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Pitt's Eli Holstein could build legacy, boost NFL Draft stock vs. West Virginia

The West Virginia Mountaineers aren't the toughest team on the Pittsburgh Panthers' schedule. They won't play the biggest role in defining Pitt's conference championship hopes, and beating them won't thrust the Panthers into the AP Top 25.

Even so, you'll be hard-pressed to find someone on campus who doesn't consider Saturday a must-win game. West Virginia is a rival, a rather fierce one at that, and the implications of this Week 3 clash could define the current class of Panthers.

Saturday's Backyard Brawl will be the final one until 2029 after scheduling conflicts threatened to end an underrated rivalry. For Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein, the Brawl is his last chance to earn Panthers

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