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Five takeaways from Virginia football’s upset win over No. 18 Pittsburgh

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Just as we all predicted, the Virginia Cavaliers walked into Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night and knocked off the playoff-hopeful No. 18 Pittsburgh Panthers 24-19.

After a disappointing three-game losing skid in October, Tony Elliott’s ’Hoos bounced back in a massive way coming off a bye week to pull a top-25 road upset for the second-straight season.

Here are five takeaways from the huge win:

Tony Elliott quiets the doubters

Virginia looked lost two weeks ago in a disastrous home loss to North Carolina, and Tony Elliott’s seat was rapidly beginning to warm.