The story line of todays Car Care Meineke Bowl  is how the Pitt Panthers will rebound with one of the their most devastating defeats in the history of their program. Pit is coming off a loss to Cincinnati in the Big East Championship game. Pitt had a 21 point lead and a 14 point fourth quarter lead before eventually losing 45-44 in front of their home crowd..Too add insult to injury, Pitt’s holder botched the extra point that would of had the game into overtime. Instead of playing a BCS game, the Sugar Bowl, Pitt finds themselves in Charlotte today facing North Carolina. What a difference a extra point can make.

How will Dave Wannstedt have his Pitt Panthers motivated in today's Car Care Meineke Bowl?

Pitt is (9-3) and 17th ranked. They are lead by their sensational freshman running back Dion Lewis. Lewis is the Big East Offensive Player Of The Year. He will be going up against North Carolina’s 6th nationally ranked defense and 9th against the run. He will be a key factor in taking the pressure off their  senior quarterback Bill Stull. Stull  and his fellow seniors are more than ready to answer the question from that last loss and wants to go out a winner as a Pitt Panther. I also want to see how Pitt’s coach Dave Wannstedt will motivate his team after that devastating loss. He has something to prove in this Bowl game.

I think Pitt will come up big in front of the Carolina home crowd and show that they have the character to rebound from the Big East Championship loss. They have too much talent and pride to go out losers this year. This time rebounding will occur in football and not basketball.