Despite suffering their first loss of the season on Saturday, Pitt junior wide receiver Tyler Boyd had a big night. A night big enough that saw him named the ACC’s Wide Receiver of the Week on Monday. Boyd, who often saw double coverage from a tough Iowa defense, finished the night with 10 receptions for 131 yards. He also hauled in a game-tying touchdown catch with 52 seconds left. Boyd came up big when the Panthers needed him the most. Moving the ball mostly through the air on their ... Read More
Pitt loses heart breaker to Iowa on late field goal
If history has shown us anything, when the Pitt Panthers and Iowa Hawkeyes hook up it is going to be a close, tightly-contested football game. This season, with a battle of 2-0 teams coming in, was no exception. Just like last season, the Hawkeyes won a close one over the Panthers. This time it was Iowa kicker Marshall Koehn who knocked down a 57-yard field goal as time expired to give Iowa a dramatic 27-24 victory and hand Pat Narduzzi his first loss as a head coach. Iowa drove 31 ... Read More
Narduzzi downplays Pitt QB controversy
Quarterback controversy at the University of Pittsburgh? Not if you ask first-year head coach Pat Narduzzi, who made it clear during his weekly press conference yesterday that he views having two quarterbacks worthy of playing time a good thing, and certainly not something to worry about as they prepare to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday night. "We've got two very, very capable quarterbacks," Narduzzi said. "We're comfortable with both those guys. We didn't have that in the ... Read More
Pitt vs. Akron: Preview, Prediction and more
The Pitt Panthers started things off with a win to open the Pat Narduzzi era, but it certainly wasn’t pretty against Youngstown State. “A win is a win is a win,” said Narduzzi after the game. The Panthers will look to sure things up against MAC opponent Akron in Week 2, a Zips team that defeated Pitt at Heinz Field a season ago. Who has the advantage? Let’s take a look. When: Saturday, September 12 Where: InfoCision Stadium, Akron, Ohio Time: 6:00 pm EST Watch: ... Read More
ACC Power Rankings: Week 2
Week 1 is in the books and we already have a change at the top of our ACC Power Rankings. Four teams in the conference found themselves on the losing end of things, but everyone gets back at it this week. The biggest news of the week was the amount of injuries that happened around the conference as we will see in the next couple of weeks how teams deal with major losses. Let’s take a look at how the teams stack up heading into Week 2 of the season. 1. Georgia Tech (1-0, 0-0 ACC, ... Read More
Qadree Ollison ready for big role in Pitt offense
While wins haven’t exactly piled up in recent seasons in the fashion the Pitt Panthers would like, the one thing that has been a constant has been quality production from the tailback position. Whether it be LeSean McCoy, Dion Lewis, Ray Graham or most recently James Conner, the Panthers are usually going to be able to run the football effectively. Redshirt freshman Qadree Ollison will get his opportunity to add his name to that list. With Conner now out for the season and backup Chris ... Read More
Three Pitt players earn weekly honors
The Pitt Panthers started off the season 1-0 with a win at home against Youngstown State on Saturday and there were more than a couple of significant individual performances along the way. Enough that three Panthers players picked up ACC weekly honors. Senior outside linebacker Nicholas Grigsby was named the ACC’s Linebacker of the Week, sophomore corner Avonte Maddox was named the Specialist of the Week and redshirt freshman running back Qadree Ollison was named the Rookie of the ... Read More
Pat Narduzzi gets first win; Pitt survives Youngstown State
The Pat Narduzzi era of Pitt football got off to a good start on Saturday. Behind a solid rushing attack, the Panthers got Narduzzi his first career victory as a head coach with a 45-37 victory over Youngstown State at Heinz Field. It certainly wasn’t the way the way he would have drawn it up, but Narduzzi was certainly happy with the final result. “A win is a win is a win,” said Narduzzi. “There’s pretty wins and there’s ugly wins and this one was probably somewhere in between. Some ... Read More
Pitt vs. Youngstown State: Preview, Prediction and more
Saturday afternoon at Heinz Field will mark a day of firsts. It will be the first game of the 2015 season for both the Youngstown State Penguins and the Pitt Panthers. It will also be the first game for new Penguins head coach Bo Pelini, who took the job after being fired from Nebraska. It also marks the debut of new Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi, who since accepting the job has instilled a lot of energy and hope into the Panthers program. One of these coaches will get their seasons off ... Read More
ACC Power Rankings: Week 1
We are set to begin another season of ACC football and there are plenty of questions heading into the 2015 season. Can anyone unseat Florida State as ACC champions? After the Seminoles and Clemson, what do we make of the rest of the conference? There are plenty of more questions to be answered, but now that camps are officially over and the season is upon us, each team will get to make their own statement beginning this weekend. With that being said, let's take a look at how the ... Read More