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Ticket sales for this week's Meineke Car Care Bowl between North Carolina and Pitt are slower than organizers had hoped, but Pitt redshirt sophomore linebacker Max Gruder certainly has done more than his part to put fans in the seats.

Many Pitt football players earned Big East Conference honors this week including three players who were named tops in the conference.

Jonathan Baldwin had two touchdown catches in the first half. Best player in the half: Pitt's Dion Lewis has cemented his status as the Big East offensive player of the year.

Pitt defensive lineman Gus Mustakas described Cincinnati's Tony Pike as "one of the best quarterbacks in the country." Cincinnati's offense is explosive, high-scoring and some days, seemingly unstoppable, but the Pitt Panthers must find a way to slow the Bearcats down Saturday when the teams meet at Heinz Field with a trip to a BCS bowl on the ...

Former Pitt standout LeSean McCoy set the Big East freshman rushing record in 2007 when he ran 276 times for 1,328 yards.

Tailback Dion Lewis, who rushed for a game-high 155 yards on 26 carries, moved ahead of LeSean McCoy as the second- most prolific freshman runner in school history.

Pitt cornerbacks Aaron Berry and Ricky Gary were injured in the second half of the 27-22 win against Notre Dame, and that meant the Panthers had to finish the game with a patchwork secondary against a potent Fighting Irish passing attack.

Pitt wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin was named the Big East offensive player of the week.

If Dave Wannstedt and Charlie Weis feel like they've been here before, it's because they have.

The 8th-ranked Pitt Panthers play their biggest game to date tonight, yet the team's demeanor is not much different than it was in training camp or the week leading up to their opener against Youngstown State or the week after their only loss of the season to North Carolina State.

Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt hasn't altered his starting lineup and two-deep rotation much this season, in part, because the Panthers have suffered only a handful of significant injuries.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett PITTSBURGH -- A couple of tidbits from warmups: Cornerback Aaron Berry looks ready to go for Pitt.

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South Florida quarterback B.J. Daniels has thrown for 810 yards this season. When South Florida's fifth-year senior quarterback, Matt Grothe , tore a knee ligament in the third game, very few outside the Bulls' program thought the team would remain in contention in the Big East Conference.

Pitt is hoping to take Heinz Field on Saturday and "Turn it Blue" by encouraging fans to wear blue clothing when the No.

" Despite Pitt's best efforts, it narrowly held onto a 24-17 victory tonight against Rutgers.

Halfway through the season, the Pitt football team is 5-1 and 2-0 in the Big East a ' good enough for first place.

Pitt place kicker Dan Hutchins, No. 30, kicks an 8-yard field goal as time runs out to beat Connecticut, 24-21, in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game.

Louisville wide receiver Scott Long and Pitt cornerback Aaron Berry -- wearing Pitt's new all white away uniforms -- are both unable to catch up to a pass to Long during the first half.

The Louisville Cardinals called for one blackout Friday night. They got two. As requested, black was the dominant clothing color among the Papa John's Cardinal Stadium crowd of 39,948. Ed Reinke AP - Neither Louisville wide receiver Scott Long nor Pittsburgh cornerback Aaron Berry could catch up to a pass from the Cardinals' Adam Froman during the ...