On Saturday, Pitt took another step back in the Pat Narduzzi era with a disappointing 38-35 loss to North Carolina.
The defeat on its own was somewhat shocking. The Tar Heels have indeed owned the Panthers since the latter came into the ACC. But this was still a team playing without several suspended players and one that had not looked all that competent to date this year. Particularly, North Carolina’s passing game had been a train wreck and the Panthers still could not stop it. Further, you expected that after last year’s loss to the Tar Heels, Pitt would be out to prove something.