LeSean McCoy News

Pitt may not have won the Big East championship, but it walked away with more than its share of the conference awards yesterday.

The party line around the University of Cincinnati football program about the Bearcats' recently sagging defense is that it's the offense's fault for scoring so fast and leaving the defense on the field for long periods of time.

Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt approached the 2009 season with a potentially problematic situation confronting him in his team's offensive backfield.

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The conventional thinking has been the South Florida-Connecticut winner on Saturday will play South Carolina in the Papajohns.com Bowl on Jan.

The Philadelphia Eagles acted at an opportune time when they drafted running back LeSean McCoy in the second round, taking him 53rd overall, to back up Brian Westbrook .

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.

West Virginia coach Bill Stewart likes a comeback story and he sees a darned good one in Pittsburgh's Bill Stull.

West Virginia's defense has struggled recently to stop the run. So it might be the worst time of the year for No.

Pittsburgh's shocking upset of West Virginia in Morgantown two years ago was a positive end to an otherwise disappointing season.

Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt had three requirements as he searched for an offensive coordinator in the offseason.

Posted by Anthony Stalter Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com reports that Michael Turner has been diagnosed with a high ankle sprain, although the Falcons are apparently "very optimistic" that the injury won't keep their star back out too long.

Dave Wannstedt was brought home with open arms as Pittsburgh's coach in 2004. But some of those same arms were ready to yank the welcome mat out from under him three years later.

It's easy to pick on Brian Westbrook , but his surprise "inactivity" this week probably caught many fantasy owners off-guard. It caught me off-guard. All indications were that he would take the field, but some headaches on Friday conspired to keep him from playing.

A surprising sight on the Heinz Field Jumbotron showed two Pitt fans together. One was sporting a "Shady for Heisman" shirt.

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Notre Dame defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta didn't have much to say about the defensive performance the Irish had in a 23-21 loss to Navy.

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Running back Brian Westbrook #36 of the Philadelphia Eagles rushes with the ball during the NFL season opener against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on September 13, 2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina.