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Pitt Gets Late Afternoon Kickoff for Syracuse Game

The Pitt Panthers' next home game will kick off in the mid-afternoon window on ACC Network.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Gets Late Afternoon Kickoff for Syracuse Game
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PITTSBURGH -- The ACC has announced another round of kickoff times for next weekend's games. The league announced that, in two weeks when the Pitt Panthers play their next home game against Syracuse, they'll kick off at 3:30 p.m. from Acrisure Stadium and ACC Network will carry the broadcast. 

This will be Pitt's third mid-afternoon kickoff of the season. The Panthers are 1-1 in such games, with an overtime loss to Tennessee balancing a dominating win over Virginia Tech. 

Meanwhile, he Orange are off to one of the best starts in program history. They reached a high mark of 6-0 and No. 14 in the AP Poll before falling on the road at No. 5 Clemson last weekend. They fell in this week's rankings, but only slightly to No. 16.

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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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