The college football season officially kickoffs locally this weekend as Pitt, West Virginia and Penn State are all in action.
All three teams have expectations entering the 2021 season as they have the benefit of being led by senior quarterbacks: Kenny Pickett, Jarret Doege and Sean Clifford.
The question is how successful of a season will it be for these teams?
You can check out the pundits predictions for West Virginia and Penn State if you’re interested.
Pittsburgh Sports Now reached out to a number of local and national media members to get their win total predictions for Pitt. For the most part, everyone seems to be pretty optimistic. Here are the win total predictions for the 2021 Pitt Panthers.
2021 Pitt Win Total Predictions
Dave Wannstedt (Fox Sports): 10
Paul Zeise (PG/93.7 The Fan): 11 (Paul has Pitt winning the Coastal)
Chris Mack (93.7 The Fan): 9
Bob Pompeani (KDKA-TV):Â 9
Chris Mueller (93.7 The Fan): 7
Joe Kaap (93.7 The Fan): 8
Mike Asti (Steelers Now): 8
Rich Walsh (KDKA-TV): 8
Chris Peak (PantherLair): 9
Joe Starkey (93.7 The Fan): 9
Mike DeCourcy (Sporting News): 9
Josh Taylor (KDKA-TV): 8
Brett McMurphy (Action Network): 8
Andrew Stockey (WTAE-TV): 8
Bill Bender (Sporting News): 7
Harry Psaros (PGH Sports Now): 9
Mike Vukovcan (PGH Sports Now): 9
George Michalowski (PGH Sports Now): 9
Put me in there with Wanny and Zeise!
Either 11 or 7, lol. depending on OL and CBs
OL I get, but CBs? Not an area of concern at all…
I think our CB’s are good but put on islands way too much.
Less than 10 wins this year is an absolute failure
I think this is Pitt’s best team in a decade however the schedule is tough. I think 9 wins and the coastal would be great. I have a hard time seeing how they could get to 11 wins but I’m hoping so. That would be so damn fun.