Cook And Poni

Hour 3 with Joe Starkey and Bob Pompeani: Does Pitt have a chance to compete for an ACC Championship? It's way too early, but the wins are impressive and it's surprising how Pitt won both games they trailed double digits. Pat Narduzzi complained about officiating on Saturday and said Pitt beat West Virginia and also the refs. The officiating wasn't good and wasn't either in the Steelers-Broncos game.

Hour 4 with Joe Starkey and Bob Pompeani: We look around the NFL at surprising scores including the Ravens losing to Las Vegas and the Vikings beating San Francisco. Steelers grades for each facet of the roster.

Grading every Steelers positional group against the Broncos, plus the Carolina Panthers are benching quarterback Bryce Young.

News and major headlines across the NFL after week 2.

Pat Narduzzi complained about officiating on Saturday and said Pitt beat West Virginia and also the refs. The officiating wasn't good but was it even worse in the Steelers-Broncos game?

You can see why Alabama recruited Eli Holstein and his talent. Pitt came back from down 10 in the final five minutes. Bob thinks Cincinnati and West Virginia helped Pitt come back in the game with poor play calling and awful decisions.

Starkey is not giving the Penguins the benefit of the doubt of low expectations. He believes the Penguins are built to win NOW and need to win NOW.

What is going on with Broderick Jones? They're also saying that they believe Troy Fautanu is the better player by ending the tackle rotation mid-game. Sidney Crosby signs for $8.7 million again through the 2026-27 season!

Justin Fields had a great first half but disappeared in the second half as the offense sputtered and didn't score in the third or fourth quarter.

Pitt won the Backyard Brawl and Joe and Bob begin the show rubbing salt in Crowley's West Virginia injured wound. We know the Steelers defense can be very good, but how good?

The full Joe Starkey Show, with Donny Football, from Friday, September 13th, 2024

Hour 1 with Donny Football: The Backyard Brawl is this weekend! Crowley and Callas stick around with Donny to give their predictions. Keys to the game and some brawl history surrounding the rivalry. Austin believes college football should adopt a 13th regular season game and make it a designated rivalry week.

Hour 2 with Donny Football: The Steelers are likely to start Troy Fautanu at right tackle. Dan Moore is healthy, does this mean Broderick Jones is benched? Ray thinks it's possible. Spencer Anderson did a decent job against Grady Jarrett in Atlanta. Should the Steelers be banging the table for Justin Fields to start? Starkey is out today and lost his voice yesterday.

Hour 3 with Donny Football: Audacy betting insider Nick Kostos of BetQL joined the show for this week's betting picks of the week! Nick picked the Broncos to win. The Bechtold Breakdown. Bucco Minute. The Pirates and Pitt will play a few hours apart from each other on the North Shore and will be the place to be this weekend.

Hour 4 with Donny Football: he Kansas City Royals are a good blueprint for what the Pirates can become after the Royals were in the bottom of the AL and now are going to the playoffs. Many MLB teams are using the DH to rotate players, but the Pirates should bring Andrew McCutchen back if the Pirates want to keep it as penciled in everyday for McCutchen. IShould Tua be done playing in the NFL with another concussion yesterday? Pitt-WVU, Steelers-Broncos picks.

Tua Tagovailoa suffered his fourth concussion in three seasons last night. Should he think about walking away from football?

The Kansas City Royals are a good blueprint for what the Pirates can become after the Royals were in the bottom of the AL and now are going to the playoffs. Many MLB teams are using the DH to rotate players, but the Pirates should bring Andrew McCutchen back if the Pirates want to keep it as penciled in everyday for McCutchen.

A trip around the NFL and Austin's Pittsburgh sports Mona Lisa.

Audacy betting insider Nick Kostos of BetQL joined the show for this week's betting picks of the week! Who does Nick have winning Steelers-Broncos?

Fields gives them a different element in the running game. Plus, Russell Wilson is hurt maybe more than we think.