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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAUG 8, 2023 11:24 AMWelcome to the Pitt mailbag, where the Post-Gazette reporters Noah Hiles and Chris Carter answer all of your questions about the Panthers. If you have a question, tweet them at @_Noahhiles and @Cartercritiques or email them at nhiles@post-gazette.com and ccarter@post-gazette.com. Noah and Chris will answer your questions in full length each Tuesday on YouTube. ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazetteccarter@post-gazette.comAUG 8, 2023 11:57 AMIf there’s a question about Pitt’s linebackers, it shouldn’t be about their athleticism. From the starters to the backups, position coach Ryan Manalac has a group of big, fast players who can hit, tackle and cover all over the field.The projected starters look to be redshirt senior Shayne Simon at Mike linebacker, senior Bangally Kamara ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazetteccarter@post-gazette.comAUG 8, 2023 1:43 PMExpect a change in how often Pitt’s offense employs a vertical passing attack in 2023.The Panthers began their first day in full pads Tuesday at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. That allowed media to see that vertical passing attack come to life in some live drills. On one play, receiver Bub Means caught a deep pass from starting quarterback ...

AUGUST 08, 2023 1:02 PMThere was joy in the way KeAndre Lambert-Smith carried himself Sunday at Penn State’s local media day. The junior wide receiver happily showed a reporter the tattoos he has on his arms, describing each as he went before remarking on the ones he saw on a reporter standing nearby.Lambert-Smith’s Sunday fun could be indicative of what’s to come for the junior. He’s admitted to struggling ...

Published Aug. 08, 2023, 6:38 a.m.By Nick Daschel | The Oregonian/OregonLiveAnother Oregon State mailbag, where readers provide Beavers-related questions and comments, and The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Nick Daschel gives a response.Here goes:Other Power 5 conferences are already beginning to negotiate with the Pac-12 bowls for the 2024 season. As for the cost of departing schools returning to the Pac-12, ...

Published Aug. 07, 2023, 7:56 p.m.By James Crepea | The Oregonian/OregonLiveOregon has flipped a blue chip, top-100 prospect from USC.Dakoda Fields, a four-star cornerback out of Gardena, California, flipped from USC to the Ducks on Monday. He originally committed to the Trojans on June 5 and attended UO’s Saturday Night Live camp on July 29.The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Fields is ranked No. 83 overall and ...

Eugene Register-GuardOregon football's crop of true freshmen are impressive in 2023, with a couple all but assured to play meaningful downs throughout the season, especially as it progresses.With pads coming on and scrimmages set to ramp up during the second week of fall camp, will any see playing time during the Ducks' season opener at home Sept. 2 against Portland State?Oregon's coaching staff said ...

The OklahomanNORMAN — Jovantae Barnes right’ foot started bothering him during his senior year of high school in Las Vegas.Virtually every step he took on the football field using the foot would hurt.“Every time I cut, it would be sore,” Barnes said. “Or try to press off my foot, it would be sore.”But heading into his freshman season at OU, Barnes wasn’t about to deal with the injury and risk a setback ...

Columbus DispatchThe path TreVeyon Henderson plotted in his recovery from a foot injury involved a return to his hometown in Virginia.It was over a span of about three weeks in May when he went back to Hopewell High School, reconvening with his old track and field coach for a series of workouts.Kerry Gray had led him through similar routines in previous years when Henderson dropped in between semesters ...

Published Aug. 08, 2023, 8:46 a.m.By Stephen Means, cleveland.comCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis talked with Ohio State’s running backs on Saturday as Tony Alford discussed what might be his deepest room since he joined the staff in 2015.It also meant talking with Dallan Hayden, TreVeyon Henderson, Evan Pryor and Miyan Williams. Covered in this episode;How does Evan ...