http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/school/67 Recent Yardbarker Articles: Pittsburgh Panthers en-us Honestly you can't really get a better weekend to close out the college football schedule. You get the normal three conference championship games from the ACC, SEC, and Big 12 plus you get psuedo title games in the Big East and Pac 10. 5. Army Black Knights at Navy Midshipmen I could go with the ACC title game, but that seemingly lacks appeal each year when the blimp pans over an empty stadium. Thus, I choose Army vs. Navy which is always fun when competitive. Unfortunately the Naval... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:12:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/The_Big_5_College_Football_Games_of_Week_14/1673947 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/The_Big_5_College_Football_Games_of_Week_14/1673947 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/The_Big_5_College_Football_Games_of_Week_14/1673947 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/2/524a306d990e54cfc3b693e27ff85c211fc328a0/small/Florida_State_v_d17e.jpg PITTSBURGH -- Ashton Gibbs shook off a poor shooting night to make a pair of 3-pointers in the second overtime and Pittsburgh rallied from a 16-point deficit in the second half to beat city rival D Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:00:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Gibbs_039_key_3s_lead_Pitt_past_Duquesne_67_58_in_2OT/1671053 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Gibbs_039_key_3s_lead_Pitt_past_Duquesne_67_58_in_2OT/1671053 In this new feature, we compile a list of the top five defensive players of the week, and let you vote on your favorite. This week, we start with a young defender who's making his name as the best at his position. Yes, the Shutdown Corner defensive player of the week is a ... shutdown corner. Go figure!1. Darrelle Revis(notes), CB, New York Jets Against the Patriots two games ago, Revis limited Randy Moss(notes) to nothing but frustration and bubble screens. Last Sunday, he did the same t... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:44:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Shutdown_Corner_defensive_player_of_the_week_Darrelle_Revis/1662624 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Shutdown_Corner_defensive_player_of_the_week_Darrelle_Revis/1662624 More photos » by Seth Wenig - AP It seemed like every time a Panthers running back (such as DeAngelo Williams here, during a third-quarter play) carried the ball, he was surrounded by Jets in Sunday's loss. But the backs, along with the offensive line, were both to blame for Carolina's worst rushing output in eight games. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Browse more photos » Despite four more Jake Delhomme in... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:21:25 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Breaking_Down_Failure_of_Panthers_Running_Game_Vs_Jets/1661291 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Breaking_Down_Failure_of_Panthers_Running_Game_Vs_Jets/1661291 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Breaking_Down_Failure_of_Panthers_Running_Game_Vs_Jets/1661291 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/4/24254e2a266d5f048210dca9cb900e85dd58f10b/small/Miami_Dolphins_v_e6c3.jpg Are You Not Entertained?!Welcome to Revis Island, population one. Uno. Singular. Mono. As in, nobody else is allowed. Take note, NFL receivers. You are not welcome in his domain. Should you wander, Revis will make your stay uncomfortably unpleasant. Venture across Revis Island border and consider yourself, and any pigskin being thrown in your direction, to be in grave danger (as if there's any other kind). As I mentioned on Sunday, with the Jets season ostensibly over in terms of any real... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:38:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Memo_to_NFL_Receivers_Trespassers_on_Revis_Island_Will_be_Prosecuted_to_Fullest/1658307 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Memo_to_NFL_Receivers_Trespassers_on_Revis_Island_Will_be_Prosecuted_to_Fullest/1658307 I would have had this post up earlier in the day, but I ran out of time at Sea-Tac Airport and had to wait until I got back to the Bay Area to put this together.  But it was worth the wait given the result.  As always, for those unaware, the 49ers hold the Carolina Panthers 2010 first round pick, and so we take a weekly look at the Panthers results and the impact on draft status.  Prior to today the Panthers actually had a worse pick (13th to the 49ers 11th), but that has o... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:05:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Watch_2009_Jets_are_actually_good_for_something/1651856 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Watch_2009_Jets_are_actually_good_for_something/1651856 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Watch_2009_Jets_are_actually_good_for_something/1651856 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/a/0aa48d250080049a2b28b4a29a310815997208c4/small/New_Orleans_Saints_c5fc.jpg Some quickie thoughts from the press box: 1. Rex Ryan's color-code system worked. Well, at least he thinks it worked. And Mark Sanchez thinks it worked. So I guess that's all that matters, right? 2. Ryan and Sanchez went out of their way after the game to praise O.C. Brian Schottenheimer, emphasizing he's still in charge, but I wonder if Schottenheimer feels as good about the situation as they're making it seem. That "stung" quote from last Friday said a lot. ... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:16:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Post_game_analysis_Jets_17_Panthers_6/1651546 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Post_game_analysis_Jets_17_Panthers_6/1651546 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Post_game_analysis_Jets_17_Panthers_6/1651546 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/2/d21c9630f16dfc590acb22e5297b2c3e26500fcf/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f91880800.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D0D6A8E57146751907B26F8635F50968546EF4F94FF30E413B.jpg Mark Sanchez showed improvement against the Panthers, and Darrelle Revis returned one of the Jets’ four interceptions 67 yards for a touchdown to beat Carolina. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:48:45 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Jets_17_Panthers_6_Sanchezs_Steady_Performance_Helps_Jets_End_Losing_Skid/1651389 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Jets_17_Panthers_6_Sanchezs_Steady_Performance_Helps_Jets_End_Losing_Skid/1651389 With Jets coach Rex Ryan breaking out the stoplight for first-year quarterback Mark Sanchez, third-year cornerback Darrelle Revis has seen only one color.Green.On the twelfth play of a game-opening drive that saw the Panthers drive past the Jets' 40, a... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:27:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Fluke_play_gives_Jets_early_lead/1649442 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Fluke_play_gives_Jets_early_lead/1649442 Make no doubt about it, last night's last-second, 19-16 loss to West Virginia was a very bitter pill to swallow for any Pitt fan. The good news the day after is that Pitt still has a shot at a BCS game pending the outcome of their contest with Cincinnati next Saturday at Heinz Field, and that they came out of the game healthy. The bad news is that the taste of this game should linger for a few days at minimum, and will certainly be the topic of conversation around town. If there was any t... Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:41:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/BACKYARD_BLAH/1645177 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/BACKYARD_BLAH/1645177 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/BACKYARD_BLAH/1645177 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/a/aa5f087dda8223f69b6ecaf32a34752041ecfbda/small/Brut_Sun_Bowl_1e81.jpg For the first time since a pre-Big East South Florida beat Pitt 69-63 on November 25, 2001, the Panthers lost a basketball game in November, losing the championship game of the CBE Classic to #3 Texas last night by a 78-62 count in Kansas City. It was also the first career loss for Jamie Dixon in the month of November (which should be the case, considering that Pitt's schedule usually looks like it was designed by Hostess this time of year).Texas was playing without starting guard Varez W... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:57:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/PITT_FINALLY_LOSES_IN_NOVEMBER/1631001 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/PITT_FINALLY_LOSES_IN_NOVEMBER/1631001 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/PITT_FINALLY_LOSES_IN_NOVEMBER/1631001 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/a/3a9c5a5c9f2bd3f19ddf54f6458c6254e4563fbc/small/Big_East_Tournament_af5f.jpg by David SteeleFiled under: PittsburghKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- None of the five players Pittsburgh started in the NCAA tournament regional final last March -- the one the Panthers lost in heart-wrenching fashion to Scottie Reynolds' dramatic drive -- was around for Monday's CBE Classic semifinal against Wichita State.Well. technically, one was. Guard Jermaine Dixon was on the bench in his warmups, but didn't set foot on the Sprint Center floor; he's still recovering, slightly behin... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:16:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Pitt_Surviving_With_Five_New_Starters/1627809 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Pitt_Surviving_With_Five_New_Starters/1627809 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Pitt_Surviving_With_Five_New_Starters/1627809 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/e/1e305fa10b52b908a7f124d9147031f564b7f9d5/small/Pittsburgh_Panthers_v_c045.jpg ESPN is running an ambitious event on Tuesday featuring 24 straight hours of live college basketball, and the Pitt Panthers will be part of the festivities.The 1-0 Panthers have a rare 5:30 start for their contest with Binghamton on Tuesday night, and Andy Katz did not have many kind things to say about their opponent in his "24 things for the 24-hour marathon" article:14. The imploding program: Binghamton. This almost feels like slowing down to see the damage left by a wreck on the... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:42:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/PITT_BINGHAMTON_PART_OF_24_HOUR_HOOPS_MARATHON/1578572 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/PITT_BINGHAMTON_PART_OF_24_HOUR_HOOPS_MARATHON/1578572 While many of us were distracted with Cincy-WVU or thinking ahead to this weekend's buffet of great sports TV, the Pitt Panthers officially opened their 2009-10 campaign at the Pete against Wofford. And it wasn't particularly pretty.Down by as many as 13 in the second half, the Panthers rallied behind 6'10" junior Gary McGhee, who scored two huge baskets on offensive rebounds down the stretch, to beat the Terriers, a veteran team returning all five starters. Wofford went 16-1... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:12:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/PITT_EDGESWOFFORD/1565027 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/PITT_EDGESWOFFORD/1565027 Many people (myself included) wondered how the Pitt Panthers would fare in 2009 after losing LeSean McCoy and Scott McKillop to the NFL. As today's #8 ranking in the AP poll (and #12 ranking in the BCS) would substantiate, I think they've done quite alright for themselves.The Panthers played a solid-yet-unspectacular brand of football in defeating a lifeless, beaten-down Syracuse team on Saturday at Heinz Field. That sounds like an awfully snobbish way of describing a 27-point victory... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/PITT_8TH_IN_AP_12TH_IN_BCS/1527314 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/PITT_8TH_IN_AP_12TH_IN_BCS/1527314 DeJuan Blair knows how skilled of an athlete he is and how rare his wide and bulky 6′7″ 265lb frame is. He thinks it could give him a career in football if the whole basketball thing doesn’t work out. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:50:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/DeJuan_Blair_Is_Considering_a_Future_in_Football_as_a_Backup_Plan/573662 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/DeJuan_Blair_Is_Considering_a_Future_in_Football_as_a_Backup_Plan/573662 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/DeJuan_Blair_Is_Considering_a_Future_in_Football_as_a_Backup_Plan/573662 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/0/00c8c516a81839fcde682355e839605fd81c2cf7/small/85554314.jpg University of Pittsburgh finally got their due moving from #3 in the country to #1 after their 70-54 win over Georgetown. This marked the Panthers' 14th win of their so-far undefeated season. Read more by following the link! Get all the iPhone Sports Apps by InGameNow - InGameNow iPhone App- NFL InGameNow iPhone App- NCAA Football InGameNow iPhone App- NBA InGameNow iPhone App- Soccer InGameNow iPhone App- UFC / MMA InGameNow iPhone App- NCAA Basketball InGameNow iPhone App Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:54:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/article_external/A_Little_Respect_for_the_Pirates/456127 http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/article_external/A_Little_Respect_for_the_Pirates/456127 http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/article_external/A_Little_Respect_for_the_Pirates/456127 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/0/40e5585bfd9a27754d3a2d8dccf1016e8c4c429b/small/pitt_20basketball.jpg