You are in a college football conference that has just lost its two best programs for the last 10+ years. You are a football program that has seen a top-20 recruiting class fall apart and sink into the 60s. You are a football program that has still managed to pull itself close to respectability, but struggles to get national exposure.

Your school is offered a chance to put an early season game on ESPN on Labor Day. What do you do?

If you are Pitt. You say no.

The Big East and ESPN asked Pitt to move their season opening game with South Florida from Saturday to Monday and a game that may get local tv coverage would be seen nationally.

Pitt decided not to move the game because that would only give them 4 days to prepare for the home opener with the Ohio University Bobcats.

Brilliant.

I understand that the coaches would want more time, but think guys. Pitt needs more exposure, especially this year. It needs to be seen.

Of course, given that Pitt is playing USF, and what happened last time… maybe not having many people see the game is a better approach.