I read all week how trash this program is, how bad Narduzzi is, how the game is going to be over by halftime, blah blah blah

An absolute gutsy performance with our backup QB, half an OL, hobbled RBs and WRs… and you guys are acting like we just lost to Kent St?

Truly a group of clowns who post on here. Not sure how you guys function in real life.

There’s plenty to discuss and criticize but man… that was a gutsy performance by the Panthers today who were 3-9 last year and you guys are ready to fire our coach?

Our fanbase deserves 3-9. Absolute clowns.

Against LSU

In this week's 3-2-1 Column, we're thinking about changing expectations, the quarterback question, the next step for Pitt hoops and a lot more.

This might be the longest 3-2-1 Column I've ever written. But who's counting.

NET rankings don’t come out for a few more weeks, and even when they do they aren’t really instructive until the calendar turns. But, we can probably get a decent idea of how the NET rankings will eventually look based on the opponents’ kenpom rating.

For reference, last year’s non-con had one Q1 game, four Q3 games, and six Q4 games. We lost two: Q1 Florida and Q3 Missouri.

Q1
26. @ Ohio State
27. @ Mississippi State
29. N Wisconsin (will either be them or UCF)
40. N LSU

Q2
57. N UCF (will be either them or Wisconsin)

Q3
86. West Virginia (W)
95. Murray State (W)
109. Sam Houston State

Q4
205. Radford (W)
238. Eastern Kentucky
233. Gardner Webb (W)
304. VMI

It's when the 8-2 Steelers - who have defeated five teams that would be in the playoffs if they began today and who are seemingly really coming into their own - are only 3.5-point favorites against a 2-8 team on its backup quarterback that just got spanked by a scrub team.

Here's the thread for tonight's Pitt-VMI game. I'll post news and notes in this thread throughout the game and we'll use this thread to discuss the game as it happens.

Here's some reading material before the game starts:

In this week's Morning Pitt Mailbag, we're taking questions on Pitt's bowl possibilities, the Panthers' offensive line combinations, the quarterback situation and a lot more.

Friday
Men's Basketball (5-0): 2:30 vs. LSU at Greenbrier Tip-Off CBS Sports Network
No. 1 Volleyball (25-1) : 7:00 at Wake Forest ACCNX/ESPN+

Saturday
Women's Basketball (4-1): 1:00 Robert Morris ACCNX/ESPN+
Football (7-3): 4:00 at Louisville ESPN2

Sunday
Volleyball: 1:00 at North Carolina State ACCNX/ESPN+
No. 21 Wrestling (1-0): 2:00 Lehigh ACCNX/ESPN+
Men's Basketball: 3:00 or 5:30 Championship/Consolation at Greenbrier Tip-Off CBS Sports Network
No. 2 Men's Soccer (12-5): 5:00 Cornell (NCAA Tournament) ACCNX/ESPN+

Have heard that we are doing a similar thing to what UNC is doing below. Smart.

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Saw last night he tore his ACL. Such a shame for a good kid, hope he can get another year and bounce back. I still think one of the best local high school basketball games i ever watched was him versus Ethan Morton.

Order has been restored, Duquesne back to their losing ways, 0-4. Losing games to the jobbers. It would have been fun playing them this year.

These housing prices are outrageous and they arent coming down. I guess that's not a bad thing since so many people are paying these prices.

Pitt got 9 votes and Ohio State received 13 votes.

Was hoping for a lot more, oh well.

Why do I get the feeling the Steelers are going to have about 450 yards on offense and score 9 points in the game 😡

So not only did michigan flip dotson they just got his teammate underwood. Number one qb in the country.
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CBS Pod talked about this. Were asking: "Is the ACC poor?" And to an extent, that answer is yes. The ACC isnt spending as much in pay for play NIL salaries relative to their peers. That said, there are so many transfers that there's very little difference between #10 and #100. Very little difference between #50 and #200. Its a really difficult to rank these guys which is why I think teams like Pitt and Wake have been able to do really well in this market cheaply.

As we know, non-conference SOS is a top-line metric that the committee uses and its the sole reason Pitt was left out. How many times did Lunardi say there's never been a team with a non-con SOS as bad as ours that's gotten in. Of course, he never said there's never been a bubble team with as many true road wins as us that has been left out but that's what he does. He drives the narrative. That said, ACC teams need to schedule better and maybe they've corrected some of that this year, not really sure but I found an easy hack to do exactly what they've always done but make their non-con SOS look extremely good. How?

Go to a 12-14 game ACC schedule. Play 8-10 extra OOC games vs ACC teams. These would be scheduled by the league and would look and feel like conference games but would go into the non-con bucket. Think about last year. Lets say the road game at Duke was a non-con. That skyrockets our non-con SOS and we probably make the tournament. It sounds ridiculous but they put so much weight on your non-con that its probably true.

Pat Narduzzi held his final press briefing of the week on Thursday and talked about Signing Day, Pitt's quarterbacks, Saturday's game at Louisville and a lot more. Here's video of what he said.

I'm pretty sure Florida State and Miami would agree with this!

Check out the film breakdown of how Pitt's offense and defense did against Clemson.

Commits to Michigan per Rivals