For a coach with defensive roots like Pat Narduzzi, getting burned by the triple option offense is not something he can just let go with ease. It clearly bothered him that Pitt struggled to contain GT last year and then Navy decimated Pitt in the bowl game.
To that end, he’s had the team practice for it since August.
Pitt wanted to leave nothing to chance this year and gathered data from coaches around the country who have successfully defended the triple-option. Then they set out to get better at it.
“I think for them, and I think even for the coaching staff, there’s a bad taste in our mouths,” said Conklin.