The University of Pittsburgh Panthers
Pitt Starts Garnering Pre-Season Recognition
Some Pitt players are already garnering pre-season recognition for the upcoming football season. Here is what has been announced so far:
Lombardi Award Watch List – Award that recognizes the top down lineman, tight end, or linebacker.
Jason Pinkston and Greg Romeus are both on the watch list.
Nationalchamps.net Preseason All American teams
Jason Pinkston and Dion Lewis were named to the first team, while Jonathan Baldwin and Greg Romeus were named to the second team.
Congratulations to these players and we here at The Pitt Blog are sure that we’ll see more nominations come across the wire in the coming weeks.
This entry was posted on 05/03/2010 at 8:02 pm, and is filed under Football. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.
No comments yet.
No trackbacks yet.
Post-Camp Updates
08/26/2010 - 8:35 am
Tags: Dion Lewis, Greg Romeus, Ray Graham
Posted in Football, General News, Injuries, Preseason Camp | No comments
So the preseason camp officially ended after Monday’s Fan Fest. The Panthers had Tuesday off and started back to their normal weekly practice schedule yesterday. They’ll now be focusing on Utah as they prepare for the season opener one week from tonight. Greg Romeus returned to practice yesterday. This is good news for Pitt fans, [...]
Fan Fest Recap and Photos
08/24/2010 - 8:50 am
Tags: Devin Street, Fan Fest, Greg Cross, Greg Romeus, Hank Hynoski, Jason Pinkston, Jon Baldwin, Mike Shanahan
Posted in Football, General, General News, General Panthers News, Preseason Camp | No comments
Football Fan Fest was a hit with the fans last night at Heinz Field. The event ran from 6 PM until 8:30. Fans that attended were treated to game booths, autograph sessions with the team, food, live music, and a live broadcast by 93.7 The Fan. The autograph lines were very popular, as fans lined [...]
News from around camp
08/13/2010 - 3:41 pm
Tags: Chris Jacobson, Greg Romeus, Max Issaka
Posted in Football, Injuries, Preseason Camp, Recruiting | No comments
Some good news from Pitt training camp today. The return of Greg Romeus, one hole filled on the o-line, and a new recruit committed for 2011. Greg Romeus returned on a limited basis today to Panther’s training camp. He participated in individual drills, but not team drills. Romeus missed 4 days due to a stiff [...]
An Update on Greg Romeus
08/11/2010 - 9:46 am
Tags: Greg Romeus
Posted in Football, Injuries, Preseason Camp | No comments
Coach Wannstedt was a guest on 93.7 The Fan this morning. During his inteview on the show, he talked about a few things of particular interest to us. Most notably, he discussed Greg Romeus’ status. As you may have heard, Romeus has sat out the past few practices due to a mysterious injury. We were [...]
Panthers on Preseason Watch Lists
08/09/2010 - 4:42 pm
Tags: Dion Lewis, Greg Romeus, Jonathan Baldwin
Posted in Football, General News | No comments
The Maxwell, Walter Camp, and Bednarik trophies preseason lists were released today and have Panthers on each list. The Maxwell Trophy is awarded to the “most outstanding college player”. Dion Lewis and Jon Baldwin were among the nominees. The Walter Camp Trophy is awarded to the “best college player” and Dion Lewis was among the [...]
Lindy’s Football predicts big year for Pitt
05/13/2010 - 4:38 pm
Tags: Dion Lewis, Greg Romeus, Jonathan Baldwin
Posted in Football | 1 comment
Lindy’s Football preview was just released and they are predicting a big year for Pitt this year. They have Pitt ranked 14th in their preseason Top 25 poll and are predicting the Panthers to win the Big East and clinch a BCS Bowl bid. They also named their Preseason All Americans, Dion Lewis and Greg [...]
2009 Panthers Football Season Recap
01/15/2010 - 7:38 pm
Tags: 2009, Bill Stull, Brock DeCicco, Dion Lewis, Dorin Dickerson, Greg Romeus, Jonathan Baldwin, Mike Shanahan, Ray Graham
Posted in Football, Game Recaps, General News | 1 comment
Well Panther fans, that’s it for the 2009 Panthers Football team. The season is over, the National Champion has been crowned, and the final rankings are in (Pitt found themselves at 15th in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Poll). Now that the season is over and you’ve had some time to digest [...]
Bowl Preview: The Meineke Car Care Bowl (vs. North Carolina)
12/23/2009 - 11:01 am
Tags: Bill Stull, Dion Lewis, Dorin Dickerson, Greg Romeus, Jonathan Baldwin, Meineke Car Care Bowl, Mick Williams, North Carolina, TJ Yates
Posted in Bowls and BCS, Football, Game Previews | No comments
In just three days, Pitt will take the field in its second bowl game under Dave Wannstedt, their seventh postseason game in the past decade. With a win, the Panthers can rack up their first 10 win season since 1981. It’s a poor consolation prize after coming within a single point of playing in the [...]
Panthers Named All-Americans
12/18/2009 - 7:59 am
Tags: Dion Lewis, Dorin Dickerson, Greg Romeus, Jason Pinkston, Jonathan Baldwin
Posted in Football, General News | No comments
Dion Lewis, the freshman phenom running back, was named to the second team All American Team for the Associated Press, Sporting News, CBSSports.com, SI.com, Rivals.com, and Scout.com. Lewis was the only true freshman named to the first or second All American AP team. Dorin Dickerson was named to the third team AP All American team, [...]
Dion Lewis named Sporting News Freshman of the Year
12/16/2009 - 1:02 pm
Tags: Dion Lewis, Meineke Car Care Bowl
Posted in Football, General News | No comments
Congratulations to Pitt RB Dion Lewis as he was named Sporting News Freshman of the Year. He was also named the CBSSports.com Freshman of the Year and the CollegeFootballNews.com Offensive Freshman of the Year. Lewis rushed for 1640 yards so far on 197 carries with 17 total touchdowns. Lewis needs 47 yards in the Meineke [...]
Loading ...