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The Pitt News

Joe Paterno leading the Nittany Lions as their Head Coach from 1966-2011. (TNS)

Storied past of Pitt vs. Penn State

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor September 6, 2016

This Saturday at Heinz Field, the Pitt Panthers and Penn State Nittany Lions will renew one of college football’s most storied rivalries after a 16-year hiatus. The in-state battle for supremacy between...

Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt facing nationwide issue of alcohol sales at sporting events

By Meg Millure / Staff Writer April 15, 2016

When Pitt’s Athletic Director Scott Barnes first took the position in 2015, he told a local reporter he was open to the idea of selling alcohol at Panther football games. The next day’s headline,...

Pitt eclipsed its all-time record for football season ticket sales Saturday. Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographers

Time is right to bring beer to Heinz Field

By Steve Rotstein / Staff Writer April 15, 2016

There are few places more intrinsically college than a football stadium. So why is it that at most schools, gridirons are the fall’s only beer-free weekend destinations? During the 2015-2016 season,...

Pitt football recruits sit with Coach Narduzzi at a recent basketball game.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Narduzzi providing results in first full recruiting offseason

By Chad Cameron / For The Pitt News February 1, 2016

In the final stretch of the courting process, Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi fed his recruits to the Zoo. Pitt invited a group of football recruits to watch the Virginia Tech game Sunday as members...

ACC announces 2016 Pitt football schedule

ACC announces 2016 Pitt football schedule

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor January 26, 2016

The Atlantic Coastal Conference announced finalized schedules for Pitt and other ACC schools for the 2016 football season on Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers will face eight teams that made bowl games...

Pitt News File Photo

Scheduling rivals could provide boon to football attendance

By Stephen Caruso / Assistant Sports Editor September 14, 2015

Two weeks ago, I wrote a column calling for Pitt and West Virginia to renew the Backyard Brawl. Last Thursday, by pure happenstance, fate intervened — in the form of Pitt and WVU AD’s Scott Barnes...

Penn State football dominates state, according to map

By Alex Fischbein / For The Pitt News October 23, 2014

Excitement, scoring, wins, championships and fan devotion comprise some of the “ingredients” of a sports fan. Students and alumni typically make up college football fan bases, but there are still schools...

What rivalries? Pitt's relationship with PSU, WVU changing

What rivalries? Pitt’s relationship with PSU, WVU changing

By Joey Niklas / For The Pitt News October 23, 2014

Rivalries have helped build college football into the financial machine that it is today. The Red River Shootout between Texas and Oklahoma — played in Dallas — and the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail...

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