On the same day that Jamie Dixon and the Pitt Men's Basketball team tip-off their 2012-13 season, Paul Chryst and the Pitt football team face one of their biggest games of the season at Connecticut. Normally a Pitt-U Conn Friday night matchup wouldn't be classified as a big game in any stretch of the imagination, but this is a big game for the Panthers nonetheless as their bowl lives ride on a win tonight. Pitt must win two of their final three games to become bowl eligible and tonight vs. ... Read More
Playoff Breakdown: California University Vulcans
California University (PA) Vulcans The Vulcans have not ended their season the way they would have liked, but a Mike Kellar coached team knows how to play when November comes around. The Vulcans dropped two tough games at the end of the season to Slippery Rock and Mercyhurst, and finish their schedule off this weekend against Millersville. Getting their offense back on track after a one touchdown performance a week ago is the key for the California game plan. Keeping things simple will help ... Read More
Crimson Hawks and Raiders battle it out for PSAC title
After a long PSAC Football season, only two teams get the opportunity Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Shippensburg University will get on Saturday evening in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Of the various numbers, statistics, and references we can make as it pertains to these two teams, all of it is thrown out the window in Championship type scenarios like the one this weekend. In a season where both teams might have still been over looked by either defending champions or just other favored ... Read More
Waynesburg moves up to #18, hosts Washington & Jefferson
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Nov. 5) – Despite being off this past Saturday, the Waynesburg University football team shot up the rankings in a pair of national top 25 polls and moved up a spot in a regional poll. Thanks in part to several ranked teams falling on Saturday, Nov. 3, the idle Yellow Jackets jumped ahead four spots from 22nd to 18th in the D3football.com top 25 rankings. It is the highest the Jackets have ever been ranked in the 10-year existence of the D3football.com polls. Waynesburg ... Read More
IUP Football Ranked 13th in AFCA Poll, Fifth in the Region
WACO, TX – After narrowly escaping Gannon's upset big this past Saturday, IUP moved up one spot to No. 13 in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Top 25 Poll, while also bumping up to No. 5 in the NCAA's Super Region One Rankings on Monday. The Crimson Hawks edged Gannon 38-35 this weekend with the help of two huge interceptions by Johnny Franco (Altoona/Tyrone) in the final minutes to seal the victory. They moved to 9-1 on the season and 6-1 in the Pennsylvania State ... Read More
Tino Sunseri Still Doesn’t Get How to be a Leader
A lot has been said about Pitt Panthers' quarterback Tino Sunseri over the years and despite putting together a solid 2012 campaign, for the most part Pitt fans still hate the fact that Sunseri is still under center for the Panthers. Much of that has to do with his up-and-down performances, but a lot more of the issue is the fact that Sunseri has failed to improve both on and off the field in three years as the Pitt starter. For me, the problem with Sunseri doesn't have much to do with his ... Read More
#14 IUP beats Gannon – Will Host Shippensburg in PSAC Championship Game
ERIE, PA - With a Johnny Franco (Altoona/Tyrone) interception on the final play of the game, 14th-ranked IUP locked up the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Division title with a thrilling 38-35 victory at Gannon on Saturday afternoon. With the win and the 40-7 Mercyhurst win over California, the Crimson Hawks will host Shippensburg in the 2012 PSAC Football Championship on Saturday, November 10 at 2:05 p.m. The pick on the final play was the second of two interceptions by ... Read More
Pitt Panthers lose heart breaker to Notre Dame in OT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Down 20-6 in the fourth quarter, Notre Dame was going to need some big plays and a little luck to stay undefeated and keep its national title hopes alive. It got just enough of both. Everett Golson scored on a quarterback sneak in the third overtime and the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish came back from a 14-point deficit Saturday to beat Pittsburgh 29-26. "We overcame a lot tonight. We overcame some uncharacteristic mistakes," coach Brian Kelly said. "Last year that ... Read More
Charged Pitt Players to play vs. Notre Dame
Three Pitt football players, including starting running back Ray Graham, will play on Saturday against No. 3 Notre Dame despite being charged with simple assault and conspiracy in connection with an incident last month involving three other students. Graham, junior wide receiver Devin Street and redshirt freshman defensive back Lafayette Pitts have denied they were involved in a confrontation with a student who told police he was hit in the head by one of the players. As a result, Panthers' ... Read More
Can the Panthers play spoiler again?
It seems like decades ago that the Pitt Panthers have played in a meaningful game. The Panthers are set to face off against the No. 3 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday as 17-point underdogs. No one is giving Pitt a chance in this game, and why blame them? Yet in 2007, the Panthers played spoiler in one of the biggest upsets in college football history. I can remember it vividly, as the Dave Wannstedt led 4-7 Panthers traveled to the undefeated West Virginia Mountaineers in the final ... Read More