Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi is as old school as college head coaches come. A defensive mind, Narduzzi just wants his offense to run the ball, control the […]
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COLUMN: West Virginia’s secondary is a weak enough link to keep them from being competitive
West Virginia simply does not have the secondary to compete this season. There’s no other way to say it. As bad as WVU’s defense has been in […]
COLUMN: Brown and Narduzzi show there’s more than one way to coach a football team
Morgantown and Pittsburgh are close enough that the weather doesn’t drastically change from one place to the other. We’ve had a beautiful week of weather here in […]
COLUMN: The only way to get players to care about the Brawl is to keep playing it
The Backyard Brawl is critically important to the WVU and Pitt football programs and their fans. For the players, not so much. Yet. The players know the […]
Throw out the record books, it’s Backyard Brawl week
MORGANTOWN — This week is unlike all the others, no matter how many coaches and players try to make it business as usual. In terms of things […]
Pitt’s Narduzzi: Panthers ‘couldn’t be more excited’ for Backyard Brawl
Now that the current generation of Panthers and Mountaineers have gotten a taste of the Backyard Brawl, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said they can’t get enough. “Our […]
Blake Hinson made 9 of Pitt’s 16 threes as Panthers notch first Brawl win since 2012
MORGANTOWN — It rained inside the Coliseum Wednesday. No precipitation, just 3-pointers from Pitt forward Blake Hinson and his Panthers teammates. “I think we all know the […]
Ofri Naveh will play in his first Backyard Brawl, but has lived through The Derby
MORGANTOWN — At first glance, it would seem like WVU forward Ofri Naveh is the least-likely candidate to speak on the WVU-Pitt men’s basketball rivalry that resumes […]
COLUMN: WVU’s biggest win in years wasn’t pretty, but it was satisfying
It certainly wasn’t pretty — few things during Neal Brown’s tenure at WVU have been — but the Mountaineers picked up their biggest win in years, 17-6, […]
The Backyard Brawl returns to Morgantown for 106th meeting between the bitter rivals
MORGANTOWN — It will be strength against strength and weakness against weakness when West Virginia and Pitt meet for the 106th edition of the Backyard Brawl tonight […]
