With another chance to make a statement, Pitt's football team fell short again. At home on Saturday, the Panthers fell to No. 5 Notre Dame, 42-30.
That score, of course, wasn't indicative of how much the Panthers were overmatched as the Panthers scored 14 points pretty late after things were decided.
Pitt could have done any number of things to make this game closer. But blaming the team for a loss here due to effort isn't fair. Pitt was outgunned from the beginning and that's going to happen most of the time when you're unranked and facing one of the top teams in the country.