PITTSBURGH — Given two weeks to recover from an embarrassingly one-sided home loss to Boise State, Virginia coach Mike London praised his players for spending extra time in the film room in hopes of breaking out of an early season funk in danger of becoming something far worse.
The effort was better on Saturday against Pittsburgh. The results not so much.
A late comeback bid stalled in the final seconds of a 26-19 loss that dropped the Cavaliers to 1-4. Eyeing a fresh start in the ACC after a forgettable nonconference schedule, Virginia fell two touchdowns behind early and couldn’t quite catch the Panthers.