Pitt Panthers fans had high hopes coming into the season with a very young and talented team. They got off to a 3-0 start to the season and finally had the extremely hyped quarterback under center that everyone has wanted to see play for a long time now. However during the Panthers recent three-game slide there is much blame to go around, but all three losses have one thing in common- Chad Voytik has not played well. Voytik went 16-for-30 for 195 yards with two touchdowns and one ... Read More
Pitt adds home-and-home series vs. Marshall; finalizes 2015-16 non-conference schedule
While things haven't exactly gone according to plan for Paul Chryst's Pitt Panthers the past three weeks and some have already begun looking towards the future, at least Pitt fans will know who will be on the schedule the next two years. The Panthers announced on Tuesday that they will play the Marshall Thundering Herd in a home-and-home series, beginning in 2016. Pitt will play Marshall of Conference USA on Oct. 1, 2016, at Heinz Field. The Panthers will travel to Marshall in 2020. The ... Read More
W&J wide receivers carrying on Presidents’ tradition
When the President’s Athletic Conference schedule was released this summer, everyone quickly circled the date October 4. That’s when W&J and Thomas More hooked up in their annual heavyweight bout. The Saints came in committed to taking away W&J running back Ryan Ruffing, playing eight men in the box almost the entire evening. That was just fine for the Presidents and quarterback Pete Coughlin. Coughlin set career highs with 383 yards and six touchdowns in No. 20 W&J's ... Read More
Former WPIAL star Delrece Williams back in the game
It’s no secret that the WPIAL produces some of the country’s top football talent. There are plenty of NFL players who claim Western Pennsylvania as their stomping grounds. In the 2010 season, WPIAL on-lookers may remember a stiff battle for the area’s top rushing title between Hopewell’s Rushel Shell and Steel Valley’s Delrece Williams. Shell has since set the career-mark for WPIAL rushing yardage by gaining over 9,000 yards on the ground, signed to play at Pitt and has moved on to West ... Read More
Pitt downed by Virginia for third straight loss
The Pitt Panthers gave their fans hope with their 3-0 start to the season, but have since come back to earth. Their slide continued Saturday night with a 24-19 loss to Virginia, Pitt’s first ACC loss of the season and third defeat overall. Cavaliers’ running back Kevin Parks ran for a career-best 169 yards and a touchdown and the solid Virginia defense slowed down the Panthers rushing attack in the win. Virginia won the game in the second quarter after both teams traded field goals in ... Read More
PSAC showdown crowns new leader after Week 5
SLIPPERY ROCK 31, GANNON 28 Slippery Rock used two scores in the third quarter in a back-and-forth game to beat Gannon in a showdown for the PSAC West's top spot. In a game of the top offenses and defenses in the conference, SRU gained just 380 despite getting the win. Gannon gained 519 yards but just ran out of time. Stat Leaders: Slippery Rock: PASSING: Zack Newsock 17-25-1 219 yards and TD; Shamar Greene 22-85 and TD; RECEIVING: Melvin German 2-90 and TD; TACKLES: Isaiah Coleman, ... Read More
Pitt lands Central Valley DB Jordan Whitehead
Pitt head coach Paul Chryst landed another local blue-chipper for the future on Friday when Central Valley high school standout Jordan Whitehead announced in a press conference today that he had committed to Pitt. What school Whitehead was going to choose has been a hot topic as of late and the Panthers landed him over West Virginia, Penn State, Ohio State and others. Whitehead is a four-star recruit in every ratings service and Rivals.com lists him as the 30th-best defensive back in the ... Read More
Nittany Lions hoping to ‘fix it’ going forward
On Friday night, there was a lot of social media buzz about Penn State entering the postseason undefeated. On Saturday night, there was a lot of social media outrage at what ESPN called “the biggest loss since 2001.” Penn State was 4-0 for the first time since 2008, due largely in part to how well the team has bonded. Quarterback Christian Hackenberg called his team a “tight-knit group,” and the players have responded well to head coach James Franklin’s program. His involvement-above-all ... Read More
ACC Power Rankings: Week 5
It was another lackluster week for most of the ACC, with only a couple of teams turning in solid performances, while most of the conference looked rather bad during the week. With that being said, here are my ACC Power Rankings for Week 5 of the college football season. Florida State (4-0, 2-0 ACC, defeated NC State 56-41, Last Week’s Ranking 1) It wasn't pretty, but FSU doesn't have a whole lot of obstacles between them and winning the conference. The defending champs have been far ... Read More
Greene leading Slippery Rock to hot start
A year ago when Slippery Rock's offense lined up on the field, a starry-eyed redshirt freshman named Shamar Greene lined up in the backfield alongside standout quarterback Nigel Barksdale. Together, the two orchestrated one of the nation's top offenses, scoring 43.4 points per game and averaging 536.5 yards of total offense per contest. That team fell to Winston-Salem State in its first game of the NCAA Division II playoffs, 27-20. Greene had just 25 yards in the loss. "That game was ... Read More