Fitting enough for Damar Hamlin, Jordan Whitehead, and Dane Jackson to not only be present on the Pitt sideline for Saturday's Blue-Gold spring football game, as it turned out that their successors two classes behind them were able to cap off their strong springs with game-changing plays in the defense's 33-32 victory over the offense Saturday at Acrisure Stadium.
The biggest difference-making play came from P.J. O'Brien, whose 50-yard interception return for a touchdown swung the game in the defense's favor with 8:23 to play, turning a 24-18 deficit into a 31-24 lead which it added upon with a Jimmy Scott fumble recovery to help seal the Blue team's come-from-behind victory over the Gold team.