Shawn Watson Should be on the Hot Seat
After last weekend’s debacle against Penn State, many aspects of the Pitt football team should be questioned. However, Offensive Coordinator Shawn Watson deserves extra scrutiny.
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After last weekend’s debacle against Penn State, many aspects of the Pitt football team should be questioned. However, Offensive Coordinator Shawn Watson deserves extra scrutiny.
Pitt stuns #2 “The U” 24-14 to finish the 2017 football season 5-7 and out of the post-season.
Pitt (4-6) drops a must-win game 34-31 to (2-8) North Carolina before a spare crowd on “Star Wars” night on Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
The much-maligned Pitt defense came up big for the second straight week en route to a 31-14 home victory over Virginia. This included several stops on 4th and short including once from the Pitt 1 yard line.
Pitt tops Duke 24-17 behind the brilliant running of junior tailback Darrin Hall, 24 carries for 254 yards and 3 TDs, that resulted in a must-win road victory at Duke in Durham, NC yesterday.
2017 will most likely mark the end a 9 year bowl streak for the Pitt Panthers, albeit many of those bowls were attended by 6-6 Pitt teams from the past. Pitt would have to win 4 of their last 5 games after losing to NC State 35-17 this past Saturday at Heinz Field.
Max Browne leads Pitt past Rice 42-10 but questions still loom large prior to the Panthers ACC match-up with Syracuse in the Panther run game.
The Pitt offense looked confused, disorganized and completely inept in the 35-17 blow-out loss to Coastal rival Georgia Tech in Atlanta this past Saturday.
Yes, everyone involved with the PITT football program would rather be going into this game at 2-0 and coming off another big rivalry game victory. Â But, we all knew that 1-1 was a real good possibility heading into this season. Â But, unlike Penn State, PITT has another big game coming up this Saturday against Oklahoma…
Pitt “Drops” Road Game At Penn State, 33-14 as the Panthers receiving corps struggle to come down with several strong, deep passes by QB Max Browne.
It’s that week of the year that both PITT and Penn State fans look forward to. Â That’s right, don’t believe Penn State fans and media when they try to play down this week because they believe their athletic department when they say that they are “Unrivaled”. Â Which I call BS on because they need this…
The Pitt defense surrenders 331 yards passing yet manages to escape with a narrow 28-21 overtime win over FCS opponent Youngstown State at Heinz Field.
Over the past few seasons since Pat Narduzzi has come aboard, the PITT Football program has started to prove that they belong in the conversation with the rest of the top tier teams in the ACC. Â And the next thing that they need to do is win the ACC Coastal and make an appearance in…
Pitt falls to Northwestern 31-24 in the 2016 Pinstripe Bowl as Justin Jackson gained 224 yards, 3 TDs on 32 carries en route to victory.
(Video Courtesy of ACC Digital Network) As we are 2 weeks away from the Pinstripe Bowl in New York City, I am going to pick the Top 16 games or moments from the 2016 football season. The #16 game was the “All Offense, Little Defense” day against Syracuse to close out the regular season. Â And…
You read that right. Pitt beat Syracuse today 76-61. Not in hoops but football. It was the highest scoring game ever in FBS history.
Pitt senior placekicker Chris Blewitt boots the game winning 48 yard field goal to lift Pitt over #2 Clemson en route to the weekend’s biggest upset in college football, 43-42.
After Miami throttles Pitt 51-28, the Panthers head to Death Valley to face the #2 Clemson Tigers on National TV (ABC).
Pitt defeats Virginia 45-31 and gets a much needed bye week in order to heal up in time for a Thursday Night showdown against Va Tech on ESPN on Oct 27th.
Pitt defeats Marshall, 43-27, but the Panther defense gets shredded once again after surrendering another big lead.
Pitt beats Villanova at home 28-7 but looks rusty in the process. Huge concerns remain afterwards with the Offensive Line and Wide Receivers despite the win.
Pitt Football begins Season #2 under Head Coach Pat Narduzzi tomorrow starting with Summer Camp.
DreamBackfield takes an in-depth look at the Pitt Football Spring roster by position including the expected incoming 2016 recruits.
Pitt concluded Spring Drills with a few new starters penciled in and followed that up with an impact 4-star DE transfer and a new AD, who starts July 1st.