Game Preview: pittsburgh
Through seven games, junior running back Isaac Bennett led the Pitt rushing attack with 527 yards and
five touchdowns — but nearly half of his season total came in one game (240 yards and three scores versus Old Dominion Oct. 19).
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Manasseh Garner was the only other
player with double-digit receptions,
and he had just 11 for 125 yards and
two touchdowns.
There's no doubt about the favorite targets of fifth-year journeyman
quarterback Tom Savage. The 6-5,
230-pound Savage is starting this year
for the first time since 2010 after jumping from Rutgers to Arizona to Pittsburgh to seek an offense that suited his
drop-back strengths.
"He sat out two full years and he's
been sort of up and down," Werner
said. "He's got a huge arm and he's a
big guy, but not very mobile. You can
tell that he's not really as mentally far
along as a fifth-year senior would be
because it's only his second year in
the system."
Savage's lack of mobility is a problem when combined with a couple of
inexperienced tackles. Virginia and
Virginia Tech sacked him 15 times in
