(8:01): That’s right. The commitment lists are starting to get checked. I’ll probably keep this post at the top of the blog for at least the morning to early afternoon, so there should be other content below.
Scout.com has checks in place for signed LOIs for

Tristan Roberts

Dan Matha

Max Gruder

Pat Bostick

Rivals.com doesn’t have anything yet. This tends to go back and forth.

UPDATE (8:21): Rivals.com now lists Bostick, Gruder, Matha and Roberts as signed.

UPDATE: (9:00): Rivals.com has a bunch more

Shariff Harris

Kyle Hubbard (Ha! Butch Davis didn’t lure him to UNC)

Greg Williams

UPDATE (9:33): Rivals.com has now added John Fieger. Scout.com hasn’t had any change to its check-offs.

UPDATE (9:36): Scout.com updated it’s check-off to a total of 7, but Rivals.com apparently is winning the race to declare signed LOIs. The following are now listed as well:

Tommy Duhart

Anthony Jackson

That puts them at 10 signed LOIs.

UPDATE (9:57): Rivals.com has added two more and they are good ones for the lines
Myles Caragein

Chris Jacobson

Personally, I don’t expect McCoy to sign until sometime after noon.

UPDATE (10:20): Scout.com has almost caught up to Rivals.com in confirmed LOIs. The only one they don’t have matching is John Fieger.

UPDATE (10:29): Maurice Williams has been added to the signed list by Rivals.com.

UPDATE (10:35): Boy, Rivals.com must be really plugged in today to the Pitt recruits or something.

Henry Hynoski

Brandon Lindsey

That puts them at listing 15 signed LOIs. 8 more on their list still to sign not including Sheard.

UPDATE (11:07): In a move of questionable value — other than to save their servers I guess. Rivals.com has done the following in the last 20 minutes with their commitment list.

I’m registered, but not a subscriber since I never want to be accused of stealing “premium” content from either site (oh, and I’m cheap).

So, that means Rivals.com will no longer be checked for updates on recruits faxing in their LOIs. It’s their site, their business. I think it’s rather dumb, for getting broader attention and the eventual subscriber.

I’m guessing it wasn’t an easy decision, but more driven by the strains on their servers. Better to serve those who pay rather than crash the whole thing. At least that’s the charitable view of it.

UPDATE (11:13): Okay, this is kind of funny. Go here and at least for the moment you can see the Pitt commit list from Rivals.com. According to the list you can now add:

Dom DeCicco

LeSean McCoy

Go ahead and break out the party hats.

UPDATE (11:16): Hmm. The access to the commitment list on Pantherlair is available again. New theory. When the servers are reaching a critical level, they probably have some sort of tripwire for the servers to restrict access until the crunch eases. It’s only a theory, but it makes a sort of sense.

They have also added Aundre Wright to the list of signed commits.

UPDATE (11:25): Rivals.com/Pantherlair has added Jordan Gibbs to the signed list. That puts them at 19.

I’m not saying Scout.com/PantherDigest is getting hammered today, but they are only up to 13 confirmed signings.

It could be a matter of policy on confirming or it might simply be that Rivals.com/Pantherlair has a really good source at the Pitt Athletic Department.

UPDATE (11:32): Jabaal Sheard is now listed on the signed LOI by Rivals.com (hattip to DW1945). Same with Scout.com.

UPDATE (11:52): Wayne Jones of the grayshirt is now listed on Rivals.com’s list as signing on.

FINAL UPDATE (2:34): Looks like Sherod Murdock has signed along with Jordan Gibbs, according to Rivals.com.

Tony Tucker, I am getting e-mails and reading comments that he has signed and did it today on ESPNU.

There seems to be something holding up the clearance of Greg Gaskins to sign today.