Say we don't win the Coastal... do you care about being a game or two better or worse?
I honestly don't know that I do. Maybe it's the recent success in conjunction with how bad the division is, but I can't see 8-4 feeling much different from 6-6 this season. Either would be a disappointment with a division that is there for the taking. And all three records would yield a meaningless bowl, and perhaps even the same bowl either way since there is some flexibility in who they select.
I get that we're Pitt, so I hate to be a snobby fan to this degree. But that's just how I feel as we sit here today. I thought Miami would be better heading into the season. And if we can't win this division, it's kind of just whatever regardless if we finish a game out or three/four games out. Now that the players have reiterated just how even more meaningless the bowls now are, I find myself assuming more of an NFL mentality toward this: You either win the division or you don't. That'd be subject to change in future years with a younger team.
I honestly don't know that I do. Maybe it's the recent success in conjunction with how bad the division is, but I can't see 8-4 feeling much different from 6-6 this season. Either would be a disappointment with a division that is there for the taking. And all three records would yield a meaningless bowl, and perhaps even the same bowl either way since there is some flexibility in who they select.
I get that we're Pitt, so I hate to be a snobby fan to this degree. But that's just how I feel as we sit here today. I thought Miami would be better heading into the season. And if we can't win this division, it's kind of just whatever regardless if we finish a game out or three/four games out. Now that the players have reiterated just how even more meaningless the bowls now are, I find myself assuming more of an NFL mentality toward this: You either win the division or you don't. That'd be subject to change in future years with a younger team.