The College Sports Blog

The Nittany Lions absolutely destroyed Indiana State today overpowering them with stout defense and a strong running game, but running the fullback dive play over and over again isn't going to work against Alabama next Saturday. It's a mystery why Penn State Coaches and fans are obsessed with playing Rob Bolden, he did nothing to […]

Article courtesy of OddsShark.com, lines provider to Sports Talk Radio: Pitt's college namesake is favored by 31 points, while its pro team is a 3-point underdog to the NFL's worst team. Football returns to western Pennsylvania — for real in the college ranks and for a final week of pretend in the NFL. In both […]

Over the last 18 years, the Pirates have been the black eye of Major League Baseball, owning a losing record in each and every season since 1992. After last year's disastrous season in which they went 57-105, the Pirates have shocked the world and are now 1.5 games back as of July 5th, 2011. Winners […]

10a-WTAE Channel 4's Josh Taylor in studio 12:10-Mike Casazza of Charleston Daily Mail who broke the WVU Coaches Beef 12:30-Phil Steele on why he's picking Pitt to win the Big East and play in a BCS Bowl 2:15-Poker Pro Jonathon Little playing in the World Series of Poker 3pm-Super Steeler Franco Harris 3:30-New York Jets […]

The NFL Draft is rapidly approaching, and although it's awfully difficult to predict a selection when a team is drafting at 31st overall, my money is on the Pittsburgh Steelers sticking and picking Ohio State defensive end Cameron Heyward. Heyward is the safest pick for Pittsburgh where they are selecting. The son of former Pitt […]

So who had the worst weekend in Pittsburgh sports, Nasir Robinson, Matt Cooke, Mario Lemieux, or the Big East Basketball Conference? I'm going to give it to Cooke by an elbow, for self inflicted loss of about $22,000 per-game checks coming up during his suspension. Not to mention a pretty awkward situation in his dressing […]

Join former Pitt star Julius Page and Ken Laird today from 2pm to 4pm as they examine the 2011 NCAA Tournament Brackets. Did Pitt deserve a #1? Will they make the Final Four? JP will help you win your office pool with his bracket busters, and we'll continue to assign listeners a hoops team at […]

The Pitt men's' basketball team won its 15th Big East game Saturday, knocking off the Villanova Wildcats to win the 2010-2011 league title outright. For only the third time in the program's history and for the first time since 2004, they'll enter the Big East Tournament as the #1 seed. My favorite things from the […]