The Scout.com and Rivals.com commit lists are always the place to go to see who they have gotten ahold of who has said they signed.
Rivals.com already has a ton listed as signing as of 9:24 am:
Chris Burns
Shayne Hale
Ronald Hobby
Jared Holley
Antwuan Reed
Cameron Saddler
Mike Shanahan
Ryan Turnley
Justin Virbitsky
Manny Williams
This in addition to Greg Cross and Rob Housers who are JUCOs that have already signed.
UPDATE (10:35): Scouts.com still has no checks under signed LOIs. Not good for the reputation.
Rivals.com has Kevin Harper and Tino Sunseri now on the signed list.
UPDATE (11:22): Looks like the two biggest ones have signed along with a couple others:
Lucas Nix
Jonathan Baldwin
Mike Cruz
Andrew Taglianetti (wonder if he will become a regular commit now that Stoudt is off to Louisville)
That just leaves Joe Trebitz from the list. That is, of course, assuming there are no late surprises. Really haven’t heard much of anything on that front, so it seems this will go down as an excellent but not particularly exciting NLI day for Pitt. Not that I’m complaining. Just relatively peaceful and almost anti-climatic.
UPDATE (11:49): And now Joe Trebitz has his name listed in signed.
No more to await from the verbal commits. Unless there are other surprises that means Pitt’s signing day is over before noon.
Aside from Pitt, where he could become a freaking legend in this town, I think Michigan is his best option. I don’t think Tressel will use him to his fullest advantage and some of his run-based talent will be wasted. It’s just a shame that Pryor seems to be so anti-Pitt, because this team is on the verge of doing some great things. Adding the top recruit in the country would surely solve that QB controversy we’ve been discussing for next year. After being down in the dumps for the past few years, this team is poised to make a move. Pryor could have stepped in and played the part of “savior”. But alas, I think his ego is too big.
TP- has always known where he will be playing football and dont be surprise when he chooses the most obivious choice.
Dont be shocked and it wont be PSU
The best thing about Stoudt was that he was 6’5″ and had the body of a pro-style QB. Sunseiri was always the one with the game knowledge, the accuracy, and the stronger arm. I know he’s a little undersized, but so was Doug Flutie. I’d much rather have the guy who knows what he’s doing and can put the ball where he wants. Louisville can take Stoudt.
We got the players we need.
Great Job DW
I agree with Ironhead, we got our “last minute” guys a month early with the verbals of Hale, Saddler & Baldwin. In Hale’s case, Pitt didn’t even seem to be on his radar for a while. The aftermath of the WVU win got us the extra talent, they just verbaled a little earlier.
Is this enough talent to not only win the BE but also contend for a NC? Coach W once stated that you hire assistants that can recruit an area. I would think his latest hires will open some doors in Maryland and Texas. It will be interesting to see how that plays out with next years recruiting.
It’s time for us to dominate the BE. It will be expected next year. The Iowa and ND game will give us a great measuring stick to where we are at. I consider this spring ball to be one of the most crucial and exciting in decades. We will have some good talent battling it out on the OL, QB, & LB. Buddy Morris will have had a whole year with some of these guys.
In the past…Us hardcore PITT fans had to endore many years of wanting and trying to believe that our football team will compete for championships again. I really don’t think it’s delusional anymore to say this team may be able to compete on a National level. We will see this year.
Welcome to all of our new recruits.
ESPN had them 21st as a pre-signing day ranking. Scout has them 26th, CSTV has them 19th.
I also look forward to dominating the BigEast but untill Dave can show he can put a winning team on the field and not just on the recruiting circuit I will be sceptical. Dave seems to me to be a good man, die hard Pitt supporter, outstanding recruiter, but his game day coaching (with the WVU game as an exception) has been anything to write home about….so let’s hope this team finally clicks….
Wanny has been building to this year, it is time to win.
So let’s all support our team this season at both home and away games by going to the games and filling the seats. If they win the stadium will fill up.
That said, time for us to win in the Fall. Tired of February being our most successful month.
Upgrade at DC – who isn’t going to change/confuse our kids with new terminology.
Instead of 33 underclassment in 2-deep, we’ll have 26 upperclassmen (plus shady). Getting very low on legacy and lameduck recruits…
I think those three facts will go further to ensure a winning season and bowl game next year than any of our recruits that signed today. On the other hand, these kids are going to ensure us continued winning seasons in 09, 10, and 11.
I’d also like to congratulate the hoopies on their top 40 recruiting class, and 13-9. Can’t forget State Penn with another solid top 50 team – reminds me of what got Pitt to fall into mediocrity…2 decent recuiting classes in the last 5…maybe next year they’ll recruit as well as WVU!
Comment by cdmoore25 02.06.08 @ 10:53 am
One look at Deas’ photo and you will be convinced he is the missing link!
