After what seems like a month of non-stop Pitt news on either basketball or football, we have hit a lull. The City of Pittsburgh is more concerned with the Steelers playoff game this weekend, Pitt basketball is off until Saturday, and there has been no major news regarding an offensive coordinator or recruits for Pitt football.

I mentioned last week about Pitt recruiting, that I considered this class of 2005 something of a lost year as it was one that came in the transition. So I am not expecting a particularly high team ranking in the recruiting lists, “It’s looking like mid-40s. If Pitt can finish in the top-40 classes it should be considered a good thing. Top-30 and you toast a remarkable surge.”

Well according to Scout.com (formerly Insiders.com), Pitt has the 36th recruiting class. Rivals.com has Pitt at #42.

In any given year, a team offers about 18-25 scholarships. A program is allowed only up to 85 scholarship players at a time on the football team. Pitt already has 17 commits, and Coach Wannstedt says Pitt can only offer maybe 3 more. National Letter of Intent Signing Day is in 3 weeks. I’m guessing Wannstedt and the coaches are taking some final runs at some bigger prospects who haven’t committed or might be wavering. Then, will consider some of the other possibilities.