pitt_fb Niko Pitinii is this week’s nominee for the 2026 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. Pitinii, a student equipment manager, returned to his duties with the Panthers just eight months after being diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. “I’m just trying to adjust to whatever the new normal is,” Pitiniii told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette late this summer. “I love it here.”