The stage was set with great weather, new uniforms, a home night game, and a conference opponent in a nationally televised opener. But the Panthers weren’t up to the task and looked plenty sluggish in a brutal 30-14 loss to Virginia.
I figured the Panthers could lose to Virginia. Many people did. As I said in my prediction, I was going with Pitt here in a close one largely because they had the game at home but would have gone the other way with the game at Virginia. But I didn’t expect to see the team come out so abundantly flat with so much on the line.