Mistake-Prone Pitt Bumbles Its Way Through 51-6 Loss to Penn State

Pitt’s bad night began with, if you can believe it, the opening kickoff. Despite winning the toss, Pitt’s captains stated the team wanted to accept the ball while Narduzzi wanted to play defense first. That unseemly mistake was a pretty big indicator of what was to come. The botches got bigger from there on their way to an ugly 51-6 loss.

After a quick three-and-out, Penn State had a short field and scored easily. Then, trailing 7-0, Pitt scored a touchdown but missed an extra point to make it 7-6. Pitt later (admittedly, like Penn State) missed a field goal. Later, in what I considered to be a coaching mistake, Pitt decided to go for it on 4th and 3 close to the end zone instead of trying…