SALT LAKE CITY -- Pitt showed resiliency in its season-opening overtime loss Thursday night to Utah, but the Panthers have much to learn in order to meet their the lofty preseason expectations. Mistakes, mishaps and blown coverages were crucial factors in Utah's 27-24 triumph, proving -- if nothing else-- there is no exhibition season in college football. (Today)

SALT LAKE CITY -- Dion Lewis needed only two words to summarize the Pitt Panthers' 27-24, overtime loss against Utah Thursday night before a hostile crowd of 45,730 of Rice-Eccles Stadium. "Missed opportunities," Lewis said quietly after the game. (Yesterday)

SALT LAKE CITY -- Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson often has said that one of his top priorities every year is to fill Heinz Field to capacity for Panthers football games. He may get his wish this year as the school closes in on a full-season sellout for only the second time in its history. (Yesterday)

Paul talks about the Panthers in his first chat of the 2010 college football season. (09/02/2010)

It has been just eight months since Pitt lost a 45-44 heartbreaker to Cincinnati at Heinz Field in the final regular-season game of 2009. Had the Panthers won they would have headed to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans to make their first Bowl Championship Series appearance since the 2004 season. (09/02/2010)