Pittsburgh will high off a roller-coaster season towards East Carolina within the Army Bowl on Sunday.
The Panthers rode a monster offense to a stable 8-4 season, giving Pat Narduzzi his sixth 8-win season because the group’s head coach.
With a reasonably powerful schedule, Pitt averaged 32.7 factors per sport, which ranked seventeenth within the nation.
Solely one of the best groups in school soccer might include them.
Pitt scored fewer than 24 factors in simply two video games — towards Notre Dame and Miami, the latter of which was their closing sport of the common season.
Merely above common defenses didn’t have many solutions.
In opposition to Florida State and Louisville — two stable defenses — the Panthers dropped a mixed 61 factors (30.5 per sport).
East Carolina completed within the top-50 in whole protection, permitting simply 348.9 yards per sport. Nevertheless it gained’t be at full power, having misplaced defensive coordinator Josh Aldridge after he took the identical job at South Florida.
The Pirates are a bit depleted on the offensive finish as nicely.
Beginning quarterback Katin Houser entered the switch portal earlier this month, that means redshirt senior Michael Wright Jr. shall be taking the snaps behind middle in his first begin with the Pirates.
ECU couldn’t sustain in it’s solely sport towards a group that landed within the top-25 — BYU blew them out 34-13 in September.
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Whereas Pitt is a step under BYU, they far outpace ECU on resume and expertise.
Search for the Panthers to run away with this one in a laugher.
The play: Pittsburgh -10 (-120, BetMGM Sportsbook)
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