The college football season kicks off for both IUP (on U92 radio) and Pitt (on WCCS) this week.
IUP opens at home against Ashland at Miller Stadium on Thursday night. Tonight at 6 o’clock, coach Paul Tortorella joins Jack Benedict at the CH Fields Craft Kitchen at the Hilton Garden Inn for the season’s first edition of Hawk Talk on Renda Digital TV and 92.5 FM, U92.
IUP beat Ashland, 19-13, last season in the Division II championship tournament. The two schools have met on the football field three times, with IUP winning all three, but by a combined total of only 13 points. IUP is ranked 16th in the nation in the AFCA coaches poll coming into the season. Ashland is ranked 12th. The NCAA.Com DII Power Rankins have Ashland at number nine and IUP at number 10. In the D2 Lindy’s Nation College Football magazine places IUP 11th and Ashland 10th in the preseason rankings.
Pitt takes on Wofford on Saturday. It is a matchup of Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi and Wofford coach Shawn Watson, who Narduzzi fired as the Panthers’ offensive coordinator after the 2018 season. Pitt is picked to finish in a tie for sixth in the ACC Preseason Poll.
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