It took Pitt five minutes to burst into flames against Georgia Tech. THEY CANNOT STOP FUMBLING. Nearly every play is a touchdown and nearly every follow-up by the Yellow Jackets is a touchdown. Here's one fumble:
(via ESPNU)
And here's a drive summary after just over five minutes. This would be difficult to do on purpose:
(via ESPN)
That's four fumbles in SIX SNAPS, each of them resulting in a touchdown seconds later! That's an incredibly efficient pace by both offense and defense.. Tech scored that fourth TD while I was typing that sentence, I'm not joking. This is a true fact:
pitt’s defense has been on the field for eight plays and given up four touchdowns
— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) October 25, 2014
You're amazing, Pitt. Is that the worst start ever? It really might be:
In 1916, Ga Tech beat Cumberland 222-0 in biggest CFB blowout ever. At current pace of 8 TDs per quarter, it would beat Pitt 224-0.
— Brett Edgerton (@EditorEdge) October 25, 2014
Update: THEY DID IT AGAIN. THEY'RE GOING FOR A PERFECT GAME:
If you're thinking "this must be a record," yes, Pitt tied the FBS record for fumbles lost in a single quarter. Here's the NCAA record book:
Pirates and Panthers, fumblin' buddies.