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Slovis 'out of the woods,' but Yarnell could see another starting nod

Don't rule out an encore performance from Nate Yarnell.

With a laundry list of players on the unofficial-official injury report and with a Football Championship Subdivision foe in Rhode Island on the docket for this week, Pat Narduzzi provided some more clarity on what we might see on the field for his 24th-ranked Pitt Panthers by the time kickoff arrives at noon on Saturday.

Yarnell commandeered the Panthers offense to a 34-13 win at Western Michigan on Saturday in Kalamazoo, and while his stats aren't putting him in any Heisman Trophy conversations, it at least gave Narduzzi and offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti Jr.