I just arrived in Pittsburgh and am headed down to Jeannette, Pa., for the singing day festivities surrounding the nation’s No. 1 college football recruit, Terrelle Pryor.
I have two newspapers laid out in front of me. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, which has a headline that reads: “Signs pointing to Ohio State,” and says that Pryor will announce his decision at noon today at his high school. And the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a story that says Pryor will not sign today. The story appears to be more accurate, as it quotes Pryor himself saying, “I’m 100 percent sure I’m not signing.”
Pryor is considering Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State. Penn State has been considered a long shot, but the story said that Pryor will make an official visit. (He’s visited there unofficially before.) According to the Tribune-Review, Pryor said that he’s not considering Oregon because it’s too far from home. Don’t be surprised if the Oregon coaches push for him to make a visit.
Check in throughout the day for more updates on Pryor. And Thayer Evans is in Anaheim and will detail the singing of the country’s top running back prospect, Darrell Scott. He’s considering Texas, Colorado, L.S.U. and U.C.L.A.
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Pete Thamel covers college sports for The New York Times. For the past three years, he’s covered the three games that could well define this so-called "golden age" of college football: U.S.C.’s “Bush Push” win at Notre Dame; Texas’s upset of U.S.C. in the Rose Bowl; and Boise State’s tricked out win over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Before joining The Times, Thamel covered college sports for ESPN.com, ESPN Magazine, the Syracuse Post-Standard and The Daily Orange. A native of Ware, Mass., Thamel graduated from Syracuse University in 1999.
Thayer Evans is a freelance writer who has been contributing to The New York Times for more than two years. Evans also writes for the Houston Chronicle as well as other newspapers and magazines. He played college basketball at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, an NAIA school in Bartlesville, Okla.
Connor Ennis has been a staff editor in the sports department of The New York Times since November 2006. Before coming to the Times, he worked for The Associated Press, where he was a supervising editor on the national sports desk in New York. While with the AP, he covered the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and the 2006 World Cup in Germany. A native of Dallas, Pa., he graduated from Syracuse University in 2000.
Ray Glier is a freelance reporter who, in addition to The New York Times, contributes to USA Today, MSNBC, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Miami Herald and, his favorite, Masters Athlete, a Chicago-based magazine for older athletes. Glier is a graduate of West Virginia University and his favorite part of being a freelancer is looking in the mirror in the morning and saying, "Hi, Boss."
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As a Longhorn fan, I’m of course hoping that Darrell Scott decides to come to Austin. Otherwise it looks as if Bob Stoops will be accumulating more top-notch talent than UT. Of course, he has to get most of his top recruits from Texas.
— Ken MooreHaving played with Darrell Scott in High School, I know firsthand just how good this guy is. Do not be suprised if he makes Colorado a legit contender in the Big 12 if he signs there
— Austen Gregersonall this high recruits, how many in the last 10 years are in the nfl now
— michael r jackson