The ACC is always difficult but Pitt wrapped up a particularly brutal stretch recently with games against Miami, North Carolina, Clemson, and Louisville. Those first three teams were ranked as of last week and the Cardinals are no slouch, either.
As expected, Pitt fell mostly on its face. The Miami game was the only one that was really respectable and even that was a 12-point loss. Pitt lost the other three by an average of about 30 points a game and was completely blown out of the water. The idea that they’ve improved (something I personally believed) looked a lot harder to prove after those beatings.