A good article on the struggles of the lines of Pitt. Complete with observations from former Pitt coach Foge Fazio and player Tony Siragusa.

Foge Fazio found himself cringing this season while watching the line play of the Pitt football team. Ditto for Tony Siragusa and countless other alumni.

They looked on in disbelief, as Miami, West Virginia and Notre Dame owned the Panthers in the trenches. It was ugly at times.

“You’re kind of like disappointed,” said Fazio, a former player and head coach at Pitt. “I’d sit there with guys I played ball with in the ’50s, and it would be hard to watch. Pitt always had rough, tough guys on the offensive and defensive lines and the theory always was, ‘You might beat us, but you better go over the top to beat us, because we’re going to control you up front.’ We didn’t see enough of that this year.”

They cringed? Every Pitt fan cringed.

Meanwhile, after last week’s debacle against Miami, it was widely assumed that Larry Fitzgerald would lose the Heisman to Jason White, the Oklahoma QB. To quote Lee Corso, “Not so fast, my friend.” White layed an egg in the Big 12 championship, and Sports Illustrated named Fitzgerald its player of the year. The final result next Saturday will be interesting. Tim Layden of Sports Illustrated explained why he voted for Fitzgerald.

Might actually waste part of my Saturday evening watching the presentation now.