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Georgia Tech dual-threat quarterback Jeff Sims provides serious test to Pitt secondaryVideo

Pen, paper and clicker at the ready, Pitt sophomore safety Rashad Battle was sitting at his desk at 6:15 one morning, watching Georgia Tech video. And he isn’t even a regular starter in Pitt’s secondary. “He’s excited to be going back home,” Pitt safety coach Cory Sanders said of the...
Pitt’s Kenny Pickett climbs among the nation’s passing leadersVideo

Kenny Pickett doesn’t need NIL deals that offer free meals and the use of a shiny, new truck as much as he needs an accountant to log all of his stats. Riding in power and style this season! I want to thank Bowser Automotive for partnering with me! Awesome ride,...
Pitt coaches, players shrug off last year’s win at Georgia Tech

You can be sure Andre Powell shook Vincent Davis’ hand — or offered another form of dignified congratulations — after the Pitt running back gained 247 yards last season against Georgia Tech. A bear hug might not be Powell’s style as an assistant who’s been in the business for 34...
‘Preseason’s over’ as Pitt prepares for Georgia Tech and the start of ACC play

Pat Narduzzi and assistant coach Dave Borbely pieced together a new-look offensive line last week for Pitt’s game against New Hampshire. Center Owen Drexel wasn’t available – if he was injured, Narduzzi wasn’t saying – and that forced new snapper Jake Kradel (Butler) to move from right guard, Gabe Houy...
Defense comes alive as Pitt gets ready for ACC schedule

At one point while Pitt was crushing New Hampshire — and making a case for the permanent elimination of Power 5/FCS games — defensive end Habakkuk Baldonado put his arm around Wildcats quarterback Bret Edwards. No one was close enough to hear the conversation, but it appeared Baldonado, as friendly...
Pitt bulldozes New Hampshire with largest point total in nearly a century, 77-7

After overpowering New Hampshire and winning by the outrageously historic score of 77-7, Pitt still has plenty to prove and eight upcoming ACC games in which to do it. What was proven Saturday on the Heinz Field turf is New Hampshire (3-1), a nationally ranked FCS team, should not have...
Take 5: There’s a game Saturday, but the real Pitt season starts next week

Painfully proven by the 44-41 loss to Western Michigan, Pitt (and most teams) can’t win without singular focus on that week’s opponent. The beauty of sports, however, is there is almost always an opportunity for redemption, and Pitt can grab it Saturday at Heinz Field against New Hampshire. But what’s...
Pitt scores quickly, but falls short in time of possession

Football teams constantly seek improved efficiency in everything they do. Defenses are asked to hold the opposition to three downs and a punt. Offenses are asked to score as quickly and as often as possible. Makes sense, right? But Western Michigan last week accepted a trade that appeared to be...
U mad, bro?: Steelers and Pitt fans viciously vent after dreadful weekend at Heinz Field

The Steelers lost their home opener to the Las Vegas Raiders, and Pitt lost at home to Western Michigan. A weekend like that leads to a “U mad, bro?” edition like this. The messages I received from readers were venomous. Vindictive. Vicious. And, occasionally, vapid. I didn’t even include any...
Pitt’s issues may extend beyond just the focus, energy Pat Narduzzi has mentioned

During his postgame media Q&A Saturday, Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi admitted that his team wasn’t in a properly energized or focused state of mind during a disappointing home loss to Western Michigan. That certainly got my attention. It did again on Monday when Narduzzi reiterated those complaints during his...
Pitt defensive coordinator Randy Bates says he wasn’t ‘quick enough’ with adjustmentsVideo

At age 61, Randy Bates has seen the world. Or, as much as the retired Naval Lieutenant can see in 40 years while traversing half the nation, working for nine different bosses and coaching from Annapolis, Md., to Ruston, La. So, when Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi suggested he would have...
UNH’s Sean McDonnell, Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi learned to clean up messes long before coaching

Pat Narduzzi and Sean McDonnell will be standing on opposite sidelines Saturday at Heinz Field, working against each other as head coaches of Pitt and New Hampshire. But in the summer of 1989, they put their heads — and paint brushes — together as young guys trying to make an...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi dissects decisions made by himself, coaches, players during loss to Western Michigan

The feeling you get listening to Pat Narduzzi discuss the Western Michigan game is this: Those around him in the days after Pitt’s 44-41 loss didn’t have a great weekend, and that appears to include his assistants and the coach himself. During his weekly news conference Monday, the head coach...
Analysis: Wasted opportunity leads to questions about Pitt’s defense

Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi made a point Saturday afternoon aimed at keeping hope alive after the 44-41 loss to Western Michigan. “It’s one game. It’s not an ACC game,” he said. “All our goals are still ahead of us.” That’s one way to look at it, and that’s probably...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi references ‘MAC officials’ after unsportsmanlike conduct penalty

Not only did Pat Narduzzi admit he and his staff were “outcoached” in Pitt’s 44-41 loss to Western Michigan on Saturday, he also received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the second quarter. Asked about it after the game, he said, “It was so long ago I don’t remember. It was...
Pitt bumbles way to loss against Western Michigan

Pat Narduzzi and Kenny Pickett offered the obligatory praise for Western Michigan, and it was undeniably well deserved. Yet, on this day, it was not the point. Not even close. After Pitt (2-1) stumbled to a 44-41 loss Saturday before an announced crowd of 40,581 at Heinz Field, some of...

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