By Dave Holt / Sports editor

Pitt has a chance to do something this weekend they haven’t done since 2004 — beat a ranked opponent.

By Dave Holt / Sports editor

Pitt is at a crossroads. It’s scary to think that the season and the football program hinges on this weekend’s game at Virginia.

But in many ways it does. For starters, Dave Wannstedt can lose his team this weekend.

By Dave Holt / Sports editor

5-1. It should be Pitt’s record when the Panthers face Cincinnati in mid-October. That gives Pitt three and a half weeks to learn how to win games by following head coach Dave Wannstedt’s mantra.

Run the football, play good defense.

By Dave Holt / Sports editor

When Pitt plays Michigan State Saturday, the Panthers face their first
test of the season. And that test is to not be trampled into the field at Spartan stadium.

By Dave Holt / Sports editor

It’s true that Pitt would’ve had to play a perfect game to beat West Virginia. For a half the Panthers did just that, but in the second half their weaknesses surfaced and the Panthers fell 45-27 in the latest Heinz Field installment of the backyard brawl.

By Dave Holt / Sports editor

Creating turnovers is important for any football team. The Pitt Panthers, however, live and die with turnovers.

By Dave Holt / Sports editor

The look on quarterback Tyler Palko’s face said it all after Saturday’s game against Rutgers.

By Dave Holt / Sports editor

Pitt corner back Darrelle Revis is one of the best in the nation. Kenard Cox is quickly becoming a big-time corner, mostly because teams rarely throw Revis’s way. With two stand-out corners, Pitt should put eight men in the box against Rutgers. No make that nine.

By Dave Holt
Sports editor
After a horrendous 5-6 season in 2005, the Pitt Panthers sit at 3-1 heading into this weekend’s matchup with Toledo. Panther fans should be happy with 3-1. The 2006 version of the Panthers, although not much different on paper, is strides ahead of last year’s team.