Nice piece from DK sports by the Pitt writer. Makes the argument Pitt is better of playing the big boys.
The most important thing to come from Pitt’s scheduling is the school maintaining a national presence. By being the national prime-time game on ABC against Penn State or facing Notre Dame on NBC, the Panthers get free exposure that wouldn’t come by swapping one of those games for a home game against Liberty streaming online on ESPN Plus.
Recruits see that, and they want to play in those big, national games. If the Panthers go 7-5 and get to a bowl game against the toughest nonconference schedule, that benefits the program far more than going 9-3 against schools outside of the Power 5 in games that no one sees outside of Pittsburgh.
The most important thing to come from Pitt’s scheduling is the school maintaining a national presence. By being the national prime-time game on ABC against Penn State or facing Notre Dame on NBC, the Panthers get free exposure that wouldn’t come by swapping one of those games for a home game against Liberty streaming online on ESPN Plus.
Recruits see that, and they want to play in those big, national games. If the Panthers go 7-5 and get to a bowl game against the toughest nonconference schedule, that benefits the program far more than going 9-3 against schools outside of the Power 5 in games that no one sees outside of Pittsburgh.
