Yes, Pitt beat Villanova on Saturday. The game wasn’t pretty and all the pre-season hype regarding certain strengths of the team looked, well, pedestrian.

Ok it’s true. Pitt purposely ran a vanilla offense on Saturday as to not show Penn State too much for this upcoming weekend. And yes, it’s also true that it’s only one game and the team will improve as the season progresses.

But the overwhelming takeaway from Saturday was that Pitt isn’t as dominant upfront as previously advertised. Pitt struggled to get much of a push against a vastly inferior FCS opponent.

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