PITTSBURGH PANTHERS RUMORS & GOSSIP

In what has been a bit of an open secret for some time, Bobby Engram was finally announced as Pitt's new receivers coach. He's probably best known for his stint with the Seattle Seahawks and his time at Penn State. While he's a bit light on coaching experience - his only other gig was this season as an assistant for the 49ers - but he does a wealth of experience on the playing field...

Reed is having ribeye steak, asparagus and homemade bread for dinner… Oh, and four star TE/DE J.P. Holtz committed to play his college football at PITT this evening. This is a big get for Chryst & Co. in that Holtz is a highly ranked local prospect who was targetd by DW, Graham and Chryst as a player they very much wanted on the Panthers.  He most probably will line up...

Former Pitt coach Todd Graham left the program to coach at Arizona State. He said in an interview that his family didn't like living in Pittsburgh.

The Big East finished the bowl season with a 28-6 loss by Pittsburgh to SMU. The Panthers (6-7) were dominated from start to finish by the Mustangs. The league finished 3-2 in bowl games, but some positives can be taken from the loss by the Panthers. One of those positives is the fact that the Panthers lost to a future Big East member in SMU. SMU was not the only future member of...

It's one thing to take another job if you're in the college football coaching profession, but it's quite another to tell your team the news via text.

A morning spent prepping tailgate food for tomorrow. Chicken drumstick wings, spicy pulled pork, and the stuffing for Jalepeno poppers. If my friends aren’t befouling port-a-johns by 5pm, then I did something wrong. Luke has signed on to man the liveblog tomorrow night. I’ll be tweeting all game. In case you missed it, Ray Graham had what is (of course) being termed successful...

Dave Wannstedt is available now that Pitt fired him. Might he end up joining the Buffalo Bills and reuniting with Chan Gailey who was on his staff in Miami?

I was going to leave it alone, but the more I thought about it the more annoyed I got. Dave Wannstedt held what should have been his final press conference as a direct representative of Pitt. My initial impulse was that he let his own wounded pride and anger at AD Pederson overrule all else. Disappointingly, after 24 hours, I’m still at the same spot. This is one of those times...

In one of the more bizarre scenes you'll ever see, several policeman had to detain and eventually arrest the Bearcats mascot for disorderly conduct for tossing snowballs into the crowd at today's game vs. Pitt.

Reading around the internet I found this article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that talks about how SU's Greg Robinson and Pitt's Dave Wannstedt are on the "same boat".

Dan Marino will give the Pitt 2008 commencement address later this month. He should remember what not to do while on stage

In yet another sad story of a former child actor turned bad, this saga takes the cake!

I honestly thought this morning that I had a dream that we went to Morgantown and beat the Mountaineers. I had to watch the highlights on Sportscenter to believe it really happened.

What role does his mustache play in both the injury and the recovery?