How's the Pitt vs Penn State Recruiting Battle Going?
Posted: January 4th, 2009, 11:33 am
10 of Penn States verbals have offers from Pitt. Only 1 of Pitt's verbals has an offer from Penn State (Todd Thomas).
Pitt has 3 4-star players committed.
One is Raymond Graham, 5-9, 177 4.5 RB from NJ - PSU didn't offer him, but loved him at a summer camp. From Phil Grosz of Rivals:
Graham was at Penn State's third and final session of their summer camp last week. I'm not sure if he was there for the entire session, but I do know that there is an excellent possibility he'll receive a written scholarship offer once his SAT score is in this summer.
Take a guess how those SAT's turned out.
Jack Lippert, DE from Harrisburg, PA. 3 other offers Buffalo, Temple, BC. Lippert grew up a PSU fan and wanted to go to PSU. PSU didn't offer.
Todd Thomas, WR Beaver Falls, PA. However below was a statement reported in the Pitt Post/Gazette prior to Thomas accepting what appeared to be his only remaining offer at the end, from Pitt. Top schools all backed off.
Beaver Falls running back-receiver Todd Thomas had a number of Division I offers, but some schools are looking at him a little differently now, after seeing his low SAT scores.
Penn State does not, and will not, accept a great player if his grades are bad. This is why they pulled the Bryce McNeal offer, why they cooled on Tahj Boyd, why so many schools cooled on 5-star RB Tavon Austin, and why they pulled LeSean's McCoy's offer.
Dan Mason, who is gonna end up at Pitt, has been lobbying for a PSU offer, which he is not going to get. Not b.c he isn't good, but b/c they simply have too many dang LB's.
Jordan Hill begged for a Pitt offer, got it, PSU decided they wanted him, and got him.
So much for Pitt winning all these PA battles. Maybe Pitt's offense is negating their 9 national titles.
Pitt has 3 4-star players committed.
One is Raymond Graham, 5-9, 177 4.5 RB from NJ - PSU didn't offer him, but loved him at a summer camp. From Phil Grosz of Rivals:
Graham was at Penn State's third and final session of their summer camp last week. I'm not sure if he was there for the entire session, but I do know that there is an excellent possibility he'll receive a written scholarship offer once his SAT score is in this summer.
Take a guess how those SAT's turned out.
Jack Lippert, DE from Harrisburg, PA. 3 other offers Buffalo, Temple, BC. Lippert grew up a PSU fan and wanted to go to PSU. PSU didn't offer.
Todd Thomas, WR Beaver Falls, PA. However below was a statement reported in the Pitt Post/Gazette prior to Thomas accepting what appeared to be his only remaining offer at the end, from Pitt. Top schools all backed off.
Beaver Falls running back-receiver Todd Thomas had a number of Division I offers, but some schools are looking at him a little differently now, after seeing his low SAT scores.
Penn State does not, and will not, accept a great player if his grades are bad. This is why they pulled the Bryce McNeal offer, why they cooled on Tahj Boyd, why so many schools cooled on 5-star RB Tavon Austin, and why they pulled LeSean's McCoy's offer.
Dan Mason, who is gonna end up at Pitt, has been lobbying for a PSU offer, which he is not going to get. Not b.c he isn't good, but b/c they simply have too many dang LB's.
Jordan Hill begged for a Pitt offer, got it, PSU decided they wanted him, and got him.
So much for Pitt winning all these PA battles. Maybe Pitt's offense is negating their 9 national titles.

