The Penguins four game nine day road trips ends Wednesday Night in Denver. The Pens are 1-2 so far on the trip.  Their win was against San Jose a week ago.  They lost two close games over the weekend to the LA  Kings and the Ducks.  Airtime for Wednesday night’s game is 9:30.

After hanging 45 points on the on the Indy Colts Sunday Night, the Steelers have two pivotal games against Cincinnati and Denver.  The Bengals are first. The game Sunday is at Paul Brown Stadium.  WBVP-WMBA air time is 11am.  A Steelers win will move them to 8-5 and keep them in the Wild Card hunt.  If the Bengals win the clinch the AFC North and sweep the season series for the first time since 2009.

Greg says college football bowl mania isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.

 

 

 

The Penguins went 1-3 in California. After beating  San Jose 5-1 Wednesday, they dropped a 5-3 decision  to the Los Angeles Kings Saturday.  Sunday night the Penguins got an early goal from defense man  Ollie Maatta but nothing more as  the Penguins dropped a 2-1 decision to the Anaheim  Ducks.  The Ducks got goals from Corrie Perry and the  game winner from Chris Stewart.  The Penguins are on their way to Denver for a Wednesday game against the Avalanche.  The game is on WBVP-WMBA starting at 8PM.

To nobody’s surprise, Clemson,  Alabama, Michigan State, and Oklahoma  are the four schools in the Second Annual College Football playoffs.  The semi-finals have Clemson vs Oklahoma  in the Orange Bowl. Alabama vs Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl.  Locally, Pitt will play Navy in the Military Bowl Monday December 28th at Annapolis Maryland.  Penn State will be in Jacksonville Florida  January 2nd.  They will play Georgia in the Tax Slayer Bowl.  West Virginia will play in the Cactus Bowl on January 2nd.  They will play Arizona State in the Cactus Bowl in Phoenix.

The NCAA has rejected the appeal of Syracuse Basketball Coach. His suspension for academic  miss doings, can start right  now.  The 71-year-old legendary coach will miss six non-conference games and three ACC games.  One of the games will the December 30th against Pitt at the Peterson Event  Center.  He will return for the January 9th game against  North Carolina.  Assistant Coach Mike Hopkins will direct the team.  That starts Saturday against Georgtown.  In other college basketball news. There was a huge  upset Thursday Night.  UCLA knocked off #1 Kentucky 87-77. The Bruins were lead by Thomas Welsh’s 21 points. It is UCLA’ first win over a #1 team since 2003.

Coming off their best start in eight years, the Duquesne Dukes face their cross town rival Pitt tonight. It is THE CITY GAME.  The Dukes are 6-1 including a 26-point romp over Penn State a couple of weeks ago.  The Panther are coming off a  loss to #11 Purdue Tuesday night.  The Panthers have won the last 14-games in a row.  Dukes coach Jim Ferry says that has not come up during his preparation for the game. The Game is at the Console Energy Center with tipoff at 7pm.