CollegeFootballNews.com decided to countdown the “100 Greatest Finishes” in college football. Their parameters were this:
- These are the greatest finishes, not the greatest games. With few exceptions, the finish means the final play, final drive, or some other wild series of events to end a game. A good fourth quarter of a classic game doesn’t necessarily count as a great finish.
- The better, bigger and more significant the game, the more important the finish.
- How memorable was it? It might not have been meaningful to determining a national champion, but it might have been one of the signature moments in college football history.
You end up seeing a lot of Michigan and Notre Dame in the list.
Pitt ends up on the list twice for a win and a loss. At #85 for the 17-14 loss to WVU in 1975. And at #35 for the 24-20 win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, 1982.