Good article from ACC basketball media day about the conference and the 2025 "look-in" on its deal with ESPN, which might not be exactly what it has been made out to be previously.

The video is long, but very good.

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I've been debating with a friend about this. My take is Bell. He has installed the system that Eli is using to make the plays, he selected Eli to be the starting QB (if Cignetti were still here he may have chosen to start Yarnell) and he brought in Desmond Reid and Censere Lee. What say you?

Pitt -2.5 favorites on the road. Should be a high scoring affair.

Pitt has eight players this season with a gain of at least 40-yards or more this season.

Player, longest play from scrimmage, opponent
Censere Lee: 82-yard reception, Youngstown State (touchdown)
Desmond Reid: 72-yard reception, North Carolina
Che Nwabuko: 57-yard rush, Youngstown State (touchdown)
Eli Holstein: 49-yard rush, Youngstown State
Kenny Johnson: 46-yard reception, Kent State
Konata Mumpfield: 46-yard reception, North Carolina
Daniel Carter: 43-yard rush, Youngstown State (touchdown)
Daejon Reynolds: 40-yard reception, West Virginia (touchdown)

Pitt's 2021 team had six players:
Jordan Addison (67 catch), Kenny Pickett (58 run), Taysir Mack (55 catch) Jaylon Barden (47 catch), Marquise Stovall (44 catch) Jared Wayne (40 catch)

The 2016 team had nine players to accomplish it:
Ford (79 catch), Ffrench (77 run), Weah (75 catch), Orndoff (74 catch), Henderson (66 run), Conner (55 catch), Parrish (44 catch) Peterman (42 run), Moss (41 run).

“The NLI is gone and the consensus is prospective student-athletes will sign financial aid agreements, scholarship agreements. This sets up better with the looming revenue-share, so there will be more of a contract with the players and schools.”

I have two tickets in the East Cub section 212 for sale. $45 each. If anyone is interested DM me

Alright everyone...back from the Off Week (I hate the term Bye Week for some reason haha). Pitt has a chance to start 5-0 for the first time since 1991....can they do it? If they win this not only do they start 5-0, but they will continue to get more national pub and may sneak into the the top 25. They haven't won in Chapel Hill...ever I believe (at least not since we joined the ACC).

So...I think Pitt FINALLY wins at UNC. Pitt's offense will be able to move the ball and score IMO. Eli will have another good game with over 300 yds (again) and 4 TDs. Reid has over 150 all purpose yds and a TD. I think Kenny Johnson and Mumfield each get over 100 yards (or close to it).

I do think UNC will be able to run the ball and run the ball well, but I think the Pitt defense will be able to get a couple more stops than UNC's D and i think they force two turnovers, which will be huge.

I say Pitt 41 UNC 30

What does everyone else think??

Pitt’s defense allowed just 17 points and stopped North Carolina’s offense on third down 10 out of 15 times in addition to stopping four fourth-down attempts on Saturday. Here are a few things that stood out from Saturday’s defensive performance.

Give the Head Coach some credit, which I know he has gotten since the season started but it really has gone in his favor soo far , not only this season but most since this NIL started. With the exception of last season , the portal has benefited Pitt .
Wonder why these kids don't just commit here in the first place ?
Looking forward to playing Cal. In season's past I think the pressure has gotten to Pitt and they cracked and would blow a game they should have won. Maybe with Holstein , he is too young to know what pressure is ???

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Pitt-Cal is two days away, so we're looking at the matchups on today's Morning Pitt. How do the Panthers stack up against the Bears? Let's look into it. Plus, we've got a breakdown of the notable games to watch this weekend.

Yeah…this ain’t good….areas Tampa and south could be wiped out, and the area between just north of ft myers and Tampa has largely avoided direct hits for decades.

Tampa, Bradenton, Sarasota, Venice, all in big trouble. I’ve been to Bradenton/sarasota/siesta key, and oof…the wrong landfall location and areas of those places are gone

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You cannot possibly target a player's helmet any better than the Miami player did. If Miami were not in contention for a CFP bid, this 100% gets called targeting on replay. Absolutely no question about it.

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Right now according to ESPN we have a 17% of making the playoff.

With the assumptions you win the rest of your other regular season games and no ACC championship bid, here are the scenarios against our 3 toughest opponents:

SMU, Clemson, and Louisville.

• 0% chance of making the playoff if we lose all three of these games.
• 56% chance— getting a 12 seed if we win only against Louisville and lose to SMU and Clemson.
• 58% chance—-getting a 10 seed if we win only against SMU and lose to Louisville and Clemson.
• 60% chance getting a 9 seed if we beat only Clemson and lose to both SMU and Louisville.

Again these are the numbers assuming we beat Cal, Cuse, Virginia, and BC.

Numbers also indicate we do not make the ACC championship.