Some miscellaneous football notes for the day:
Paul Zeise and the media had an unusally informative session with Dave Wannstedt today. Some of the things that came out of it - RB Shariff Harris plans to transfer, Phil Bennett possibly staying, and the tentative offensive line heading ito the Spring.
Also out of that session, and confirmed by ESPN's Joe Schad, was a good piece of news for Pitt fans - Greg Romeus will be returning for his senior season. That's not a huge surprise to me as I don't think it was ever confirmed he would be a high pick. Very welcome news considering Pitt is already losing Mick Williams to graduation.
More postseason Big East awards go to Pitt from Rivals.com and they also called Dan Mason next year's breakout defensive player.
And in incredibly late news, despite repeated trips to PittsburghPanthers.com, I've just now noticed their satellite site www.gopittfootball.com, even though it was out since September.
And just in case you were wondering, Pitt has seven NFL players still in the playoffs.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
News and Notes
No major stuff today -
Pitt landed a middle-of-the-road recruit today - safety Eric Williams from Pennsbury. Rivals has him as a three-star recruit, but he wasn't sought after by too many major schools - the best of the lot besides Pitt were Vanderbilt and Syracuse.
Running back Shariff Harris will dress after being suspended. With Lewis looking like the clear number one (at least after one week) and Ray Graham / Chris Burns likely getting carries this year, Harris' opportunities will likely be limited. He could also be a change of pace back according to Paul Zeise.
Next up is Buffalo and despite last year's scare, I need to 'see it to believe it' when I hear Pitt saying they're not looking past them. Sorry - not sure if I'm buying that. I obviously don't think they SHOULD be looking past them. I just want to see proof of it.
Also, for the first time in a while, I took a look at the Alumni Tracker (a great tool, by the way) on Sportsline.com and wasn't quite aware there were so many former Panthers on teams or in camps this late in the game.
Pitt landed a middle-of-the-road recruit today - safety Eric Williams from Pennsbury. Rivals has him as a three-star recruit, but he wasn't sought after by too many major schools - the best of the lot besides Pitt were Vanderbilt and Syracuse.
Running back Shariff Harris will dress after being suspended. With Lewis looking like the clear number one (at least after one week) and Ray Graham / Chris Burns likely getting carries this year, Harris' opportunities will likely be limited. He could also be a change of pace back according to Paul Zeise.
Next up is Buffalo and despite last year's scare, I need to 'see it to believe it' when I hear Pitt saying they're not looking past them. Sorry - not sure if I'm buying that. I obviously don't think they SHOULD be looking past them. I just want to see proof of it.
Also, for the first time in a while, I took a look at the Alumni Tracker (a great tool, by the way) on Sportsline.com and wasn't quite aware there were so many former Panthers on teams or in camps this late in the game.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Catching Up
I wanted to resist, but here is another QB story.
And, an AP article talks about Bostick's big game success (despite downplaying that he didn't play particularly well in either game other than mentioning his three interceptions).
Links fast and furious today:
Paul Zeise finally analyzes something I've been screaming about - the bowl situation.
And if that is what the line-up really looks like, in a year when the Irish don't qualify for the BCS and thus end up in the Champs Sports Bowl, the second place team will go to Charlotte to face an ACC team but the third place team in the Big East will end up in either Toronto, Birmingham or St. Petersburg against some MAC or Conference USA school.
That's not a very attractive lineup and speaks volumes about the work left to be done by the conference to continue to build itself up and change the perception of the programs in it.
Finally, someone who gets it.
It seems that everyone (at least from articles I've read) seem to think that the Gator Bowl is no big deal. True it's not a BCS bowl, but it's still a New Year's Day bowl and I consider it on that next Tier of big bowls such as the Cotton Bowl. And for those of you who don't think that's a big deal anymore, I would beg to differ. That may be the only college football casual fans watch all year long (yes, there are actually casual college football fans). A day off of work, too cold to do anything else (at least for those of us in the north) - a day full of college football. Outside of the BCS, New Year's Day is really THE day for college football.
Big East fans also weighed in about it.
Meanwhile, Paul also addresses something I discussed earlier (see below) - the use of the tight ends.
ZEISE: Yes. Cignetti has said as much on many occasions. And early in camp -- before Byham and Dickerson were both injured -- it reflected as much. He knows these guys are two of his best players and he said he wants to make sure they both get enough touches to have an effect on every game. Byham will also play a big role in the running offense because he has developed into an excellent blocker.
As I've said, Pitt is likely poised to use the TEs more - a questionable quarterback, no McCoy, solid players at TE...it seems like it's a given.
Shariff Harris is seemingly in trouble. After a fair amount of hype surrounding him as the possible replacement for Shady last year, he seems to have fallen behind at least Dion Lewis, and now may be as low as 3rd or 4th on the depth chart.
Jarred Holley wants playing time.
Greg Romeus and Jabaal Sheard are going to be a handful.
Craig Bokor is one of the last holdovers from the Walt Harris era.
And, an AP article talks about Bostick's big game success (despite downplaying that he didn't play particularly well in either game other than mentioning his three interceptions).
Links fast and furious today:
Paul Zeise finally analyzes something I've been screaming about - the bowl situation.
And if that is what the line-up really looks like, in a year when the Irish don't qualify for the BCS and thus end up in the Champs Sports Bowl, the second place team will go to Charlotte to face an ACC team but the third place team in the Big East will end up in either Toronto, Birmingham or St. Petersburg against some MAC or Conference USA school.
That's not a very attractive lineup and speaks volumes about the work left to be done by the conference to continue to build itself up and change the perception of the programs in it.
Finally, someone who gets it.
It seems that everyone (at least from articles I've read) seem to think that the Gator Bowl is no big deal. True it's not a BCS bowl, but it's still a New Year's Day bowl and I consider it on that next Tier of big bowls such as the Cotton Bowl. And for those of you who don't think that's a big deal anymore, I would beg to differ. That may be the only college football casual fans watch all year long (yes, there are actually casual college football fans). A day off of work, too cold to do anything else (at least for those of us in the north) - a day full of college football. Outside of the BCS, New Year's Day is really THE day for college football.
Big East fans also weighed in about it.
Meanwhile, Paul also addresses something I discussed earlier (see below) - the use of the tight ends.
ZEISE: Yes. Cignetti has said as much on many occasions. And early in camp -- before Byham and Dickerson were both injured -- it reflected as much. He knows these guys are two of his best players and he said he wants to make sure they both get enough touches to have an effect on every game. Byham will also play a big role in the running offense because he has developed into an excellent blocker.
As I've said, Pitt is likely poised to use the TEs more - a questionable quarterback, no McCoy, solid players at TE...it seems like it's a given.
Shariff Harris is seemingly in trouble. After a fair amount of hype surrounding him as the possible replacement for Shady last year, he seems to have fallen behind at least Dion Lewis, and now may be as low as 3rd or 4th on the depth chart.
Jarred Holley wants playing time.
Greg Romeus and Jabaal Sheard are going to be a handful.
Craig Bokor is one of the last holdovers from the Walt Harris era.
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