Pitt Panthers fans have spent the summer talking about plenty different things. The difference new head coach Paul Chryst will make, the impending move to the ACC, or the fact that they have to suffer through another season with Tino Sunseri under center are all popular topics among Panthers faithful. But the hottest topic of the offseason has been the recovery of tailback Ray Graham. Graham hasn't played a game in about a year. We last saw him in uniform in a late October game against ... Read More
PITT Panthers 2012 Football Schedule Preview
Pitt opens the season, and the Paul Chryst coaching era, on Sept. 1 against Youngstown State. The Panthers will also host Gardner-Webb on Sept. 22. Pitt's other non-conference game will be at Buffalo on Oct. 20. Six home games at Heinz Field, including four contests against teams that advanced to bowls in 2011. A preview of Atlantic Coast Conference play with the renewal of the Virginia Tech rivalry on Sept. 15. Pitt will host its future ACC foe at Heinz Field for the first time since 2003 ... Read More
Is PITT’s Rushel Shell the next Tony Dorsett?
The resemblance is uncanny! Tony Dorsett went to Hopewell High School. Rushel Shell just graduated from Hopewell High School, CHECK. Tony Dorsett went to PITT. Rushel Shell is an incoming freshman at PITT, CHECK. Tony Dorsett played in the NFL. Rushel Shell, to be continued... Shell finished his High School career rushing for more yards then anybody in Pennsylvania state history. With so many accolades over the past 4 years, here is a snapshot Shell's high school career. 39 consecutive ... Read More
Graham expected to miss YSU opener
A torn ACL cut short the 2011 season for Pitt running back Ray Graham. Unfortunately for the Panthers and first-year coach Paul Chryst, the injury will reportedly once again prolong Graham’s return to the football field. According to ESPN’s Brett McMurphy, Graham is “unlikely to play” in the Panthers’ season opener against Youngstown State on Sept. 1. Chryst said as recently as May during ACC Media Days that he expected Graham to be available for fall camp. Indeed, Graham has been — but in ... Read More
No “Death Penalty” for Penn State, “Death Row” Looms Instead
On Sunday night, we were told that “unprecedented” punishment would be levied against Penn State and “it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before” according to a source close to the matter. Well at 9 a.m. Monday morning, NCAA president Mark Emmert took to the podium and dished out the penalties to Penn State. - no bowl appearances for four years - five year probationary period - $60 million fine, plus $13 million from the Big Ten conference bowl revenue over the next three years - ... Read More
Joe Paterno’s legacy: From Nittany to Cowardly Lion
Four-hundred and nine wins, the most in Division I history. Two national titles, annual donations of $100,000 and well over $13 millions raised in his time at Penn State. Joe Paterno is a coaching legend. His former players and coaches have said that he has changed their lives in a good way and consider him to be an amazing teacher. This time however, the life changing he did was help ruin the lives of countless number of victims, children at that, at the hands of assistant coach Jerry ... Read More