Tino Sunseri Was Bright Spot In Pitt's Debacle Against Youngstown State
by CardiacHill on Sep 3, 2025 6:00 PM EDT
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It's amazing what perception does to people. On my way to church this morning, I turned on the radio and promptly heard a caller suggest that Pitt needs to play Chad Voytik instead of Sunseri this season because he just isn't very good. If Sunseri had struggled in his first game, that type of sentiment would be more understood. But that wasn't the case - not by a long shot.
In Saturday's game against Youngstown State, Sunseri was 19-30 for 239 yards and a touchdown. As I pointed out in one of the comment threads, if he kept up that pace, he'd end up with more than 3,000 yards completing 63% of his passes if the team got to a bowl game.
Heading into the season, any logical Pitt fan would take those numbers.
Particularly impressive was the small amount of mistakes by the quarterback. Sunseri took only one sack by my count and didn't have the same problem of holding onto the ball too much that plagued him last season. The other thing to like was that while he was off on some throws, he didn't have any interceptions in the contest.
It was only one game and Sunseri will surely face better defenses. On top of that, he wasn't perfect and still missed some open receivers. But all in all, it's hard to not like what he did out there.
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Even Big Ben does this.
He’ll miss open receivers too.
Tino wasn’t perfect, but he was the QB that Pitt has almost expected.
by lougagliardi on Sep 3, 2025 6:49 PM EDT reply actions
Sunseri
Yeah, he definitely missed some open receivers. People keep complaining about that on Twitter and our Facebook page, but they fail to mention he had at least a few drops that should have been catches.
No quarterback is going to hit every open receiver and I think folks are crucifying him a bit based on last season when that’s not at all fair or reasonable. Even with those drops, he completed 63% of his passes without an interception. I just don’t see how that’s all that bad.
I’m not claiming he was great – only that he was adequate ..,. and with much of the team struggling in that game, that means he was a bright spot.
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by CardiacHill on Sep 3, 2025 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Tino was average
Admittedly, that’s better than last year. What’s that Zen, Yin-Yang saying thing? If there’s no black, you can’t possibly see white? Something like that.
I’d hoped Tino could become Stull in his senior year. We’ll see. Right now, I doubt any of the other QBs would be better than backups.
I hope Temple wins the conference this year.
by PantherHollow on Sep 4, 2025 4:53 AM EDT reply actions
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