| 03 September 2011
It's finally here, the first game of the 2011 season. All the offseason hype, the High-Octane advertising, the questions, the concerns, none of it matters now. It's gameday. A special gameday, the first of the season. There's only one way to describe this:
| The Rundown |
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| University of Pittsburgh |
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| VS. |
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| University at Buffalo |
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| Location: Heinz Field - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Kickoff: 6:00PM EST |
| Weather at Kickoff: 89°, Wind 6mph WSW, 0% change of rain |
| Heinz Field Turf: Green |
| TV Coverage: ESPN3 |
| Announcers: John Sanders, John Bunting |
| Radio Coverage: 93.7 FM - The Fan Pittsburgh |
| All-Time Series: Pitt leads 2-0 |
| Last Meeting: 9/12/2009, 54-27 Pitt |
| Vegas Line: Pitt -30, 54.5 over/under |
A 6:00pm game on Labor Day weekend to start the season. Man, it doens't get better than this. Don't forget to stick around after the game as the infamous Zambelli's plan to light up the river (Cleveland style?). Now on to this week's opponent: the University at Buffalo.
University Website: http://www.buffalo.edu
Athletics Website: http://www.buffalobulls.com
Behind Enenmy Blogs: Bull Run
Buffalo's full name is The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Good luck working that into an athletics chant. Established in 1846, the University was private until 1962 when it joined the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Famous Alumni include Millard Fillmore, who just happened to be the 13th President of the United States, and Barry Glick who is the co-founder of MapQuest.
The sports teams are referred to as the Bulls, however female sports teams were originally referred to as the Royals. I could not find out if that was discontinued due to the poor success of the Kansas City Royals and not wanting to be associated with terrible baseball or not. Just throwing it out there though.
Buffalo joined Division I-A football in 1996 as a member of the MAC conference. Walt Harris and Dave Wannstedt still shudder at the mention of the MAC conference. Last season Buffalo finished a disappointing 2-10 under first year coach Jeff Quinn. Buffalo has won the MAC once in 2008, and is 0-1 all time in bowl games.
And now some game previews:
Pitt links:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Wide-open Buffalo to test Pitt defense
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Pitt kicks off high-octane attack
Buffalo links:
UB Spectrum: The Road Beings at Pittsburgh
Buffalo News: Up-tempo game in prospect for UB-Pitt
Hail to Pitt!
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