This is a real opportunity for the team to salvage their season. I realize this isn't a glamorous BCS bowl, but going to a bowl is the dividing line that separates the upper echelon from the lower echelon in college football. Considering how far the program had fallen, just being invited to a bowl 2 years in a row hasn't happened to SU since the 1990s, and would provide a real milestone to point to in our rebuilding efforts.
If ending our losing streak vs. Pitt, and the chance to play in a bowl (and deny Pitt a bowl berth in the process) doesn't provide incentive to come out fired up, this team has absolutely no cojones.