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Buffalo’s Brandon Thermilus scored on a 1-yard run and the Bulls held a 6-0 lead over Pitt after one quarter today at Heinz Field. Buffalo drove 73 yards on 15 plays, converting on a third-and-1 at its own 36 and a fourth-and-1 at the Pitt 18. Drew Willy completed a 9-yard pass to Brett Hamlin [...]

The Pitt men’s basketball team will play 14 games against NCAA Tournament teams, nine non-conference opponents with top-100 RPI ratings and make at least 11 national television appearances. The Panthers, who released their 31-game schedule this afternoon, will play Connecticut, West Virginia and DePaul twice and everyone else once in their 18-game Big East schedule. [...]

The Pitt football team suffered another serious blow when fifth-year senior strong-side linebacker Adam Gunn was lost indefinitely — possibly for the season — with what Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt called a “small fracture” of a vertebrae. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Gunn, a Kiski Area High School graduate, was injured in the third quarter of Pitt’s [...]

Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson today offered a show of support for Dave Wannstedt, taking pressure off the Pitt football coach after Saturday’s 27-17 season-opening loss to Bowling Green. Pitt was a 13 1/2-point favorite. “In these situations, nobody’s more disappointed than Dave and our team at the results of the game,” Pederson said. “But [...]

Enough with the excuses. Pitt got outcoached and outplayed by Bowling Green Saturday. It’s that simple. Point the finger at who you will, whether it’s the coaches or the players, but it doesn’t change the final score: Bowling Green 27, Pitt 17. I can pinpoint pivotal plays in the game, which I’ll get to later, [...]