TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The biggest win of the day for Pitt, which hit the road for the first time in ACC play, was when Desmond Reid walked out of the tunnel at Doak Campbell Stadium for warmups ahead of its contest with No. 25 Florida State.

In a return to his home state for the first time since joining the Panthers, Reid was every bit the thrilling playmaker he was a year ago, totaling 200 yards and two touchdowns on a heroic 20 touches and powering the Panthers to a 34-31 victory over the Seminoles as double-digit underdogs. He silenced the war chants of a home-state school that had overlooked him as a high school recruit and delivered the biggest win of the season so far for his Panthers.

Facing such long odds and a stout defense with a true freshman, making only the second start of h

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