Not a lot of time right now, so this will be brief.

Pitt mostly did what it had to do yesterday. They took it right at Syracuse. Beat them soundly early, and never let them get close after the 1st quarter. I wasn’t thrilled with some things that Wannstedt didn’t at least take a shot to put the game out of reach before the half and that Pitt only scored 10 points on offense in the second half. Just seemed that Pitt eased off a little too soon. Of course, Syracuse was not that good and made lots of mistakes that the defense capitalized to make that seem like nitpicking.

At 45-14, with 4 turnovers forced, control of the clock and nearly 400 yards of total offense. In the box score the only negative continues to be penalties. Pitt committed 10 for 99 yards.  That still is a big problem for a team that does not rely on being overly aggressive and attacking.

This was actually more dominating a win for Pitt than over Maine or FIU. Both of which seemed more like superior size and strength wearing the other side down over 4 quarters. This one was about superior talent just taking the other team out right in the first half.

Does this game tell us much more than before? Not really. I am hoping it means that the team is inching closer to what it can do, rather than what it has done up to that point. The next two games are at home. Pitt will be and should be favored. They, like the Syracuse games are can’t lose games.