2017 PITT Football: Time To Take The ACC Coastal

Over the past few seasons since Pat Narduzzi has come aboard, the PITT Football program has started to prove that they belong in the conversation with the rest of the top tier teams in the ACC.  And the next thing that they need to do is win the ACC Coastal and make an appearance in an ACC Championship game.

Last season was frustrating because PITT did have a top tier offense with the leadership of Nate Peterman and James Conner, but the defense fell flat in key moments of a couple games last season.  Most memorably are the UNC and Virginia Tech games, both of which PITT probably should have won and if they did they would have won the Coastal last season.

When Training Camp has started this month, we heard the following phrase repeated over and over again by coaches and players, #TakeIt!  Meaning it is time for this team to take its place on top of the Coastal.

And this season is set up for PITT to be favorites in the ACC Coastal and it all starts at the Quarterback position.  UNC, Virginia Tech and Miami all have new Quarterbacks as well, but PITT is the only team with a new Quarterback who has a lot of Power 5 Conference experience in grad transfer Max Browne.

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