Paul brought it up in his article and bostick referenced it today on his Pitt show on the fan.

Man I love this idea and talked about it for years on here. How it would be awesome if two teams practice together in spring like Steelers and the redskins did for years.


I don’t know the details yet but pretty cool idea that I hope takes off in college football and eventually replaces the spring game.

There's another scrimmage this weekend, here's who is expected to be in town:

Angelo Renda - QB

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Reston Lehman - EDGE

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PJ MacFarlane - TE

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Lucas Shanafelt - TE

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Nyqir Helton - WR

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Ace Theus - WR

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Brandon Lockley - ATH

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TJ Maddox - ATH

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Arnold Mugerwa - WR

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Amari Sabb - WR

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Sam DeFrancesca - TE

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Eli Sanchez - OL

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Raymir Coney - DE

https://n.rivals.com/content/athletes/raymir-coney-323133?view=pv

Beau Jackson - QB

https://n.rivals.com/content/athletes/beau-jackson-322545?view=pv

Luke Sword -- punter
- Upper Mooreland High in Willow Grove, Pa.
- Class of 2026

Bryce Graham -- wide receiver
- Cass Tech High in Detroit, Mich.
- Class of 2027

Grant Smith -- offensive lineman
- Patrick Henry High in Hamler, Ohio
- Class of 2026

Roman Maurizio -- offensive lineman
- Central Catholic High in Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Class of 2028

Bama and Florida running away from BYU and Terps….both of these sec teams have some great shooters.

Here is Narduzzi:

Hey Paul:

Didn't you say in your introductory post a couple of weeks ago that political posts would not be acceptable? It's seems like there have been a lot of them since then. I, for one, wouldn't object to you not allowing them any longer.

In lieu of Imani R.B. committee to PED STATE, I was wondering how many WPIAL players that have gone the in LAST 5 years actually been PRODUCTIVE?? I know that NA tight end looks good but other that, ANYONE?? THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

Three more into the transfer portal:

Amsal Delalic
Guillermo Diaz Graham
Jorge Diaz Graham

Karl will have story coming

Not exactly earth shattering news. The women need players to compete in the ACC. I always thought she was a bit of a reach at Pitt but she played hard, competed and had some big games in her career so I’m sure she will find a spot where she can succeed. I just don’t think it is in the ACC

Here is a story I wrote that is up on the front page

Karl is working on a story about Marlon Barnes hitting the portal. It is the first of several over the next day or two so stay tuned

I was at Pro Day for a while and it was great to catch up with a lot of people I haven’t seen in a while. I know I’m getting really old when guys I covered like Eric Thatcher and Max Gruder are now in or approaching their 40s and working as scouts and pro personnel guys.

Karl will have much more on all of this when it is over but a few observations…

1) Despite it being a really down year for Pitt NFL prospects there are still a ton of NFL teams represented and evaluating players. The last six years Pitt has had more guys (19) drafted than anyone but Clemson in the ACC and teams know that defensive players especially are going to be prepared the right way.

Maybe the two top prospects from Pitt are Ben Sauls and Donovan McMillon.

Sauls probably had an OK day. I don’t think he changed his status much. He showed he can boom the ball but was a little erratic kicking field goals. He did fine and teams know him, have seen him and understand his talent.

McMillon probably had the best day of anyone. He ran the 40 twice. The scouts closest to me had him (unofficially) at 4.43 and then 4.46 so he was moving. If nothing else he guaranteed he will get drafted with those times. He is a safety and could develop into a hybrid slot guy and special teams guy in the NFL. He clearly helped himself today.

Brandon George was the other player who ran well and in general had a good day.

Again, Karl will have much more after it is over but those are a few quick thoughts

Here are some sights and sounds:

Here are Karl's thoughts on Pro Day and who performed and who didn't.....

Committed to Penn State today, he announced on Twitter.

He obviously held a Pitt offer and visited Pitt six times but the fact that he hasn't visited since September was probably a sign. He did visit Michigan State in January but this was seemingly always going to end up this way given his ties to Terry Smith. It is hard to get kids out of Imani, Gateway and even Penn Hills (although Pitt has had some success at Penn Hills) because Smith is a major player there.

Hey Paul:

Didn't you say in your introductory post a couple of weeks ago that political posts would not be acceptable? It's seems like there have been a lot of them since then. I, for one, wouldn't object to you not allowing them any longer.

…RMU’s Amarion Dickerson (1 year left )& Alvaro Fulgueiras (2 years left)? Dickerson was the Horizon League’s Defensive POTY, averaged 13.3 of, 5.9 boards, and had 82 blocked shots. Fulgueiras averaged 14.1 ppg, & 9.1 boards, 111 assists, 41 blocks, & 13 double-doubles.

Duquesne’s Kareem Rozier and Matos Hronsky are also in the portal.

Has any player under Capel and this staff progressed?? Any of significance??

His first class of McGowens, X and Toney, came in with such great promise and talent. None of these guys progressed any further than their play that first year and stagnated and transferred.
Champagnie was good from the get and left after his Sophomore year.
Femi came on with promise, then stagnated and transferred.
Transfers like Hinson, JB, Nelly were pretty much finished products when they got here.
Hugley started like a potential star and then got into legal issues and transferred a few times.
The twins were so raw but showed some promise but they never progressed much further.
Bubs was great and left to the NBA after 1 year.
Lowe looked like he was going to develop into an All American, but again stagnated and even regressed some.
Ish regressed this year.

This staff has been together now 7 seasons and really have not made anyone better players. Am I wrong on this???

Here is the latest Redshirt Diaries loaded with information, thoughts and analysis. Hope you enjoy

Dude just made money

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In case you didn't see it, here is an article ranking all of the top commitments from this past weekend.....

Here is Karl's story Amsal Delalic

If my math is correct, Pitt has six remaining players on scholarship:

Cam Corhen
Jaland Lowe
Papa Kante
Brandin Cummings
Amdy Ndiaye
Omari Witherspoon

That means there are nine scholarships left. I am not even certain this number is going to hold at six, I think there may be one or two more defections. It is the way of the world in college athletics for sure.

Remember, for next season the numbers go from 13 to 15 though I can't imagine many schools, with NIL and payroll to pay, are going to give out the full 15 scholarships

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Here is Karl's quick reaction story...