Pitt isn’t favored to win its final game of the regular season, which marks three straight games as an underdog.
Pitt is a 5.5-point road underdog against Boston College, according to Circa Sports. The total point spread has been set at a slight 48.5 points.
DraftKings has set Pitt as a 4.5-point road underdog, with a bet to cover holding -108 odds. The total point spread has been set at 48.5 points, holding -110 odds for the Panthers. And a Pitt money line bet holds +160 odds.
FanDuel has set Pitt as a 4.5-point road underdog, with a bet to cover holding -104 odds. The total point spread has been set at 49.5 points and the money line odds at +160 for Pitt and -194 for Boston College.
Pitt will conclude its regular season against Boston College at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 30. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m., with The CW Network set to broadcast the matchup. The CW Network will be shown locally on WPNT-TV, channel 22, in Pittsburgh.
Boston College is sitting at 6-5 (3-4 ACC) this season, achieving bowl eligibility with a big 41-21 win against North Carolina over the weekend.
Thomas Castellanos, who started the majority of the last two seasons at quarterback, was benched and subsequently left the program. Backup Grayson James is the starter moving forward.
The Panthers are 18-15 all-time against the Eagles, dating back to an inaugural win in Boston way back in 1959. After losing two back-to-back games in 1970 and 1971, Pitt won eight straight matchups into the early 80s.
Boston College was the better team in the 1990s, losing just twice, but Pitt is 6-3 since the turn of the century. However, the Eagles did win the last two matchups in 2019 and 2020.
Pitt knocked Boston College, 24-16, at Acrisure Stadium behind a 145-yard, 1-touchdown performance from Rodney Hammond Jr.
But Pitt is coming off four straight losses as it stands, falling 37-9 to Louisville last weekend. Eli Holstein is unlikely to play after suffering what appeared to be a serious ankle injury, but there’s no excuses for the Panthers with just one more game to go in the regular season.
“It’s a game of life, right? This is places we’ve been before,” Pat Narduzzi said Monday at his weekly presser. “As a matter of fact, I think last year we had a crappy season if I recall. We came back. And how do we do that? How do we come back on senior day and beat BC last year, last game of the season? I don’t have a clue how we did it, but we did. That’s kind of what happens.
“It’s a game. Sometimes you play good teams … We’re a damn good football team. We’ve got talent in that room. We’ve just got to put it all together. Like I said, when you’re snakebitten, or the perfect storm, but we just seem to not be able to stay healthy, especially on the offensive side of the ball, whatever it may be.”
That pretty much says it all. BC is playing a bad qb from FIU and they’re very average across the board and that said they’re still 5.5 point favorites. Pitt has hit rock bottom. All those guys in the chat saying they’ll ride with Duz have become very quiet. Hahah You guys better reevaluate that motto you might have to follow him to a d3 school because that’s where he’s heading.