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Where was it today? Isn't the head coach a defensive guy?? Blown coverages??

There is no way to defend this Pitt loss. Horrible. The said thing about the program is that no Pitt fan is surprised.

Comes with the territory. Have seen this for years. Grown accustomed to it. What surprised me is, Pitt only dropped 4 spots in the Sagarin Rankings. Guess there's still hope.

I remember when Pitt gave up 44 points in losing to Western Michigan several weeks ago, with some questioning Narduzzi as a defensive guy. Anyone questioning PSU's all-everything offensive coordinator from Texas who couldn't get his team to score from the 3 yard line after 7 tries on Saturday?

I'm not nearly as concerned about the offense as I was the defense giving up 357 on the ground. I still don't think Clifford is 100% or at least he certainly doesn't look the same, but they certainly weren't going to put the backup out there. You definitely need to score a few there. This season's shot.

Pitt can control their destiny right now. I think they're going to get screwed though unless by a miracle a win over an undefeated WF team would be enough, but I don't see Wake being undefeated by that point. Who knows. It will be (2) SEC Teams, (1) BIG 10 Champ, and Oklahoma/Cincy/Oregon

The only way that the SEC gets 2 in is if Alabama beats UGA in the championship game. I don't see how a 2 loss, non-conference champion Alabama would get in with their biggest wins on the year being Florida and Auburn.

A 2 loss team has never got in. So here is the teams I can still justify having a path to the playoffs:

BIG - Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State
SEC - Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss
Big 12 - Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor
ACC - Pitt, Wake
PAC - Oregon
Other - Cincinnati, Notre Dame

4 of these 16 will make up the playoffs.

I'm shocked ND has only 1 loss. I thought they had 2 for some reason.

Nice breakdown of the likely teams to be considered. I'm guessing that after conference championships, there will be 5 teams fighting for 4 spots...unless Bama beats Georgia like you said.

I bet at least one of the conferences cannibalizes itself (probably PAC but maybe Big 12). I don't think ACC will produce a legitimate contender. Cincinnati probably deserves it over ND but you never know with the committee. They love their blue bloods.