Pitt Football: It’s Time To Fire Athletic Director Steve Pederson
Published on: 21st December, 2010
Steve Pederson, current Pitt athletic director, is not a Pitt man. He does not have Pitt's interests at heart. How many more bad decisions does Steve Pederson get to make at the University of Pittsburgh? Why is he allowed by his boss, chancellor Mark Nordenberg, to be a continual source ...Michael “Freddy Krueger” Haywood Takes Control of Pittsburgh Panthers Football
Published on: 18th December, 2010
No one will confuse new Pittsburgh Panthers coach Michael Haywood with Denzel Washington. Nature gave Haywood a mean look that could scare the bejesus out of anyone it’s focused on. Haywood, former Miami, OH Redhawks head coach, uses his physical gifts to full advantage, staring down the press corps and pulling out ...Pitt Football: A.D. Pederson Fails To Light Fuse with Michael Haywood Hire
Published on: 16th December, 2010
I sincerely hope new Pitt coach Michael Haywood is a smashing success. For many Pitt fans reaching the “next level” has become a myth, ever so elusive and far away. Pitt’s athletic director Steve Pederson had a chance to restore faith in the Panthers football program. He had a chance to ...Pitt Hires MAC Coach Michael Haywood To Replace Dave Wannstedt
Published on: 15th December, 2010
Sources out of Pittsburgh are reporting that Michael Haywood, who has just completed his second regular season as coach of the Miami (OH) RedHawks, will be named head coach of the Pittsburgh Panthers. The decision to hire Haywood is a curious one. Haywood brings a thin resume, having been a head coach ...Is James Franklin, Maryland OC, the New Pitt Panthers Head Coach?
Published on: 14th December, 2010
Update: According to the Washington Post and ESPN, James Franklin will be named head coach at Vanderbilt possibly today. The Pederson search-death-spiral looks like it is churning away, throwing out each serious Pitt head coach prospect.James Franklin, Maryland's offensive coordinator, assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach is a virtual unknown ...Pitt Chancellor Nordenberg Confuses Maximum With Minimum Expectations
Published on: 30th November, 2010
The silence instigates a deeps sense of resignation. The West Virginia debacle is nearly 96 hours old and the Pitt chancellor and athletic director have taken a pass. No need to address an angry fan base. No need to talk about stopping the Wannstedt death spiral. Disrespect of this ...Pitt: Dave Wannstedt’s Hot Seat Splitting Fan Base With Apologists and Lunatics
Published on: 18th November, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette beat writer Paul Zeise had to spend considerable time and space in his Red Shirt Diaries defending his use of the term "lunatic fringe." He has demeaningly used this term to describe Pitt fans who write to him after a loss, demanding Wannstedt's head. Keep in mind the Pitt ...Dave Wannstedt Spooked by Thursday Night Game: Sees Werewolves at Rentschler Field
Published on: 11th November, 2010
Dave Wannstedt is so fired up about the UConn game tonight, he arranged crowd noise and loud music to be pumped in to the Panthers practices all week. Odd, don't you think? The last time Pitt played at UConn the Panthers won big and the crowd, although recorded as 40,000, ...Big East Football and Mountain West Conference Heading in Opposite Directions
Published on: 8th November, 2010
Fans of the Mountain West Conference have a lot in common with my nephew who is six months old. Every so often and with no provocation he lets out a terrible scream before settling in for a good hour or so crying fit. I console myself by focusing on "It's ...Big East Expansion: Conference To Expand Football By Adding Two Teams
Published on: 2nd November, 2010
All the rumor-mongering about the Big East's expansion plans can be shelved this evening as the conference made it official today: They will expand by two teams to give the league 10 competitors for the league title and BCS bid. Given the cloud of speculation that has hovered over the ...Featured Sponsors
File not found.