I said this out loud during the fourth quarter: "How is this a tied game?"
Pitt had every reason and every opportunity to lose in a big, bad fashion to No. 24 Tennessee on Saturday.
There were too many points left off the board, especially in the first half. I counted at least 24, if it wasn't more.
Combine that with an injury to quarterback Kedon Slovis, and that's inherently difficult to overcome.
Adding in that reserve Nick Patti played most of his half of the game on a bad ankle after taking the similar punishments that Slovis did, and the 17th-ranked Panthers were bound to break to the Volunteers.