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Experts Predict Pinstripe for Pitt During Bowl Season

All signs point to the Pinstripe Bowl for the Pitt Panthers.

Stephen Thompson

Experts Predict Pinstripe for Pitt During Bowl Season
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers closed the 2022 regular season in style, blowing out Miami, 42-16 to cap an undefeated November. Now comes Bowl season and most of the national outlets have reached a concesus about what bowl game the Panthers will get in one week. 

Both ESPN's Kyle Bongura and Mark Schlabach both predict the Panthers will be in New York on December 29th to take on Iowa in the Pinstripe Bowl, with kickoff slated for 2 p.m. from Yankee Stadium. CBS Sports also has Pitt in the Big Apple for the Pinstripe, but taking on Wisconsin instead. Yahoo Sports concurred with the location, but not on the opponent. They believe Pitt will meet Maryland in that game. 

The Panthers have played in a Pinstripe Bowl before under head coach Pat Narduzzi. In 2016, they entered as a ranked opponent and left with a 31-24 loss to Northwestern. Starting running back James Conner and quarterback Nathan Peterman both left early with head injuries. 

Action Network's Brett McMurphy had slated Pitt to take on a different Big 10 opponent, Minnesota, in the Duke's Mayo Bowl on December 30 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

247Sports went off the beaten path, calling for the Panthers to take on Cincinnati in the Military Bowl at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland on 

Pitt lost to Navy in the 2015 Military Bowl. Midshipman  quarterback Keenan Reynolds ran the triple option to perfection and rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns. 

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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