The Robert Morris Colonials will look to get head coach John Banaszak his first victory on Saturday when they travel to North Dakota. Both teams will be looking for their first wins on the young season. The Colonials were downed by a very good Eastern Kentucky team, while ND fell victim to FBS member San Jose State. It was good for the Colonials to get the first one out of the way as a lot of their players were able to get their feet wet. Fourteen of the Colonials 22 starters were ... Read More
Archives for September 2014
Wheeling Nailers sign two
The Wheeling Nailers continue to load up their roster for the 2014-15 season, recently adding two more bodies to the mix in center Jarrett Burton and defenseman Brendan Rempel. Burton, a 23-year old two-way center joined the Nailers at the conclusion of the 2013-14 season, after a four-year collegiate career at Clarkson University. He didn't see much ice time in Wheeling last season, but had a solid collegiate career. Burton scored 12 goals in 35 games as a junior, before scoring 11 goals ... Read More
Lack of elite QB’s improves Steelers chances of a playoff season
There's been a lot of speculation about what will happen with the 2014 Pittsburgh Steelers. Coming off back to back 8-8 seasons and a number of changes to the roster over that span, there seems to be uncertainty as to how this season will pan out. It seems that many people believe the Steelers will end up with a record somewhere between 8-10 wins. Eight wins will likely lead to serious talk of changes within the organization, ten wins would almost certainly get the Steelers back into the ... Read More
Seton Hill, Edinboro drop season openers
The bright lights were shining on the field Thursday night as two PSAC West teams kicked off the 2014 season. Unfortunately, they both came away with a loss on opening night. Seton Hill had the unfortunate task of playing against Shippensburg on the road and came up on the wrong side of a 55-30 score. After Shippensburg opened up a 20-2 lead, Griffins quarterback Drew Jackson found FJ Williams for a 65-yard pitch-and-catch for the score. A Seton Hill fumble recovery on defense could've ... Read More
Pitt vs. Boston College: Complete Preview, Guide and Prediction
Coming off a very impressive 62-0 victory over Delaware, the Pitt Panthers will not only get their first look at an FBS team Friday night, but will get their first road test of the season when they travel to Boston College to open up ACC play. The Panthers are fresh off a performance in which they ran for over 400 yards as a team with seven touchdowns and limited Delaware to only 64 yards of total offense. The Eagles are fresh off a 27-7 win over Massachusetts, where Florida transfer Tyler ... Read More
Mike Sirianni has W&J ready to open 2014 season
When the Washington & Jefferson Presidents take the field Saturday afternoon against Wooster to begin a quest for their third consecutive Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship, something will be a little different for Mike Sirianni’s team. W&J will be really young. “We are as young as we have been in my 12 years here,” said Sirianni. “We have only 10 seniors on the whole team. But we have a lot of talent.” Despite having the youngest team that Sirianni has ever had in his ... Read More
Penguins sign Daniel Carcillo
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed free agent left-winger Daniel Carcillo to a professional tryout contract. Originally drafted by the Penguins but traded while he was still in the minors, Carcillo played 57 games with the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers last season, scoring only four goals and one assist. His career high in points is just 24, achieved seven years ago with Phoenix. His possession stats don’t suggest that he is due for a huge gain in scoring, either, with a ... Read More
Steelers defensive line key to improved rush defense
If the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to have success this season as a defensive unit, they are going to need significant improvement stopping the run. After being perennially in the top three in the league in terms of run defense for years, last year's unit plummeted to 21st, and gave up a whopping 115.6 yards a game. It was the first time since the 2003 season that the Steelers had given up more than 100 yards on the ground per game in a season. To put into proper perspective, since 2004, ... Read More
PSAC West Pigskin Preview: Seton Hill
A 1-10 start was not how the Seton Hill football envisioned its 2013 season, its first year of playing football in the PSAC. Now, another year older and more accustomed to the PSAC West, the Griffins hope to secure some wins. Seton Hill received a decent season from redshirt sophomore quarterback Nick Halfhill, who appeared in 10 games for the Griffins last season. Halfhill threw for 1,002 yards and nine touchdowns for an offense which saw eight different players attempt passes. Halfhill ... Read More
James Conner feels the time is Now for Pitt
If you are around Paul Chryst’s Pitt Panthers football team, there is something different about the Panthers this season. While Pitt is one of the youngest teams in the entire nation, there is a certain confidence in that locker room right now that hasn’t been seen nor felt in the past few years. None of that has to really do with their 62-0 rout of Delaware to open the season. While that was certainly a nice way to start the season, this Panthers team has bigger goals in mind for the 2014 ... Read More