I forgot about the Brandon Miree vs. Dennis Franchione angle of this game.

Quick recap, Miree was going into his sophomore season at Alabama as the projected starting RB. Franchione took over as head coach, and changed the system — knocking Miree down the depth chart. Miree asked out of his scholarship to transfer, Franchione (who later skipped out on his contract with Alabama to take the Texas A&M job) wouldn’t let him. Miree went over his head to the AD and eventually got his release. He ended up transferring to Pitt.

Miree isn’t saying much about the matter, but you have to hope he uses it as motivation. Of course, it would help if he got the ball enough times. He is averaging less than 20 touches a game.

Who will Time of Possession favor? Franchione likes to control the pace of the game. Against VA Tech last week, A&M held the ball for just over half the game (30:43) — the first time this season they “won” the time of possession battle. Yet another reason for Pitt to mount a successful ground attack this week.

The Big 12 beat reporter for the Dallas-Fort Worth Star Telegram picked A&M over Pitt 24-21.

Otherwise, there isn’t much of a buzz leading up to this game. Not too surprising since both teams lost last week. Gosh, can you imagine all the attention this game would have gotten if both had won? Damn.