This is exactly the kind of shallow, uninformed opinion that I had expected Pittsburgh's media and fan base to adopt. The constant references to the 2005 and 2009 games are about as relevant as our game against Boise State in 1994. Heck, we would have no problem against those boys today, now would we?
Pittsburgh has more quality players than we do, obviously. But they do not have the talent of last season's Michigan State team....not even close. Scalzo's comments about YSU having a ten percent chance of winning seem right to me. Let's just hope that this uninformed opinion has penetrated deeply into the brains of Pittsburgh's players. If we can get ahead, if Pittsburgh starts making a few mistakes, if their crowd grows restless or even turns on them, ....well. That is a lot of "ifs" but that is how Scalzo's ten percent becomes reality.