Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Well, we finally lost...and boy was it bad. Holstein and Bell: Can they right the ship? The sharks didn't swarm this week. On a positive note, the Pitt Basketball team tips off on November 4th. What excites us and how high is this team's ceiling? Hail, Loyal …

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Cuse Recap: Pitt's defense suffocates Syracuse in a no-fuss, no-doubter Standard-Issue Bitching: The AP, networks, and advanced metrics are all out to get us SMU Preview: #18 Pitt vs. #20 SMU is Pitt's biggest regular season game since... Loyal Sons Sportsboo…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. New AD: Pitt hires Allen Greene as it's new AD, in what some are calling the greatest AD hire of all time (unless it isn't" Cuse Preview: Boy, does Fran Brown love to throw the with his shiny new toy from OSU Loyal Sons Sportsbook: Points & Yards, Points & Ya…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Season To-Date: David awakens from a coma with no recollection of the last 2 months and has a lot of questions about how Pitt got to 6-0 The Mid-Season Sonnies: Who takes home the awards for MVP, Best Moment, Most Pleasant Surprise, and more? Hail, Loyal Sons…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Defense and Offense pull a Freaky Friday Should we be worried by Holstein's performance? Special Teams Superstars Complaining about rankings Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhoback (promo code LOYAL SO…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Feels Like '21: Pitt's hot start has ignited some feelings the Sons forgot they had the capacity for A Look at Cal: Beyond the memes and AI art, what is this Golden Bears football team? Sportsbook: On an unrelated note, welcome back Rodney Hammond! Hail, Loya…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Pitt notches first win in Chapel Hill; first 5-0 start since 1991 Offense soars again, DLine might be a problem Inexplicable CFB upsets are BACK! Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhoback (promo code LOY…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. The bye week is over, what improvements need to be made? Biggest keys to victory and worries vs North Carolina. The Loyal Sons Sportsbook Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhoback (promo code LOYAL SONS …

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Pitt takes care of business against the Youngstown State Penguins. In honor of Pitt Football being 4-0, Pitt Volleyball being #1, Pitt Mens Soccer being #2, and high hopes in many other sports, we debate who the best current Pitt athletes are across all sport…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Backyard Brawl Housekeeping: Our favorite deflections, excuses, and coping mechanisms we've seen from WVU fans since Saturday's big comeback YSU Preview: What do we need to see from the Panthers against Youngstown St to feel comfortable (other than a 50pt win…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhoback (promo code LOYAL SONS for 20% off) Careers at Haddad Accelerated Delivery Momento App The Original Big Shot Bobs…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. I'm going to throw up The game is so far away Jesus Christ, this is torture Please win Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhoback (promo code LOYAL SONS for 20% off) Careers at Haddad Accelerated Delivery…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Oh my God, how did we win that? After an abysmal 1st half on all fronts, Pitt flipped the switch and pulled off its biggest comeback in over 50 years. Faith in Eli, keeping running Des, how do we feel about the defense? Heather Lyke was surprisingly fired. Th…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. We have a BIG game against Cincinnati this week. What will it take for Pitt to pick up this steam and get a season-setting up win? The Loyal Sons Sportsbook: We place bets on some X factors and key aspects of the game. Please Win. Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsbur…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Apology Tour: We say "sorry" to every Panther we doubted who made us look stupid in Pitt's promising Week 1 win, including Eli Holstein, The WCU Crew, and Coach Duzz himself. Worries: Random flukes or signs of things to come? Spirits are high in Pittsburgh, b…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. The Post-Gazette's Stephen Thompson joins us to discuss Pitt's depth chart release, Coach Narduzzi's first presser, the QB controversy, and the season opener vs. Kent State. Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first or…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. On this week's episode, we tried to talk Panther Lair's Chris Peak into 10 wins for a 3rd year in a row. Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhoback (promo code LOYAL SONS for 20% off) Careers at Haddad Ac…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. The Hailbag: We answer mailbag questions from the listeners Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhoback (promo code LOYAL SONS for 20% off) Careers at Haddad Accelerated Delivery Momento App The Original B…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Camp News: Bam Brima has left the program under mysterious circumstances and the QB Battle storyline nobody asked for Mt. Washington of Songs to Replace "Sweet Caroline": It's time to be honest with ourselves, Pitt fans: "Sweet Caroline" doesn't get the job d…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Fall Camp starts Wednesday, so we're here to give you (almost) everything you need to know before the 30 second practice clips start getting our hopes up. What are we most interested in finding out during Fall Camp? What position groups are believing in? Mt. …

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. The long-anticipated return of EA Sports NCAA Football is HERE after 10 long years, and the Sons are buzzing. Topics covered: A look back at the Panthers on '14 Predicting Pitt's '25 ratings Who we missed out on the last 10 years Plans for our Pitt Dynasty No…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. BREAKING: Dayon Hayes enters the Portal. We give our immediate reactions to a huge hit for Pitt Football Spring Game Recap: Squid and David provided boots on the ground for Saturday's Blue & Gold Game, and they have some thoughts... Cam Corhen Joins Pitt Hoop…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Counting our Losses: We discuss the departures of Blake, Fede, and Will Jeffress, and the voids they leave behind. Who Else Could Go: The League and The Portal hang over us like a ghost, eager to steal away our joy. Is Bub headed to the NBA? Will richer progr…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Pitt gets left out of the Field of 68. How do we feel ~24 hours later? No NIT for the Panthers: Pitt turns down the invite to the consolation tourney. March Madness Preview: Some bracket tips, Cinderellas, and how far would Pitt have made it? Hail, Loyal Sons…

Pitt wraps up the regular season with a Senior Night victory over North Carolina State. Where does that leave Pitt in the Bracketology talk? What does Pitt need to do in the ACC Tournament to make it to the March Madness? In honor of Blake Hinson's Senior Night, we draft your favorite Blake Hinson moments (on and off the floor).…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Clemson Crashes the Party: Pitt did just about everything it could to lose a must-win game against Clemson. What went wrong, and is there a prayer for an MM bid? Storming the Court: We finish the show by letting off a little steam at Duke, Kyle Filipowski, an…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Pitt Downs UVA: Oh did we beat another ranked team at home? Pretty surprising... Bracketology Bitching: We will not allow the thrilling win over UVA distract us from what's really important: shitting on Joe Lunardi Final Thoughts: Tiquan Underwood departs Pit…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Hoops Hopes: Pitt BBall has won 4 of its last 5 and we're ready to get our hopes up yet again. Chuck Partridge Out: Fresh off the news of Coach Partridge's announced departure, we reflect on the incredible success he had at Pitt, the factors that may have inf…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Winners in Durham: A reeling Pitt team goes on the road to beat Duke behind HUGE performances from Blake Hinson and Jaland Lowe. Duke is Insufferable: We were reminded of why we hate Duke basketball on Saturday night. Let us go off a little bit. Final Thought…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Salem, Borbely, and Powell Out: Coach Duzz fires three mainstays of his offensive staff to make way for the Bell Era. Was this the right move or did they throw the baby out with the bathwater? Big Portal Additions: A 4* QB from Bama, an All-MAC LB, and some W…

Ho-ho-ho! Santa, if you're listening, we have some very important items for Pitt Athletics and Pitt fans on our Christmas wish lists. After the year that we had, we deserve it. A stable QB room, a jumper for Jeffress, and maybe a few BIG asks. Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh The Original Big Shot Bobs Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your fi…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Ring The Bell: Coach Duzz shatters precedent by hiring 30 year old Kade Bell from Western Carolina to take over at OC. Can a high-octane young offensive mind breathe life into a struggling program? Hinson On Fire: The Pitt Basketball Panthers are back in the …

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Pitt hoops drops to 5-2. Are we still high on the 23-24 Panthers? Some new names are getting thrown out every day for the Pitt OC job. Let's find someone good, and fast. Transfer portal season is up and running. Who is leaving, and who do we really want to st…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. The Loyal Sons a postmortem on the 2023 season and where everything went wrong. Starting in 2021, how did Narduzzi's program fall go from an 11-win ACC Champion to a 3-9 ACC bottom-feeder in such a short period of time? Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh The Orig…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Volleyball Sets Record in Win: In the most electric Pitt sporting event of the year, Pitt Volleyball reverse-swept (s/o Cat for the lingo) #4 Louisville in front of a record crowd of 9,000. Also, some love for Women's Soccer and Wrestling. New Sheriff in Town…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. The Sons welcome back Pitt Volleyball senior Cat Flood to preview Saturday's huge matchup vs. Louisville in the Pete. The Panthers aim to break Pitt's Volleyball attendance record while exacting revenge against the Cards for a tough October loss. Cat shares w…

Welcome back to The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Pitt Hoops Rolling: With two more wins against mid-major opponents, Pitt Basketball is once again giving us something to live for. We break down the good and the bad from victories against Binghamton and FGCU, as the mean of the non-con schedule draws near Pi…

A safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Pitt BBall Opener: Bub Carrington is the best basketball player alive and we're going to the Final Four. Pitt Football: We dive into the QB situation the situation going forward, including our assessment of Veilleux and the case for Nate Yarnell. Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh The Original Big S…

A safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. FSU Recap: Mumpfield's fumble (and everything that went with it), Bart's "unsportsmanlike conduct", and Phil's debut at tight end. Basketball Season-Opener: What we need to see vs NC A&T, and a few predictions for the season. Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh The Original Big Shot Bobs Homefield Ap…

We've been waiting all year for the basketball season to tip off. Tonight the Pitt basketball team takes on Pitt-Johnstown in a scrimmage so we couldn't wait any longer to dive in and preview the season, the new players, and give our predictions. Pitt also takes on #4 ranked Florida State on Saturday. We're less optimistic about that but we give ou…

A safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Road Trip Recap: What we liked, and what we didn't. Game Recap: We didn't like anything. This was the most lopsided loss of the Narduzzi era. Postgame Recap: Had Duzz lost the locker room? This is about as ugly as it gets. Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh The Original Big Shot Bobs Homefield Appar…

A safe, sun-shiney place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Road Trip Preview: The Sons are packing their bags and hitting the road for South Bend. We talk big plans, hopes, dreams, and ND trips of our childhood. Game Preview w/ Tyler Wojciak: Tyler from the Locked On Irish pod joins us to preview the show. We aren't optimistic, but he does share some we…

Pitt drops an absolutely heartbreaking, and borderline embarrassing, game to Wake Forest. The Sons talk Veilleux's promise, Cignetti's playcalling (shocker), and why the end of that game pissed us off. Also, Pitt hoops won their secret scrimmage and we need to hang on to some source of optimism. The Original Big Shot Bobs Homefield Apparel (LoyalSo…

It's time for The Sonnies...AKA The Loyal Sons mid-season award show. We present awards for Most Pleasant Surprise, Most Questionable Coaching Decision, Best Play, and plenty of other highly coveted (or maybe not) awards. Can Pitt go on its first win streak of the season? We preview this week's matchup with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and give ou…

In his first start at Pitt, Christian Veilleux fires the Superweapon and evaporates ACC frontrunner Louisville. The Loyal Sons recap an unforgettable yet extremely moist Homecoming upset that has reignited a sleeping team and fanbase. The Original Big Shot Bobs Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhoback (promo code LOYAL SON…

It was a bye week, but that doesn't mean the Pitt football program didn't give us a to to talk about. Phil Jurkovec was benched, moved to tight end (allegedly), and then moved back to quarterback (allegedly). Whatever happened, Christian Veilleux is the new starter and this, at the very least, gives us some reason to be interested in the rest of th…

The High School Sports Editor for the PPG, Mike "Blue and" White, joins his old friends to discuss Phil's shocking regression, Julian Dugger, Pitt's top WPIAL targets, and most importantly, to address accusations that he's a spy for James Franklin. Brought to you by: The Original Big Shot Bobs Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first ord…

I think we all needed a bye week. We're joined by Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette to discuss what changes need to be made on and off the field. Who should be playing QB, calling plays, and where will Pat Narduzzi be next season? Brought to you by: The Original Big Shot Bobs Homefield Apparel (LoyalSons for 15% off your first order) Rhobac…

We did our first-ever joint episode live stream with a Virginia Tech podcast, The Sons of Saturday. On this episode, we revisit the history of the Pitt - VT matchup, take a deep dive into each team...mostly what's gone wrong so far, and give our not-very-confident predictions. Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh. Brought to you by: The Original Big Shot…

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