I kind of held off on posting about Greg Lee deciding to go pro, because it didn’t seem that much more concrete than earlier reports. Now Frank passes word that he made it so on TV. Okay. I’m guessing it was money. His family needs it or something. He’s a 4th-5th rounder at best. That or he got some seriously bad advice. He’s got the talent and the size. He just has yet to show the focus and consistency. That’s going to be a potential killer.

As noted, this opens the door for the incoming freshmen like Dickerson and Smith. Kinder suddenly becomes a number #1. DelSardo gets another chance to get back in the mix. Players like Pestano, Chandler, Moore and Turner have to take advantage of the time between now and spring drills to try and make their case.

Matt Cavanaugh needs to further work on figuring out how to use the extremely deep and talented pool at Tight End — Buches, Strong, Pelusi are already here. Plus Byham’s arrival.

Finally, it is up to Palko to make an effort to connect with the WRs already here and find out which ones are committed to becoming the “go-to guy.”

Final note. Looks like Pitt will have a very respectable schedule.

Pitt has finalized its non-conference football schedule for 2006. The Panthers will play home games against Virginia, Michigan State, Toledo and The Citadel and play at Central Florida. They will play seven home games and five on the road. In addition to the four non-conference games, the Panthers will play host to Big East rivals Louisville, West Virginia and Rutgers. They will play road conference games at Connecticut, Cincinnati, South Florida and Syracuse.

If ticket prices hold the line, that will be pretty good value for home game opponents.