{"id":64412,"date":"2024-09-16T06:25:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T10:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=64412"},"modified":"2024-09-16T06:25:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T10:25:52","slug":"64412-acc-fines-pitt-head-coach-pat-narduzzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/09\/16\/64412-acc-fines-pitt-head-coach-pat-narduzzi\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Fines Pitt Head Coach Pat Narduzzi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Backyard Brawl game is not only a rivalry among fans and players. But now it has gotten the two head coaches pretty bitter as well, as the ACC fines Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi for his post-game comments.<\/p>\n

Pitt came back in the fourth quarter at home to beat West Virginia<\/a> 38-34 Saturday. The two teams combined for 19 penalties in the game, with West Virginia being flagged 12 times for 112 yards.<\/p>\n

The Comments<\/h3>\n

In the post-game on-field interview with ESPN, Narduzzi, never one to shy away from expressing his thoughts, gave his take on the fourth quarter of the game. “Some of the calls we got. Late hit out of bounds. They catch a ball with a hands to the face. I ain’t never seen anything like it. We beat West Virginia in the Backyard Brawl. And we beat the officials, too.”<\/p>\n

The Penalty<\/h3>\n

Sunday night, the ACC handed down a $5,000 fine for the school, because of Narduzzi\u2019s comments. In a written statement, the conference said, \u201cThe Atlantic Coast Conference issued a public reprimand of Pitt\u2019s football coach Pat Narduzzi for violating the ACC Sportsmanship Policy following Pitt\u2019s win over West Virginia on September 14. In addition, the league announced that an institutional fine has been issued to Pitt ($5,000) as a result of the violation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coaches, administrators, and others tied to a school are prohibited from commenting directly on the in-game performance of officiating crews.<\/p>\n

Neal Brown Responds<\/h3>\n

For his part, West Virginia head coach Neal Brown also was not pleased with the officiating but refrained from commenting on any specific calls<\/a>. Instead, his responses on the subject were aimed at Narduzzi\u2019s comments. Yeah, I think that\u2019s bulls***. I thought the officials, we can say what we want to, but the officials, you know I\u2019m not real pleased with them either,\u201d Brown said in the post-game press conference. \u201cBut I don\u2019t know about that. You\u2019ll never hear me blame the officials or anything. I disagree with calls, but it\u2019s a really hard game to officiate.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cGoing back to the question you were asking about Narduzzi. They did a really good job. I\u2019m not pleased with the officials, either. I feel his pain on that. But I don\u2019t necessarily think they beat them. You know, we\u2019re the one that got a long touchdown called back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ACC said the $5,000, when paid, will go to the Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship account.<\/p>\n

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