After what Pitt fans saw on Saturday from the Pitt Panthers, the bye week is coming up at a bad time. The Panthers ran up 626 yards of offense and got another inspired effort from their defense en route to a 55-10 victory over FCS opponent Gardner-Webb. After starting the season 0-2, being outscored 65-27, the Panthers have bounced back by winning two straight games, outscoring Virginia Tech and Gardner-Webb by a combined 90-27, putting up a combined 1,163 yards of total offense. Much ... Read More
Duquesne makes in 3 in a row with 35-21 win over Bryant
The Duquesne Dukes started building momentum as a team with a pair of non-conference wins over Dayton and Valparaiso in consecutive weeks as they prepared to enter Northeast Conference play. Behind a balanced offensive attack and a defense that forced four turnovers, the Dukes stayed hot as they came away with a big 35-21 road win against Bryant University, getting Duquesne off to a 1-0 start in the conference. Quarterback Sean Patterson threw for 247 yards and a pair of scores and running ... Read More
Division II preview: No. 6 Cal U vs No. 14 IUP prepare to go to battle
Indiana at California In what easily may be the game of the week in the PSAC, the No. 6 Vulcans welcome the No. 14 Crimson Hawks to Adamson Stadium at 3:30 p.m. Indiana enters the game after a 42-0 shellacking of Lock Haven. The Crimson Hawks (3-0) have outscored their opponents 131-6 this season. The Crimson Hawks offense is powered by its run game. The team is second in rushing yards per game with 325. Senior Harvie Tuck has led offense, rushing for 465 yards and five touchdowns ... Read More
Pitt’s Jahmahl Pardner Lost for Season
There wasn't a whole lot of bad news that came from Pitt's 35-17 victory over Virginia Tech last Saturday, but they did receive some when it was made known that talented freshman cornerback Jahmahl Pardner will have surgery to repair a torn ACL this week and will miss the rest of the 2012 season. Pardner suffered the injury against the Hokies on Saturday. He appeared in all three games this season on special teams and as a nickel-back, recording three tackles, one sack, and one forced ... Read More
Pitt Defense Looking to Build Off Encoraging Performace vs. Hokies
After Pitt’s big win last Saturday against Virginia Tech, much has been made of the way Tino Sunseri and the Panthers’ offense performed. Why not? All Sunseri did was win Big East Offensive Player of the Week after completing 19-of-28 passes for 283 yards and three touchdowns. In addition, the Pitt offense racked up 537 yards, their highest total since 2000. However while Sunseri and freshman running back Rushel Shell’s 157 yards on the ground were a big part of the Panthers victory, that ... Read More
Slippery Rock set to collide with Mercyhurst
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University looks to continue its winning ways and stay atop the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division football standings Saturday when it travels to Erie to take on the Lakers of Mercyhurst University. The winner of The Rock-Mercyhurst game will join the winner of Saturday's game between sixth-ranked California (Pa.) and 14th-ranked Indiana (Pa.) in California as the only PSAC-West teams without a division loss two weeks into the conference ... Read More
Running Game Key as Duquesne Looks for 3rd Straight Win
After being blown out in their season opener against Old Dominion, the Duquesne Dukes have rebounded nicely with consecutive victories against Dayton and Valparaiso. They get the opportunity to make it three in a row this Saturday when Jerry Schmitt's team opens up Northeast Conference play on the road against Bryant University. The Bulldogs were picked to finish third in the preseason coaches’ poll and are off to an 0-3 start on the season. But while things seem to be coming together ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week Award: Tino Sunseri
Here at the Yinzer, we are going to be doing a "Yinzer of the Week Award" coming each and every Tuesday. To win the award, you of course have to be from Pittsburgh and have to perform well in your sport over the weekend. While there were many candidates this week, I decided to give the inaugural award to Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri. No, seriously. Sunseri is in his senior season at Pitt and the majority of fans are ready to get him off campus. He bad in a loss to Youngstown State and ... Read More
Big East Conference Week 4 Power Rankings
Now that the college football season is entering Week 4 and most teams have played at least one conference game, it's time to take a look at my weekly Big East Conference Power Rankings. Thanks to a big win against Virginia Tech, the Pitt Panthers moved up, but they still have a bit of work ahead of them before cracking the upper half of the conference. With that being said, let's take a look at how the Big East teams stack up. 1. Louisville (3-0): The Cardinals avoided a scare in a ... Read More
Pitt’s Tino Sunseri named Big East Player of the Week
Perhaps no player in a Pittsburgh Panthers uniform has been under more scrutiny than Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri has over the course of the past couple of seasons. However while a lot of the criticism is well deserved, Sunseri took a big step towards silencing his critics, at least for one week, with an outstanding and gutsy performance in a 35-17 upset win over then No. 13 Virginia Tech. Sunseri's performance, in which he completed 68 percent of his passes (19 of 28) for 283 yards with ... Read More