There was a good question about why I wrote the prior piece on recruiting writing. We are in the dead period of college football and basketball. Outside of prognostication and puff pieces, generally the only “news” will be on recruiting. I figured it might be best to get some of my feelings out there to better clarify my biases. The info I relay does go through my filters.

We all want to know the info, but it’s not particularly sourced by it’s nature. There are general facts like which schools a kid is considering. Which schools will get official visits. Firm dates on certain events. Who teams are pursuing. After that, it starts getting hazy. No matter how certain the story reads, there is always a good chance things will change.

Getting to the verbal commitment is great, but even that isn’t much more than an early promise from a junior or senior in high school.

Heck, think back to the 2+ years of recruiting LeSean McCoy. Things change. Decisions that seemed firm once, become less so.

My way of dealing with the roller coaster of this is generally to take things lightly, with a bit of cyncism and sarcasm. So onwards.

Pitt appears interested in an option QB from Bethlehem — Bryan Morris.

“My trip to Pitt went well,” Morris said. “Coach (Brian) Angelichio is recruiting me and he took me around the facilities which were all very nice. Everything looks brand new and they share them with the Steelers, so that’s pretty cool. They also had a really cool indoor field there. I got to meet with Head Coach Dave Wannstedt briefly while I was there as well. I like that Pitt is close to home, so my parents could come watch me and also thought the players and coaches were great. I am getting letters consistently from them and had the coaches by to visit recently.”

UConn is also going strong after him. He has interest from Louisville, BC and Michigan State as well. No offers, though.

Another player Pitt is keeping close tabs on is one with family ties. Bret Gunn, who has some great speed and plays running back. He is the step-brother to Linebacker Adam Gunn, and this year took the last name of Gunn.

Gunn put on a dazzling performance at the WCCA championships, winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the long jump and running the anchor leg of the winning 400-meter relay.

He shattered a 30-year-old county record in the long jump. The four-gold-medal performance earned him the combined Most Valuable Performer award for the second year in a row.

He scored 32 1/2 points — by himself.

“That’s a Jim Thorpe kind of day,” said Hempfield track coach Gene Brisbane, who has helped officiate the WCCA meet for 12 years. “Although, I don’t know if many of these kids today have heard of Jim Thorpe.”

And we know Coach Wannstedt loves speed. He’s listed by both recruiting sites as a WR.