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After Falling to Cincy Pitt Proves They Have Yet to Arrive
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Everything on the campus of Pittsburgh was rosy two weeks ago. They were 9-1 and riding a 6 game winning streak, most recently a 27-22 victory over Notre Dame...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Cincinnati-Pittsburgh: Almost a Championship Game
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There will be no official sponsor. It will not be hosted at a neutral site. In fact, Saturday's game between the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and Cincinnati Bearcats was scheduled months ago as nothing more than a late season Big East match up...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
15. Pitt Vs. 5. Cincy
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Dec. 5 is a huge day for Pitt. Coming off of a tough loss to a West Virginia team, which involved a "Chop Block'' that many fans are fumed at, if Pitt is ranked 9 and ends up 9-3, all fans will be disappointed...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
College Football Week 14: Power Rankings Without The Overwhelming Bias
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The rankings are shaping up to be a mess after a week filled with chaos that can only be known as Rivalry Week! While the AP and Coaches Poll created a rough draft version of the rankings.....Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Gameday Gallery: Pittsburgh Panthers at West Virginia Mountaineers
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Friday night's game in Morgantown was the 13th on the OGS tour this season, and the first that was decided on the game's final play. And there I was, indecisive and unprepared about how to shoot Tyler Bitancourt's game-winning field goal as time expired..Read the full article...
The Pitt Panthers: On The Road To The BCS?
October 19, 2009 by
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The Pittsburgh Panthers look good. Sitting at a respectable 6-1 after a quality 24-17 win over Rutgers this past Friday night, the Panthers appear to be hitting their stride, much to the delight of their Head Coach...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Can Somebody Hand Me An Iron City?
October 10, 2009 by
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Being from the northeast, I humbly believe that I have a basic understanding of Big East football, Boston College, and ACC Atlantic Division...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Dr. Bob Previews PITTSBURGH (-6.5) @ LOUISVILLE
October 02, 2009 by
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Pittsburgh (-6.5) 32 LOUISVILLE 22 Over/Under Total: 53.5 05:05 PM Pacific Time Friday, Oct-02 Pittsburgh isn't as good defensively as they were projected to be (allowing 5.3 yppl to teams that would average just 5...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
The Mid-Week Panther Report: A Plea and a Commitment
September 09, 2009 by
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First, the story that just won't die gets new legs as Senior MLB Adam Gunn made a public plea for the Pitt fans to stop booing Bill Stull. This a few days after Jason Pinkston echoed similar sentiments in his post game interviews.
Can somebody please tell this team that all...
Breaking Down Pitt's Depth Chart Part IV: The Defense
September 01, 2009 by
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I kind of ran out of time with this depth chart project. I'm going to tackle the defense (sadly, the pun was intended) today and the special teams tomorrow.DE 97 Jabaal Sheard 6-4, 260, Jr.,46 Shayne Hale 6-4, 250, Fr., RSDE 91 Greg Romeus 6-6, 270, Jr., RS35 Brandon Lindsey 6...
Wannstedt's '06 and '07 Classes Step To The Head of The Table
September 01, 2009 by
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By David Whipkey
They were considered to be the most ballyhooed recruiting class by Pitt in almost a quarter of a century.
Now, it is time for these Panthers to step up and deliver on coach Dave Wannstedt's promise of delivering a championship.
In 2006, Wannstedt brought...
Breaking Down Pitt's Depth Chart Part III: The Offensive Line
August 29, 2009 by
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This year's O-Line reminds me of the the 2008 basketball team. Right now its pretty good despite the lack of depth. As soon as the unit suffers a key injury (just about any injury to any starter would constitute a key injury) the o-line is suddenly very mediocre.Let's work...
Breaking Down the Pitt Depth Chart Part One: The Backfield
August 27, 2009 by
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After four days of talking about fake quotes, women's basketball practice and ticket sales, I figured I would take a shot at talking about football. I mean this isn't a sports blog and kickoff isn't nine days away or anything like that but whatever.With the loss of our...
Pitt Athletic Department Reports High Season Ticket Sales
August 26, 2009 by
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Okay, maybe there was a reason I only lasted seven weeks as a salesman.Two weeks ago I killed the Pitt athletic department for its family tailgate idea. I still believe that Pitt tries to sanitize football Saturdays a little too much.
If football environments had movie ratings, Pitt...
The BCS' weakest link.
August 24, 2009 by
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The Big East... you are "the weakest link."
If being excluded from the USA Today/Coaches Poll Top 25 wasn't embarrassing enough for the beleaguered conference, it got even worse on Saturday.
The AP Top 25 released its preseason poll over the weekend with one glaring...
Champs Sports Bowl Speaks Loudly Of Big East's Problems
August 22, 2009 by
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Starting in 2010, the Big East will end their arrangement with the Gator and Sun bowls and begin sending their second best team to the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando. This change comes with a lot of mixed feelings for Big East fans.Pros:
Orlando is a far more desirable destination...
A statistical analysis of the Pitt Panthers scrimmage.
August 20, 2009 by
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It's hard for me to have strong opinions on an inner-squad scrimmage that I didn't watch. Especially when you consider that seven guys on the two deep depth chart sat out. Plus, so much can change in the 16 days until opening kickoff right?By all accounts, Bill Stull struggled...
Pitt QB Controversy Appears To Be a Cripple Fight
August 17, 2009 by
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Unless my blog is your sole source of Pitt info (I'm flattered) or you're coming off a four day bender that included both cougars and cougars, you are probably well aware that Bill Stull and Pat Bostick have been less than stellar since practice with pads has started.To...
Marketing The Panthers, How To Handle Tailgating
August 12, 2009 by
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This will be the first instalment of an ongoing series where I discuss what the athletic department should and shouldn't be doing in order to get fans into Heinz Field on Saturdays. Your comments are more than welcome as it will take more than one voice for our athletic department...
Penn State: Don't De-Arm The Schedule With Pitt
August 11, 2009 by
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A renewed rivalry between Penn State and Pittsburgh is what college football fans want most in central and western Pennsylvania—other than a national championship for either school, of course.
What people fail to realize is that the only thing Penn State and Pitt currently have...
Pitt's New Uniforms Are...Awful
August 10, 2009 by
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When the Pitt Panthers take the field against Youngstown State on September 5th, they will be wearing this Nike design that looks like they were stolen from the Georgia Tech locker room.
I personally hate them. Some Pitt fans like the fact that the new unis don't say Pitt on the...
Pittsburgh Football Picked to Win Big East, but Left Out of Top 40 Nationally
August 04, 2009 by
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As Pitt Blather, Cat Basket, and just about any other Big East blogger fortunate enough not to be stuck in entry level purgatory posted earlier today, Pitt is the media's pick to win the Big East this season.The 24 media members who cast ballots voted as follows.1. Pittsburgh ...
2009 Big East Football Preview: Is This Pitt's Year?
July 28, 2009 by
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The Big East conference is going to look a lot different in 2009.
With the exodus of established stars like Pat White, LeSean McCoy, Donald Brown and Mike Teel to the NFL, nearly every team in the league is going to be scrambling to find their stars of tomorrow.
Thanks in part to...
Pitt Football Gets Commitment No. 16 for Class Of 2010
July 25, 2009 by
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OK, so maybe my concern over the recruiting two days ago was a little overblown.Pitt got their 16th football commitment for the class of 2010 yesterday when Andre Givens of Hubbard, OH committed to Pitt. Givens is a 5'10", 185 lb. running back who could potentially make the...
Pitt Football Gets a Big Verbal
July 23, 2009 by
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Dave Wannstedt's 15th verbal for the class of 2010 was quite literally a big one. Arthur Doakes, a 6'6" 350 lb. lineman from Lebanon, PA committed to the Panthers on Tuesday. Doaks is a 3-star recruit according to scout.com. Rivals.com has not rated him at this point.Doaks...
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