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Kickoff: 7 p.m, Friday
TV: ESPN
Radio: WBFD-FM 98.7; The Fan 93.7-FM
Satellite: SiriusXM Ch. 121 and 236
Game notes: Florida State is under the leadership of interim head coach Rick Stockstill, who played quarterback under Bobby Bowden at FSU from 1977-1981. He took over for Mike Norvell who was fired two weeks ago. ... The Seminoles are 4-5 overall, 2-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. ...FSU is coming off a win over Boston College while Pitt is coming off its bye week. The Panthers are 6-3 overall and 3-3 in the ACC. ... Pitt has held opponents to 14 points or fewer in each of its five home wins. ... The Panthers lead the all-time series with FSU, 7-5, following last year's 34-31 win in Florida. The ACC series is tied at 2-2. ... The Panthers defense needs to worry about FSU QB Ashton Daniels, who has thrown for 2,146 yards and rushed for 413 yards and 13 scores. He has thrown 14 TD passes and 12 picks, completing just 59 percent of his passes. ... Pitt is averaging 446.1 yards-per game on offense in the ACC, good for fifth place. ... Holden Geriner is at QB with Cataurus Hicks and Censere Lee his top two targets. Freshman RB Damon Ferguson Jr. continues to establish career highs each week. ... Florida State is led on defense by linebacker Chris Jones, who has 64 tackles in nine games.
The line: Pitt is a 3.5-point favorite
Over/under: 53.5 points
Prediction: Pitt 31, Florida State 28
Prediction record: 6-3