I would apologize for digressing from this site’s heady discussion on the close loss to UConn and the subsequent Panther basketball media hype. But if you’ve ever met any of the authors of PSB, you’d know that conversational digressions are pretty much ubiquitous around here.

(And yes, once again, I’m pretending that somebody besides the authors actually reads this site.)

But for those of us who get wrapped up in football recruiting enough to be actually concerned about Ohio State, Penn State, and (to a far lesser extent) UCLA courting Pitt blue chip verbal commitments QB Anthony Morelli and RB Andrew Johnson, ESPN’s recruiting analyst Tom Lemming offers some reassuring words in his latest chat. And before we get any critical comments on Buckeye Fan’s ability to spell, remember some of the spelling difficulties that we’ve had on this site (and we have a spellchecker, fer chrissakes).

John (C’bus): Tom – any chance that OSU can land the Penny. trio of Morelly, Johson and Bryant?

Tom Lemming: I think you mean Anthony Morelli, Andrew Johnson and James Bryant — don’t do this to me again, I’m not that bright to begin with and when you mis-spell everyone’s name, it causes me a lot of trouble. I think Pitt has the best shot at landing this trio, but if any else has a legit shot of pulling them out of western PA it would be the Buckeyes of Ohio State.

Although I generally don’t hyphenate the word “misspell,” I tend to agree with Lemming. This is more than likely a tempest in a teacup. Morelli and Johnson probably know that they would be better off at Pitt (especially Morelli), both are surrounded by Pitt alumni, plus Ohio State rarely ever raids another school’s verbals (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Still, it’s a situation worth keeping an eye on.

Is it just me, or is Queer Eye for the Straight Guy starting to get old? You can only use the same slob jokes so many times. It’s a shame, really. I liked that show when it first came out, plus now I have nothing to watch on Tuesdays.

Hail to some freakin’ snowmelt already.