The latest press release on the Blue-Gold Game for this Saturday doesn’t really say much, other than the fact that no score will be kept. This year it’s going to be just scrimmaging.
Wannstedt said the format for the spring game will be a controlled scrimmage — first-team offense vs. first-team defense, second team vs. second team, etc. — as opposed to a typical spring game in which the team is divided into two teams and score is kept. “We need to get one last good day of work in, and the only way to do that is go best against best,” Wannstedt said.
I believe Pitt has one practice on Thursday left on its schedule before that final workout to end Spring Drills.
The Blue-Gold Game, of course, also serves as an unofficial recruiting event. There will surely be sightings of plenty of kids with offers or expected to receive offers from Pitt in attendance.
Last Saturday’s practice was also a recruiting day.
Pitt used Saturday’s practice session as a blue-chip day, and more than two dozen high school prospects visited the UPMC Sports Performance Complex on the South Side. The Panthers used the occasion to extend a formal scholarship offer to Thomas Jefferson’s Dom DeCicco, a 6-3, 195-pound safety who is on his way to becoming one of the WPIAL’s top prospects.
Manheim Township quarterback Pat Bostick spent much of Pitt’s practice yesterday hanging out with 2006 signees Dorin Dickerson of West Allegheny and Elijah Fields of Duquesne, perhaps giving Panthers fans a glimpse of their future offense.
Southern Columbia fullback Henry Hynoski and lineman Josh Marks, who combined to lead the Tigers to a fourth consecutive PIAA Class A championship, spent the weekend making unofficial visits to Pitt.
“It’s been awesome,” Marks said of his trip. “I like it here a lot. It’s definitely one of my favorite schools.”
Marks said Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia, Ohio State and Michigan are his early top five — although the latter two have yet to offer scholarships.
Always good to see the incoming freshmen eager to help in the recruitment for next season.
