Pitt vs WVU

This is one of college football's most fun rivalries. Of late, it features two programs that have been trending in different directions. Pitt had a terrific ...

They have a lot of work to do to close the gap and adding the top transfer in the country in former Georgia quarterback J.T. The loss of Kenny Pickett to the NFL Draft during the offseason hurts the Panthers, however USC transfer Kedon Slovis is one of the best guys Pitt could have brought in to fill that gap. For perspective, Pitt posted 8.7 yards in the same category…and they had a future NFL first-round pick and 2021 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winner tossing the pigskin. Expect a cold start for both teams, but a warm finish that barely misses the 51-point game line. I think home field advantage is enough to carry the Panthers to a huge season-opening win. The Mountaineers are 0-9 are against Oklahoma since joining the Big 12, they lost to Baylor and Oklahoma State last year (the two teams that played for the league title) by a combined score of 69-23. 17 ranking and a roughly 78% chance to win on some sports websites. The Mountaineers haven't played an outstanding offensive game in two years and need a spark in a big way. This year's team has a lot to prove - Pickett is gone, as is Biletnikoff winner Jordan Addison and offensive coordinator Mark Whipple. Pitt had a terrific year last year and played in a New Year's Six Bowl. A win over Pitt in the Backyard Brawl would feel in a lot of ways like a program defining victory for them. Unfortunately, I don't think that starts tonight for the Mountaineers.

Hide your couches people, one of the great college football rivalries lost to conference re-alignment is back for Week 1. The Backyard Brawl will commence ...

Meanwhile, West Virginia is entering Year 4 of the Neal Brown era in Morgantown, WV, and while the results have been ok, there’s a desire among Mountaineer fans to achieve more than six wins this season. 2 West Virginia 13-9, ruining the Mountaineers’ hopes of earning a berth in the BCS Championship Game. Fortunately, both schools were able to clear their schedules and agree to resurrect the rivalry as part of a four-game series beginning this year. Heinz Field Acrisure Stadium as the [West Virginia Mountaineers](https://www.smokingmusket.com) meet the Pitt Panthers for the first time in 11 years. The Mountaineers won five of the first six meetings before the Panthers took complete control of the rivalry, winning 33 of the next 38 matchups. With the destruction of Big East football in the early 2010’s, the rivalry was put on hiatus with Pitt joining the ACC and WVU finding a life raft in the Big 12.

Find college football odds, betting picks and predictions for West Virginia vs. Pitt on Thursday, September 1.

As for the total, Whipple’s uptempo pace will be replaced with one of the slowest seconds-per-play rates from Cignetti. Although the offense will be run at a much slower pace, any number on Pitt in single digits is actionable. Cignetti’s Boston College team finished middle-of-the-pack in terms of scoring on drives that extended past the 40-yard line. Right tackle has been a concern, as Brandon Yates and Ja’Quay Hubbard battled in fall camp. The remainder of the starting defense features a collection of JUCO, FCS and other FBS defensive players inherited through the portal. Athletic directors heard the voices of fans, as both the Panthers and Mountaineers will meet in non-conference play for eight of the next 11 seasons. Pitt returns nearly all offensive line snaps from a group that ranked top-50 in Rushing Success Rate. During ACC Media Days, Narduzzi told Action Network about the football IQ and leadership credentials of his new quarterback. West Virginia is also going through a transformation — one brought on by the transfer portal. During Daniels’ freshman season at Southern Cal, the quarterback worked in Harrell’s Air Raid scheme, posting a 14:10 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Tony Mathis moves up on the running back depth chart after creating 19 missed tackles in 72 attempts last year. Both squads are undergoing changes heading into the first week of the season.

With the Backyard Brawl back after an 11-year hiatus, we look at the stories, games and dynamics that make the Pitt-West Virginia rivalry so entertaining.

So just to finally experience that myself and be able to play in the game is going to be a crazy thing." So I'm just getting that mindset where I'm just going to lay down on the line." And if it's important to our fans in the Panther nation, it's important to me. But it just happened and was one of the things that you could not have predicted would happen." "Our guys were 8, 9, 10, 11 years old last time this game was played, so there's not a whole lot of recall, even from the guys that are from the state of West Virginia. "The stadium was packed, the sidelines were packed," Hostetler said. "They already had the banner hanging out in front of the Hilton down in New Orleans," Wannstedt said. The whole balance of the series changed." The final game of the regular season was expected to be a tuneup. "You know, the way it was portrayed to me from the people in Pittsburgh, the Pitt people always viewed Penn State as the game that they wanted to win most. TO UNDERSTAND THE passion of the Backyard Brawl, one must understand the region and demographics in which the age-old rivalry exists. "Both these guys dropped their gloves and just started wailing on each other, and the whistles were blowing," Wannstedt said.

The Backyard Brawl is renewed as the West Virginia Mountaineers go on the road to take on the defending ACC Champion Pittsburgh Panthers.

The game can also be streamed on [fuboTV](https://www.fubo.tv/stream/college-football/). Tipico has no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. Gannett may earn revenue from Tipico for audience referrals to betting services. The schools haven't played since 2011, and both are breaking in new quarterbacks. What are the odds for West Virginia at Pittsburgh? Addison is now where Slovis used to be...at USC.

The Pitt Panthers and the West Virginia Mountaineers will square off for the 105th time Thursday, as Pitt looks to protect its No. 17 ranking.

The 2012 season was the first time since 1943 these two teams hadn't met. In college football, the best rivalries are in-conference because they're easy to schedule. WVU then leverages that game to win an improbable conference title and appears in its first Orange Bowl. The Mountaineers come into the game with their eyes on the National Championship as No. The Pitt player was end John Kuprok, who was knocked out of the game. It was named that because a Pitt player said WVU was being rebuilt with "Western Pennsylvania Garbage," which ended up as literal bulletin board material for West Virginia. Things pick up a bit of steam when West Virginia logs its first-ever win over a ranked team against No. 0–0 “I’ve learned there is a lot of passion surrounding this game and we’re pleased to be able to rekindle that history. Pitt currently leads the all-time series 60-41-3, making this the 105th meeting between the two teams. USC transfer Kedon Slovis will be a player to watch in this one, as Pitt's new prized quarterback. The Pitt Panthers and the West Virginia Mountaineers will square off for the 105th time Thursday, as Pitt looks to protect its No.

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports ...

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — M.J. Devonshire returned a tipped pass 56 yards for a touchdown with 2:58 remaining and No. 17 Pitt beat West Virginia 38-31 on Thursday ...

Yet fourth-year coach Neal Brown didn't feel confident enough in his running game to go for it on fourth-and-1 at the Pitt 48 midway through the fourth quarter and his team up 31-24. The schedule is user-friendly and while Slovis needed time to get warmed up, he did a fairly solid impression of former Pitt star The Mountaineers (0-1) drove deep into Pitt territory in the final minute and Daniels hit Reese Smith on a fourth-down fling that appeared to bring the ball to the Pitt 1. [Rodney Hammond Jr.](/roster.aspx?rp_id=12005) ran for 74 yards and two touchdowns before leaving in the fourth quarter because of a right leg injury that appeared serious. Replays showed the ball skimmed the turf before Smith could bring it in and the crowd of 70,622 — the largest to attend a sporting event in the city's history — erupted. 17 Pitt beat West Virginia 38-31 on Thursday night in the return of the Backyard Brawl - and an instant classic edition of one of college football's great rivalry games.