying to get to the ball carrier that's where the penalty occurred penalty wipes out a touchdown puts them back on the 11 yard line second and goal opening seconds of the fourth quarter pittsburgh twice led by 10. now down by seven paddy's set grows timing attempt incomplete in coverage pretty good place for the ball really the only spot he could put it mudfield just not able to secure it that penalty was huge because now you're third and goal from the 11. i mean the field shrinks for nick paddy right here the defense doesn't have to guard vertical distance and they can squeeze on pass rounds interesting if they get some if not all the yardage into the end zone they would try a field goal after two misses in this half paddy sacked back of the 17. byron young leading the way for tennessee [Applause] and now patty who came on at the half after keaton slovis their starter could not continue into the second half with an undisclosed injury as he was hit time and time again in the first half it's patty who's not getting up byron young came underneath carter warren and you can see that left leg get kind of twisted back in an unusual way on that sack nate yarnell is the number three quarterback listed there's derek kyler we believe warming up yarnell listed number three on the depth chart with the heads set on and is not warming up would you put a new quarterback and a third team quarterback in to run a fourth down in goal play here or do you try to kick a field goal i think you have to take a field trip i do too i i just think you do it's too hard of a situation for a starting quarterback on fourth and goal well then sauls who won the competition in the preseason for the third team all conference pickered a year ago sam skarton just two quite badly to the left in the third quarter 46 and 36. you have to capitalize on your defense getting the turnover giving you a short field you move down in the red zone hats off to tennessee's defense they got tough when they needed to to force this fourth down situation but you got to come away with points you can't come up here well here's saul's as we mentioned a top-kicking prospect out of high school tippecanoe high in ohio he was all staked ranked in the top 20 in the country by espn and other kicking services [Applause] made his first two this season has missed the last two that one just does knuckle ball across that ball might have gotten deflected too because that was very close to being blocked who might have gotten a hand on that and just did get across the crossbar from 35 yards just the way the ball was traveling it looks like he got a hand on it but there was enough to get it over the crossbar three points for pittsburgh but an excellent job done by the defense for tennessee again and it's early in the year todd but they're looking for improvement on defense in knoxville looks like it's a better unit this year this season allstate will celebrate every field goal and extra point made by participating universities by making a donation to the university's general scholarship fund we thank allstate again we've been doing this donated millions since 2005. so sauls who was their kickoff man last year will kick off again jimmy holiday back deep it's a really important possession for tennessee and hendon hooker only 49 yards of offense in that third quarter neither team scored in the third quarter but for tennessee who had kind of taken control in the second quarter pitt's defense kind of had the better of him in that third quarter so i think this is a it's a big response situation response drive for hendon hooker in the tennessee offense nick patty on his feet and walking without a noticeable limp on the pit sideline so that's good news for them hendon hookers 18 out of 30 for 238 in a touchdown he has not had an interception both are rushed for 22 yards on first down jabari small for little game to the 26 yard line a pickup of one and this pittsburgh defense is built to stop the run a lot of guys around the line of scrimmage and they fly downhill invite you to take shots hooker throws incomplete diving attempt by tillman and here comes the crowd back into it they have gotten their momentum here and this is where they're tough on third down they put a lot of guys around the line of scrimmage six or seven guys and they can bring pressure from a lot of different angles when they get you in this position this is when the fifth defense is it's most exotic they gave up four passes in the first half of more than 20 yards they've tightened it up looking one way firing the other and a great effort after the catch in a first down brew mccoy caught it right by the marker went backwards and had to scurry along the sideline to pick up that first down that's great about hooker and mccoy not away from marquez williams who couldn't make a big tackle now williams swings down mccoy the tennessee's on the move again that third down play hooker wanted to throw the other way he came back late to mccoy got him in the football and mccoy fought for the first down up the middle jabari small has a first down tackled by bengali kamara [Applause] into pit territory to the 43-yard line they started that play from the pit 49 it was eric hallett who made the play on jalen hyatt that's tyler bentley down again for the second time in the ball game he went out earlier in the first half came back to play of course devin danielson has not returned to action and they played all day without their standout defensive end deslin alexander driven tonight in prime time on abc number 10 usc against stanford [Music] lincoln riley a 66-14 winner over rice in his debut as trojan coach the defensive three pick sixes quick pass the run after the catch gives them a first down that's eight catches for jalen high at a career high previous was five last year against georgia i like this trio of receivers that tennessee has right now small trying to bounce outside managed to get away from the first tackler and turn it into a gain of one tyler wilkes had him by the jersey but couldn't yank him down and finally eric hallett got small on the ground baba paul donato a little slow to get up they're going to make him come out of the game and we talked about the start of this possession sean how important it was for tennessee's offense to respond because the pit defense the last two or three possessions had kind of asserted itself including the turnover it forced to get them within four tennessee behind hendon hooker has had a lot of poise on this drive he's been sharp they've moved the ball into pit territory now with a second intense situation with 11 50 left in the ball game and then hooker handed it off sabari small the ball carrier poker with one touchdown pass today that's 14 straight games with a td pass second longest such streak in tennessee history heath schuler threw a touchdown in 18 games in a row wilts now limping off you know the total number of plays run is just about even randy bates the defensive coordinator we can't be on the field for 90 or 100 plays they've been on the field for only 66 and pittsburgh has one run of 61. it's about a seven minute time of possession advantage for pitt 28 change to 21 in change and again third down a critical situation we're not seeing tennessee going fast they're all looking to the sideline they want to get the right play called in this critical situation to see if they can convert on the fringe of field goal range small stacked up perhaps a yard and that's all and now a decision for josh hypel to make solomon de shields leading that defensive surge for the panthers and they're going to run another play mcgrath a career long of 52 their field goal kicker no thought of that whatsoever fourth down and six on third down i think they thought they full pit with the run gotta believe hendon hooker's gonna have to throw the football on this fourth down play two receivers to either side small the running back small state in the block the pass for tillman diving catch and he made it with devonshire draped all over him in fact it looked like when the ball was in the air he might have been holding tillman who caught it nonetheless eight yards and a first down from the 25 up by four hooker took it down throws in a single coverage out of bounds not catchable for ramel keaton the rashard battle in coverage we saw in that fourth down play conversion the advantage of the big body of cedric tillman working on devonshire this part of the field too you got the big bodies you can run the fade route to the jump ball type throws give those guys a chance your big receivers tillman and bru mccoy working against smaller defenders three receivers left the rest of it a tight formation hooker after the play fake the slam off the hands of tillman [Applause] the thousand-yard receiver last year the first for tennessee since justin hunter in 2012 he's had a couple they couldn't quite take in today that was a catchable ball but hendon hooker could have helped him by not throwing too far out in front of him as well get that right in his body where he can catch it and turn up field 17 targets 10 more than the next most jalen hyatt flagged down and they stopped the play for a procedure penalty against the vaults [Applause] prior to the snap false start offense number 87. five-yard penalty remains third down jacob warren you know you think okay that's not a critical penalty right five yards but the difference between playing calling for third and ten and third and fifteen this part of the field it's huge for josh heifer and alex [Applause] again hendon hooker it needs to be smart with the football here you've got the lead it's tough to get everything back with 315. now if you get press coverage and you get single like you might have right here you maybe take a shot pit bringing pressure up the middle cevasier dennis and they sack it back at the 34-yard line it was dennis the middle linebacker coming right up the middle a well-timed blitz by randy bates and good coverage downfield as well the safety made it look like it was going to be single watch brandon hill he's going to go over the top and help on the coverage and hendon hooker doesn't have anywhere to go with the football tillman falls down and then down goes hendon hooker as well and they're going to punt at least it seems for the moment or is it a field goal no it's chase mcgrath a field goal team on the field his career along as we mentioned is 52 that was at usc against byu as long as last year for tennessee is longest as a ball 48 that was in the loss to pitt this would be 51 yards plenty of leg and it is good no doubter chase mcgrath with brooks the punter with the perfect hole his longest field goal in two seasons as a tennessee ball in a seven point lead for coach arby's we have the means we're back in pittsburgh in pittsburgh here's a look at today's college football rankings brought to you by goodyear alabama texas won on a last second field goal georgia shutout sam perth ohio state cruised against arkansas state clemson a winner michigan will roll against hawaii tonight for sure the big news going on at the moment is texas a m in trouble at home against appalachian state you wondered if app state used up all their magic last week in that heartbreaking loss at home to north carolina completely different game today in college station here's israel abanacanda stopped at the 16-yard line well covered again by tennessee so solid on special teams here's kevin nagandi shawn you guys mention that espn2 game right now is appalachian state just 47 seconds away from knocking off number six texas a m meanwhile illinois that game over on espnu and anthony richardson top of the hour florida posting kentucky coming off that monumental major victory against utah to start the season and usc caleb williams on the road at the farm on against stanford that game on abc later on the night back to you nice debut as a trojan for williams 19 out of 22 last week against rice the first and ten pit down by a touchdown for a potential targeting call [Applause] and todd to the big development of the moment texas a m unbelievable is jimbo fisher going to be feeling the heat if they lose at home to appalachian state let's see if we can sort out what they're looking for in terms of targeting here oh there it is jordan thomas he led with the crown of his helmet that's target he's not a defenseless player can't lead with the crown this season the replay review no targeting against jordan thomas so he can stay in the game he's primarily a special teams player third string safety so the panthers start from their own 16 tennessee leading 27 to 20 8 52 to go nick patty is the quarterback he handed it off to abandon camden and they drop him for a one-yard loss statistics are interesting because right now pitt has more yards than tennessee but in critical areas of this ball game they have not been very good they only have one pass play of over 20 yards that was the touchdown to bartholomew they're four of 12 on third down and three times they've been in the red zone and they've come up empty so they're gaining yards but when it matters and when it counts they come up short well a lot of that yards is on two plates 76-yard touchdown run by israel of anacanda and the 57-yard touchdown by bartholomew 51 of that was run after the catch they haven't shown the ability to throw the ball down the field at all they're being very conservative here deep in their own end with the back up quarterback in the van canada out of bounds near sideline here comes third down and about seven there's no spot at the ball yet i mean there's a lot of time left in the football game it's a one score game but it's hard to go the length of the field without chunk plays without explosive plays it's really hard to do that against a defense decent defense and tennessee has played well today on the defensive side of the ball will they come after nick patty they do some twisting up front the throws way too high for mumfield with coverage provided by kamal hadden nick patty now four for 11 passing for just 29 yards after slovis was 14 out of 24 for 195 a touchdown and an interception in the first half and nick paddy is over four on third down well and the problem is is his misses have not really been close misses you know i mean he's been very errant on some of those throws and some of those misses he's gonna have to hit some at some point they're gonna have to throw the football to have a chance to win right-footed punt [Applause] and still free at the 39-yard line pittsburgh has it trayvon flowers couldn't take in the punch and it's the long snapper who ran down there and got it tried to catch it with his hands above his head bobbled it and pitt for the second time with the turning on the field is the punt was first touched by the receiving team recovered by the kicking team the first down pitch by byron floyd the long snapper the last time pitt turned the ball over or got a turnover from tennessee it led to a field goal they got another turnover from their special teams they got the short field they got to find a way to hit a pass play and get the ball in the end zone you keep mentioning it you're right on the defense and special teams keep giving the pittsburgh offense opportunities and they've done very little with them at the tennessee 39 havana canada dumped in the line of scrimmage and the crowd booing the play calling now aaron beasley and tyler barron dumped havana canada [Applause] tennessee right now i mean they are ganging up on the line of scrimmage they're going to play man because they're not afraid of any of the receivers and i don't think they believe the quarterback can beat him making tight throws against man coverage they're gonna they're gonna give nick patty an opportunity against coverage to make some throws see why they went aggressively into the transfer portal for a quarterback not just slovis patty over the middle lunging attempt and a catch made by wayne outstanding grab by jared wayne the senior from peterborough ontario here comes third down and three and i would think down by a touchdown six and a half to go todd this is four down country well yeah because i don't know if pink knows if they're going to get back in this part of the field again i mean their defenses and special teams have given them the opportunity they've got to capitalize on this drive and they're going to be thinking two plays to pick up this first down right here [Applause] davis spins he's short by about a yard and a half vincent davis tackled by wesley walker in his first year with tennessee after the last three at georgia tech he arrived in june here's the problem 27 to 20 if you settle for a field goal you're still down four so you'd still have to score a touchdown the next time you have an opportunity so that's why you've got to try to capitalize with his field position and convert this sport shaky field goal situation sputtering offense they need to try to get seven here five and a half to go they're taking a lot of time as well pittsburgh has called his first timeout of this half with 5 29 to go back for the conclusion of the johnny majors classic after this we're back in pittsburgh for another big play in a game filled with them pat narduzzi going for it on fourth down about a yard and a half from the tennessee 30 five and a half to go tennessee by a touchdown [Applause] almost broke it he got knocked out of the 20. it's been a career day for abandon canada but the recent results weren't very good his previous five runs went for a total of minus three really nice job by the right guard cradle the number 53 in the center drexel [Applause] big conversion for trump 10-yard gain nowhere to go that time great penetration by the balls to drop a banacanda for a loss what's the difference you say between the fourth down run and that run tennessee thinking run all the way on that play fourth in a couple they had to kind of play both run or pass little play action and they creased them for the first down but on first down tennessee they can run all the way and another tackle behind the line of scrimmage to put nick patty in this offense behind the chains again play made by tyler barron and a career-high two and a half tackles for a loss against pitt last season in knoxville patty with a flag down throws over the middle caught by jared wayne wrestled out of bounds at the 14-yard line by byron young paddy limping as he gets up flag thrown on legal shift offense two players went in motion prior to the snap did not reset five yard penalty from the previous spot repeat second down [Applause] nick patty is definitely gimpy shaken up a couple times just both quarterbacks we've seen keaton slovis get knocked around we're seeing mcpatty get knocked around tennessee's defense a couple big plays in a row now again bit way behind the chains on second and long can they make a play in the passing game gunfield back and forth in motion he was open in the flat it's the screen for havana canada israel abandoned [Applause] on his career day watch the left guard marcus miner number 55 get out in front of this play gets a crushing block and that opened up the way for anacanda really nice call by frank cignetti junior on the screen on second and long for a 21-yard game i think you throw here on first down tennessee has been loaded up to stop the run on first down play action and throw the end zone here on first down first and goal from the six of anacanda to the four wrestled down by jalen mccullough four-year starter owen drexel their center is the injured player now and nick patty really gimpy on the handoff it's drexel fifth year senior center second year starter down on the ground from montclair new jersey terence moore's his backup well and they're doing a good thing nick patty getting some snaps right now from terence moore because the worst thing that can happen right now is a bobbled exchange between quarterback and center get a backup center in and more losses along the offensive line they've played without their right tackle gabe hoy who didn't dress and now they're starting center oh and drexel helped off 3 19 to go second and goal from the four terence moore the back up center is in daniel carter lines up as a fullback in front of a vanakanda seven offensive linemen in trying to power their way in nothing doing travon flowers up along the line of scrimmage at the bottom of that pile jeremy banks in there again third down and goal from the board most certainly four down territory now same set now you got seven offensive linemen these two guys on the end are offensive linemen not tight end and whistles and i believe josh called the timeout because he was all the way down inside the 10-yard line on the far sideline tennessee is called time-out it'd be a 30-second break please reset the game clock to two minutes 36 seconds two three six three six thank you 2 36 to go and pittsburgh has had chances todd set up by special teams the punk block by t.j o'brien defense ripped the ball out i mean we talked about it last year they forced three turnovers and that was the difference in the game up until that point they had not been able to knock the ball loose but three times now in the second half they've got the ball and given it to their offense to try to capitalize and we talk about how solid tennessee was its specialties a big part of their seven win season last year that surprised many but some critical mistakes they allowing a punt block trayvon flowers not the most experienced country turner with the mop this is interesting now pitt is still in a seven offensive lineman set that doesn't mean you can't throw the football the play action fake if you wanted to out of this that's what it is paddy throws it to the back of the end zone over the head of bartholomew who was double covered see the problem is with that formation you have two eligible receivers the back out of the backfield and the tight end bartholomew but when you wait till third down to do that tennessee's thinking past you know if you do that on first down they're not as inclined to maybe think past but they were ready for it on third had both guys covered now a more traditional formation here on another fourth down play shawna was a fourth and goal stop by the pit defense last year that really changed the game a fourth and one from the three this game has married last year's in a lot of ways pat narduzzi with the play clock running out is going to use another timeout that's been called by pitt it's 30 seconds in length the second of the half was a seven point win on the road in knoxville last year and here's the play you were talking about yeah sports and goal from the three and pitts stopped him tennessee got one more shot down seven lyndon hooker was intercepted on their last possession but the last two possessions for tennessee they had a chance to tie it similar to pitt right now but a fourth down stop and interception sealed the victory for pittsburgh seven minutes to go in the game hit up by seven fourth down and one of the three and jalen wright got stuff to steal the seven point win feels like for these pit fans every inch gained on offense is a struggle without slovis without a couple of their starting offensive lineman now with the backup quarterback in without playmakers who have really emerged the wide receiver and they find a way from the fourth the ball game down to this paddy under pressure back of the end zone touchdown wayne nick paddy is gimpy jeremy banks had a free run at him but the quarterback showed toughness hung in there and delivered a perfect throw to jared wayne in the back of the end zone [Applause] warren burrell the coverage they'll take a look make sure it was a catch he definitely secured that to the ground i mean that was a clear catch and now assuming it stands the pressure down is under video they're gonna make sure it was a catch and that gives sauls more time to think about the extra point he's missed two field goals in this half let's take another look at the catch he's in bounds he's got to secure it all the way to the ground i don't even see that ball move an inch i mean i think he had both hands on it the ball can hit the ground as long as it doesn't help him make the catch but watch patty under duress a pre-rusher on jeremy banks he's basically playing on one leg he's a big guy he's the name quarterback fifth year guy from new jersey what a bro my goodness wow and jared wayne we talk about who can take the place of jordan addison he's not as good as jordan addison but he's a talented guy it feels like he could be more and he was being held there absolutely if he could be more of a focus of their passing game although they've targeted him 12 times that's a lot after video review really on the field stands touchdown now i'm gonna say this in the nfl pretty much a guarantee right extra point here nothing's guaranteed in college football sunday night lsu florida state and late looked like a tying touchdown by lsu and the extra point was blocked cam guess the holder ben saltz in his second college football game right down the middle [Applause] a gritty performance by patty clearly he's playing largely on one leg career back up here under study to kenny pickett obviously they felt like they needed a different starter to take pickett's place brought in keaton slovis with patty the backup they haven't done a lot in this half but he's now seven for 15 for 61 and a huge touchdown on fourth and goal well if you're tennessee now and josh heifel hendon hooker two minutes and 23 seconds you've got two timeouts and all you need is a field goal as a quarterback i don't care if you're 24 or 14. these are the kind of moments you live for as a quarterback to be in this position to try to lead your team down the field for a win josh knows what that was like national championship winning quarterback at oklahoma this is all kinds of time but as fast as they play and with the timeout in a situation where in all likelihood a field goal would win it they haven't been great on offense in the second half and if you're pittsburgh you stick with what you've done forever right there that you're hiring them to throw it deep now they will mix in some zones right they don't play all man-to-man but they count on their pass rush to disrupt the play and prevent a quarterback from making accurate throws down the field and hendon hooker does not turn it over [Applause] 163 straight pass attempts without an interception short set short throw with a good gainer on first down jalen hyatt the junior from irmo south carolina they're at the 33. [Applause] now if you're hendon hooker what you can't do right here you meant should not throw an intercept you can't take a sack either you can't get behind the chains against this pit pass rush and get into a third and long you have to stay in manageable down and distance and you can't take a set need to get around the 35-yard line for chase mcgrath who just kicked his longest field goal as a ball and they're wearing out that short right flat jalen hyatt again again still plenty of time a minute 53 two timeouts pitts playing a little soft coverage giving them that throw to the slot tennessee [Applause] clothesline jabari small boy he closed down on that play quickly looked like jabari small was going to make the first down easily and maldonado got him behind the line of scrimmage [Applause] 59 000 plus 59 785 making plenty of noise most of the fans around this stadium on their feet third and five in a tie game a minute 17 to go pucker escapes hawker back across the line and that's all kansey brought the original pressure kamara wrestled him down and now what does josh heifel do on fourth down i think you punt the football i agree because look at this point if you go to overtime your quarterback is a veteran experienced guy nick patty is a backup and he's hobbling right now right so you play the percentages of my guy in overtime let's be smart here and punt the football and see if we can get the game in overtime dennis is the injured player outstanding player on their defense all conference a year ago that's a hard ask to ask your center cooper mays to snap the football and then block cancer nancy ran right by him to the quarterback and force hooker to leave the pocket he went head over heels at the end of the play i almost wonder if this is a cramp for dennis they've defended 76 tennessee snaps pitts run 74 plays [Applause] fourth down and a long three upcoming for tennessee in a tie game of the minute three to go in regulation yeah that was the play of the drive for the pit defense because that was second down they pushed him back forced a third and longer situation and then they were able to flush hook her out of the pocket still working on dennis they certainly can't afford to lose him this pit defense prides itself on what they call havoc plays interceptions sacks tackles for loss passes defended they didn't have a bunch of them in the first half but the second half they have really risen to the occasion played to their reputation might have been cramping for dennis senior from beautiful syracuse new york and a team captain second team all acc last year as they won the conference title their first outrage conference title their first 11 win season since 1981 and they had their third straight 11 win year under jackie sherrill and quite possibly the coolest name in college football no question so they are going to punt they've had one blocked panthers need to make sure they don't jump off side on fourth and three paxton brooks to punt the block in the third quarter just the second he's had sent back vanante the return man back at the 10-yard line very little breeze what little there is is into the face of paxton brooks they're going to let the play clock run all the way down pittsburgh not going to stop it again josh was thinking over time right here let's just get this punt out come up with a couple plays on defense i can't imagine that pat narduzzi will be ultra aggressive here with under 30 seconds left in the ball game he's going to play for overtime as well it wasn't a very good putt but he got a nice bounce my other question would be todd why snap it with nine seconds to go they're clearly running the clock it doesn't matter now this is almost certainly going to be a knee tennessee could stop it twice but couldn't stop it after a third down play you're very likely heading for overtime just one thing to remember it is the back up center in the ball game even though it looks like they're going to take a knee it's terence moore the center in for the starter owen drexel so they still have to get the snap they do tennessee make them snap it again doesn't appear that they will josh hypel and pat narduzzi both sons of college head coaches phil nardusi at youngstown state ken heipel at northern state in south dakota where josh grew up they chose to be in this profession their stomachs must be back to you all right it's already been a crazy day at college football and the johnny majors classic is heading to overtime here in pittsburgh usually if you win the coin toss you like captain's well-played game we're going to go to overtime we'll do the same coin toss tennessee you'll make the call you'll have the choice of offense defense or witch in the field whoever wins you ready call it before i flip it it's called heads this is heads this is tails it is tails you have won you're going to defer which you're going to pay down lay down here that scout turn this way if you would please 10 cb on offense first down at the jumbo end score so here we go to overtime pittsburgh had an overtime game last year here against north carolina which they won on an interception that sealed it by mj devonshire that was on november 11th and tennessee finished its season year one under josh hypel with an overtime loss to purdue 48-45 in the music city bowl the finish at seven and six those who aren't familiar with the overtime rules in college they already have the coin toss each team gets one possession from the 25-yard line through the first two overtimes then you must go for a two-point conversion after a touchdown starting with the third overtime it's just two-point plays they'll try to prevent the game from going on and on and on and increasing the likelihood of injuries so the tennessee first and the rather stagnant second half taught on offense for hendon hooker and company they start with jabari small on the left hip of hooker design run for hendon hooker and a good one seven yard gain down to the 18 yard line stopped there by david green good first play in the overtime you want to get off to a good start again negative plays have hurt both of these offenses here in the second half that's a great way to start overtime dennis is on the field and middle linebacker a design run for hooker against a flag down in the backfield he's in the end zone for an 18-yard touchdown but there's a flag down my goodness ten-yard penalty from the previous spot repeat second down i got gerald mincy the left tackle [Applause] and i don't think he needed to hold because i think hooker was already outside the play when the penalty occurred watch 54 gonna show up on the left your screen there's the hold i'm not sure that john morgan would have gotten to hendon hooker [Applause] is a transfer from florida made his first start at tennessee a week ago and after that great first down play a costly penalty on second down and now second and long it was a reserve at florida the last two years the only lineman they lost off their o-line last year's cave maze the tackle it was drafted by carolina a huge penalty is seventh on tennessee they're back at the still in field goal range hooker throws enzo touchdown cedric tillman just bodied up established position and it dropped right into his lap with devin scheier in coverage well and it was also a job by hendon hooker not to panic and leave the pocket he just climbed the pocket watch him and hooker he doesn't have anything right away but instead of going outside he just climbs up in the pocket and then he sees his big receiver bodied up and gives him a chance to make a play center devin tillman riding him most of the way devon shire could never get in front tillman used at 6-3 2-15 and chase mcgrath that's the extra point though a seven point lead for tennessee and now pitt must score a touchdown and add the extra point to extend the game and the question is who's going to play quarterback for pitt on their overtime possession it's patty he has the helmet on looking at his play sheet on his wristband cedric tillman one catch for 20 yards a year ago in knoxville gets fit today nine catches 162 yards and that touchdown in overtime it could have been bigger couple off his hands [Applause] but he is a stunned wide receiver jared wayne made the play when they needed it at the end of regulation to tie the game they're going to spread three receivers to the right of paddy havana canada the running back with a career high 155 and they're ready for him they weren't fooled by the spread aaron beasley dropped him for a loss perfect timing by beasley he was coming from the backside linebacker on a run blitz a lot of times you think the only blitz guys against the pass tennessee is run blitzing now on first down because they're anticipating that pitts gonna throw a run on first down the majority of the time [Applause] nick paddy the back up quarterback fifth year senior only two career starts came in to start the second half when slovis could not continue under pressure gets it off and it is caught wound up as a back shoulder throw to jared wayne inbounds eight yard line first and goal tyler barry with immediate heat on paddy and again patty just drifts to his left enough to give himself space and at the back shoulder throw to the most dependable receiver today was the foot yes looked like the heel might have been on the sideline first down is under video review [Applause] look like his right heel came down on the sideline i guess the question is is the left foot down first doesn't appear to be let's bring in our rules expert matt austin as we look at it from the progressive pylon camera from the view i've seen so far i agree with you i think the heel was out of bounds before the other foot touched down but that's awful close yeah just kind of dragging the left foot along the ground and matt if that toe is off the ground when he makes the catch and then the heel comes down it would still be a catch correct well if the other foot's inbounds then yes well the crowd just saw a replay they think demonstrates that this should be a catch and his left toes are on the ground i guess the question is does he have possession of the ball matt before the right heel comes down that's exactly the question yes [Applause] do you see enough to overturn this the ball on the field was a catch well we'll find out after video review the ruling is an incomplete pass the receiver's toe came down in bounds and the heel was out of bounds in one motion it'll be third down for the 28-yard line everything excruciating when pitt has had the ball on offense here in the second half they managed to get to overtime they need to do a lot of work now third down and 13. four down territory for sure nick patty because of that he's got to be thinking at least half the yardage here on this third down play give yourself a chance on four just four out of 15 on third down in the game he moves and throws short of the first down but to your point todd they got it to be much more makeable about five and a half after the catch by me fourth down and they spot the ball right on the 20 so they need five to keep the game going the guy who has been mr dependable for frank cignetti's offense whichever quarterback is playing has been jeremy wayne jared wayne he's the guy number five the big bodied receiver it looks like he's going to be in the slot at the top right cignetti's called a lot of plays in his life i doubt they're bored that have been meaningful more meaningful than this for him over the middle what about a beautiful pass by patty a good catch by munfield and it's a first down to the 10 yard line watch the tight end clear out the middle coverage that opened that window and a good timing throw by paddy we've seen that a couple times tight end draws middle coverage away opens up the window for the slam and patty with the big time throw now they can go back to the run [Applause] a couple of substitutes on that offensive line abanacanda ran into some traffic managed to get two shavon flowers in on the play for tennessee tillman the go-ahead touchdown here in overtime but all that he can do is watch [Music] [Applause] extra offensive lineman in there again ryan jacoby play fake patty retreating throws to the corner of the end zone out of bounds by patty with tyler barron bringing pressure yet again he's been terrific down the stretch to junior from knoxville [Music] i've been impressed with tennessee's defense i mean we knew fitz defense what they're all about a lot of veteran guys tennessee's defense needed to take a big step up this season i'm impressed by their athleticism and i think they've played even though they've given up 27 points they've played much better than they did at most times last year two plays to get eight yards havana candle lift on the block and paddy goes down way back at the 27-yard line they brought a blitz with trayvon flowers it looked like amanda canada didn't know what he was supposed to do well what the back has to do is you have to afford the fake if you're the back and you're supposed to fake and you see a safety blitz you have to forget the fake and pick up the safety it's too late if you try to make the fake and then go get the block nick patty can't even throw the football away they spotted it back on the 21-yard line so here it is fourth and goal from the 21. you have the back staying in to protect right and you want to you know you want to sell the fake but once you see that glitch you can't fake you got to get rid of the fake and just go pick up your man and give your quarterback a chance they brought a lot of pressure today as tim banks give him credit there have been a lot of men running free against the veteran offensive line 25 quarterback pressures the most in the last 10 seasons for the volunteer defense well and the guys running three for the most part a lot of the times are working against backs and tight ends and not so much the front fly but they have brought timely pressures all day they want to take the next step they need to be better on defense they surprised many when they won seven last year josh hypel's first year with reduced scholarship numbers after the ncaa investigation forced the departure jeremy pruitt that is still to be unfolded well they're talking about competing to get to atlanta and play for an sec championship they believe they're that good and they went on the road against number 17 last play incomplete diving attempt by munfield it wouldn't have mattered even if he caught it he was short of the end zone [Applause] tennessee wins the johnny majors classic in overtime [Applause] [Applause] and you said it todd overtime favored tennessee you

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