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In about a month, bowl season will start in college football with the lower-profile games between less successful but still bowl-eligible squads. Every team has two games at most before the bowl slate is set, and some teams are playing so well right …
The Pittsburgh Panthers played unbeaten Notre Dame extremely tough on Saturday, but their dreams of an upset faded with a truly perplexing call. Looking at a 4th and 4 from their own 45 yard line, the Panthers sent graduate transfer Jeff George Jr. …
Saquon Barkley is clearly of the belief that rivalries must be competitive. The New York Giants running back took a shot at Pitt on Thursday, saying that despite their best efforts, they can’t call themselves rivals of Barkley’s alma …
Pitt and Penn State are set to play each other in the next two college football seasons, but the rivalry could be put on hold for a while after that. The two Pennsylvania programs do not have a meeting on their schedules beyond 2019. Pitt’s AD …
It was almost inevitable that the Miami Hurricanes’ turnover chain was going to be co-opted the moment they lost, and it has, indeed, come to pass. Pitt beat Miami 24-14 on Friday, ending the Hurricanes’ shot at an unbeaten season. The …
Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi has reportedly emerged as the leading candidate for the Pittsburgh head coaching job. According to Pat Forde of Yahoo Sports, Narduzzi interviewed for both the Pitt and Colorade State jobs but was …
Pittsburgh University now has openings for both a head football coach and an athletic director. Due to the latter position opening up, Greg Schiano may now be interested in filling the former. On Wednesday, Pittsburgh announced that Steve Pederson is …
What’s in a name? Pitt fans are hoping absolutely nothing. The Panthers recently received a commitment from a class of 2013 kicker that goes by the name Chris Blewitt. For obvious reasons, Blewitt has been the talk of the internet over the past …
If the best kicker in the world was named Chris Blewitt, would you trust him? Pittsburgh fans are going to have to. He may not be the best kicker in the world, but Blewitt has to be pretty good to be offered a scholarship by a major Division I …
From the day he got hired by Pitt, I thought it was a bad decision by the Panthers to make Dave Wannstedt their head coach. Now, six years after I felt Pitt made a bad move, they have finally decided to fire the Wannstache. Wannstedt seemed to get …
There isn’t much to see right now in the Pittsburgh vs. Miami game as the Hurricanes have dominated the Panthers from the opening snap and lead 17-3 in the fourth quarter. Overall, it’s been a pretty boring game. If gnarly injuries are …
