There were so many guarantees that Pitt would win from the Lair posters. There was talk of "Kenny Heisman" and how this would catapult him into the minds and hearts of our nation as a Hesiman front runner. They were sure he was better than Trace. A better version of Trace, actually.
They were sure there was hardly any separation in talent between these two teams. Surely their 2 stars and 3 stars were far better than anyone thought. After all, Pitt can just upgrade their star ranking like they did last year. They had a class full of 4 stars last year, remember? Narduzzi knows how to find those diamonds and he is such a great coach he coaches guys up better than anyone.
They were also sure that Franklin is an overrated coach. Some anonymous people said he was so surely it had to be true. The only reason PSU has been successful the last two years are Joe Moorhead and Saquon Barkley. Narduzzi is a way better coach! He's a defensive genius! They were sure PSU couldn't overcome losing Moorhead and Saquon. Not against Pitt, at least.
And then 51-6 happened.
You still have losers on the Lair literally saying their defense outplayed the PSU defense. Let that sink in. They lost 51-6 and they think their defense outplayed the other team.