A couple mentions of Pitt to pass along from ESPN’s Insider subscription. Joe Starkey’s Big East notebook regurgitates the Revis struggling with punt returns story that was covered by both papers today, puffs Palko’s performance against The Citadel, Coach Wannstedt not bothered by the rule change to speed up the game and in discussing the Toledo game, the editor missed something vital.

Pitt has a dangerous home game against Toledo on Saturday (ESPNU, noon ET). The Panthers have lost two of their past three games against Toledo, including a 35-31 upset on the road in 2003. One key will be stopping Toledo’s screen passes, which killed the Panthers in 2003. Then-Toledo quarterback Bruce Gradkowski was 18-of-20 on his team’s final two drives.

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Pitt and Toledo have only played twice before in 2002 and 03. I believe it was supposed to be the MAC not Toledo that Pitt has lost 2 of 3.

Bruce Feldman in his blog lists 10 most improved units in CFB.

9. Pittsburgh’s offense: Veteran QB Tyler Palko now has a better handle on what Dave Wannstedt and Matt Cavanaugh expect and they no doubt have a better grasp on him, too. Maybe more importantly, the Panthers young receiving crew is starting to emerge and everyone else is feeding off that. Pitt, which was 85th in total offense last season and 85th in passing offense, is now 30th and eighth, respectively. Last season they were 85th in sacks allowed. Through the first four games, they’ve only allowed three sacks.

As long as you ignore the pesky lack of a run game, that is.