Dan_P

Creator, admin, and lead writer for The Pitt Blog, Dan is a 2005 graduate of the School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a former employee of the Athletic Department at Pitt. Dan spent 6 seasons as a video assistant for the football program.

Homepage: http://www.thepittblog.com/


Posts by Dan_P

Want to write for us?

07/27/2010 - 10:54 am

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Here’s your chance. We’re looking to expand with the upcoming football season approaching fast. We’re looking for talented, passionate Pitt fans that want to write about the Panthers. If you’re interested, send an email to admin@thepittblog.com with the following information: Name Age Address Alumni Status Season Ticket Status Writing Experience If you want to help [...]

Expansion Buzz: The FACTS

06/07/2010 - 9:49 am

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So Pitt related news is rather slow during these down months. Basketball is taking a break. Football has completed spring camp and will be rather quiet until later in the summer. Not much else is going on in Pitt Sports that’s news-worthy right now. However, there has been a lot of buzz in general in [...]

Big East Bowls

04/28/2010 - 12:12 pm

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The Big East Conference announced deals with the Papajohns.com Bowl and Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl yesterday. The deals extend the Big East’s involvment with those bowls through 2013. Additionally, they announced a deal with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl that allows the conference to send a team to that bowl instead of the Papajohns.com Bowl at [...]

NFL Draft Recap

04/26/2010 - 2:34 pm

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So the 2010 NFL Draft is over and the picks are all in. When all was said and done, Pitt had two players drafted by NFL teams this year: Nate Byham (TE) went as the 182nd pick (6th round) to the San Francisco 49ers. Dorin Dickerson (TE) went as the 227th pick (7th round) to [...]

Panthers in the NFL Draft

04/22/2010 - 10:42 am

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The 2010 NFL Draft starts tonight at 7:30 PM at Radio City Hall in NYC. Nine Pitt Panthers are draft prospects this year. Tonight is only the first round, but we wanted to give you a list of Panthers to watch out for in the 2010 draft. In Alphabetical Order: Aaron Berry – CB Nate [...]

Big East Hires Paul Tagliabue

04/22/2010 - 10:27 am

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Well the Big East has taken its first step towards protecting itself from possible conference expansions in the coming years. Yesterday, the conference announced that the former NFL commissioner, Paul Tagliabue, will give advice on strategic planning to the Big East. This is clearly a step taken in light of the Big Ten’s plans to [...]

Walt Harris is Coaching in Pennsylvania Again

04/20/2010 - 2:53 pm

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It’s certainly not Pitt, but former Pitt head coach Walt Harris is once again coaching a Pennsylvania football team, Cal U. Cal U announced yesterday that Harris would be the new offensive coordinator for the Cal U Vulcans. Harris comes to this position after serving as the assistant head coach and passing game coordinator at [...]

Jamie Dixon Signs 2 Year Contract Extension

03/31/2010 - 10:51 pm

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Head coach of the Panthers’ Men’s Basketball team, Jamie Dixon, signed a 2 year contract extension today. This extends Coach Dixon’s contract out until 2018. Yesterday it was Wanny, today it was Jamie. The two big sports are looking good at Pitt. Most importantly, both programs look promising in the upcoming seasons and are stable. [...]

Wannstedt Signs 2 Year Contract Extension

03/30/2010 - 9:05 pm

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Dave Wannstedt, head coach of the Panthers Football team, signed a contract extension (2 years), which extends his contract out to the end of the 2014 season. Wannstedt is entering his sixth year as head coach of the Panthers. After last year’s 10 win season, we’re happy to see Wanny sign an extension. He’s stated [...]

Tournament Update: Semifinals

03/12/2010 - 8:11 am

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So yesterday the quarterfinal round turned out to be a day of upsets in the Big East. Top seed Syracuse lost to Georgetown, Villanova lost to Marquette, and Pitt lost to Notre Dame. WVU was the only top seed team to win yesterday with their buzzer-beater win over Cincinnati. Pitt’s game against Notre Dame was [...]

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