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USA Today
13-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Kenny Pickett returns to Pittsburgh — plans to reconnect with former Steelers teammates
Kenny Pickett returns to Pittsburgh — plans to reconnect with former Steelers teammates Browns QB Kenny 'Two Gloves' Pickett couldn't wait until the 2025 regular season commenced to return to Pittsburgh — as he was in attendance for Pitt's annual Blue-Gold Spring Game at Acrisure Stadium, serving as the contest's honorary captain. Pickett's infamous exit in 2024 left a sour taste in the mouths of the Black and Gold faithful, but that hasn't stopped him from reconnecting with some of his former Steelers teammates — as he told TribLive that a dinner with Alex Highsmith, Christian Kuntz, and Pat Freiermuth was in his Sunday plans. Another big takeaway from his attendance at the event is his reported eagerness to play against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2025, per TribLive's Jerry DiPaola: 'Pickett said he's looking forward to 'everything' about the 2025 season, including the Browns game at Acrisure Stadium against his former team.' Pickett spent just two years with the Steelers before he was traded to the Eagles — and then traded once more from Philadelphia to Cleveland in hopes of revitalizing his career as a starting QB. Will the Black and Gold faithful lay out the welcome mat for the Pittsburgh Steelers' former first-round pick of the 2022 NFL Draft?
USA Today
10-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How Notre Dame football will score its annual Blue-Gold Spring Game on Saturday
How Notre Dame football will score its annual Blue-Gold Spring Game on Saturday The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team will be back on the field this coming Saturday, and what you will see won't quite resemble what normal football looks like. Mainly, it is due to the Irish trying to limit injuries, and with that in mind they will score the game much differently than we are accustomed to. In a social media post from Eric Hansen of Inside ND Sports, he broke down how Notre Dame will score its spring game. A normal touchdown plus extra point will be seven points, but the offense will also get a point for each first down, two points for an explosive play over 20-yards, the normal three points for a field goal and two points for a two-point conversion. On defense is where it gets very interesting, as typically the only points they would score is on a turnover. That won't be what we see on Saturday, as they'll get a point for forcing a punt, five points for a takeaway in plus territory, seven for a takeaway in minus territory, a whopping twelve points for a defensive touchdown, a point for a tackle-for-loss, two points for a sack, three points for blocking a field goal, two points for a point after touchdown return or failed two point attempts or a forth down stop or missed field goal and finally three points for a 4th down stop in minus territory. All of these adjustments tell us that they'll like be testing the first team offense more than what we would normally see in a spring game, due to the fact that a starting quarterback has yet to emerge. While these will be significantly different rules, we will get to see Notre Dame football back on the field, even though its just a tease until the regular season gets going.
