Pat Narduzzi set the tone last Monday. His claims that he didn't care if Pitt lost to Notre Dame were strange then. They were stranger after the Irish dismantled his Panthers and ended their hopes for an at-large bid to the College Football Playoffs.
While Jeremiyah Love said after the ND win that Narduzzi's comments weren't a motivator to him, he thought some teammates might have used the words as "bulletin board material." What Love was sure of was that Pitt didn't really respect Notre Dame, and they should have.
"Me personally," Love said after the 37-15 win.