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 like conference standings and national rankings, WVU (1-1) at Pitt (2-0) on Saturday (ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.) is just another nonconference game. In the ...
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 kids couldn’t be more excited,” Narduzzi said on day two of the ACC Football Kickoff on Tuesday. “They’ve got an ...
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 inside Milan Puskar Stadium. This will be Pitt’s first game at Mountaineer Field since a 21-20 WVU victory in 2011. It is ...
MORGANTOWN — It did not take long for Neal Brown to get the full Backyard Brawl experience. When the storied rivalry between West Virginia and Pitt returned from a 10-year absence last season, Brown saw first-hand what it was all about. Brown’s high school football coach was ...
MORGANTOWN — To hear Pitt Panthers coach Pat Narduzzi tell it, what Deion Sanders is doing at Colorado this offseason could ruin college football. However, Narduzzi’s Backyard Brawl counterpart, WVU’s Neal Brown, doesn’t see "Coach Prime’s" roster rebuild as anything quite so ...