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The Only Disappointment Was the Loss

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Pitt (2-0) 42, Penn State (1-1) 39

Many of the younger fans of Pitt and Penn State football now know something about this rivalry. A game like Saturday’s, played before the largest crowd ever to attend a sporting event in Pittsburgh (and that’s saying something!), firmly established the rivalry in their minds and enhanced it in the ancient minds who lived it back in the day. This rivalry should be continued beyond the current, four game commitment. It should be a permanent annual event. [Read more…]

Shitt on Pitt

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Heinz Field Clash with Pitt First in 16 Years

Penn State renews an old, bitter rivalry on Saturday, as our Nittany Lions (1-0), travel to Pittsburgh to play the Pitt Panthers (1-0) on their adopted home turf at Heinz Field. Kickoff time is noon. Oy vey.

The last time the two teams played each other was back in 2000, when Pitt was playing at the late, Pittnon-lamented Three Rivers Stadium where they shut out the Lions 12-0. The first game they played was in 1893 and they’ve done this dance 95 more times since that year. [Read more…]

Pitt Interviewed Five (Scrap Not One)

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According to ESPN’s Joe Schad, the University of Pittsburgh interviewed only five candidates, all of whom were current sitting head coaches, before signing Mike Haywood of Miami University (Ohio) to a five-year deal.

Thus, it seems that Pitt’s hiring strategy involved bringing in someone with existing head coaching experience, which left PSU assistant Tom Bradley out in the cold.

The doors are rapidly closing for Bradley, who has long been considered the heir apparent to the head coaching throne at Penn State. The only way I see that happening now is on an interim basis, if Joe Paterno’s health should suddenly worsen, precluding him from playing out his contract. Of course, if he serves as interim head coach for a year and compiles an 11-1 record, there’s little doubt that he would be included in the mix for the permanent job.