At 1-3, Pitt's football team is starting to lose quite a few fans from its bandwagon. Pitt will have a chance to continue efforts to salvage its season against Rice this weekend.
No, a win won't make many feel like the season is getting back on track per se, but a loss here would be catastrophic.
Rice is, in a few words, not very good. Like Pitt the Owls are 1-3 on the season. Their sole victory was against a winless UTEP team. The Owls' 31-14 win over UTEP was also the closest margin of defeat for UTEP all season, so that tells you how bad they are.