Penn State (5-4, 2-4 Big Ten) ended its four-game losing streak against Indiana (3-6, 0-5 Big Ten) with a final score of 13-6 on Saturday afternoon. Neither team scored in the first quarter, despite chances for both the Hoosiers and the Lions. The teams combined for a total of seven punts (averaging one every 2:14) in the first, but the inability to start any kind of sustainable offense plagued both teams through the game. It wasn't until the second quarter that the Hoosiers opened up the ... Read More
Penn State travels to Indiana to try to snap losing streak
The Penn State Nittany Lions (4-4, 1-3 Big Ten) will travel to Bloomington to take on the Indiana Hoosiers (3-5, 0-4 Big Ten) on Saturday for the second year in a row. Penn State is seeking redemption after narrowly losing 20-19 to Maryland last week and will look to kicker Sam Ficken and quarterback Christian Hackenberg to lead the offense. Ficken has connected on 17 of his 19 attempts this season, including three from behind the 45-yard line. Ficken is the first player from Penn State to ... Read More
Steelers aim for fourth straight at Jets
A season has undoubtedly turned around in the past three weeks, as the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-3) won three straight games rather convincingly, all at Heinz Field. Now, to continue the winning streak and to keep pace in the crowded AFC North division, the Steelers visit the struggling New York Jets (1-8) on Sunday afternoon. The Jets, led by head coach Rex Ryan, have lost eight games in a row. The only win for the last place team in the AFC East came in Week 1 against the Oakland Raiders, who ... Read More
Pitt S Terrish Webb out for the remainder of the season
The Pitt football team has been experiencing losses in their secondary since before training camp began, so they should be used to losing bodies by now. That doesn’t make losing strong safety Terrish Webb any easier. Webb, who started all eight games before injuring his right ankle Oct. 25 against Georgia Tech, had surgery Friday and will miss the remainder of the season. The Clairton graduate is tied for the team lead in interceptions (two) and has been fairly productive for the ... Read More
Todd Haley goes from zero to hero during Steelers offensive turnaround
How fast can someone go from goat to genius? Todd Haley heard a lot of scorn from Steeler fans, myself included, early this year when the offense looked shaky for great amounts of time. Rapper Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to call out Haley and I saw hashtags on Twitter saying HaleysVomit, and FireHaley. First there was the lack of touchdowns in the second half of the opener against Cleveland. Then there was a total of six points scored against Baltimore in the first meeting between the two ... Read More
Roethlisberger’s hot streak will result in huge payday
Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is on as hot of a streak as we have ever seen in the NFL the past couple of weeks. And while it still remains to be seen if Roethlisberger can lead the Steelers franchise to a seventh Lombardi Trophy, if he keeps it up there is really only one thing that is guaranteed. Roethlisberger is going to get paid in a big way. The Steelers rolled the dice in the offseason by not inking their franchise quarterback to a contract extension. It has ... Read More
Penn State strong despite struggles
Penn State is not used to losing. From volleyball to wrestling to soccer, most NCAA Division 1 athletics at Penn State are wildly successful, but none more than football. Two national championships and 44 postseason appearances for a school above the Mason-Dixon Line is nothing to bite your thumb at. As such, Penn State fans have come to expect winning seasons. Joe Paterno, as taboo as his name may be, created a culture of success, technically winning 409 games during his tenure as head ... Read More
Steelers’ special teams could prove costly down the stretch
Stop me if you have heard this one before. The Pittsburgh Steelers special teams units cost them big time in a meaningful game. We have seen that with our own eyes as special teams’ breakdowns have cost the Steelers more than one playoff game throughout the years. And if they keep on heading down this path, they could do so again this season. To call the Steelers special teams bad the past couple of seasons would be being kind. However the simple truth remains and that is that this ... Read More
Is Ben Roethlisberger the NFL’s MVP?
What a difference two weeks make. That is especially true if you are Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who has lit the NFL world on fire the past two weeks. In the process Roethlisberger has gone from a guy that many felt wasn’t having his best season to potentially being the MVP of the entire league through nine weeks. While names like Peyton Manning, DeMarco Murray, J.J. Watt and Tom Brady should get their consideration for NFL MVP, so should Roethlisberger. In the ... Read More
Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen, Clint Hurdle finalists for MLB awards
At the end of the 2013 campaign, the Pittsburgh Pirates cleaned up when it came to collecting season ending awards. They have a chance to do so again this season. Both Andrew McCutchen and Clint Hurdle were named finalists for the same awards they took home a season ago after leading the Bucs to a second consecutive postseason appearance. McCutchen is among the three contenders for the 2014 MVP award, along with Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw and Miami outfielder Giancarlo ... Read More