Coming into the Pinstripe Bowl, Pitt looked like a team poised to reach nine wins. Vegas seemed to agree, too, first installing the Panthers as 3.5-point favorites before upping that line to 4.5 or 5 in various outlets.
Seems Northwestern had other plans.
The Panthers sputtered their way to a slow offensive start and never recovered in an ugly 31-24 loss to end the season.
Watching the game purely as a football fan, it had to be entertaining. There was a lot of drama with some key injuries, some timely turnovers, and a few nice individual performances.