Henry Hynoski News

Up by a point and with Pittsburgh pinned on its own 5-yard line, North Carolina couldn't have asked for a better end-game scenario in Saturday's Meineke Car Care Bowl.

NCAA Bowl Games Panthers nip Tar Heels Pittsburgh's Henry Hynoski is upended by North Carolina's Bruce Carter during the second half of Pittsburgh's 19-17 win in the Meineke Bowl NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Dec.

As noted in a previous installment of my "Gridiron Notes" column, Manheim Central backfield mates Joe Gruber and Justin Gorman have each reached 1,000 yards rushing, becoming the second such duo in the last six years and the only such backfield among the eight PIAA finalists.

Make no doubt about it, last night's last-second, 19-16 loss to West Virginia was a very bitter pill to swallow for any Pitt fan.

You leave one job for another - and take a $350,000 pay cut - people are going to surmise that you were pretty miserable at the first place.

Pitt fullback Henry Hynoski has rushed for 100 yards this season. Pitt and West Virginia have vastly different offensive systems, with one team using a more mainstream offense and the other a more unconventional offense.

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

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Pitt tight end Nate Byham will be expected to help combat Notre Dame's pass rush.

Notre Dame, then West Virginia, with a possible Big East-deciding game against Cincinnati to follow.

Pitt runs the ball as well as anybody in the Big East, and Syracuse stops the run nearly as well as anybody in the nation.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 6:50 pm US/Eastern When you examine the Pitt Panther's 41-14 win over USF on Saturday, one statistic jumps off the page being third down conversions.

Pittsburgh's offense was playing so well, the Panthers almost didn't want a week off.

Thanks for participating in the Pitt football Q&A. Keep the questions rolling in and I will answer them every day throughout the season and through whatever bowl game Pitt goes to and through signing day in February.

The nation's first and oldest women's motorcycle riding club will be part of the Mount Carmel Area High School Homecoming Parade, which starts at 5:45 p.m. Friday at Second and Oak streets.

Pitt senior quarterback Bill Stull, the most efficient passer in the Big East, has been named to the midseason watch list for the Manning Award, annually presented to the nation's most outstanding quarterback.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett PITTSBURGH -- Given that it's their last year of college and they have a bye week for Halloween, roommates Bill Stull and Dorin Dickerson are planning their costumes for next week.

If numbers are the required prerequisites for measuring success, then Pitt fullback Henry Hynoski isn't making the grade.

Pitt head coach Dave Wannstedt on being ranked: "Our guys couldn't care less." Pitt is in first place in the Big East and ranked for the first time this season, but do not expect Dave Wannstedt or Panthers players to start talking about rankings or speculate about the road to a Big East Conference championship.