Pitt’s football season is nearly over and, safe to say, it’s been a rough one. The Panthers will clinch their first losing regular season since 2007. More than that, the team has had some really tough losses this year.
Pitt lost by 19 to rival Penn State, was blown out at home by Oklahoma State, lost by 18 to both NC State and Georgia Tech, lost to a 4-7 Syracuse team, and worse, lost to North Carolina, which has no other conference wins. As if all of that wasn’t enough, Pitt suffered a heartbreaker this past weekend to Virginia Tech, failing to score on four attempts from inside the 2-yard line, which almost certainly would have given the team a win in the final minute.