Just a quick note on football recruiting while I’m gearing up for the Pitt-UConn basketball game tonight (yes, I’m mostly a football fan… but basketball helps me get through the winter)… Since my last update on Friday, there hasn’t been any change in the Superprep.com (powered by TheInsiders.com Recruiting Network) ranking of the 2004 football recruiting classes. However, the Official College Sports Network rankings by ESPN.com’s Bill Hodge has changed slightly. USC has edged out LSU at the top, and both Georgia and Maryland have surged past Penn State — FINALLY knocking the Nittany Lions out of the #8 spot. However, Ohio State is still at #4, Boston College is still at #24, and most importantly, Pitt is still at #22. Here’s the whole list.
No. 1 Southern California (Top JCs)
No. 2 LSU
No. 3 Michigan
No. 4 Ohio State
No. 5 Oklahoma
No. 6 Texas
No. 7 Miami-Florida
No. 8 Georgia
No. 9 Maryland
No. 10 Penn State
No. 11 Alabama
No. 12 Florida
No. 13 Texas A&M
No. 14 Washington
No. 15 UCLA (Top JCs)
No. 16 Tennessee
No. 17 Michigan State
No. 18 Florida State
No. 19 Oregon
No. 20 Missouri
No. 21 Kansas State (Top JCs)
No. 22 Pittsburgh
No. 23 Texas Tech (Top JCs)
No. 24 Boston College
No. 25 Purdue
Tie No. 25 Iowa
These rankings will start being updated more regularly as we approach national signing day (February 4). I’ll try to keep everyone up to date.
Hail to Pitt’s upsetting UConn. Good luck, guys. You’ll need it.
UCONN 68, PITTSBURGH 65: LEE’S POST-GAME COMMENTS
I’ve never posted on basketball before for a very good reason. As much as I genuinely enjoy the game, I simply don’t understand it at anywhere near the same level as I understand football. That being said, I was kind of impressed by our Panthers’s showing in Hartford tonight. Heck, even Digger Phelps admitted on ESPN’s post-game show that he expected Pitt to get blown out by the very physical Huskies. But to the complete surprise of Digger and I, Pitt was able to slow down and flat out out-physical UConn for major stretches of the second half. Really, UConn should feel lucky to have escaped the upset at home (or close enough to home, anyways). I’m already looking forward to the rematch in our house.
Next up, the Panthers go to #19 Syracuse: next Saturday night at 8:00 PM on ESPN2 (so Chas can watch it in Cleveland)
