If you are scorecard keeping at home, there are a few possible Pitt commits who won’t make a decision until tomorrow.
Tamarcus Porter apparently will decide between Pitt and Wake Forest.
Staying down in Florida, Audie Augustine is down to Pitt or NC State. This came out in an article on the number of players who have verballed early. That includes another Pitt verbal, Dexter Davidson. He’s still getting some pressure:
This season, quarterback Dexter Davidson committed early to Pittsburgh.
“We don’t want five hats out on the table,” North Broward Prep coach Maurice Dixon said. “But I also think that it’s probably a pressure thing. Dexter isn’t the type of kid to string a person out.”
In Davidson’s case, committing early might have added a little extra stress to the process. Louisville and Michigan made a late push for Davidson despite being previously committed to Pittsburgh. Davidson, a Kentucky native, grew up a Louisville Cardinals fan.
“You could just see the pressure start to build,” Dixon said. “In the matter of a week, I could see a ton of pressure on [Davison], and we went through everything. But he stayed true to his word, and he’s real happy with Pitt.”
Good to know.
Speaking of keeping up the pressure no matter what, the ‘Cuse are still pushing Kevin Collier.
Kevin Collier, the All-Greater Rochester football Player of the Year, said that University of Pittsburgh coaches can expect him to accept their college’s scholarship offer this week.
“It’s been over for a while,” Collier said Monday night. “I’m signing with Pitt.”
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While Collier again said he did not change his mind, Syracuse coaches called him through last week in hopes that he will.Collier plans to formally accept Pittsburgh’s offer on Wednesday when the national signing period opens.“(Pittsburgh coaches) are still worried about a lot of guys,” Collier said. “They want the whole thing to be over with and get ready for next year.”
Syracuse still plans to send Collier a letter of intent and the remaining paperwork, according to Churchville-Chili football coach Paul Dick.
I guess Syracuse really doesn’t want to see the local talent leave. Can’t say I blame them, but it’s getting creepy.
Back in the Pittsburgh area, Duquesne High is celebrating Elijah Fields going to Pitt as good news in the face of the reality that the high school may not exist next year.
Coach Wannstedt will be his media friendly self tomorrow, especially considering how good a class he has put together.
ESPN may have more platforms in which to distribute its signing day coverage, but College Sports Television has the most recognizable figure in recruiting news in its stable Wednesday.
Tom Lemming will head up a special three-hour edition of CSTV’s “Generation NEXT: National Signing Day” at 4 p.m. CSTV will also stream live on CSTV.com’s XXL subscription package. CSTV will use former Washington Huskies coach Rick Neuheisel as an analyst Wednesday, and live interviews are scheduled with Pitt’s Dave Wannstedt, Mack Brown of Texas, LSU’s Les Miles and Florida’s Urban Meyer, whose Gators are generally recognized as owning this year’s top national recruiting class.
