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The Pitt News

Pitt quarterback Nathan Peterman threw for 2,855 yards and 27 touchdowns in the 2016 season. Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

Miami squashes Pitt’s division title hopes in 51-28 pounding

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor November 5, 2016

Going into Saturday’s game, the Pitt football team had slim hopes of making it to the ACC Championship game. But the Miami Hurricanes extinguished the Panthers’ aspirations in convincing fashion...

Pitt RB James Conner (24) announced Saturday that he will forgot his senior season and declare for the 2017 NFL Draft. Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

PREDICTION: Panthers to rebound with rare win vs. Miami

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor November 3, 2016

Though there are still four games left in the regular season, the Pitt Panthers and the free-falling Miami Hurricanes –– a team that’s lost its last four games in a row –– will collide in Miami...

The ACC reprimanded Pat Narduzzi after comments he made about officials after the VT game last Thursday. Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

Narduzzi’s bark needs less bite

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor November 1, 2016

If Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi isn’t careful, his self-described “Rottweiler” attitude on the sidelines could do more than dent the University’s wallets –– it could cost his team a game. Narduzzi’s...

The ACC fined Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi $5,000 for words critical of referees’ calls Thursday night against Virginia Tech. Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

ACC reprimands Narduzzi after Virginia Tech game

In the wake of Pitt’s loss to Virginia Tech, the ACC issued a public reprimand Sunday evening to Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi for criticizing the game’s referees after Thursday night’s game....

The Pitt Panthers will put their chances of winning the ACC Coastal Division on the line when they face the Virginia Tech Hokies at Heinz Field Thursday night. Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

Prediction: Panthers to rekindle old magic vs. Bud Foster’s VT defense

By Dan Sostek | Senior Staff Writer October 27, 2016

As a head coach, Pat Narduzzi has never defeated a ranked program. The Pitt football team will have its third chance in two years to change that Thursday night. Narduzzi’s Panthers host the No. 25...

Pitt men's basketball head coach Kevin Stallings received the third verbal commitment to the Panthers' 2017 recruiting class on Wednesday. Matt Hawley | Staff Photographer

Pitt football and men’s basketball receive new verbal commitments

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor October 27, 2016

Even though the Pitt football season is far from over and the basketball season isn’t even underway yet, both teams each picked up a new verbal commitment to their 2017 recruiting classes on Wednesday. The...

Football Head Coach Pat Narduzzi retracted his "permission slip" that excused students from Thursday night classes for the Virginia Tech game. Heather Tennant | Staff Photographer

Narduzzi trolls Pitt fans on Twitter before VT game

What if Pat Narduzzi, head coach of Pitt’s football team, wrote you a pass to get out of class Thursday night so you could watch the Panthers take on Virginia Tech at Heinz Field? Well, he did. Kind...

Jordan Whitehead (9) had a key interception return for a touchdown in Pitt's 45-31 win at Virginia. (Courtesy of Pitt Athletics)

Whitehead’s pick-six sparks Pitt to win in Virginia

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor October 17, 2016

Facing third-and-10 from his own 44-yard line with 18 seconds left in the first half, Virginia quarterback Kurt Benkert thought he saw a receiver come open over the middle of the field. But he didn’t...

Jordan Whitehead's 59-yard interception return TD gave Pitt its first lead just before halftime in a 45-31 win at Virginia. Pictured vs. Penn State Sept. 10. Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt defeats Virginia for third straight win, 45-31

By Dan Sostek | Senior Staff Writer October 15, 2016

Saturday’s Pitt-Virginia football game was a tale of two halves. The Panthers (5-2 overall, 2-1 ACC) recovered from a shootout of a first half in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which the two teams...

Pitt cornerback Avonte Maddox gets drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles. (TPN file photo)

Prediction: Panthers offense to keep rolling in Virginia

By Dan Sostek | Senior Staff Writer October 13, 2016

One week after defeating Paul Johnson and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi and the Panthers will have to harness a Bronco — Bronco Mendenhall, that is. Pittsburgh travels...

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