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Forgive Willie Dodaro if he misses Mass on Saturday afternoon. After all, Joe Trebitz is starting for Pitt against Notre Dame, and Dodaro believes it would be sinful to miss the game. “I usually go to church on Saturday afternoon because my only day to sleep in is Sunday morning,” said Dodaro, the football coach [...]

Almost exactly one year ago today, this story ran in the Trib on Tray Woodall’s return to New Jersey to help with cleanup efforts after Hurricane Irene. Now, the waters are back again. With so many of the Pitt players from the affected areas, I’m working to find out if their families/homes are OK. Will [...]

Pitt continually found holes in the Temple defense Saturday and built a 31-7 halftime lead at Heinz Field. Pitt scored touchdowns after 90-, 80- and 62-yard drives, the latter ending with a 1-yard pass from quarterback Tino Sunseri to running back Ray Graham with one second left in the half. Graham and Sunseri led the [...]

The cool part about following the region’s sports teams from a media perch is that you don’t need to adhere to those mandates that coaches place upon themselves and their teams. For example, the last topic Pitt coach Paul Chryst wants to discuss is what the Panthers need to do to reach a bowl or [...]

Pitt will meet Buffalo on Saturday with a different look at linebacker, but coach Paul Chryst isn’t changing the lineup for punitive reasons. It’s a simple matter of injury and recovery. Chryst said on his radio show Wednesday that outside linebacker Manny Williams won’t play against Buffalo. He wasn’t as definitive about middle linebacker Shane [...]

Pitt’s players have recited variations of the same theme all season: When they lose – which has been two-thirds of the time – they always talk about going back into their film rooms to watch video to identify and fix their mistakes, with the intent of coming back stronger the next game. Believe me, they [...]

This loss won’t go down easy. Pitt’s 14-13 loss to Syracuse on Friday night at the Carrier Dome didn’t have to happen. All Pitt needed was one more score. But it’s like a baseball team stranding too many runners. It’s nice to get all those hits and get everyone excited, but somebody needs to step [...]

Yes, it’s true that Pitt has won seven games in a row against Syracuse, by an average of margin of nearly 17 points. Yes, it’s true that Syracuse has played poorly this season, in terms of penalties and turnovers — fixable mistakes, in other words. And, yes, Pitt is actually a road favorite — as [...]

Cranford (N.J.) quarterback Reggie Green committed to Pitt on Tuesday, first calling coach Paul Chryst with the news and then posting on Twitter: “Officially committed to the University of Pittsburgh. Hail to Pitt!!!!” Green is a quarterback at Cranford, but Pitt recruited him as an athlete who has a stated preference for offense. At 6-3, [...]

Pitt fans were buzzing last weekend when running back Corey Clement amassed epic numbers for his high school team in Glassboro, N.J. Clement, who verbally committed to Pitt nearly four months ago and has not de-committed, carried only 15 times, but he made them count — did he ever! — for a South Jersey-record 476 [...]