After letting a good recruit walk — since he had second thoughts, Pitt has depth at his position and, probably most important, he has yet to academically qualify — Pitt has used that freed up scholarship to get a point guard to back-up Krauser this coming season.

They have signed, Antonio Graves of Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Ohio. Graves was first-team all-Ohio last year. He’s 6-3. He was a late qualifier. Not a blue-chip recruit — his main offers were from Rutgers, Charlotte and Bowling Green (though Ohio St. and Cincinnati started showing some late interest). Still, he fills a big need for Pitt.

For those of you who didn’t see the ESPN College Gameday Pre-Season Special, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit’s picks for the Big East championship went like this:

CORSO: (confidently) “I like Pittsburgh. They get both Virginia Tech and Miami up in Pittsburgh.”

HERBSTREIT: (very dismissively) “Yeah, we’ll see if their fans show up. I’ll take Virginia Tech.”

Was that a dis, Kirk? Well, I’ll be there. The rest of this site’s contributors will be there. According to what I’m reading about Pitt’s ticket sales this summer, a $#%@load of other Panther fans will be there. And, given that we play Virginia Tech on November 8 and Miami on November 29, Old Man Winter may be there as well.

Yes, even Herbsteit can tick me off every now and then.

Hail to Heinz Field Sellouts