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Crosby scores 58th, 59th career goals against Flyers in Penguins’ dominant 5-1 victory

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) and Bryan Rust (17) celebrate after a goal by Crosby during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby scored his 58th and 59th career goals against the Philadelphia Flyers and his continued excellence in the cross-state rivalry helped lead the Penguins to a 5-1 win on Monday night.

Crosby, who has 18 goals this season, has dominated the Flyers like no other visiting player has done in Philadelphia’s franchise history. Crosby has 59 goals and 137 points in 92 games against Philadelphia, the most in both categories any opponent has ever put up on the Flyers.

He owns the Flyers.

The Flyers promoted the game all night as a Keystone Rivalry game but the series — even as fans voraciously booed Crosby with each touch — has never been much of a rivalry. Crosby has won three Stanley Cup titles while the Flyers have won only two in franchise history, in 1974 and 1975. Crosby wasn’t even born until 1987.

Crosby did enough damage to snap the Flyers’ modest three-game winning streak.

Rick Tocchet has the Flyers hopeful of a playoff berth in his first season since he returned to the franchise as coach. Tocchet knows how to win a Stanley Cup. He won one as a player and two as an assistant coach — both with the Penguins.

Crosby scored to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead — his 60th career road game-opening goal — and added a wrist shot through traffic on the power play for a 2-1 lead in the second period. Bryan Rust scored his eighth goal in the second for a 3-1 lead. Thomas Novak and Kevin Hayes scored in the third.

The 38-year-old Crosby has 1,716 career points and is close to eclipsing Mario Lemieux’s 1,723 for most in franchise history. Lemieux owned the team when Crosby captioned the Penguins to championships in 2009, 2016 and 2017.

Tyson Foerster scored his 10th goal for the Flyers. Foerster dropped to his knees and clutched his right arm on a shot later in the period and skated straight to the locker room. He leads the Flyers in goals.

Up next

Penguins play Thursday at Tampa Bay.

Flyers host Buffalo on Wednesday.

Ekman-Larsson extends point streak as the Maple Leafs rout the Penguins 7-2

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Toronto Maple Leafs Oliver Ekman-Larsson, left, celebrates with Easton Cowan after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2 on Saturday.

Ekman-Larsson extended his point streak to a career-best nine games, tied for second-longest by a defenseman in team history. He has three goals and seven assists during the streak.

Toronto won in regulation for the first time since Nov. 5. It improved to 3-6-2 in its last 11 games.

Auston Matthews, Nicolas Roy and Bobby McMann also had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs. Morgan Rielly had two assists to become the third defenseman in team history with 100 multipoint games.

Toronto goaltender Dennis Hildeby, making his first start since Nov. 13, stopped 32 shots.

Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby scored his 641st carer goal, passing Dave Andreychuk for 15th on the NHL list. He also had an assist and passed Mario Lemieux for most home points in team history (941) and sole possession of the seventh-most home points in league history.

Ben Kindel added a power-play goal for Pittsburgh, which is 4-5-3 in its last 12 games after an 8-2-2 start.

Arturs Silovs allowed four goals on 10 shots for Pittsburgh before he was replaced by Tristan Jarry in the second period. Silovs, who has been pulled in consecutive starts, has allowed eight goals on the last 20 shots he faced.

Jarry made 10 saves for the Penguins.

Ekman-Larsson and Easton Cowan scored on two of Toronto’s first three shots to give the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead through one period.

McMann and Dakota Joshua scored in the first five minutes of the second period to help Toronto pull away. McMann tipped Rielly’s point shot behind Silovs, and Joshua scored on a quick turnaround shot from the top of the crease.

Up next

Maple Leafs: Continue a six-game trip Tuesday at Florida.

Penguins: Begin a three-game trip Monday at Philadelphia.

Letang scores in OT, Crosby nets 2 as Penguins beat Blue Jackets 4-3

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins center Tommy Novak (18), defenseman Kris Letang (58) and center Evgeni Malkin (71) celebrate Letang’s overtime goal during an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into overtime, Sidney Crosby had two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Friday night.

Tommy Novak faked a shot and passed to Letang, who beat Jet Greaves on a snap shot past his glove.

It was Letang’s 12th overtime goal, moving him into a tie with Erik Karlsson and Seth Jones for third-most by a defenseman in NHL history.

Bryan Rust also scored and Novak had two assists for the Penguins in their second straight win. Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots.

Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist, becoming the first Columbus defenseman to record three different home goal streaks of at least three games. Sean Monahan and Brendan Gaunce also scored, and Greaves made 20 saves.

The Blue Jackets have gone to overtime in eight of their last 11 games. They are 4-2-5 in their last 11 overall.

Crosby tied it at 3 at 8:28 of the third period when he chased a loose puck off the boards that Novak sent into the zone and lifted it past Greaves. It was Crosby’s 640th career goal, tying him with Dave Andreychuk for 15th place on the NHL list.

It also was the 109th career multigoal game for Pittsburgh’s captain, tying Jarome Iginla for 20th. The only active player with more is Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin with 180.

Gaunce gave Columbus a 2-1 lead 3:51 on a short-handed goal. The Blue Jackets are one of nine teams to have two short-handed goals in November.

Up next

Penguins: Host Toronto on Saturday.

Blue Jackets: Host New Jersey on Monday.

Lincoln Park high school basketball coach Mike Bariski earns 300th win as a head coach with his team’s most recent victory

(File Photo of Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Midland, PA) Lincoln Park defeated Obama Academy 59-45 in its home opener for high school basketball in Midland on Sunday, which gave Lincoln Park head coach Mike Bariski his 300th win as a head coach. Through twelve years as the Lincoln Park head coach, Bariski’s record is now 300-67. Lincoln Park is 2-0 to start this 2025-2026 high school basketball season and their first section game of the season will be their next game on Wednesday, December 10th on the road to take on Moon Area.  

Aaron Rodgers’ bloody nose a fitting symbol for the hurting Steelers in lopsided loss to Bills

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers hopes his bloodied nose isn’t broken. The reeling Pittsburgh Steelers feel the same way about their season.

The four-time MVP’s fractured left wrist turned out to be far from Pittsburgh’s biggest problem in a 26-7 loss to Buffalo on Sunday that dropped the Steelers back into a tie with Baltimore atop the AFC North.

The 41-year-old Rodgers took a big hit from Bills edge rusher Joey Bosa on the first play of the second half. Bosa drilled the future Hall of Famer into the Acrisure Stadium turf, the ball popped free and Christian Benford scooped it up for a momentum-swinging score.

Rodgers laid face down for several moments before jogging to the sideline. He sat out a series while getting patched up in the medical tent and returned with tape and splotches of blood on his nose.

It wasn’t pretty. Fitting for a group that has looked the part of a first-place team in name only for the better part of two months. The Steelers (6-6) have dropped five of seven, with three of the setbacks coming by 10 points or more at the hands of teams in the playoff mix.

“We’ve got to flush this one,” Rodgers said.

If they want to salvage a season that is threatening to spin out of control, they don’t have much of a choice.

Rodgers, playing exclusively out of the shotgun or pistol to protect his injured wrist, completed 10 of 21 passes for 117 yards, most of them in garbage time.

“We just didn’t have a lot of positive plays,” Rodgers said. “I felt good enough to be out there. … Disappointed in my performance. Disappointed in the offensive performance.”

Pittsburgh managed just 166 yards, its third-lowest total in coach Mike Tomlin’s 19 years. Yet the offense was just one of the Steelers’ many issues.

A defense that knew the Bills and reigning MVP Josh Allen would challenge it on the ground wilted repeatedly.

Buffalo rolled up 249 yards rushing, the most by a visitor at Acrisure Stadium since it opened in 2001. James Cook ran for 144 yards, and Allen mashed his way into the end zone for an 8-yard score early in the fourth quarter that put the game out of reach.

The Bills controlled the ball for nearly 42 minutes and snapped the ball 74 times, nearly double that of the Steelers (40).

“It was (a butt) kicking in all areas,” linebacker T.J. Watt said.

Perhaps just as concerning is the way the Steelers lost their composure. Cam Heyward, a seven-time Pro Bowler and fixture in the locker room for 15 years, was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct in the third quarter when he responded to what he described as Allen kneeing him in the stomach.

“Just jawing back and forth and ticked off the entire game because as a quarterback you’re getting protected, but I’m not,” Heyward said. “It just (ticks) me off.”

There’s plenty to get riled up about. While Pittsburgh still controls its playoff destiny, it also faces a closing five-game stretch that includes two meetings with the run-heavy Ravens and a visit to Detroit.

Tomlin believes his team can find the answers it needs over the next month. Yet the reality is the Steelers have been unable to consistently get stops all season when they can’t produce turnovers.

Pittsburgh had two takeaways in the first half to mask the fact that it was outgained by a more than 2-to-1 margin. Buffalo did a better job protecting the ball in the second half, and the Steelers yielded.

The fans grew so restless that they chanted “Fire Tomlin!” during the second half. While Tomlin didn’t acknowledge hearing it, the longest-tenured coach in major North American professional sports was not surprised.

“I share their frustration tonight,” Tomlin said. “We didn’t do enough.”

Tomlin said he’s “looking at everything” in terms of solutions, though Pittsburgh has been mostly healthy. What the Steelers haven’t been is consistent, and as December begins, it’s fair to wonder if consistency is ever coming.

“Players need to take accountability, myself included,” Rodgers said. “And I will.”

Report: Edmonton Oilers interested in Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A shot by Seattle Kraken’s Chandler Stephenson gets past Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry for a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) ESPN hockey anaylst Kevin Weeks reported on Wednesday afternoon that Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry was “drawing significant interest” from the Edmonton Oilers. The thirty-year-old Jarry signed a five-year extension with the Penguins in July of 2023, but in January of 2025, he was put on waivers when he was struggling until the Penguins got him back. At that time, Penguins goaltenders had approached a record for the National Hockey League for the most goals allowed on the first shot of the game. The Oilers, who are the NHL’s Western Conference Champions of the last two seasons, has a need for goaltenders, as they try to make it back to the Stanley Cup Final for the third time in a row.

Steelers host the Bills in a game that could have long-ranging playoff implications

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt (90) sacks Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, forcing a fumble that the Steelers Nick Herbig recovered in the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

(AP) The Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers face off with both trying to bolster their playoff positioning in the wide-open AFC. Buffalo is coming off a loss at Houston while the Steelers have dropped four of six to fall into a tie with Baltimore for first in the AFC North. Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen is 4-1 all time against the Steelers. Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers could play after sitting out last week with a broken left wrist.

Buffalo (7-4) at Pittsburgh (6-5)

Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, CBS.

BetMGM NFL Odds: Bills by 3 1/2.

Against the spread: Bills 5-6, Steelers 5-6

Series record: Steelers lead 17-13

Last meeting: Bills beat Steelers 31-17 on Jan. 15, 2024.

Last week: Bills lost to Texans 23-19, Steelers lost to Bears 31-28 in Chicago

Bills offense: overall (3), rush (1), pass (9), scoring (5).

Bills defense: overall (13), rush (30), pass (1), scoring (16).

Steelers offense: overall (27), rush (26), pass (22), scoring (11).

Steelers defense: overall (28), rush (15), pass (31), scoring (20).

Turnover differential: Bills minus-2, Steelers plus-8

Bills player to watch

RB James Cook. The fourth-year running back has been the offense’s most reliable option and is coming off his sixth 100-yard outing of the season. Cook had 116 yards rushing, including a 45-yard TD, against a stingy Texans defense. Buffalo is 5-1 when Cook tops 100 yards rushing and 6-1 when he scores.

Steelers player to watch

Pittsburgh OLB TJ Watt. A week after passing older brother J.J. on the NFL’s career sack list by getting the 114th of his career, T.J. Watt will try to do his best to keep Bills QB Josh Allen in check. Though Watt is on pace for his lowest sack total during a season not shortened by injury since he was a rookie in 2017, he remains a disruptive force for a feast-or-famine defense that either produces turnovers or gets scored on. His 36 forced fumbles lead all active NFL players and Pittsburgh’s lone victory over Allen came on a day he dropped Allen twice.

Key matchup

Bills QB Josh Allen against the Steelers secondary. Allen has toyed with Pittsburgh in recent meetings. The Steelers’ veteran-laden group of defensive backs have underperformed most of the season. Seven-time Pro Bowler Jalen Ramsey moved to safety last month after Pittsburgh lost DeShon Elliott for the season. Ramsey will play an important role in keeping an eye on Allen, particularly if Allen decides to tuck the ball and run.

Key injuries

Bills: Starting offensive tackles Dion Dawkins (concussion) and Spencer Brown (right shoulder) have been ruled out. Also ruled out were starting LB Terrel Brown (elbow) and WR Curtis Samuel (elbow/knee). … TE Dalton Kincaid (hamstring) has a chance to return after missing two games. … Allen’s status shouldn’t be an issue even though he landed on the injury report with McDermott saying the quarterback had “overall soreness” after being sacked a career-high eight times last week.

Steelers: QB Aaron Rodgers could return after sitting out last week with a wrist injury. OLB Alex Highsmith may also be back after missing two games with a pec injury. … LT Broderick Jones (neck) is out and will be replaced by Calvin Anderson. … Rookie DT Derrick Harmon (knee) is also out. … WR DK Metcalf (ankle) was limited early in the week but could play.

Series notes

The Bills have won four of the past five meetings, all of them coming since Josh Allen became the starting quarterback. Buffalo’s run began with a 17-10 victory in Pittsburgh on Dec. 15, 2019. … Pittsburgh is 10-3 all time at home against Buffalo, though the Steelers’ most recent win over the Bills at Acrisure Stadium came 12 years ago.

Stats and stuff

The game could have long-ranging playoff implications in the AFC, where seven teams entered the week at either 7-4 or 6-5. … Including playoffs, Buffalo is 11-12 on the road since 2023, and 2-3 this season. … The Bills are 18-6 following a loss since 2020. … Allen has combined for seven touchdowns (four passing, three rushing) and six giveaways (five interceptions, lost fumble) over his past three starts. … Allen is 46-31 when committing a turnover over his career, and 2-4 this season. And his career record is 20-20 when committing two giveaways, including 1-4 this season. … Allen has been sacked 28 times this season, doubling last season’s overall total. … With 1,084 yards rushing, Cook is 38 yards from matching his career best set in 2023. And he is Buffalo’s third player to top 1,000 yards rushing in three or more consecutive seasons, joining Hall of Famers Thurman Thomas (eight straight years) and O.J. Simpson (five). … The Bills had won seven straight when allowing 15 or fewer first downs before losing to Houston. … In seven wins, the Bills have outscored their opponents in the first half by a combined margin of 122-85. In four losses, they’ve been outscored 63-26. … The Steelers have lost four of six to fall into a tie with Baltimore atop the AFC North. … Pittsburgh’s defense, the most expensive in the NFL, has allowed 31 points five times, tied with the most ever in a season during Mike Tomlin’s 19 years as head coach. … The defense has tried to compensate for a lack of stops by leading the AFC with 20 takeaways. … The Steelers are struggling to get downfield in the passing game. Pittsburgh pass catchers are averaging just 9.9 yards per reception, tied for 21st in the league. … Steelers RB Kenneth Gainwell and Jaylen Warren have been carrying the offense of late. The two have averaged more than 170 yards of total offense over the past two weeks. They figure to get a heavy workload, particularly if Metcalf is limited. … Pittsburgh has not scored more than seven points in the first quarter in 61 straight games. … The Steelers and Bills have both had 10 different players catch a touchdown pass this season, tops in the NFL. … Tomlin and Bills coach Sean McDermott were teammates at William & Mary University in the 1990s.

Fantasy tip

Considering Pittsburgh’s defensive issues, Allen could put up big numbers both throwing and running. The Steelers managed just one sack last week against Chicago’s Caleb Williams, and now they face one of the most dangerous dual-threat quarterbacks in the league.

Fuzzy Zoeller, two-time major champion in golf, dies at 74

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this April 6, 2006, file photo, Fuzzy Zoeller encourages the crowd to be quiet on the second hole during first round play at the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

(AP) Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf’s most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, according to a longtime colleague. He was 74.

A cause of death was not immediately available. Brian Naugle, the tournament director of the Insperity Invitational in Houston, said Zoeller’s daughter called him Thursday with the news.

Zoeller was the last player to win the Masters on his first attempt, a three-man playoff in 1979. He famously waved a white towel at Winged Foot in 1984 when he thought Greg Norman had beat him, only to defeat Norman in an 18-hole playoff the next day.

But it was the 1997 Masters that changed his popularity.

Woods was on his way to a watershed moment in golf with the most dominant victory in Augusta National history. Zoeller had finished his round and had a drink in hand under the oak tree by the clubhouse when he was stopped by CNN and asked for his thoughts on the 21-year-old Woods on his way to the most dominant win ever at Augusta National.

“That little boy is driving well and he’s putting well. He’s doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it?,” Zoeller said.

He smiled and snapped his fingers, and as he was walking away he turned and said, “Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.”

That moment haunted him the rest of his career.

Zoeller apologized. Woods was traveling and it took two weeks for him to comment as the controversy festered. Zoeller later said he received death threats for years after that moment.

Writing for Golf Digest in 2008, he said it was “the worst thing I’ve gone through in my entire life.”

“If people wanted me to feel the same hurt I projected on others, I’m here to tell you they got their way,” Zoeller wrote. “I’ve cried many times. I’ve apologized countless times for words said in jest that just aren’t a reflection of who I am. I have hundreds of friends, including people of color, who will attest to that.

“Still, I’ve come to terms with the fact that this incident will never, ever go away.”

It marred a career filled with two famous major titles, eight other PGA Tour titles and a Senior PGA Championship among his two PGA Tour Champions titles.

More than winning was how he went about it. Zoeller played fast and still had an easygoing nature to the way he approach the game, often whistling between shots.

He made his Masters debut in 1979 and got into a three-way playoff when Ed Sneed bogeyed the last three holes. Zoeller defeated Sneed and Tom Watson with a birdie on the second playoff hole, flinging his putter high in the air.

“I’ve never been to heaven, and thinking back on my life, I probably won’t get a chance to go,” Zoeller once said. “I guess winning the Masters is as close as I’m going to get.”

Zoeller was locked in a duel with Norman at Winged Foot in the 1984, playing in the group behind and watching Norman make putt after putt. So when he saw Norman make a 40-footer on the 18th, he assumed it was for birdie and began waving a white towel in a moment of sportsmanship.

Only later did he realize it was for par, and Zoeller made par to force a playoff. Zoeller beat him by eight shots in the 18-hole playoff (67-75). Zoeller’s lone regret was giving the towel to a kid after he finished in regulation.

“If you happen to see a grungy white towel hanging around, get it for me, will you?” he once said.

He was born Frank Urban Zoeller Jr. in New Albany, Indiana. Zoeller said his father was known only as “Fuzzy” and he was given the same name. He played at a junior college in Florida before joining the powerful Houston golf team before turning pro.

His wife, Diane, died in 2021. Zoeller has three children, including daughter Gretchen, with whom he used to play in the PNC Championship. Zoeller was awarded the Bob Jones Award by the USGA in 1985, the organization’s highest honor given for distinguished sportsmanship.

Strong 3rd period pushes Penguins past Sabres, 4-2

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Muse, top center, gives instructions during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild in Pittsburgh, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Rust and Kevin Hayes scored in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Wednesday night to snap a two-game losing streak.

Hayes tapped in Erik Karlsson’s pass from the top of the crease with 7:26 remaining to give Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead. Jack Quinn trimmed the deficit for Buffalo with 4:18 left, and Connor Dewar had an empty-net goal for Pittsburgh in the final minute.

Mathew Dumba also scored for Pittsburgh. The Penguins have won just three of last 10 games since an 8-2-2 start.

Karlsson had an assist to tie Brad Park for the 12th-most assists by a defenseman in NHL history with 683.

Tristan Jarry stopped 29 shots for Pittsburgh. Jarry returned after missing the last seven games with a lower-body injury.

Jason Zucker also scored for Buffalo.

Tage Thompson’s six-game goal scoring streak ended for Buffalo, which is 5-6-4 in its last 15 games. The Sabres are 1-6-2 on the road. In all of their road losses, the Sabres were tied or within a goal during the third period.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 15 saves.

Zucker briefly tied it at 1 at 7:20 of the third period, but Rust helped Pittsburgh regain the lead 29 seconds later. Rust’s initial try was blocked, he picked up the rebound, skated across the slot and put a shot between Luukkonen’s pads.

Up next

Sabres: Host New Jersey on Friday.

Penguins: At Columbus on Friday night.

 

Pitt returns to the College Football Rankings at 22 heading into their 2025 regular season finale game

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh linebacker Rasheem Biles (3) celebrates with linebacker Braylan Lovelace (0) after returning an interception for a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Notre Dame in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pitt’s college football team is now #22 in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings released yesterday. Pitt has an overall record of 8-3 after defeating Georgia Tech in Atlanta 42-28 on Saturday night, and they are 6-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The Panthers have been a resurgent team since freshman quarterback Mason Heinstchel became the starting quarterback in their 48-7 victory over Boston College on October 4th, 2025. In their last seven games this college football season, Pitt is 6-1, with their only loss in that span to #9 Notre Dame, as the Fighting Irish took the win by a score of 37-15. Pitt started their season 2-2 in their first four games in 2025 with losses to West Virginia on the road and Louisville at home, and they benched redshirt sophomore quarterback Eli Holstein after the loss to Louisville. Pitt will take on #12 Miami at Acrisure Stadium this Saturday at noon.