For a half at least, the Pitt Panthers looked well underway to knocking off their second Top 25 team of the season. The they came out of the locker room after halftime and everything changed. No. 18 Louisville outscored Pitt 21-0 in the third quarter and turned a 21-17 halftime deficit into a 38-21 lead, cruising the rest of the way to a 45-35 victory, ruining Pitt's homecoming. Louisville's Senorise Perry rushed for 101 yards and a career-high four touchdowns and Teddy ... Read More
Duquesne Looks to Continue Win Streak vs. CCSU
If any team didn't want a week off, it likely was the Duquesne Dukes, who entered their bye week winners of their past four games. But while you never want to take a break when you are on a winning streak, a rest could have been just what the doctor ordered. The Dukes (4-1, 2-0) have made it a tendency of starting games slowly, only to rally in the fourth quarter to find ways to win football games. In fact, Duquesne has trailed in the fourth quarter in three of their four victories. That's ... Read More
PSAC teams look to prove why they are worthy of D2 Rankings
It’s that time of year where separation is created in college football. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is no different. This weekend’s slate of games could go far in determining who is a legitimate 2012 championship contender. Both California University (PA) and IUP have pedigrees that make it understandable of their D2 Top 20 Rankings, but it’s Bloomsburg and Shippensburg who might be here to steal the show. Four PSAC schools crowd the NCAA Division II weekly rankings. What this ... Read More
Despite Slow Start, Pitt Defense Coming Along Nicely
In case you are still angry about the fourth quarter of Pitt's most recent loss to Syracuse, there's a silver lining in the Panthers 2-3 start- the play of the Pitt defense. Coming into the season, the Panthers defense was a huge question mark. They returned only four starters from a season ago and had only one senior starter in safety Jarred Holley. But since then that number has grown to three as linebacker Manny Williams and defensive back Andrew Taglianetti have been added to the ... Read More
Panthers Must Eliminate Mistakes vs. Louisville
Through five games, the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde season for the Pitt Panthers football team has unpredictable. You never know which of Paul Chryst's teams- the good one that beat Virginia Tech or the bad one that lost to Youngstown State- will show up on a weekly basis. But the one consistency through five games have been countless mistakes, win or lose. Pitt is ranked near the bottom of FBS schools in two penalty categories — 87th in number per game (7.2) and 83rd in yards lost per game ... Read More
IUP wins big 33-16 over Slippery Rock on Homecoming
INDIANA, PA – Harvie Tuck (Akron, OH/St. Vincent-St. Mary) rushed for 233 and De'Antwan Williams (Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge) added 158 yards on the ground as 22nd-ranked IUP ran over rival Slippery Rock in a 33-16 win on Homecoming at George P. Miller Stadium on Saturday. With his big day, Tuck moves into third place overall in the IUP history books with 3,676 career rushing yards, passing Aamir Dew's 3,623 yards he gained from 1999-2001. It was Tuck's third 200-yard game of the season, the ... Read More
Waynesburg football stays undefeated with 21-14 win over Grove City
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Oct. 6) – Coming into Saturday’s homecoming game against Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) rival Grove City, Waynesburg knew that job number one was to stop the Wolverines’ top ranked running game. The Yellow Jacket defense did just that as they held GCC, which averaged 193.4 yards per game coming into Saturday, to just 84 yards on the ground as the Orange and Black scored a 21-14 victory over the Wolverines in front of the hcrowd gathered at John F. Wiley Stadium. With ... Read More
Sunseri, Missed Opportunities Doom Panthers
The bye week came at a bad time for the Pitt Panthers, as Paul Chryst's team had the makings of beginning to look like a good football team for a couple of weeks before having to wait 13 days in between games. That had an effect Friday night against Big East Conference rival Syracuse, as Pitt shot themselves in the foot all night long, eventually falling to the Orange 14-13, as Syracuse won its first game against an FBS team in their past eight tries. Coming off two of the best ... Read More
Robert Morris Notebook: Colonials Look for 2nd Straight Win vs. Saint Francis
The Robert Morris Colonials will be looking to make it two wins in a row this week when they take on the Saint Francis Red Flash in the first of seven-consecutive Northeast Conference matchups to close the regular season. RMU is coming off their first win of the season, a thrilling, 31-28, victory over Lafayette last Saturday. The Leopards came into the game 3-0 and receiving votes nationally, but Greg Langer's 33-yard field goal with 19 seconds left was enough for the RMU upset. Saint ... Read More
Duquesne Trio of Receivers Stepping Up to Become Weapons
Entering the 2012 season, the biggest question mark of the Duquesne offense was who would step up and catch the football this season. The Dukes lost over 90 percent of their receiving yards from a season ago, most notably Isaac Spragg and Connor Dixon, who combined for 99 receptions, 1,454 yards and 21 touchdowns a season ago. While the current Duquesne receivers may not put up those types of numbers, they are getting production from the likes of Gianni Carter, Noel Oduho and Sean Brady, ... Read More