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When former Gateway standout Cam Saddler decided to commit to Pitt five years ago, the Big East was one of the attractions, he said. Times have changed. “It’s not the same Big East,” Saddler said on the eve of his last Big East game Saturday night at South Florida. “If I was getting recruited (now), [...]

Wide receiver Terrish Webb, who was dominant Friday in Clairton’s historic 59-14 WPIAL championship victory against Sto-Rox, received a welcome surprise Saturday morning in the form of a scholarship offer from Pitt. Webb caught four passes for 99 yards against Sto-Rox, including touchdown receptions of 22 and 24 yards. Webb, 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, previously committed [...]

Belle Vernon senior offensive lineman Dorian Johnson said Monday night he will not make a previously scheduled visit to Ohio State this weekend after verbally committing to Pitt a day earlier. “I won’t be taking any visits to any other schools,” he said. Johnson, 6-foot-6, 285 pounds, became the 19th member of Pitt’s Class of [...]

Pitt’s NFL touchdown streak ended Monday night at 28 consecutive weeks — the third-longest since 2000 — when Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin left the Steelers game Monday night with head and neck injuries without scoring. The streak also could have been extended in the Philadelphia Eagles’ loss to the Dallas Cowboys on [...]

The weather was sunny and cold in Hartford, Conn., Friday morning. Most of the 4 inches of snow that fell on the region melted, but temperatures are expected to dip into the low 30s for Pitt’s game against Connecticut Friday night at The Rent (Rentschler Field). Lots of talk in the Hartford Courant about the [...]

A couple of Pitt items that interest me (maybe you, too): By the way, I am writing this while watching a replay of the Pitt/Notre Dame game. Yes, it’s worth watching again. – I had a friendly chat Wednesday with Theodore Roosevelt (Ohio) High School coach John Nemec, whose prize pupil is 2013 Pitt quarterback [...]

Pitt redshirt junior Shane Gordon could be a regular presence in the lineup Friday night against Connecticut for the first time since suffering a high ankle sprain Oct. 13 in the Louisville game. If he doesn’t start, Gordon will share time with senior Joe Trebitz. Gordon played only one snap against Notre Dame, dropping Irish [...]