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Vegas LB Robert Spillane has a “chip” on his shoulder with the Steelers; Raiders OC Luke Getsy on Justin Fields

Vegas LB Robert Spillane has a “chip” on his shoulder with the Steelers; Raiders OC Luke Getsy on Justin Fields

Fridays “First Call” takes a look at some reunions in Las Vegas on Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers visit the Raiders.

Luke Getsy and Steelers quarterback Justin Fields will cross paths again. Vegas linebacker Robert Spillane gets to play against his old Steelers teammates.

Duquesne renews acquaintance with an in-state rival. And the Robert Morris hockey teams have a challenging weekend ahead of them.

Black and gold to silver and black

Raiders linebacker Robert Spillane admits a little more fuel was added to his fire ahead of his team’s game against the Steelers this weekend.

Spillane spent four years in Pittsburgh, playing in 74 games, starting 38 and registering 191 tackles, three sacks and one interception.

He said Paul Gutierrez of ESPN.com on Wednesday which will face its former team on Sunday will “Add to that chip on his shoulder.”

So far this year, Spillane has one sack, one interception and 37 tackles in Las Vegas.

“I’m glad to see you here!”

Speaking of familiar faces, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields will be doing it Also check out one in Vegas. It’s Raiders offensive coordinator Luke Getsy.

Getsy had been the offensive coordinator in Chicago during Fields’ final two years there.

“Justin is an incredible guy. An incredible competitor, great teammate,” Getsy said during a press conference this week in Las Vegas. “He’s a competitor. He is becomes Bring it to every single game. He doesn’t back down.‘ There are no excuses with this guy. The guy is fun. So it will be great to see him. I know The Our defense will have a big challenge goes up against him.”

Fields threw for 23 touchdowns and 20 interceptions under Getsy in Chicago. He also threw for more than 4,700 yards and ran for 1,800 and 12 scores.

Getsy is from Munhall and attended Steel Valley. He spent his college football career at Pitt and Akronbefore being included in the training squad the San Francisco 49ers in 2007.

At the college level, he served as an assistant at Pitt and also held jobs at IUP, Western Michigan and Mississippi State. He was also on the Green Bay Packers coaching staff before getting the OC job in Chicago.

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Place your bets!

Pitt (5-0) takes the field at Acrisure Stadium on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m.) against California (3-2) ranked No. 22 in the country according to the AP Top 25 poll. According to BetRivers.com, the Bears have lost 10 straight times to ranked opponents. Additionally, they have reached the game total in their last six games against ranked opponents.

The Panthers enter this game as three-point favorites and the over-under rating is 58.5.

Meanwhile, Penn State is in Los Angeles to play USC (3-2) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The Nittany Lions (5-0) lead by 3½ points. According to BetRivers data, Penn State has won each of its last 25 games against teams not in the AP rankings.

As for West Virginia, the Mountaineers (3-2) have won their first two Big 12 games. They host No. 12 Iowa State (5-0) as 3½-point underdogs on Saturday night (8 p.m.). The Cyclones have covered the spread in each of their last six road games.

Wild rematch

Duquesne’s 38-35 win over St. Francis last year was a wild college football game, as you’ll see. Trailing 31-7 on the final play of the third quarter, St. Francis scored to make the score 31-14, only to see the Dukes win the first series of the fourth quarter and turn it into a touchdown.

From then on, the Red Flash scored three times in the last 11 minutes and 48 seconds. The comeback included a blocked punt for a touchdown and an onside kick recovery before a 45-yard field goal missed on St. Francis’ final snap of the game with 10 seconds left.

Now this Two teams will meet again on Saturday afternoon in Loretto. Duquesne won its NEC opener last weekend against Long Island University 47-21 and quarterback Darius Perrantes accounting six touchdowns. The Dukes are 3-2 this season.

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As for the Red Flash, she are 2-3 with one loss in conference play, a 27-20 loss to Central Connecticut State.

Robert Morris also has its home game against Delaware State on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Colonials have a bye and are 2-3.

Action on the ice

The Robert Morris men’s and women’s ice hockey teams are both Ice skating this weekend.

The women are already in their third weekend series of the season. Over the last two weekends, the Colonials have won three of four games against Union and Bemidji State. Now they head to Potsdam, NY for the first time to take on Clarkson for two games. The third-place Golden Knights have a record of 4-0-0 and outscore their opponents 34-3 until now.

Meanwhile, the men’s team played its first game from Three exhibition games on Thursday night, with a 7-2 loss to Bowling Green. The Colonials and Falcons are part of a four-team round-robin tournament in Michigan that also includes the U.S. National Development Team and a Canadian university called Simon Fraser.

Thomas Haynes and Tanner Klimpke were the scorers for RMU. They open the regular season next Thursday in Miami (Ohio).