Pitt and Western Michigan are seeing each other first the first time today at Heinz Field at noon. As of Saturday morning, Pitt is listed as a 14.5-point favorite.
We mentioned in the game picks that Western Michigan has three Pittsburgh area players in Skyy Moore, Therran Coleman, and Bricen Garner. The latter two are actually transfers from Pitt and both contributed during their time here. For another fun wrinkle: the head coach of Western Michigan actually interviewed for Pitt’s offensive coordinator position after Matt Canada’s departure. At the time, Lester was quarterbacks coach for Purdue, after previously serving under Scott Shafer at Syracuse.