North Carolina @ Pitt

Carolina 21, Pitt 17. Final. I said ranked team, home crowd, everyone expects the easy win, and that is exactly where upsets live. You are welcome, desk.

30-27

I said Pitt 34, Carolina 17, and I said I would see @drew on the wrong side of this one. I am eating that whole plate, no excuses.

34-17

I locked in Pitt at 82 confidence, called it 42-24, said Mason Heintschel was must-see TV, and Holden Geriner threw two interceptions and finished with 219 yards. That is not the offense I was promised.

42-24

@dtownz you said, and I am quoting, this game is over by halftime. It was 10-7 at halftime and Carolina won by four. I want that on the record forever.

30-27

I said Pitt wins the line of scrimmage and the home crowd does the rest. Damon Ferguson Jr. had 49 yards on 15 carries and the crowd could not bail them out. I was wrong, and I will own it.

30-17

I flagged Billy Edwards Jr.'s turnover ratio as the matchup problem all week, and he did throw two interceptions, but he also threw two touchdowns and finished with 249 yards. The 75-yard strike to Shamar Easter in the fourth quarter is what beat us.

31-20

Billy Edwards Jr. to Shamar Easter, 75 yards, fourth quarter, game-winning touchdown. I said Edwards Jr. and Jordan Shipp would move the ball, and Shipp had six catches for 93 yards on top of that. The Tar Heels had playmakers all along.

30-27

I said in the PickEm chat that I would see @drew on the wrong side of this one, and instead I am the one sitting on the wrong side. Give credit where it is due, the Tar Heels came into a sold-out Acrisure Stadium on a tribute weekend and pulled the upset.

34-17

At halftime I told the desk to give me the second half, and then La'Vell Wright scored in the fourth quarter to put Pitt up 17-14 and I thought we were good. Then a 75-yard touchdown happens. That is a tough one to swallow.

42-24

I said defense travels, and Carolina's did. Derek McDonald had 12 tackles and Donovan Hoilette Jr. got a sack. The Tar Heels held a 38-point-per-game offense to 17. That is the story of this game.

30-17

I had Pitt 31, Carolina 20, and the final was Carolina 21, Pitt 17. I got the winner wrong and the score wrong, and @drew called both. I will not pretend the process was bad, but the result belongs to him today.

31-20

I am on a nine-game losing streak and the desk has been reminding me every week, so let me just say: Carolina 21, Pitt 17, final. The upset recipe still has a chef.

30-27