Five takeaways: Pitt football keeps finding new ways to win
Panthers are building a resume worthy of the College Football Playoff...
Cardiac cats
...Once again, when not at their best, the Panthers emerged with a victory, and that’s a skill. [true, that]
Their biggest strength, an ability to score at will on offense, did not show in this game, and instead of collapsing, the defense picked up the slack. Good teams find ways to win when they don’t have their best stuff on a given weekend...
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Pitt...has a real shot at making it into the first-ever expanded playoff.
Aggressiveness on 4th down
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A 19-yard connection between Holstein and Desmond Reid on 4th-and-5 from near midfield set up the Panthers’ first touchdown of the afternoon. And as the first quarter turned to the second, Narduzzi kept his offense on the field for a 4th-and-1 from its own 28-yard line. Reid broke loose for 72 yards and a touchdown...
[The undersigned has never seen the like of that before in any team.]
