The Grandstander

A lot of what I like to call the exigencies of real life have been taking place in The Grandstander's world of late, which has caused w...

No Pitt football yesterday, no Steelers football today.  Talk about a lost weekend, but it prompts some Random Thoughts from The Grandstand...

Quick thoughts minutes after the final gun has sounded...... While Pitt dominated in total yards and time of possession through much ...

A brief look at the recently completed weeks, and in two cases, seasons for three of the local football teams. STEELERS Everyone kno...

While the Pitt-Syracuse game of two weeks ago may have been the most entertaining football game of the year to watch, the BEST game of he y...

Before another football weekend begins, I need to comment on what happened last week in Pittsburgh football circles.  As we were in the mids...

First off, The Grandstander will be on a brief hiatus this week (or, as a guy I used to work with might have put it, "a brief hi-anus...

A few weeks ago, after watching Pitt get outscored by North Carolina, and watching Miami come this close  to beating Florida State, I would ...

The expected news became official yesterday when Penn state announced that it had hired Jame Franklin, most recently the head coach at Va...

I am looking forward to a couple of big football games this weekend: First, the so-called "Sanctions Bowl" between Penn State ...

I just finished reading this very excellent book by former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters Bill Moushey and Bob Dvorchak.  This was th...

The title of this post is dedicated to my breakfast companions of yesterday morning. Some sporting thoughts on a Sunday morning..... It...

Because this is such an emotional issue, and because I have many friends, as well as family members, closely associated with Penn State, I h...

The debate rages as to whether or not Penn State University football should receive the "death penalty" from the NCAA. I am of tw...