Pitt got a commitment from Georgia running back TJ Harvison on Tuesday. What does that commitment mean for the Panthers' 2023 recruiting class? And what does the running back room look like going forward? We're breaking it all down on today's Morning Pitt.

Just got posted.

Wtf is happening with this kid…? He looks like a giant preschooler this season as opposed to last season where he looked all conference and a bully down low, I am appalled

Ok my inspiration for this post is the fact that’s there’s a Christmas song that I don’t think I ever heard until 2 weeks ago, and now that I have, I hear it every time I walk into a store or restaurant. It’s unbelievable that I missed this song for the past 25 years? It’s pretty good and it’s everywhere I go. I’ll link it below.

The song is “Christmastime” by Smashing Pumpkins. It’s from 1997, but I only first heard it watching The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special a few weeks ago. The song prominently is played during the show. So is this song seeing a Kate Bush Running up the Hill resurgence because of a streaming tv show, or have I lived under a rock for 25 years?

In any event, what are some other potentially obscure Christmas songs that one could be missing out on?

Not looking for Bing Crosby or the Ronettes here. Those are timeless traditional Christmas greats. Looking for the ones I could be missing out on like the Pumpkins.

Anyone?

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This guy put together Rodney Gallagher's NIL deal, 1st in PA, with his Jaster Athletes group. He also RT'd McMillon and Davis transferring tweets so he may be involved with them.

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Virginia Tech's offense was pretty rough last season, but the Hokies might be getting better.

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Izzy and Kancey 1st team

Ok I thought this was worthy of its on thread. Not sure anyone wants to miss this. Take a listen.

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Harvison covers his Pitt commitment with Rivals:

I saw it was close early in the 2nd half then it looked as if we blew them away. what changed?

Another great film breakdown here from @StephenGertz on what stood out to him in Pitt's win over Sacred Heart.

Every year, more players go into the portal. Every year, teams take more players from the portal. Right now, the number of players a team gets through the portal in a given year is approaching a quarter or even a third of the number of players taken in their most recent recruiting class at some programs. This will almost certainly increase

I don't doubt that soon we will see "portal classes" being formally ranked by multiple websites, each using their own esoteric system of evaluation, and the results offered to paying subscribers. Who had the top 5 portal classes in 2025? Was your program in the top 25 of portal additions? It's content. Content is king

The amount of time and effort being spent on getting portal players is swiftly approaching the amount spent on getting high school recruits. As far as money, NIL money offered to portal players almost certainly already exceeds NIL money offered to high school players

My question is, will we see "recruiting rankings" change into "portal/recruiting rankings"? Ranking a team's "incoming class" based on a combination of both portal players, and high school players? I wouldn't be surprised if that does happen eventually

He's counting his assets...

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I believe everyone now agrees Pitt is better with Federiko on the floor than Hugley. If my numbers are correct Federiko was a +28 today while John was a -6.

I believe he just needs to be named first-team by the AFCA to be unanimous at this point…

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