A loss to Notre Dame and subsequent game cancellations have caused Clemson to fade from view a bit, but expect the Tigers to re-emerge with a dominant performance Saturday. Trevor Lawrence also has seen his Heisman chances impacted by the inactivity, but look for him to cement his candidacy with a standout performance against a Pitt club that historically has battled the Tigers respectably but is in a terrible spot Saturday.

The Pitt Panthers have lost four games, two without starting QB Kenny Pickett and two by one-point each. I had the Panthers defense rated as a top 10 unit before the year started with 13 players with seven-plus starts in their career. Pickett is having his best collegiate season, improving in every category. Clemson has been off for three weeks but starting QB Trevor Lawrence has been out for five weeks now. Clemson is one of the three best teams in the country but also without two of its best defensive players because of injury. Pittsburgh won both of its last two games by a combined score of 88-31 over Florida State and Virginia Tech.

My model says Clemson covers almost 65 percent of the time and wins this game 44-12, so you're getting value at this number. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence will be ready to get rolling again, and the entire Tigers team will be motivated to take out the frustrations from the Notre Dame game, a loss that Clemson has had three weeks to think about. Take the Tigers.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney will want to get quarterback Trevor Lawrence back into a groove after the star junior has missed a month due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of the Florida State game. Lawrence is going to have to come out hot, because Panthers quarterback Kenny Pickett will shred a Tigers secondary that has been a disappointment in 2020.