Pitt category, Page 111

Jeff Capel wanted to enter the ACC portion of Pitt’s schedule with more than four nonconference games behind him. He made it happen Tuesday by adding No. 5. Pitt will play Northern Illinois of the MAC at 7 p.m. Saturday at Petersen Events Center. Northern Illinois (0-1) suffered a tough...

Pitt senior wide receiver/returner D.J. Turner has been invited to participate in the 2021 College Gridiron Showcase & Symposium Jan. 17-21, in Fort Worth, Texas. Turner, who joined the team in September after transferring from Maryland, is Pitt’s second-leading pass catcher, with 39 receptions for 552 yards (14.2 per catch)...

Pitt continued to stack offensive linemen in its class of 2021 on Tuesday when Kyle Fugedi of Livonia, Mich., confirmed his verbal commitment on Twitter. 1000% Committed @Pitt_FB @CoachDuzzPittFB @CoachBorbs @FranklinFootbal @AllenTrieu @KLAASports @TheDZone @Chris_Topher58 @fugedi_lynne @ryleeguidashh #H2P #PITT2L1TT pic.twitter.com/CSBqqn8PVG— Kyle Fugedi (@kylefugedi) December 1, 2020 With only 15 days...

Of all the doomsday scenarios, hypotheticals, and “what ifs” about what could happen with the oft-delayed Steelers-Ravens matchup, here’s an absolute doozy. Mark Madden advanced it during our “Madden Monday” podcast. What if the Steelers-Ravens game still can’t be played Tuesday? And, as a result, both teams finish with only...

All news regarding Pitt wasn’t bad this weekend. Committed!?? #H2P pic.twitter.com/Y2Pu3DpoTV— Gavin Bartholomew (@GavinBartholom6) November 30, 2020 Tight end Gavin Bartholomew, a senior at Blue Mountain High School in Schuylkill Haven, gave coach Pat Narduzzi a verbal commitment Sunday. He is the sixth recruit from Pennsylvania to join Pitt’s 2021...

When at some point next year, he sets aside the failures that marked Pitt’s season, defensive end Rashad Weaver might crack a proud smile. For now, however, he is toiling for a team that has lost as many games (five) as it’s won, and that doesn’t sit well with him....

Pitt point guard Xavier Johnson took the season-opening loss to St. Francis (Pa.) to heart, so he heeded Panthers coach Jeff Capel’s advice to concentrate on setting the tempo and taking care of the ball. With Johnson in control, Pitt never trailed Drexel. And when the game got too close...

Pitt’s 52-17 loss to Clemson on Saturday night was bad, but no more devastating than any of the four that preceded it. Whether it was 31-19 to Miami or the three interceptions Joey Yellen threw in a 42-point loss to Notre Dame or the failure to overcome one-point deficits while...

Jeff Capel was critical of the lackluster start by Pitt in its season-opening 80-70 loss to St. Francis (Pa.), saying he was surprised by the lack of energy at the start and wondering whether it was nerves or jitters. The youngest player on the Panthers, and one of the youngest...

In most seasons, Pitt doesn’t get many chances to impact who goes — or doesn’t go — to the College Football Playoff. But for the second time in a month, the Panthers confront one of the top three teams in the nation. They lost to No. 2 Notre Dame, 45-3,...

Ignoring Pitt’s won/loss record and focusing only on the good-news stats might raise false hope about the Panthers’ chances of upsetting Clemson on Saturday. “You are what your record says you are,” Bill Parcells famously remarked. His point was a team can look good, but if you don’t win the...

Pitt players confessed they didn’t know much about their opponent in the season opener, other than that St. Francis (Pa.) was a member of the Northeast Conference. That almost always assured the Panthers of a victory, as they had only lost once in 44 previous games against NEC teams. So...

Alex Kessman is a kicker. By definition, he stops and thinks about everything. “Ninety percent of what I do is between the ears,” he said. The snap, the hold, even the wind. Why should his future get less attention? No one at Pitt has booted more field goals (64) through...

The Pitt Panthers are ready to open the basketball season against St. Francis on Wednesday night, even if it’s in an empty arena. Pitt junior swingman Au’Diese Toney said the Panthers have been practicing with “fake fans in the arena” by playing automated crowd noise to simulate the sounds of...

When he was asked how he has grown over the past four years, Jimmy Morrissey smiled and rubbed his chin with pride. “I can grow facial here now, as you guys can see,” Pitt’s senior center said Tuesday over a Zoom call with reporters. Of course, there’s more to Morrissey’s...

Newcomers made an immediate impact for the Pitt women’s basketball team a year ago. The Panthers hope for more of the same this season. Coach Lance White welcomed a tall and physical recruiting class, as well as New Mexico transfer Jayla Everett. Coupled with a talented group of returning sophomores...

The Pitt men’s basketball team will play at Northwestern at 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 9 in the final game of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The game, to be televised on ESPNU, is the 20th meeting between the schools. Northwestern leads the all-time series, 10-9, but Pitt has won the past...

The Petersen Events Center will be a relatively quiet place for the foreseeable future. Adhering to new state and local covid-19 restrictions, Pitt will not offer general seating for single game tickets for home basketball games and will limit attendance to 500 people, the university announced Tuesday morning. Total capacity...

While wading cautiously into his third season as Pitt’s basketball coach, Jeff Capel doesn’t know what to expect. He likes what he has seen at practice. But doesn’t everyone before the games begin? The Panthers expect to improve on last season’s shooting percentage (40.4, the program’s worst in 51 years),...

After sitting on Zoom calls, remaining under quarantine and doing little more than thinking about soccer for three weeks, Pitt’s men’s soccer team found itself one victory from winning the ACC championship. But the No. 1-ranked team in the nation had its seven-game winning streak stopped Sunday in Cary, N.C.,...

Pat Narduzzi likes field goals. Really. Pitt’s coach is pleased, of course, when Alex Kessman boots the football through the uprights, and Kessman has given him plenty of reason to smile over the past four seasons. He holds the school record with 64 field goals, including 18 of 24 attempts...

Pitt’s 47-14 victory against Virginia Tech wasn’t official until the clock showed triple zeros at 7:20 p.m. Saturday. But Pat Narduzzi saw it coming four days earlier, and maybe that says something about how Pitt’s senior class hasn’t allowed this grim season to unravel. Quarterback Kenny Pickett stood up in...

In a reversal of a previous announcement, Pitt and Virginia Tech players won’t need to pull up their masks to cover the nose and mouth during Saturday’s game at Heinz Field. Pitt’s athletic department, which initially announced Friday that all players would wear face coverings while engaged in competition, clarified...