Receptions:
1. Benjie Pryor, 96
2. Dave Moore, 89
3. Kris Wilson, 88
4. Gavin Bartholomew, JP Holtz (tie), 81

Receiving Yards:
1. Wilson 1,431
2. Pryor 1,219
3. Bartholomew, 1052
4. Moore 1,023
5. Holtz 931

Is he expected to play this week?

I'm not a flight expert, so I don't know what FAA regulations are in play here. Apparently because of the shorter length of the runways at the State College airport compared to international airports; the largest plane Penn State is able to charter from the airport does not have the fuel capacity to fly to Los Angeles as a direct flight. Because of this, to take a direct flight to LA for this weekend's game at USC; Penn State is taking a bus to and flying out of the Harrisburg airport. Yet another benefit and joy of coast-to-coast conference expansion.

James Franklin is calling to have the State College Airport's runways extended so this won't be an issue in the future; so, I'm sure Penn State donors will throw enough money at the problem that the State College airport will be bigger than Pittsburgh International within 10 years.

James Franklin believes it's time to extend the runways at Penn State's regional airport

A very good 15th ranked SMU team comes to the Fitzgerald tonight. Some stats...

• 12 - 3 record and the only team to take down Nebraska in straight sets....3 - 0
• They have lost 25% of their sets but the margin of loss averages just 4 pts/set
• Pitt has beaten their opponents by an average 25 - 16 final score....SMU has only been beaten by that margin in 2 sets
• They block as well as Pitt and score almost as many aces/set as Pitt.....about 2 aces/set
• Their service error rate is double that of our Panthers.....significant advantage to us
• Pitt scores 19 pts/set and holds their opponents to 12 pts/set....a 7 point margin
• SMU scores 18 pts/set and holds opponents to 13 pts/set....a slight 2 point advantage for Pitt
• Pitt only gives back about 6 pts/set because of errors.....SMU 9 pts/set.....3 pts/set advantage to Pitt
• Thus....Pitt enters this match with about a 5 pts/set advantage

I don't see SMU winning this match if Pitt hits on all cylinders and falls significantly outside their typical excellent performance. Having said that though....SMU has some excellent athletes.....this should be an exciting match. This is the 1st of a 5 match homestand for Pitt in October. The only away match is this Saturday at SMU.

This bit is probably over 50 years old but comes to mind this time of the year with the overlapping of the two sports...
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In this week's Morning Pitt Mailbag, we're talking about Pitt's offensive line, this week's games, all-time point guard rankings and more with questions from Pitt fans.

Amazing only 1 set lost this year.

Fellow lairmen,

Just reaching out to see if anyone has a parking pass they would be willing to part with on Saturday. Tia !!!

Lower levels or club if available.

Thanks

Pat Narduzzi held his final press briefing of the week on Thursday and talked mostly about Cal but also touched on the elimination of the National Letter of Intent, his role impersonating Mr. Rogers and a lot more. Here's a transcript and full video of what he said.

About 10 players from JMU's team & a few from Coastal Carolina.

Maybe HCPN needs to adjust his recruiting philosophy & hit the Sunbelt conference hard?

I called today and got two. Going to be a fun weekend with osu/um the next day there. Ticket prices are EXTREMELY reasonable, honestly much more reasonable than single game tickets at the Pete.

I think it's going to be a tough game. I feel like it is going to come down to the wire. I think we win with a late Sauls field goal. We win 38-35.

I noticed that the Cal men's soccer team is playing Pitt tomorrow night at Ambrose. Were the football and soccer schedules coordinated purposefully to save on travel expenses given the distance?

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so his players can have shorter travel 2-3 times per year. and i guarantee he gets the money.

Pitt's offense put up more than 500 yards and scored four touchdowns to win at North Carolina on Saturday. Let's look at the film to see how the Panthers found success.

Good article from ACC basketball media day about the conference and the 2025 "look-in" on its deal with ESPN, which might not be exactly what it has been made out to be previously.

The video is long, but very good.

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I've been debating with a friend about this. My take is Bell. He has installed the system that Eli is using to make the plays, he selected Eli to be the starting QB (if Cignetti were still here he may have chosen to start Yarnell) and he brought in Desmond Reid and Censere Lee. What say you?

Pitt -2.5 favorites on the road. Should be a high scoring affair.

Pitt has eight players this season with a gain of at least 40-yards or more this season.

Player, longest play from scrimmage, opponent
Censere Lee: 82-yard reception, Youngstown State (touchdown)
Desmond Reid: 72-yard reception, North Carolina
Che Nwabuko: 57-yard rush, Youngstown State (touchdown)
Eli Holstein: 49-yard rush, Youngstown State
Kenny Johnson: 46-yard reception, Kent State
Konata Mumpfield: 46-yard reception, North Carolina
Daniel Carter: 43-yard rush, Youngstown State (touchdown)
Daejon Reynolds: 40-yard reception, West Virginia (touchdown)

Pitt's 2021 team had six players:
Jordan Addison (67 catch), Kenny Pickett (58 run), Taysir Mack (55 catch) Jaylon Barden (47 catch), Marquise Stovall (44 catch) Jared Wayne (40 catch)

The 2016 team had nine players to accomplish it:
Ford (79 catch), Ffrench (77 run), Weah (75 catch), Orndoff (74 catch), Henderson (66 run), Conner (55 catch), Parrish (44 catch) Peterman (42 run), Moss (41 run).