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BetOnline has Pittsburgh posted with a regular season win total of 8.5 and priced both ways at -115.
Fresh off their ACC Championship, Pitt must now find a way to sustain the success.
The Panthers were No. 1 in the ACC against the run, second in the nation behind Oklahoma State in sacks, and was fifth in the country in tackles for loss.
USC transfer Kedon Slovis fills the void for Jordan Addison and Kenny Pickett. He was officially named the Pittsburgh starting quarterback the final week of August.
“I was looking for a team to win now and there are only a few teams that fit that mold,” Slovis said of coming to Pitt. “The more I looked into it, the more I felt like the players were really good. The coaches fit what I want to do. The culture is exactly what I want. It’s in a good conference. It checked every box that I wanted. The only question I had was the OC (offensive coordinator).”
They got off easy schedulewise playing Syracuse and Louisville, as opposed to Clemson, NC State, Wake Forest and Florida.
Using last year's power ratings, Pitt would be a -7 point favorite hosting Tennessee. Even with the Vols improving, this game should go in favor of the Panthers, at least on paper. It's the "make or break" game as far as the total goes.
We don't see any games Pitt CAN'T win, so give us the OVER 8.5 big time.
Schedule
Sept 1 West Virginia
Sept 10 Tennessee
Sept 17 at Western Michigan
Sept 24 Rhode Island
Oct 1 Georgia Tech
Oct 8 Virginia Tech
Oct 15 OPEN DATE
Oct 22 at Louisville
Oct 29 at North Carolina
Nov 5 Syracuse
Nov 12 at Virginia
Nov 19 Duke
Nov 26 at Miami
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
