A late winner of the COVID sweepstakes, Pitt canceled last week’s game against Georgia Tech, so we’ll focus on their games before that: Miami, Notre Dame, and (most recently) Florida State. The losses to Miami and Notre Dame were incurred with starting QB Kenny Pickett on the sideline; if he’d been playing, it’s not a stretch to see them beating Miami and playing Notre Dame much closer than the final 45-3 margin.  (And if he hadn’t been hurt against BC, Pitt probably wins that one, too.)

OFFENSE

Scheme
It’s the same pass-heavy scheme with a good bit of misdirection thrown in, but not as much under-center work as there has been, I’m guessing because of QB injuries. The running game has been anemic, and with Kenny Picket dealing with a bum ankle and probably not running much, it should be something the Hokies can handle. The exception might be when Pitt does go under-center, and Tech has to decipher backfield action on jet and rocket sweeps:

That’s a cross-pulling sweep with people going everywhichway.

Tech will need to be mindful of tackle-eligible unbalanced sets that’ll sneak a TE out there on a go route with no one to cover him. Pitt also runs a draw where the QB will intentionally rotate to the wrong side to hand-off, then rotate back around for the extra give. If anyone’s keying the QB on these plays they’ll be two steps in the wrong direction before the back even gets the ball.

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