Pitt Will Be Challenged By Nation’s Toughest Non-Conference Schedule, LINK!

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

TRIBLIVE:
Overall, Pitt will play four games (one-third of its schedule) against teams ranked in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 — No. 5 Penn State, No. 10 Oklahoma State, No. 16 Miami and No. 25 Virginia Tech.
LINK:
http://blog.triblive.com/college-lo...-by-nations-toughest-non-conference-schedule/

ESPN:
The 10 teams with the toughest nonconference schedules in 2017:
1. Pitt Panthers
Sept. 2: Youngstown State
Sept. 9: at Penn State
Sept. 16: Oklahoma State
Sept. 30: Rice
The Panthers get the nod for the No. 1 spot because they're the only Power 5 school that has to play two top-10 teams in Mark Schlabach's updated Way-Too-Early Top 25. Not only that, but good luck in finding a more challenging nonconference swing in back-to-back weeks than on the road at No. 5 Penn State and then coming back home and tangling with No. 10 Oklahoma State. Each team has one of the top returning quarterbacks in college football -- Trace McSorley at Penn State and Mason Rudolph at Oklahoma State -- and the Nittany Lions will be especially motivated after losing to the Panthers a year ago.
LINK:
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-gators-toughest-nonconference-schedules-2017

 

[Pitt79]

Plus YSU is probably Top 10 in I-AA. So add that, their FCS opponent is one of the really good ones as well.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Plus Pelini is a Very Good Coach and likes being Home just like Solich loves it at Ohio University, two Good Coaches that were once at Nebraska. Jim Tressell is also happy being there back home, he coached them for years before going to Ohio State. The Stoops, Narduzzi, Cavanaugh, Beck, Olsvasky all call it Home!