Join us live now as we discuss the Pirates late-season surge, the Steelers loss on Thursday, Pitt improving to 3-0 and the state of the NFL. ... Read More
Pitt overcomes sloppy play, early deficit to win at FIU
In a game that had a little bit of everything — including a 45 minute weather delay and three safeties — the Pitt Panthers were able to overcome an early 16-0 deficit to outscore the Florida International Golden Panthers 42 to 9 the rest of the way to get their third consecutive victory by a final score of 42-25. Pitt was able to grind out 320 yards on the ground, as quarterback Chad Voytik joined teammate James Conner as one of two Panthers to rush for over 100 yards. This included a 32 yard ... Read More
Duquesne notches first win against Dayton
After two losses to start the 2014 season, the Duquesne Dukes were able to use the big play to break loose and get their first win of the season at Rooney Field Saturday afternoon, easily handling the Dayton Flyers by a final score of 33-13. The Dukes were paced by three touchdowns over 50 yards, one in each phase of the game. Holding a 9-6 lead in the second quarter, the Dukes first long TD came from the defense on a 75-yard interception return by Malik Shegog that would stretch the lead to ... Read More
Penn State Set To Welcome New Big Ten Opponent in Conference Opener
On Saturday night in Piscataway, NJ, the Penn State Nittany Lions (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) open the conference schedule at Rutgers University's High Point Solutions Stadium, welcoming the Scarlet Knights (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) over from the American Athletic Conference. Penn State comes off a 21-3 victory in its home opener against Akron, improving to 2-0 on the season. This will be the first true road game, as the season opener was played against Central Florida on a neutral field in Dublin, Ireland. ... Read More
Pitt vs. FIU: Complete Preview, Prediction, Analysis and more
After two impressive victories to start the season, Paul Chryst’s Pitt Panthers will be back at it again when they head to Miami on Saturday to take on Conference USA’s FIU Golden Panthers. The Panthers are coming off a 30-20 victory over Atlantic Coast Conference foe Boston College, while FIU evened its record at 1-1 following a 34-3 win over Wagner. Pitt is 2-0 for the first time since 2011 and seventh time since 2000. Pitt last started a season 3-0 in 2009. The Panthers and FIU have ... Read More
ACC Power Rankings Week 2: Pitt, Virginia Tech continue to climb
With two weeks of the college football season now in the books, it’s time to take a look at how the ACC stacks up in my latest ACC Power Rankings. Who has moved up and who has moved down after one week? Let’s take a look. 1. Florida State (2-0, 0-0 ACC, defeated The Citadel 37-12, Last Week’s Rank- 1) FSU set a school record with its 18th straight win. The Noles have a bye this week before Clemson comes to town. They have looked good in the first two weeks, but certainly not great. ... Read More
James Conner playing defense should be scrapped by Pitt
Pitt Panthers running back James Conner has certainly been the talk of the town after helping lead the Panthers to a 2-0 start, rushing for 372 yards (second in the nation) and five touchdowns on a mere 50 attempts to start the season. If you are scoring at home, that’s a 7.3 yards per carry average and an average of 183.5 yards per game, one of the top marks in all of college football. However the question on everyone’s mind is when will we see Conner play on defense? That answer ... Read More
Pitt Football Notebook: Three Panthers honored; other notes
For the second consecutive week, the Pitt Panthers football team turned in an impressive performance and for the second straight week they racked up some weekly ACC honors. Sophomore running back James Conner was named the ACC’s Offensive Back of the Week, senior tackle T.J. Clemmings was selected Offensive Lineman of the Week and sophomore placekicker Chris Blewitt was named Specialist of the Week following Pitt’s 30-20 road victory over Boston College. It’s the second consecutive week ... Read More
RMU’s Rameses Owens earns national honor
The Robert Morris football team may have gotten off to an 0-2 start and freshman Rameses Owens may have only played in two career games. But that doesn’t mean Owens hasn’t opened up some eyes. The true freshman was named The Sports Network National Freshman of the Week and also claimed a pair of honors from the Northeast Conference as he was named NEC Offensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week by the league. Owens is the first RMU player ever to be named Sports Network Freshman ... Read More
NCAA makes ‘cowardly’ decision to take away PSU sanctions
September 8th was not a particularly great day for the game of football. The day started with the shocking public leak of Ray Rice knocking his then fiance unconscious with a vicious punch. By early afternoon, Rice would be out of a job with the Baltimore Ravens and facing an indefinite ban from the game. The NFL, and in particular Roger Goodell, would additionally face a lot of tough questions about what they knew, and how long they knew it. Hidden within this NFL scandal was another ... Read More