LOCK HAVEN, PA –IUP has been picked to repeat as Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Western Division champions as the Crimson Hawks were chosen first in the preseason men's basketball coaches' poll, released on Thursday afternoon. IUP is gunning for another run at the PSAC tournament championship after winning the title in 2010 and 2011. The Crimson Hawks have reached the postseason in each of the last five years under Head Coach Joe Lombardi, including runs in the NCAA tournament ... Read More
Archives for October 2012
Deem’s Week 8 NFL Picks
Coming off a good week going 8-5-1 lets keep the streak going, here are my Week 8 NFL picks Tampa Bay+6.5 at Minnesota Carolina at Chicago -7.5 San Diego -2.5 at Cleveland Seattle +2.5 at Detroit Jacksonville at Green Bay -13.5 Indianapolis at Tennessee -3.5 New England -6.5 at St. Louis (London) Miami at NY Jets -2.5 Atlanta at Philadelpha -2.5 Washington +5.5 at Pittsburgh Oakland +1.5 at Kansas City NY Giants -1.5 at Dallas New Orleans +6.5 at Denver San Francisco -6.5 at ... Read More
Giants play complete game, roll to game one victory
Giants 8 – Tigers 3 It is a manager’s dream; stellar pitching, timely hitting, and a performance only The Babe and two others could equal. That’s what the Giants had going for them in game 1 of the fall classic. Barry Zito shut the Tigers down to the tune of one run on seven base runners (one walk) in 5 2/3 innings pitched while the bullpen allowed two runs on two hits in 3 1/3 to help the Giants to an 8-3 victory. Justin Verlander, on the other hand, did not have a good night as Pablo ... Read More
Expect a High Scoring Affair with Redskins-Steelers
Unlike previous seasons, the Steelers have been unpredictable on a week to week basis this year. The same team that blew leads against the hapless Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders also won against the Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals. A team that allowed Carson Palmer to throw for three touchdowns (no other team has allowed 2) in Week 3 only to see Andy Dalton throw for 105 yards last week. What about this week? The Steelers certainly have an uphill battle against the ... Read More
Big East Conference Power Rankings
After a week off, I’m back looking at the Big East Conference with my latest Big East Power Rankings. Despite taking a week off, there really isn’t much to change as there are three good teams in the conference and five not-so-good teams. With that being said, let’s take a look at my latest Big East Conference Power Rankings, following Week 8 of the college football season. 1. Louisville (6-0, 2-0) Last week’s rank: 1 Week 8 result: Beat USF 27-25 Although the Cardinals are one of ... Read More
Jason Hendricks Injury Could be Crippling for Pitt
During the course of the past couple of seasons, the Pitt Panthers have had some very good football players on the defensive side of the ball. Their success has been recognized, as several Panthers have been named Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year in recent years. Linebacker H.B. Blades won the honor in 2006, and linebacker Scott McKillop started a run of four consecutive Pitt winners of the award when was given the honor in 2008. McKillop was followed by Mick Williams and ... Read More
Can Steelers Stop Redskins Rushing Game?
If the Pittsburgh Steelers are to win two games in a row for the first time this season, there will be a lot of pressure on the black-and-gold's defensive unit to step and do something that they really haven't done all season long- effectively stop the run. That's something that's really never been an issue for Steelers' defenses in the past, but this unit is different. This Steelers defense is allowing 4.1 yards per carry through six games and is allowing 92.5 yards per game on the ... Read More
Robert Morris Men Picked 2nd in NEC
Moon Township, Pa. - According to a poll of Northeast Conference (NEC) head coaches, the Robert Morris University men's basketball team has been picked to finish second in the NEC in 2012-13. The poll was released as part of the NEC's inaugural "Social" Media Day event, held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. It marks the seventh consecutive year the Colonials have been picked to finish in the top three in the league, as RMU was tabbed second in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011 and third in ... Read More
Point Park University Basketball just outside of NAIA Top 25
PITTSBURGH -- Point Park University is just outside the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll released by the national office on Tuesday. The Pioneers are just five votes shy of being nationally ranked and are in the 'others receiving votes' section at No. 28 overall. Point Park is the second team listed in the 'others receiving votes' section with a total of 41 votes. Tied for the No. 25 spot with 46 votes are College of Idaho and St. Francis (Ind.). Point ... Read More
Pitt Duo Approaching Record Books
For the Pitt Panthers, a chance at a Big East Conference championship in their finals season before exiting the conference for the ACC is out of the window. As a matter of fact a bowl game is pretty close to being out the window as well as the Panthers must win four of their final six games of the season to become bowl eligible. Even if that doesn't happen for Pitt head coach Paul Chryst, close attention should be paid to a couple of his players as they continue to rise up the Pitt record ... Read More