Pitt is the quintessential poster child for self inflicted wounds both on and off the field... 80 to 90 years ago Pitt was the absolute premiere program in the whole country, but they wanted to prove how they were so much better than football, so they dismantled the program in the name of focusing on higher education first and foremost... then really outside of a small blip in the seventies, have been trying to get any sort of relevance in the football landscape, but then basically every time they move the needle a little bit, they blow things up in spectacularly stupid fashion....
On the field, any time they crack the top 25 you know a couple one or two point losses are coming... or an inexplicable loss to a crap team....
Its a shame because Its not like they cannot get high end talent... you could field and all pro team of guys who played in the pros from Pitt...
And of course all those coaches they flushed With the rest of the program in the late thirties went on to Notre Dame and established that legacy there..what could have been.....