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 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 story, Blake Hinson,” was the way WVU head coach Josh Eilert began his postgame press conference following ...
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 again at 9 p.m. Wednesday inside the Coliseum. Naveh, a native of Israel, has only been in the United States less than ...
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, over rival Pitt Saturday night inside Milan Puskar Stadium. “They call it the Brawl for a reason,” Brown said. “That wasn’t a ...
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 — On West Virginia’s coaching staff, no one knows the Backyard Brawl better than first-year tight ends coach Blaine Stewart. Stewart, the son of former Mountaineer head coach Bill Stewart, grew up attending games between WVU and its bitter rival Pitt. He started so early, in ...