Pitt Redshirt Diaries

Pitt-Cincinnati at Noon

2009-11-18T21:12:00Z

Just in case you wondered - the Pitt-Cincinnati game on Dec. 5th at Heinz Field will be a noon kick-off and will be broadcast on ABC....(read more)

MSG picks top moments of 75 years of college hoops

2009-11-18T05:03:00Z

The Associated Press moved this item earlier this evening and I thought I'd share it with you...I was lucky enough to be in the building for the final three games on the list. To think, all of those storied moments in the history of Madison Square Garden and I was fortunate enough to witness three of them. That Pitt-Duke game had so much drama with Mike Cook's injury and then Levance Fields nailing that 3-pointer as the clock ticked down. I'm glad it made the final list. It deserves to...(read more)

PITT-BINGHAMTON PREGAME

2009-11-17T02:04:00Z

PITT-BINGHAMTON PREGAME Pitt coach Jamie Dixon spoke after practice today on a number of topics, including Jermaine Dixon's foot injury, the unusual start time for tomorrow's game and some of the team's shortcomings in the opener against Wofford. * In case you missed the breaking news earlier in the day, Jermaine Dixon will miss the next two games at least. He will have another x-ray Friday and Jamie Dixon did not put a timetable on his return. After games this week against Binghamton...(read more)

Pitt 27, Notre Dame 22 - News, Notes and Analysis

2009-11-15T06:56:00Z

People keep waiting for this team to fail but for whatever reason, they just won't cooperate. I'm sure Pitt fans started to get that sick feeling in their stomach after Golden Tate's 87-yard punt return for a touchdown late in the game but the Panthers stood tall and wouldn't be denied. If I were giving out game balls to Pitt players I'd say the entire offensive and defensive lines all deserve one, Jonathan Baldwin deserves one and Dion Lewis deserves one. The victory was a milestone...(read more)

Halfway Home - Pitt 10, Notre Dame 3

2009-11-15T02:45:00Z

The first half was not very exciting and frankly, considering this is a non-conference game with not much at stake - well, I guess except for Charlie Weis's job -- played with remarkable conservative playcalling on both sides. I know, there wasn't much good field position for either team but still neither team seemed particularly interested in going down the field and making big plays - and there are a lot of them to be made. Part of Pitt's problem on offense is that Bill Stull - save...(read more)

Pitt's Top Ten Wins Since 2002 - Plus an ABC coverage map for Pitt-Notre Dame game

2009-11-13T07:03:00Z

OK, I got a lot of responses on my “Ten worst losses for Pitt since I started covering the team in 2002 a few weeks back” and the comments I got the most were “Why do you have to be so negative?” and “How could you leave all four of the Rutgers losses off the list”. To the second point first, the four Rutgers losses – I think Pitt should have won at least two of them but really let's examine them closer and when we do, I think you'll see why none...(read more)

More on JJ Moore

2009-11-11T22:41:00Z

Pitt coach Jamie Dixon had a big day in recruiting today when he got J.J. Moore from South Kent Prep in Connecticut to give him a verbal commitment. Moore, a 6-foot-190-pound small forward, chose Pitt over Louisville. We don't have a big sports section tomorrow, so a lot of this won't be in print tomorrow. The loyal redshirt diaries readers can read here here some quotes from Moore's coach at South Kent Prep, Kelvin Jefferson. On his eligibility: "The plan is for him to qualify for...(read more)

Pitt Notes, Odds and Ends

2009-11-11T00:13:00Z

Day Two of Notre Dame Week is in the books. But as I had written before, I was a little under the weather (OK, a lot) so there were a number of little odds and ends, some I've dealt with in the Q&A, that I need to wrap up. So here we go.... ** A lot of people want to know and I've gotten plenty of e-mails about the Gator Bowl with respect to Notre Dame. Here is the best answer I can give you. If Notre Dame is 8-4, they are a lock to go to the Gator Bowl unless an 11-1 Cincinnati team...(read more)

Pitt 37, Syracuse 10 - Good, Bad and Ugly

2009-11-10T02:32:00Z

Welcome back folks to the Pitt football blog -- I missed last week of blogging because I was battling a very nasty flu bug (if you notice, I wrote very little for the paper as well). But now we're back, healthy (almost) and ready for the stretch run of three good games. The next three will certainly define this season but as I wrote this morning's paper - none of the three games remaiming look nearly as tough as they did a few weeks ago. That doesn't they will be easy or that Pitt can...(read more)

Pitt-Coker live blog

2009-11-08T19:48:00Z

Coker making a comeback! Coker is on an 11-9 run and has cut the lead to 59-17. Travon Woodall continues to play well, although it's really hard to figure out what any of this means. It looks like Jamie Dixon is going to play his reserves a bunch the rest of the way. Nasir Robinson has not played in the second half. Dwight Miller and Talib Zanna are playing power forward. Robinson left the game in the first half with a hand injury. Halftime It's 41-6 at halftime. Coker finally made a field...(read more)