Pitt roars back from 21-point deficit for 28-27 win over Cincinnati and 2-0 start (AP for Espo)

Through three quarters, it looked like the Bearcats (1-1) were going to run the Panthers (2-0) out of Nippert Stadium, dominating Pitt on both sides of the ball and leading 27-6. Running back Corey Kiner gashed Pittsburgh for 140 yards on 20 carries.

It sure did to me!

Pittsburgh faced a third-and-4 deep in their own territory on the game-winning drive, but a delay of game on the Bearcats defense gave the Panthers a first down. 

Oh, I didn't know that. A DEFENSIVE delay of game. Cincy, wtf?

“(The officials) called a penalty on one of our defensive linemen saying he was acting like calling the cadence or something or whatever they call that,” Bearcats coach Scott Satterfield said. “You can't hear anything because (Nippert) Stadium is extremely loud. So there's a couple things like that happened that were extremely disappointing.”

  Another disappointing part of the game for the Bearcats was on special teams, and it led to a pivotal six-point swing at the end of the first half.

Bearcats kicker Carter Brown missed a chip-shot, 25-yard field-goal attempt with 23 seconds to go in the first half. Pitt, starting at its own 20-yard line, moved to Cincinnati's 35-yard line to set up Sauls for a 53-yard field-goal attempt that he would convert.

Yes, that was huge, a 6-point swing.