The Loyal Sons

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. Transfer Portal News: We are in the midst of portal season for both football and basketball and college athletes are on the move. We discuss all the movement in Pittsburgh, including Blake Hinson, Malcolm Epps, Ishmael Leggett, and Myles Alston 2023 Draft Preview: Which Panthers will hear thei...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. Spring Game Recap: who looked good (and who didn't) in the Blue-Gold Game Interview w/ Nelly Cummings: One of the engineers of Pitt Basketball's revival joins us to discuss the 2022-23 season, featuring future Panther Brandin Cummings. Final Thoughts: Capel's new transfer, the Sons got an AP v...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. Spring Game Preview: The Sons each give the Top 3 things they’re looking for in this year’s Spring Game. Interview w/ Byron Floyd: Pitt Long-snapper Byron Floyd gets personal about his charitable endeavors and what made him want to give back to Children’s Hospital. Also, a preview of Pitts spe...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. It's been a while since we've talked football, so we had to catch up on Pitt's pro day, spring practices, and the '24 recruiting class. Although we enjoyed the basketball team's run, it feels right to be getting overly excited about highlights from Spring practice hype videos. Also, Will Levis...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. Legendary Pitt and Steelers play-by-play man Bill Hillgrove joins to tell stories from his rise through the ranks of broadcasting, Pitt's most glorious moments, his longtime booth partner Myron Cope, and much, much more. Bill even helps us rewrite some of our greatest sports heartbreaks... Hai...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. A recap of the tournament. The atmosphere in Greensboro, the win over Iowa St, and the season-ending loss in the round of 32 to Xavier. Appreciation for each of the members of the Pitt basketball team who helped revive the program, the university, and the city of Pittsburgh. Hail, Loyal Sons o...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. Miss St. Recap. Pitt wins its first March Madness game since 2014 in a First Four matchup that featured 21 lead changes, a thrilling finish, more charges than an iPhone 4...and..and twins! Red-eye Road Trip. Squid shares the sights and sounds of his heroic voyage to Dayton and back. Iowa St. P...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. This is March! And Pitt is still playing basketball. It was a stressful Selection Sunday and we’re in and that’s all that matters. The stage is set for Pitt vs Mississippi State. Quick preview of the matchup and what potentially lies ahead for the Panthers. First thoughts in the bracket. Cinde...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. Fan Mailbag. We were too tired, sad, and hungover to plan out a show after a tough week of basketball, so we let the our listeners dictate what we talked about. And boy are yinz in a dark place… We cover:  Pain The looming possibility of an NIT berth The Capel Era Official Loyal Sons Bracket T...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section Five. Syracuse Recap. Amidst an absolutely rocking Petersen Event Center, Pitt Hoops put on a dazzling offensive display to take down perpetual cloud-yeller Jim Boeheim. One win away from an ACC Regular Season title, will Pitt earn its first AP ranking since 2016? Interview w/ Aidan Fisch. Hometown...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section V. Basketball Recap. A very brief reminder that it’s impossible to win them all. Interview w/ Noah Hills. The Pitt Athletics Writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joins for a wide-ranging interview about Pitt Basketball: the loss @ VT, Noah’s preferred March Madness destinations, lucky game day app...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section V. Basketball Week in Review. Pitt basketball now sits in 1st place in the ACC after two wins over Louisville and FSU. Joe Lunardi says that Pitt is a "tournament team". Interview w/ Drew Headlee. Pitt assistant wrestling coach Drew Headlee joins the show to discuss the nation's #17 team, why the sp...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Brought to you by Section V. Pitt Football Schedule Release. What do we make of the Panthers' draw for the 2023 season? And more importantly, where should Pitt fans take our talents for a weekend of merriment? Mt. Washington of ACC Road-trip Destinations. The stakes have never been higher! The Sons select their quartet of th...

We're so jacked up about Pitt's last second win at UNC, we decided an emergency episode was in order. This counts as a 50th Episode Extravaganza! Hail, Loyal Sons of Pittsburgh. Brought to you by: Rhoback (promo code LOYALSONS for 20% off) Prize Picks (promo code LOYALSONS) Rendine Consulting Careers at Haddad Accelerated Delivery Gurrera Law

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. Miami & Wake Recaps. Pittsburgh is absolutely buzzing after an undefeated week of Panther Basketball, especially the come-from-behind win over ranked Miami. Interview w/ Jim Hammett. Panther-Lair staff writer Jim Hammett joins the Sons to talk the basketball team’s progress, the football team’s offseason pickups, and the tri...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics fix. 0:00 - 28:06 - Basketball Setback. Another week, another split set of games. Pitt bullies the lowly Louisville Cardinals, but drops one at home against a bad FSU team. But on the bright side, the Oakland Zoo is returning to its glory days with each passing game. 28:07 - 50:28 - Recruiting Trail. Pitt Football loses out on on...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. 0:00 - 23:40 - Bubble Boys. The basketball Panthers picked up a nice road win this weekend to keep themselves in the thick of Bracketology conversations. 23:41 - 47:37 - WR Woes. Pitt football’s biggest WR target in the portal committed to PSU over the weekend. What does this mean for Pitt’s receiving room moving forward? Ha...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. Brought to you by Pittsburgh Sports Now. 0:00-15:37 - Damar Hamlin Update. As an unprecedented scene played out on Monday Night Football, we all hoped and prayed for the health of one of Pittsburgh’s most beloved sons. What’s followed since, however, has been a reminder of the good humanity is capable of.  15:38-27:22 - Pitt...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. Brought to you by Pittsburgh Sports Now. 0:00 - 30:45 - There is a lot to catch up on. Kenny Pickett's Christmas Miracle, new recruits, portal updates, and some Dabo slander (per usual). 32:18 - 1:16:19 - We take a trip down memory lane with Nick Patti while also looking forward to his last game/start vs. UCLA in the Sun Bow...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. Brought to you by Pittsburgh Sports Now. In a special, interview-only episode, we are joined by Donovan McMillon. Donovan comes to Pitt from the University of Florida via the transfer portal. He's also a hometown kid, as he was a standout for Peters Township in high school. We talked about what got him back to Pitt and why i...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. Brought to you by Pittsburgh Sports Now. 0:00 - 23:25 - QB Talk. Pitt lost a quarterback but adds two. We talk the Slovis era, bright(?) future with Phil Jurkovec and Ty Dieffenbach, and the future of the QB position for the program. 23:25 - 55:58 - Player Movement. The Sons try to predict who will and won’t be a Pitt Panthe...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. Brought to you by Pittsburgh Sports Now. 0:00 - 16:30 - Miami Recap. It took 12 weeks, but Pitt finally has a good offense! And the defense stayed hot and massacred Miami. 18:00 - 53:00 - End of the Year Awards: Wow, what a year, what a journey. The Loyal Sons end-of-the-year awards are here. Congratulations to all of the wi...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. Brought to you by Pittsburgh Sports Now. 0:00 - 11:24 - Duke Recap. Pitt hangs on against Duke thanks mostly due to its revolving door of punters. 11:29 - 1:18:19 - Interview w/ Harry Psaros. Our PSN colleague and longtime Pitt Recruitment writer Harry Psaros joins us for a wide ranging interview. We cover Pitt past, present...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe, sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. Brought to you by Pittsburgh Sports Now. 0:00 - 21:58 - Virginia Recap. The Panthers put together their most dominant performance of the season against UVA. As the defense rounds into form, we ask the question: would a 9-4 season with a strong finish change your opinion on this season? 22:03 - 34:00 - MBB Recap. Mayyyyybe we...

The Loyal Sons Show: a safe and sun-shiny place for your Pitt Athletics Fix. Brought to you by Pittsburgh Sports Now: 0:00-33:29 - Pitt Basketball is Back! PSN's George Michalowski joins us to recap the season opener vs UT-Martin, preview the Basketbrawl, and talk realistic expectations for Jeff Capel's squad for the 22-23 season. 34:58-52:25 - Syracuse Recap. #PL34SED with our performance...sorta...