It’s Thursday, so you know what that means… time for the blog that gives you the internet’s most ridiculous college football preview series- it’s #FakeNunes time.

Now onto this week’s opponent

Opponent: Pittsburgh Panthers

Students: 35,528 students who will put fries on everything

The 2026 Fake Nunes Statistical Index (#FNSI)

We continue to look to innovate our analytics model so we here’s what the lab cooked up for this season.

The FNSI staff won’t give up on their quest to bring back more tradition into today’s college game. Let’s see what they’ve got for this one

What do you give someone that you are aquaintances with and not really know what gift to give them? A nondescript gift card that they can use everywhere…and since you can’t display a gift card well, we’ll put in the middle of a desk clock.

In our quest to be New York and New Jersey’s College Team, we’ll once again compare players from the Garden State.

Pitt has three players from New Jersey and one really only played high school ball there, so it’s less than the nine that Fran Brown has on his roster.

The time in the preview where the FNSI staff decides to drop some science and kick a bit of knowledge to help our loyal readers win a trivia night.

Marvin Harrison vs Larry Fitzgerald

Two Hall of Fame wide receivers, but only one…..(Ed. Note: Yeah that FNSI staff member has been asked to take some time off….let’s just call it)

A new comparison tool this year. FNSI staff believe that the number of Dunkin’s locations in the school’s city can impact performance. Pittsburgh has 16 locations, but it’s just a bit short of the 19 in Syracuse.

Fran didn’t wear a hat last week. We’re not saying that’s why the Orange threw the game away but we’re also not not saying it.

The Official #FakeNunes Game Prediction

Hey did you know that Syracuse hasn’t won a game in Pittsburgh since Troy Nunes was quarterback. Well the Nunes Curse continues another season. The Orange have two special teams wiped out by penalties, have a punt blocked out of the end zone and somehow give up a receiving touchdown to Mason Heinstchel.

Final Score: Pittsburgh 26, Syracuse 20