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Rushel Shell announces his intentions Friday at 8:00 AM. Pitt or Alabama. His team plays on ESPNU Friday night against the best WPIAL AAA team, Central Valley. He may be out with a mild concussion. Now all along, I felt Shell was a lock for Pitt, and my better judgment still tells me he is coming to Pitt, but just being a fan I am preparing for the worst.


I don't quite understand how Rivals has the dude rated #45, than ESPN and Scout both have him as a Top 30 player.
I mean either way, wherever he ranks he is a top of the line, program changing talent. I mean you don't get offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ohio State, and Oregon on accident. Pitt has stuck around through this whole thing, whether it be for the rumor he has a kid , or he wants to play for a "mediocre" program and build them up. Or maybe he wants to continue a great, and very underrated legacy of Pitt Running Backs. You only hear Dorsett, but Curtis Martin, Ironhead and a few others, plus now McCoy,Lewis, and Graham make Pitt a popular destination for Running Backs. The new offense hasn't scared him off, as Ray Graham leads the nation in rushing. Who knows his reason, but this guy is good and will start Day 1 if Ray Graham bolts for the NFL(which I think he will) but if not, they form a very lethal 1-2 punch next year.


The worrisome fan in me says Alabama, but logically thinking I think he is a Panther.



P.S. Central Valley possesses the top player in Pennsylvania for next season. Robert Foster 6-3 180 Wide Receiver/Athlete.
Dude can really, really play.... He should be a 5 star prospect with offers from just about anywhere. And Pitt and Penn State are both in the early running. Check him out if you can.

I don't think getting Russel Shell will be a program changing day. I think losing less than 3 games in a season for the first time in 30 years would be a changing day. Running back has never been Pitt's problem.

Russell Shell is going to Pitt. He hasn't even visited Alabama on an official visit. It is a good choice for his future, because Pitt is one of the strongest in the nation at putting running backs in the NFL. He must really not want to leave home, though, because Alabama is great at producing Running backs as well and he would actually have a chance at winning something other than playing in the Weed and Feed Rototiller bowl in Mobile Alabama. The college experience of playing at Alabama compared to Playing at Heinz field in front of the 17,000 faithful is immense. More power to him though.

He was locked in at Ohio State until sweater vest got caught, wonder what kind of offer was on the table from the Buckeye boosters?

Some dude donated an incredible $125 million to Pitt last month, my guess is 25 mill is going to Shell.


And the recruiting class overall.....

Voytik might be the answer at QB....Hopefully.
Shell is the best back out there.
They have the 4 star tackle from Fox Chapel plus Ricketts will have freshmen eligibility, who was a former 4 star recruit.
Trenton Coles, and Demitrious Davis are tow good receivers, and very intriguing athletes.


I like what we have there as a start.


There are two 4 star WPIAL recruits left that I'd like..... Rippey Linebacker of Sto Rox, and Safety, Demitrious Cox of Jeannette

I want JayPa as Pitt's offensive coordinator. That would surely put fans in the seats. Oh wait, he'll be the successor at PSU. Or will that be that Urban Meyer?

Well, we got him.

GOD PLEASE TELL ME WE DIDN'T GET JAYPA...

How popular is Pitt recruit Rush Shell? They've already made up a song about him on Seinfeld.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eje2Eh37DxM