Back in 2004 when WanStache took the head coaching job at sPITT Mark May said:

“Dave Wannstedt is the right guy for the right job at absolutely the right time. Pitt is on the cusp of becoming a perennial Top 10 team. All the needed state-of-the-art facilities are in place, and Dave is the element that will take the program to another level.”

Now that was 2004, and one would think that after 3 consecutive losing seasons for sPITT Mr. May would rethink his previous prediction, but in true JagOff fashion he hasn’t. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported today:

he [May] still stands by his original thoughts.

“I think it is very clear this program is on the rise and Dave has it headed in the right direction,” May said. “I am very happy the administration stuck by him and has shown some patience because more often than not, that isn’t the case. Coaches who come in usually have a mess to clean up and by the time they are done straightening it out, they’ve had a few losing seasons and they are fired.

“But if you look at this situation, Dave has recruited extremely well, he’s built a great base of talent, that talent is starting to mature and, more importantly, he is bringing in the right kinds of players. Kids that work hard, are good students and don’t embarrass the university. This thing is being built for the long haul.”

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA we’ll see about that.

May continued his obvious bias with:

“I thought for sure they’d be in everybody’s top 25 but, unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case,” May said. “But I do think as the season goes forward they will be because I look at the talent they have coming back, the talent they’ve added and the teams on their schedule — almost all of their tough games are at home — and it I think that it isn’t unrealistic to expect them to win the Big East and get to a BCS bowl.“

Should the analysts on ESPN really be this biased? Maybe May is taking his queues from Kirk Herbstreit?