The fact that Pitt hasn’t gotten to 10 wins — especially now in the era of 12 game regular seasons — really underlines their lack of relevance nationally. It bears noting: PSU went 9-4 the prior two years and it had many fans up in arms and wanting to get rid of our legendary coach. Pitt goes 9-4 this year and it’s a great season for them, arguably the best in the past quarter of a century.

Suffice to say, the programs are on two slightly different levels. And expectations are somewhat different between the fan bases. There’s a good reason folks like myself don’t consider them rivals — they just aren’t at our level and I think it’s a huge insult for PSU to compare ourselves to them.