Just a few things of varying interest and worth noting.

The turf at Heinz Field is being replaced, yet again. I know, that for a pro or college football field, the surface gets more use than most. Still, seems like they are really having trouble finding a way to work that field.

Even noted PSU/Paterno apologist, Beano Cook knows (subs. req’d) why there won’t be a Pitt-PSU football game in the near future.

Lenny (Springfield, IL): C’mon Beano answer this question! Will a change to a regular 12-game schedule mean a rebirth of the Penn State – Pitt rivalry?

Beano Cook: No. I don’t think so. It is Joe Paterno’s call and he has no intention of playing Pittsburgh. For the record, unless something affects his health, he will be at Penn State for four more years.

Sigh.

Then on the recruiting news. One of the top recruits from the WPIAL will be Woodland Hills, CB Darin Walls. Ohio State, among others, is keenly interested in him.

Scholarship offers are just now starting to trickle in for one the top prep players in Western Pennsylvania. Darrin Walls of Woodland Hills High School is already being talked about in comparable terms with some of the other great players produced by his school in recent years, including Steve Breaston, Ryan Mundy and Devon Lyons.

“I’ve received scholarship offers from Pitt and Louisville,” Walls said. “And I attended Pitt’s junior day.”
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“I like Michigan and Virginia for the academics but I also like Pitt because it’s a home town thing,” Walls said. “I think Pitt will be a school that I’ll consider but right now I’m not sure. I want to take a look at Virginia a lot and a couple of our players went to Michigan and they’ve been telling me all about it there. I just like Michigan and Virginia more than the other schools right now.”

One of the many recruiting soap operas we can expect this year.