Much has gone right this season for Pat Narduzzi and the Pitt football program. Thanks to a record-breaking kick from kicker Chris Blewitt that trend continued for the Panthers as Pitt defeated Georgia Tech 31-28 to improve to 5-1 for the first time since the 2009 season. The win also improves Pitt to 3-0 in ACC play, setting the Panthers up very nicely in the Coastal Division race. Pitt (5-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) is unbeaten in its first three conference games for the first time ... Read More
Tyler Boyd becomes all-time receiving leader in Pitt history
Larry Fitzgerald. Antonio Bryant. Jonathan Baldwin. Devin Street. Throughout the past few seasons, the Pitt Panthers have produced some quality wide receivers. Yet none of them have done what Tyler Boyd has done in a Pitt uniform. Boyd has been a special player since he set put a Pitt jersey on just a little over two years ago. Saturday against Georgia Tech, Boyd became the most prolific pass catcher in Panther’s history. In the third quarter, Boyd hauled in a pass from ... Read More
Lions and Buckeyes to face off under the lights
The Penn State Nittany Lions (5-1, 2-0) will look to hold on to their five-game win streak with their first conference road game against the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0, 2-0). This nationally televised game will be broadcast live on ABC at 8 p.m. Fast Facts: This is the first five-game win streak for the Penn State since 2012, and this is the seventh primetime matchup between the Lions and the Buckeyes since 2005. "We are really excited about the opportunity," said head coach James ... Read More
Pens well-represented as college hockey gets underway
Though the Pittsburgh Penguins may lack projected impact players in the system, the team used late picks in recent years to build depth by drafting NCAA players. Take Bryan Rust and Scott Wilson, two younger NCAA products capable of solidifying the third or fourth lines as NHL call ups. With the college hockey season getting underway in earnest this week, several Penguins draft picks playing in the NCAA this season look to follow in the footsteps of a Rust and Wilson and add to the team's ... Read More
Pitt vs. Georgia Tech: Preview, Analysis, Prediction and more
Sitting at 4-1 for the first time since 2009, the Pitt Panthers will look to keep the momentum going, and improve to 3-0 in ACC play, Saturday when they visit Georgia Tech, Perhaps there is no more disappointing team in the country right now then Paul Johnson's Yellow Jackets, who sits at 2-4. Everyone's preseason favorite to win the Coastal Division, the Yellow Jackets have dropped four consecutive games and have struggled to run the football. That alone could present a problem for the ... Read More
ACC Power Rankings: Week 7
Another week of ACC football is in the books and the conference still has two unbeaten teams in Clemson and Florida State. After that there's three decent looking teams in Duke, North Carolina and Pitt. Beyond that though, the rest of the conference is pretty ugly right now. How does the conference shape up heading into Week 7? Let's take a look. 1. Clemson (5-0, 2-0 ACC, defeated Georgia Tech 43-24, Last Week No. 1) The Tigers look like they could be in a class all by themselves, ... Read More
Pitt’s J.P. Holtz named to John Mackey Award watch list
For the past couple of seasons, people like myself have been begging the Pitt panthers to get their pair of talented tight ends more involved in their passing game. That is finally happening this season as both J.P. Holtz and Scott Orndoff have made big plays every week. Holtz in particular has garnered some attention. The senior and graduate of Shaler Area High School, has been named to the midseason watch list for the John Mackey Award, presented annually to the most outstanding ... Read More
Penguins off to a rocky start
The Pittsburgh Penguins have now lost the first three games of the 2015-16 NHL season, a feat they have only accomplished three other times in the past. The first was in 1983-84 when they finished dead last in the league and drafted Mario Lemieux the following summer. Next was in 1996-97 when they fired head coach Eddie Johnston late in the season and Craig Patrick took them to a first-round playoff loss. The most recent was in 2001-02 when they fired head coach Ivan Hlinka just four games ... Read More
PAC Notebook: Thomas More, Case Western Reserve keep rolling
Another week of President’s Athletic Conference football is in the books and we have a two-way tie at the top of the conference between Thomas More (6-0, 4-0) and Case Western Reserve (4-1, 4-0). Both teams are coming off big wins last week as Thomas More scored 35 second half points to pull away from Geneva Saturday in a 44-14 home win. Case Western defeated Waynesburg (2-4, 1-3) 45-14, eclipsing the 40-point mark for the fourth consecutive week. Locally, W&J (4-1, 2-1) rebounded ... Read More
Despite more offense, Pens fall to 0-3
Beau Bennett impressed with a goal and several scoring chances on a reimagined third line, but the Pittsburgh Penguins continued to look out of sync in the 2015–16 home opener against the Montreal Canadiens ultimately losing 3-2. For a third consecutive game, the Penguins surrendered the first goal. Six minutes in, Brendan Gallagher curled around the bottom of the circle to the right of Marc-Andre Fleury and found Max Pacioretty alone in the high slot. Pacioretty fired a quick shot ... Read More