Pitt vs Virginia Tech Prediction, Game Preview

Pitt vs Virginia Tech game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 6 game on Saturday, October 8

Pitt vs Virginia Tech prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 6, Saturday, October 8


Pitt vs Virginia Tech How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 8
Game Time: 2:30 ET
Venue: Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
How To Watch: ACC Network
Record: Pitt (3-2), Virginia Tech (2-3)
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Pitt vs Virginia Tech Game Preview

Why Virginia Tech Will Win

If Georgia Tech could come up with a win over Pitt …

It’s been a rough ride for Virginia Tech with the offense sputtering and the defense not making up for the problems with takeaways. The parts are there to be better – Grant Wells is a decent quarterback, and there’s a good rotation of runners – but it’s just not clicking.

So what’s going right?

The defense is good enough to keep things interesting and close.

It’s great on third downs and can hold up against the run, but it needs help from the other side. Start with this: the pass protection is there. You can’t hang with Pitt if you can’t slow down that pass rush, and Virginia Tech can do that.

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Why Pitt Will Win

The Virginia Tech offense really, really isn’t working.

The passing game isn’t efficient, the running game is averaging just 109 yards per outing, and scoring points has been like pulling teeth averaging just 18 per game.

Okay, but Georgia Tech is having problems, too, and it was able to get past Pitt 26-21 last week. How?

Turnovers. Pitt was okay on giveaways all year, and then it turned it over three times to the Yellow Jackets. Virginia Tech’s defense is doing a slew of nice things, but it’s not coming up with takeaways generating just four on the year.

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What’s Going To Happen

Here’s where Pitt bounces back.

The offense was okay against Georgia Tech, but the turnovers were too much to overcome. The O will stay balanced, and the defensive side will keep the struggling Hokies to under 300 yards.

Virginia Tech has to take advantage of every opportunity and has to take a few chances. It hasn’t been able to do either on a regular basis so far.

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Pitt vs Virginia Tech Prediction, Line

Pitt 30, Virginia Tech 13
Line: Pitt -14.5, o/u: 41.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Pitt vs Virginia Tech Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Pitt vs Virginia Tech prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16

Pitt vs Virginia Tech prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16


Pitt vs Virginia Tech How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 16
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Pitt (4-1), Virginia Tech (3-2)
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Why Pitt Will Win

Is Kenny Pickett really in the Heisman race?

The fifth-year senior has been brilliant, averaging over ten yards per pass with 19 touchdown passes and just one pick as he has Pitt looking like a real, live contender in the ACC title chase.

Virginia Tech doesn’t quite have the offense to keep up if Pickett and the Panther attack go off.

The Hokies have an okay attack, but it has yet to get to 400 yards in any game, they don’t have enough of a ground game to take over, and now they have to deal with a defense that’s among the best in the nation in sacks and third down stops.

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Why Virginia Tech Will Win

Virginia Tech has a pass rush, too.

No, the offense isn’t going to run out of the tunnel and hang 55 on the board, but the team won’t get flagged – it’s second in the nation behind only Army in fewest penalties – the special teams overall have been solid, and the defense has been terrific.

It’ll give up yards – especially though the air – and it’ll give up a big day to Pickett. But as long as the D can somehow keep the Panthers out of the end zone and the game in reach, the offense should be able to grind things out.

Virginia Tech is 4-0 when allowing 27 points or fewer, and it’s 0-2 when allowing that many or more, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Pitt has yet to score fewer than 41 points.

How much of the Pitt fun is because it hasn’t played a slew of great defenses, and how much is it because it’s just that good? To be wishy-washy, it’s a little of both.

Virginia Tech already showed it could rise up and shut down a great O – it did that against North Carolina in the opener – but the combination of Pickett on one side and the great pass rush on the other should be enough to get out of a nasty road game with a terrific win.

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Pitt vs Virginia Tech Prediction, Line

Pitt 31, Virginia Tech 27
Line: Pitt -5, o/u: 56
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 4

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1: Pumpkin spice anything

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