Pitt had a chance for nine regular season wins this year but fell short against Miami today, falling 29-24. The Panthers got behind 20-3 at halftime and despite a second-half rally of sorts, just couldn't complete the comeback.
All year, we've chided the team for slow starts. Sometimes it hasn't cost them, but others (like today), it certainly did. Despite outscoring Miami 21-6 in the second half, they couldn't make up the halftime deficit.
I know everyone wants to talk about the comeback that fell short, but I'm actually going to focus the beginning, since that's where the problems came.