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January 28, 2004

The Continuing Saga of Anthony Morelli

Filed under: Uncategorized — Lee @ 9:37 am

With only a week left before national signing day, the Altoona Mirror included a overview of local college football recruiting in today’s paper. Reflecting local sentiments, Penn State was portrayed as finishing strong and aggressively — in the running for five star recruits Anthony Morelli and New Jersey linebacker Brian Toal. The fact that Morelli had previously committed to Pitt and that Toal has usually listed Miami and Boston College before PSU was not reported until well into the second page of the article.

Pitt, meanwhile, was portrayed as desperately trying to hold on to what little it had.

Living around here, I’m more than used to the pro-Penn State/anti-Pitt sentiment in the Central Pennsylvania media. So all of this didn’t really interest me much. However, the following quote from Harry Psaros of Pantherlair.com regarding Morelli raised my eyebrows a little.

“I hate to say it, but I have a bad vibe about it as far as Pitt is concerned,” Pitt recruiting expert Harry Psaros of Pantherlair.com said. “I think that he began to think about the chance for early playing time… Morelli is probably going to end up at Penn State.”

This being a case of “your own man says so,” I’m officially worried about Morelli now. Has anybody else read anything on Morelli’s leanings? Furthermore, did Morelli ever visit Ohio State? I’m assuming that the Buckeyes have left Morelli alone (like they did Andrew Johnson), but I have no confirmation on that.

Losing Morelli to Penn State would suck huge.

Speaking of things that suck, Pitt has quietly dropped three places to #25 on the Official College Sports Network (by ESPN.com’s Bill Hodge) 2004 recruiting class rankings since yesterday. Ohio State remains at #5 and Penn State remains at #16.

No. 1 Southern California (Top JCs)
No. 2 LSU
No. 3 Michigan
No. 4 Oklahoma
No. 5 Ohio State
No. 6 Texas
No. 7 Georgia
No. 8 Florida State
No. 9 Miami-Florida
No. 10 Maryland
No. 11 Texas A&M
No. 12 Florida
No. 13 Oregon
No. 14 Alabama
No. 15 Tennessee
No. 16 Penn State
No. 17 Washington
No. 18 Kansas State (Top JCs)
No. 19 Missouri
No. 20 Michigan State
No. 21 UCLA (Top JCs)
No. 22 Texas Tech (Top JCs)
No. 23 Purdue
No. 24 Nebraska
No. 25 Arkansas
Tie No. 25 Arizona State
Tie No. 25 Pittsburgh

Hail to a good end to the recruiting season.





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