Bills assistant Wannstedt defends Pitt past

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Former Pitt football coach Dave Wannstedt believes he and his program were unfairly centered out in a magazine article that concluded the Panthers led the nation's top-ranked teams in players getting into trouble with the law.

Now an assistant with the Buffalo Bills, Wannstedt acknowledged “an unfortunate stretch of incidents last summer,” during which four players were arrested. Wannstedt, however, added he remains proud of his six-year tenure at Pittsburgh, and said he and his staff scrutinized every recruit before accepting them on the team.

Wannstedt's comments came a day after Sports Illustrated published the results of a six-month investigation which found Pitt opened last season with 22 players that had faced criminal charges.