Pittsburgh—Duquesne and Pitt, two schools that are separated by no more than two miles, faced off Wednesday night at the Consol Energy Center in the 81st City Game. This was the 3rd time that these two schools met at Consol—Pitt has won each time. “It’s important to them and it’s important to us,” Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said of the rivalry. It is not very often that Wednesday night basketball draws a large crowd in December. This year’s City Game drew over 13,000 people. A glance at the ... Read More
Archives for December 2012
Is Paul Chryst Ready to Bolt Pitt for Wisconsin?
When it was announced on Tuesday that Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema would be bolting the Badgers for Arkansas, it could have a ripple effect all the way down to Pittsburgh, as Pitt Panthers head coach Paul Chryst is likely to be on the short list of successors for Bielema at Wisconsin. If so, good for Chryst, but it would be another big blow to a Pitt program begging for some consistency from its head coach. Chryst said Tuesday night he is committed to the Pitt football program, despite ... Read More
The Return of Troy
Going into Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens, the biggest headlines were about Charlie Batch and Jonathon Dwyer getting the start at quarterback and running back. Flying under the radar was the return of safety Troy Polamalu after being sidelined 7 weeks with a calf injury. Polamalu has been the staple of the Steelers defense his whole career, and on Sunday the Ravens Joe Flacco notice he was back. It was rare to see Flacco throw in the direction Polamalu during this game, probably ... Read More
Pitt looks forward to continuing the tradition of the City Game
It's become one of the better rivalries in Pittsburgh, but it may not be one that you think of right away. On Wednesday evening at the Consol Energy Center, the Pitt Panthers and Duquesne Dukes will square off for 81st time in their annual City Game. While Pitt currently leads the all-time series 49-31, the have dominated the matchup for the past 11 years without losing a contest. While the majority of them have been blowouts, the last contest was a little too close for comfort with the Panthers ... Read More
Don’t ever count the Steelers out
Numerous times throughout the 2012 NFL season Steeler fans and national media pundits alike have had the pen and paper out, ready to write the eulogy for this year’s Pittsburgh Steelers. And every time they have, these Steelers have made them put it away. In Sunday’s win over the Ravens was yet another example of this team being able to summon up a win when not many gave them a chance. Trailing most of the game, on the road against a team that hasn’t lost at home in two years, with their third ... Read More
2012 college football awards
Here is a rundown of the major college football awards that will be given out over the next week. Heisman Trophy Collin Klein, Kansas State (2,490 P-YDS, 890 R-YDS, 37 TOT TD, 7 INT) Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (3,419 P-YDS, 1,181 R-YDS, 43 TOT TD, 8 INT) Manti Te’o, Notre Dame (101 Tackles, 1.5 Sacks, 7 INT) Will Johnny Football be the first Freshman to take the award? Will Te’o be the second Defensive player in a long time to take it? Or will Klein keep the Heisman universe at ... Read More
The City Game Through the Years
Pittsburgh—This Wednesday, Duquesne University will take on the University of Pittsburgh in the annual matchup of Pittsburgh’s two Division I basketball teams. The game will be played at Consol Energy Center for the 3rd straight year. The first City Game took place on January 13th, 1932 and has varied in degrees of competiveness through the years. Since 1932, there have been eighty meetings between the two schools. Pittsburgh is leading the all-time series 49-31 and has won the past eleven City ... Read More
Can the Steelers become road warriors?
No matter how many of the four remaining games the Pittsburgh Steelers win this season, they will fall short of their 12-4 record a season ago. Yet, if the Steelers do make the playoffs, they may be a more dangerous team. After six seasons, coach Mike Tomlin is still seeking his first road playoff victory. To his credit, the Steelers have had home field advantage in five of their six playoff games with Tomlin at the helm. But the loss to the Denver Broncos in Mile High Stadium a year ago ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 13 Report Card
No one, and I mean no one expected it, but the Pittsburgh Steelers went into Baltimore and came away with a win. Despite having a laundry list of injuries, Mike Tomlin's team played as an inspired game as they have in quite some time and in the process, saved their season. You can even make the case that Sunday's win was the biggest regular season win in the Tomlin era. If not the biggest, definitely the most meaningful. With that being said, let's take a look at how each position ... Read More
The Hometown “kid” has his hometown moment
We've seen every statistic that showed how the Steelers can't beat the Ravens without Ben Roethlisberger. It has been all over the place since Roethlisberger went down after a sack in the second half of the Steelers' Monday Night Football game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Steelers' backup quarterback Charlie Batch told the sports world to take those statistics and shove them where the sun doesn't shine after he led the Steelers past the Ravens Sunday evening. Batch, who was drafted in the ... Read More