Pitt falls to North Carolina, 34-31

Pitt came into tonight’s game against North Carolina desperately needing a victory to keep their bowl hopes from being on absolute life support.

That, um, didn’t happen.

The Panthers dropped their most recent game on Thursday to the 1-8 (and winless in the ACC) Tar Heels, 34-31. The loss continues Pitt’s woes against North Carolina as the Panthers still have never beaten the Tar Heels since joining the ACC.

These are the kind of games where you look at the box score and suddenly wonder exactly how you lost. Pitt outgained North Carolina in yardage, had only one penalty to seven for the Tar Heels, won the time of possession battle, and controlled the game on the ground with 267 rushing yards to…