P.G. Time

Relax everyone, please be patient. Ron Cook of the Post Gazette recently(2 Sundays ago)did a negative article on Coach Dave Wannstedt. I think Ron Cook has done a really good job over the years covering Sports for the P-G and he is excellent as a host on the Sports Talk Show The Fan. But as a group, we need to be patient with the Pitt Football program. Pitt went into overtime with Utah who is now in the Top 15 and Pitt played respectfully at South Bend. Last Saturday Pitt surprised a lot of people how well they played vs the Orangemen. Pitt is 3 and 3 with a rough game vs Miami. Every game is crucial here on in. Do not forget, the Panthers lost 3 real good defensive starters in injured DE Greg Romeus, OLB Elijah Fields who left the program, and ILB Dan Mason who was injured early in the season. Many fans are saying the Big East is down in 2010 and this could be the case, but the Big East is still competitive football. WVU is 5 and 1 and battled 6-0 LSU to a 20-14 contest in Baton Rouge. Next on the agenda was an article posted in High School writer Mike White's(one excellent writer covering high school sports) column a few weeks back about Woodland Hills High having 6 graduates active in the NFL being the most across the country. And this is partially correct. There were 3 other high schools with 5 active NFL players. But as the exact research surfaces, something was left out. They forgot one program named DeMatha Catholic from Hyattsville, Maryland who also has 6 active players in the NFL. These DeMatha players are DE Derek Wake (Dolphins), CB Byron Westbrook(Redskins), RB Brian Westbrook(49ers), OT Quinn Ojinnaka(Patriots), OC Edwin Williams(Bears), CB Josh Wilson(Ravens). Take it one game at a time.