Entries from January 2008

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Are you sick of Terrelle Pryor yet?

Terrelle Pryor just can not help himself. He is enjoying the recruiting process so much that he wants to visit even more schools now, prolonging the agony of both Ohio State and Michigan, the two schools that Pryor had supposedly narrowed his search down to. But wait, Joe Paterno went to see him the other [...]

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Ripping PirateFarce

PirateFest would have been more accurately named PirateFarce this year as question & answer sessions were hostile and even sometimes-star outfielder Jason Bay, who has to be wondering when he is going to be traded, questioned the moves made this offseason, especially the notable lack of player acquisitions.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Zack Stoudt having doubts?

The most frivolous member of Dave Wannstedt’s 20008 recruiting class may have other thoughts, as the Idaho Statesman reported on Monday that QB Zack Stoudt is considering reneging on his verbal commitment to Pitt and instead attending Boise State and that the Broncos are going after him hard.

Monday, January 28th, 2008

The Patriots can teach you about life

The New England Patriots have done what every sports story over the past 15 years has been unable to do (excluding steroids) and transcended the sports page, pushing the Iraq War and the Presidential Candidate of the Week for press coverage.

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

The Beech is back

One of the most maligned players of the past 10 years of Penguin history is returning to The Igloo. Kris Beech who, along with Michael Sivek and Ross Lupaschuk, was traded to the Penguins for Jaromir Jagr was picked up off of waivers by Ray Shero on Saturday. Beech, a center, last played for the [...]

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Pitt gains respect despite loss to Cincinatti

Pitt’s 62-59 loss at Cincinnati seems as if it should have damaged their rankings in polls. Instead, it moved them up in CBS’s Top 26, moved from 5 up to 4 in Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology, gained a spot in CNNSI’s Power Rankings, and kept the same 13 spot in ESPN’s Power 16. What all of [...]