On the bright side, it was a very nice day. Had a chance to get together one last time this year with some friends. Had a good stogie. Got inside early enough — go figure the lines weren’t particularly long — to cheer the seniors before the game.
Had to drive back that night, so no drowning the sorrows.

First half, the offense was doing okay. Louisville, was playing conservatively and not bringing a lot of pressure. The defense struggled. Inexplicably, Revis was not shadowing the 6’6″ Mario Urrutia on every play. Just about any time Cox was stuck on him, they were throwing his way. If Revis was on him, Brohm recognized and avoided many throws that way. Generally, Brohm always accounted for where Revis was on any pass play. Not that it really mattered. If they really wanted a completion, just a nice pass over the middle where the safeties were not up to the challenge. Jameel Brady, Mike Phillips, Sam Bryant, it didn’t matter. They were a step slow coupled with poor reads and tackles. If Elijah Fields really couldn’t match their effort, I’m afraid for the future and the development of the young talent upon which we are all hanging our hopes.
At halftime, the crowd mood was not confident being down only 7. Instead, the general reaction from fans was, “Let’s see which team shows up in the second half.” Yeah, most of the crowd had suffered through the WVU game last week.

The second half saw the usual. Well, kind of. It wasn’t the running game that killed Pitt. Still, their offense moved at will and the L-ville defense had a quickly growing lead. This allowed the defense to really bring the blitz. To the shock of no one, Pitt’s O-line couldn’t handle it and Palko started taking the hits. It also led to Palko to start forcing throws, and not setting his feet. Yes, that then led to the INTs.

Ugh.