Yesterday, ESPN reported that “super prospect” wide receiver John Peyton of Dade City-Pasco, Florida decided to play football at Pitt — spurning offers from LSU, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, and Auburn.

I’m not going to pretend that I know much about Mr. Peyton beyond this. All I know is that he’s automatically cool for choosing Pitt. More importantly, I know that I continue to be impressed with Walt (quarterback genius) Harris’s ability to recruit in the face of all the uncertainty surrounding the Big East Football Conference. I mean, you just KNOW that LSU, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, and Auburn surely brought up the Big East’s turmoil to Mr. Peyton.

Of course, beating out programs as prominent as LSU, Georgia Tech, and Auburn for a kid’s services is pretty impressive in its own right.

Hail to the Quarterback Genius’s Recruiting