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Let’s set the record straight on Pitt recruit Jeremiah Taleni, the big defensive tackle who lives and goes to high school in Hawaii. “I’m Samoan,” he told me late Wednesday night. “I’m just from Hawaii.” One more thing: Taleni said he could have gone to the University of Hawaii and play Division I football, but [...]

Pitt has 25 prospects on its 2013 football pledge list, including only three four-stars (Tyler Boyd, Dorian Johnson and Tre’von Chapman). Yet, the little-known prospects — especially four big offensive lineman — could turn this year’s recruiting class into one of the best in the ACC. Rivals.com ranked Pitt’s class sixth in the conference last [...]

Pitt redshirt junior wide receiver Devin Street said Wednesday night on Twitter that he will make an announcement Thursday, also on Twitter. Street wasn’t specific, but he has been exploring his potential status in the NFL Draft this year and weighing it against a return to Pitt next season when he has chance to: Become [...]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Pitt hasn’t won three games in a row since 2010, but a victory Saturday against Ole Miss in the BBVA Compass Bowl will match that winning streak. That would be no small accomplishment for first-year coach Paul Chryst, especially after the team followed up its two previous two-game winning streaks this season [...]

Pitt wide receiver Devin Street, well-spoken and smart, appears to be more eager for his senior season than the NFL draft. Street, a redshirt junior, said coach Paul Chryst suggested he file the necessary paperwork to determine his potential standing with the NFL, but he said he doubts he will leave. “(Coming back) is a [...]

Late Tuesday afternoon, while I was immersed in another assignment, calls, texts and tweets came flying at me like locusts. Everyone wanted to know: “Do you really think he’s leaving?” Another tweet wanted to know: “so um how big is Chryst’s buyout.” All of this because Bret Bielema vacated the head-coaching position at Wisconsin to [...]

A wise coach once said: “You are what your record says you are.” In the spirit of the college bowl season, let’s amend that slightly: “You go where your record tells you to go.” For Pitt (6-6), that means a third consecutive trip Jan. 5 to historic Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., for the BBVA [...]

A couple of quick notes before putting the 12th Pitt game of the season to bed: – Coach Paul Chryst acknowledged what he called “bad football” against South Florida. And it was played by the winning team. The Pitt offense committed 10 of the 13 penalties called against the Panthers, including six false starts in [...]

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 [...]