Brett Brumbaugh, WPIAL’s all-time passing leader and a Duquesne University football recruit, has been charged with loitering and prowling and resisting arrest. Brumbaugh, 18, led the South Fayette Lions to back-to-back WPIAL and PIAA Double-A titles in 2013 and 2014 and is the all-time WPIAL passing leader with 9,644 yards. In November, Brumbaugh committed to play quarterback at Duquesne University. He also played for the Pennsylvania team in last weekend’s Big 33 game against ... Read More
Pitt lands LB recruit Chase Pine
Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi landed a solid linebacker prospect on Monday when it was announced that Virginia three-star linebacker Chase Pine verbally committed to the Panthers for the 2016 season. Pine's commitment completes a busy few days for Narduzzi as he was Pitt's third commitment in the past five days, joining the likes of running back Chawntez Moss and Central Catholic safety Bricen Garner announced their commitments to Pitt. Pine chose the Panthers over offers ... Read More
Pitt schedules home and home with Cincinnati; other notes
After adding future non-conference games against the likes of Penn State, Oklahoma State and others the past few years, Pitt added another future opponent by committing to a home-and-home series against a familiar foe. Pitt has officially added former Big East rival Cincinnati to their football schedule for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. The Panthers and Bearcats will tee it up on September 9, 2023 in Pittsburgh, while Pitt will play at Cincinnati on September 7, 2024. Pitt has played ... Read More
Paterno to be inducted to Pennsylvania Hall of Fame
The legendary career of Joe Paterno will be memorialized in the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in October. Deified, disgraced, and then honored once again, Paterno’s fall from grace following the 2012 Sandusky child sex abuse scandal ended with the termination of his employment at Penn State and his eventual death from lung cancer complications. His career, which spanned 62 years with the Nittany Lions, featured 409 wins (112 of which were recently restored after the NCAA sanctions stripped ... Read More
Tyler Boyd formally charged with DUI
As expected, University of Pittsburgh wide receiver Tyler Boyd was officially charged with a DUI on Tuesday, stemming from a traffic stop in Jefferson Hills on Friday. Boyd, who is only 20 years of age, also faces summary charges for underage drinking and traffic violations. The traffic stop occurred around 2:30 am when Boyd attempted to pass another car. While reports suggested that Boyd’s blood-alcohol content was under Pennsylvania’s 0.08 percent limit, because he is under 21 the limit ... Read More
Report: Pitt WR Tyler Boyd arrested for DUI
On Saturday night, KDKA's Rich Walsh broke the news that Pitt wide receiver Tyler Boyd was reportedly arrested for DUI on Friday morning. Breaking.. Just found out Pitt Star Tyler Boyd arrested early Friday morning and is charged with DUI. More details coming up on KDKA-TV News — Rich Walsh KDKA (@RichieWalsh) June 13, 2015 According to Andrew Conte of Trib Total Media, Boyd has not been charged with a crime. Boyd, the consensus No. 1 receiver prospect heading into the 2016 ... Read More
Christian Hackenberg: junior joke or answer to prayers?
The question on every Penn State fan’s mind is this: Will Christian Hackenberg live up to the hype of his freshman year, or will his sophomore slump turn into a junior joke? Arguments from professionals and fans alike swing both ways; they range from calling Hackenberg, the junior quarterback from Palmyra, Virginia, washed up and overrated to calling him the best college quarterback; from saying that he’s all talk and no delivery to declaring that he will go number one in the 2016 NFL ... Read More
Duquesne athletic director Amodio leaves for Quinnipiac
Greg Amodio, Duquesne’s athletic director, is trading in his post at Pittsburgh for the same spot in Hamden, Ct. at Quinnipiac University. Amodio has served Duquesne for nearly 10 years, during which he oversaw the A.J. Palumbo Center’s over $5 million in improvements and Rooney Field renovations. In 2010, he made the decision to cut Duquesne’s baseball, wrestling, men’s golf, and men’s swimming programs in a strategic restructuring that intended to reallocate over $1 million to other sports. ... Read More
Michal Menet an answer for Nittany Lions?
With high school junior Michal Menet’s verbal commitment to James Franklin, Penn State has secured the top in-state recruit and locked in its ninth verbal commitment for the Class of 2016. The 6-foot-5, 271-pound offensive lineman struggled to decide between the Nittany Lions and the Duke Blue Devils, but ultimately decided to stay in-state and close to home. His announcement came last Friday at a school assembly, after which he proudly announced that Penn State is “the place I want to be, ... Read More
Clarion’s Julian Howsare motivated to make New York Jets roster
Julian Howsare has always made the most of every situation he's been put into. Make it out of Altoona and into a college football program. Check. Become an All-American. Check. Sign an NFL contract. Check. The last check mark for Howsare came just minutes after May's NFL Draft had ended. For Division II football players like Howsare, who played his college ball at Clarion in the PSAC West, being drafted sometimes isn't the outcome but rather signing as an undrafted free agent. Those who sign ... Read More