After a long PSAC Football season, only two teams get the opportunity Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Shippensburg University will get on Saturday evening in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Of the various numbers, statistics, and references we can make as it pertains to these two teams, all of it is thrown out the window in Championship type scenarios like the one this weekend. In a season where both teams might have still been over looked by either defending champions or just other favored ... Read More
Running back to the polls
Election day in America. A day in which Americans (well, 50-60 percent of us) wake up 10 minutes early, drive about four minutes out of their way, and spend six minutes deciding the fate of the free world. It’s a beautiful, symbiotic act that is a true privilege of living in a democracy. Pennsylvania is a swing state, one in which the candidates have fought tooth and nail for, attempting to sway the voters based on our issues of greatest concern. But one “hot-button” issue that the candidates ... Read More
Waynesburg moves up to #18, hosts Washington & Jefferson
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Nov. 5) – Despite being off this past Saturday, the Waynesburg University football team shot up the rankings in a pair of national top 25 polls and moved up a spot in a regional poll. Thanks in part to several ranked teams falling on Saturday, Nov. 3, the idle Yellow Jackets jumped ahead four spots from 22nd to 18th in the D3football.com top 25 rankings. It is the highest the Jackets have ever been ranked in the 10-year existence of the D3football.com polls. Waynesburg ... Read More
IUP Football Ranked 13th in AFCA Poll, Fifth in the Region
WACO, TX – After narrowly escaping Gannon's upset big this past Saturday, IUP moved up one spot to No. 13 in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Top 25 Poll, while also bumping up to No. 5 in the NCAA's Super Region One Rankings on Monday. The Crimson Hawks edged Gannon 38-35 this weekend with the help of two huge interceptions by Johnny Franco (Altoona/Tyrone) in the final minutes to seal the victory. They moved to 9-1 on the season and 6-1 in the Pennsylvania State ... Read More
Optimism Part Two?
In case you may have forgotten, hockey is that sport in which players don heavy sweaters and bladed skates, all while pushing a hard rubber disc along the ice and into a net. It’s understandable to not remember what it looks like. After all, it’s been five months since the sport has graced our television sets. The news wire has been slow over the past couple weeks. Since the NHL owners spurned the rebuttal offers of the NHLPA, both sides have hunkered down for a deeply bitter battle. However, ... Read More
Tino Sunseri Still Doesn’t Get How to be a Leader
A lot has been said about Pitt Panthers' quarterback Tino Sunseri over the years and despite putting together a solid 2012 campaign, for the most part Pitt fans still hate the fact that Sunseri is still under center for the Panthers. Much of that has to do with his up-and-down performances, but a lot more of the issue is the fact that Sunseri has failed to improve both on and off the field in three years as the Pitt starter. For me, the problem with Sunseri doesn't have much to do with his ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers Report Card in Win vs. Giants
The Pittsburgh Steelers managed to do something they haven't done all season on Sunday afternoon- beat a good football team. Before erasing a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to win their third consecutive game, the combined record of the teams the Steelers beat was 12-18. That wasn't necessarily their fault as before facing the Giants on Sunday, the Steelers played a very soft schedule to that point, facing only one team over the .500 mark (Denver). However we learned a lot about this team ... Read More
Pirates Hire Jay Bell, Whoopty Doo
The Pittsburgh Pirates finished the 2012 season with the third lowest batting average in the National League. They also had the fourth lowest OBP in the majors and the third most strikeouts. So what did the Pirates do to remedy this problem? They went for nostalgia and hired Jay Bell. Surprise, surprise. Yes, nothing says "improve our hitting" like a former shortstop with a career .265 average. Never mind the fact that his last coaching gig was for the Arizona AA affiliate Mobile ... Read More
Steelers beat Giants, referees in thriller
The Steelers won a definition of a barn-burner tonight by a score of 24-20. Despite arriving in New York early today, the Steelers overcame being the underdogs and beat the Superbowl champion Giants. Ike Taylor intercepted Eli Manning late in the first quarter and the Steelers would cash in and jump on the board first. Ben Roethlisberger hit Emmanuel Sanders for a four-yard touchdown on a tremendous catch as he was able to tap his feet in the end zone . The Giants answered with a touchdown ... Read More
#14 IUP beats Gannon – Will Host Shippensburg in PSAC Championship Game
ERIE, PA - With a Johnny Franco (Altoona/Tyrone) interception on the final play of the game, 14th-ranked IUP locked up the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Division title with a thrilling 38-35 victory at Gannon on Saturday afternoon. With the win and the 40-7 Mercyhurst win over California, the Crimson Hawks will host Shippensburg in the 2012 PSAC Football Championship on Saturday, November 10 at 2:05 p.m. The pick on the final play was the second of two interceptions by ... Read More