Penn State is heading to the Rose Bowl
Daryll Clark threw four touchdowns and Penn State defeated the #15 Michigan Spartans 48-19 at Happy Valley. The win gave Penn State an automatic bid to the Rose Bowl. Penn State dominated the game from the opening kickoff and got off to a early 21-0 lead. Penn State’s offense was clicking on all cylinders gaining 557 yards and went 13/17 on third down.
NHL: Shanahan continues to explore the market
Winger Brendan Shanahan continues to explore the free-agent market according to the Philly.com. “He’s still trying to see which is the best fit,” his agent, Rick Curran, said last night. Sources tell Inside Pittsburgh Sports, the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks and the Montreal Canadiens remain potential landing spots for Shanahan. Chicago and Montreal have been making late pitches to lure Shanahan to their cities. The Flyers, Capitals and Devils are near the top of Shanahan’s wish list. It has not been confirmed that the New Jersey Devils have made a offer but there has been discussions between the two sides. Source Philly.com
The Latest Steelers Buzz
Thursday night‚Äôs win proves to be costly AFC North hasn’t been kind to Keisel: First it was the Cleveland Browns and now it may be the Cincinatti Bengals that could put defensive end Brett Keisel on the sidelines. Mike Tomlin sounded concerned following the game in regards Brett Keisel who went down in the fourth quarter with a knee injury. There is already speculation that the injury is serious and Keisel will be put on IR. For the Steelers sake let‚Äôs hope the injury is not as serious as some believe. The Steelers are very thin at defensive end and DT Casey Hampton remains bothered with his groin injury that will likely bother him the rest of the season, although
Steelers beat Bengals 27-10; Improve to 8-3
Ben Roethlisberger threw for 243 yards and had 1 passing touchdown and 1 rushing touchdown as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cincinatti Bengals 27 ‚Äì 10 Thursday night at Heinz Field. After throwing eight interceptions in three games, Roethlisberger has played mistake free football the past two games and has thrown for a combined 551 yards in his last 8 quarters of football. Most importantly Roethlisberger how thrown 0 interceptions in that span and Roethlisberger has the Steelers at 8-3 and with their eye on a first round bye. Offensively the Steelers answered the call and Roethlisberger’s top target tonight was Santonio Holmes who caught 5 receptions for 84 yards. Holmes who was primed for a 100 yard receiving game,
Mike Tomlin Post Game Press Conference
Injury Update Willie Parker tweaked his knee. Tomlin believes Parker tweaked his knee prior to the his breakout run where it was obvious he was injured. The status of Brett Keisel is also unclear. Keisel suffered a knee injury and Tomlin sounded a bit concerned Santonio Holmes did suffer a mild concussion Tomlin was very blunt and said the punting game was awful. Tomlin said the Steelers will address the situation and prior to the game it was already rumored that Ernster was done with the team following the game. The Steelers will be bringing in potential targets as they now have 10 days before they play New England Miller impressive in return: Heath Miller returned after only being out
Penguins edge Thrashers 3-2
The Penguins power play which has struggled away from Mellon Arena came through for the Penguins tonight as Petr Sykora and Sidney Crosby each scored power play goals to lead the Penguins to a 3-2 over the Atlanta Thrashers Thursday night. Petr Sykora started the season with just three points in his first eight games, but has nine points in his last 10 games, and scored the game winner on the power play with 2:40 remaining in the third period. Sidney Crosby played very well and scored his seventh goal of the season to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead 12:24 into the second period. Crosby also had two assists on the night to give him 25 points on the season.
TIOPS Penguins Notebook
Whitney to practice tomorrow:The Penguins practice tomorrow at South Pointe (12:00 p.m.) which will be open to the publc and fans could have the chance to see Ryan Whitney practice for the first time with his teammates. Whitney has been skating in recent weeks but has yet to join his teammates for a full practice. Defenseman Mark Eaton was a healthy scratch for the fifth time in eight games. With the addition of Phillipe Boucher, Eaton has fallen to 7th on the depth chart. Eaton signed a 2yr – 4M contract in free agency Fleury out for Saturday’s game?: Michel Therrien has changed his tune in regards to goaltender Marc Andre Fleury. Therrien was optimistic on Tuesday that Fleury would
NFL: Browns in talks with Bill Cowher?
Profootballtalk.com reports that the Browns are pursuing former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher to replace Romeo Crennel as their next head coach. Speculation has been rampant for sometime that Cowher would be on the Browns radar and a “source with knowledge of the situation” tells PFT that the Browns have already approached Cowher and are willing to give him $9 million a year. Sources around the Steelers believe Cowher would be interested in joining the Browns. It has been widely speculated that Cowher seeks full decision-making control wherever he ends up coaching. In other news, Bill Cowher a North Carolina State University alumnus will give the fall commencement address at North Carolina State University. The ceremony will be held
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Pittsburgh Penguins (11-4-3) at Atlanta Thrashers (7-8-2)
Intriguing matchup: The Altanta Thrashers are 5-1 in their past 6 games and the Penguins are 6-0-1 in their past seven games Penguins projected Lineup Talbot – Crosby – Satan Fedotenko – Malkin – Sykora Cooke – Staal – Kennedy Dupuis – Zigomanis – Godard D-Pairs Orpik – Letang Gill – Scuderi Goligoski – Boucher Dany Sabourin will start in goal Thrashers Projected Lineup Kovalchuk – Christensen – Williams Kozlov РWhite – Little Thorburn РReasoner – Armstrong Perrin РSlater – Boulton D-Pairs Hainsey – Exelby Enstrom – Havelid Valabik – Oystrick Pavelec is expected to start in goal