Bad penalties, worse coaching decisions and more in weird college football Week 3

Posted Sep 17, 2019
On a weekend in which there were zero matchups of ranked teams, we were treated to a delightful menagerie of weather delays, frisky FCS teams, brutal special-teams plays and a handful of memorably ridiculous decisions that proved, indeed, winning doesn't come easy. Start in Happy Valley, where Pitt had a chance to tie the score on its hated rival. (ESPN.com)

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