As the season winds down, the Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves battling for a Wild Card spot and possibly a division title. Going forward, it will take a team effort to push ahead. Jose Tabata showed this past week that he could be one of those guys to step up. Tabata had a solid week, hitting .389 while driving in six runs for the Pirates. Let's break down his week as the Pirates went 3-3 from Saturday to Friday. 9/14: 1-3, 1 HR, 1 Run, 1 RBI - Tabata's solo shot tied the game at 1-1 in the ... Read More
PITT’s Savage throws 6 TDs in shootout
DURHAM, N.C. -- Tom Savage tied an Atlantic Coast Conference record with six touchdown passes and Pittsburgh held on for a wild 58-55 win over Duke on Saturday. Savage threw for a career-high 424 yards on 23-of-33 passing with three scoring passes to freshman Tyler Boyd. The Panthers (2-1, 1-1) never trailed and claimed their first ACC victory despite receiving plenty of scares down the stretch from a persistent Duke team. Brandon Connette had four touchdown passes and four ... Read More
Bears and Steelers set to face off on Sunday Night Football
The season has been off to a rough start, and the Steelers would love to turn it all around tomorrow night against the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football. After poor offensive showings against the Titans and Bengals, the Steelers will need to step up if they look to beat a solid team in the Chicago Bears. As always, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is going to have to be the leader, and he comes into the game with 442 passing yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. His opposing ... Read More
Looking at the Haley-Brown conflict
Mike Wallace, the newest target for Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill, was visibly and vocally upset following his team's Week One victory at Cleveland. He wants the football, and he was not afraid to let everyone know that. Last week, he starred in a close victory at Indianapolis, where he caught nine passes for over 100 yards and a touchdown. Wallace is on a 2-0 team, while his ex-teammates in Pittsburgh are sitting at 0-2. Ben Roethlisberger, the man who found him often for big-splash passes ... Read More
The Pens and Flyers are more alike than you may think
The Pittsburgh Penguins are starting to mirror their cross state rivals. Both of these teams have high powered offenses with shaky defenses and a huge question mark in net heading into the 2013-14 season. Dan Bylsma and Peter Laviolette will be looking for strong starts to their seasons. This summer, the Flyers bought out Ilya Bryzgalov and brought in Ray Emery to compete with Steve Mason. The Penguins drafted highly touted Tristan Jarry with their first selection in the NHL draft. There is ... Read More
Steelers miss Heath Miller more than anything
The Steelers dropped to 0-2 on the season with their 20-10 loss to the division rival Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football this week, and most of Yinzer Nation was sent into utter chaos and panic. This is the first time in Mike Tomlin’s seven year tenure that the black and gold have been two games under the .500 mark, and the first time in Big Ben’s career that the team has started the season with consecutive losses. While both of those are incredibly impressive statistics, they ... Read More
Steelers Week 2 Report Card Following another loss
Another week in the books and even more problems for the Pittsburgh Steelers as things didn't go very well on either side of the ball Monday night as the black-and-gold dropped to 0-2 on the young season with a 20-10 loss against the Cincinnati Bengals. Through two weeks there aren't many positives to go around but let's see if there are any as I hand out my Week 2 grades. Quarterback: The offense seemed to move well when Ben Roethlisberger was allowed to speed up the game, but unfortunately ... Read More
Applying “rotating stock” to the NFL Draft
The Steelers’ recent woes can be attributed to many different facets of the NFL puzzle: game planning, personnel, injuries, astrological compatibility of players and coaches, mental acuity of sports writers, meteorological inconsistencies; the list goes on. The slightest change in any one of these “X-factors” can seemingly predetermine the potential outcome of any game or season. I’d like to propose a new fundamental method for undertaking one of these aspects: the draft. The NFL draft is ... Read More
Steelers drop to 0-2 following loss to Bengals
Cincinnati, OH -- The Steelers record is 0-2 to start the season for the first time since 2002. Coming into Cincinnati as the underdog, the Steelers offense once again struggled and the defense had trouble in shutting down both the pass and run game, losing the game 20-10. Pittsburgh was set up with good field position to start their second possession of the game thanks to a big punt return from Antonio Brown. Shaun Suisham was able to knock through a 44-yard field goal to give the Steelers ... Read More
IUP Football Stays at No. 8 in AFCA Top 25 Poll
WACO, TX – With last week's top 10 teams all winning this weekend, IUP remains ranked No. 8 in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Top 25 Poll, released on Monday. The Crimson Hawks moved to 2-0 with a decisive 49-0 win at home over Cheyney on Saturday. De'Antwan Williams (Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge) ran for three touchdowns, all in the first quarter, and quarterback Mike Box (Lawrenceville, GA/Collins Hill) threw for three more in the 2013 home opener. IUP received ... Read More