(08-14-2012 07:54 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(08-13-2012 09:04 PM)miko33 Wrote:  I was revisiting this thread primarily to see how you guys felt about Dorian Johnson and your thoughts on where VT stands in getting him. He was at Pitt's scrimmage on Saturday, and after he pulled his verbal from PSU, it looks like Pitt, VT and OSU are his final school preferences. From what some of the Pitt fans have seen in print, it appears that OSU won't want to offer him due to saving ships for other recruits, so it's likely down to Pitt vs VT. I'm a little surprised because VT seemed to have come out of nowhere.

Also, I took a quick look at the numbers for the average weight of the Pitt OL based on this year's roster, and I came up with 311 lbs. Just curious if you were including the LS position in your analysis or were you focusing exclusively on C, OG and OT exclusively.

(1) I'm sure VT wants to sign Dorian, but I have no idea where he will end up, TBH.

(2) I got my numbers from Rivals.com Roster listings. Here is the data I got for Pitt when I was writing my article*:

PITT 2012 - Offensive Line
Name Pos. Yr. Exp. Ht./Wt. Hometown (last school)
58 Kevin Barthelemy LS Jr. RS 6-3/240 Moon Township, PA (Moon Area)
62 Zenel Demhasaj OT Jr. RS 6-7/330 Brooklyn, NY (New Utrecht H.S.)
56 Arthur Doakes OG So. RS 6-6/360 Lebanon, PA (Lebanon)
70 Juantez Hollins OT Jr. RS 6-5/305 Aliquippa, PA (Aliquippa)
54 Chris Jacobson OG Sr. RS 6-3/295 Pittsburgh, PA (Keystone Oaks )
64 Shane Johnson OG So. RS 6-5/325 Fort Washington, MD (DeMatha Catholic)
78 Cory King OG Jr. RS 6-6/325 Stoneboro, PA (Lakeview)
71 Tom Ricketts OT So. RS 6-6/285 Pittsburgh, PA (North Allegheny)
74 Matt Rotheram OT So. RS 6-6/350 North Olmsted, OH (North Olmsted)
57 Artie Rowell C Fr. RS 6-2/275 Harrisburg, PA (Central Dauphin)
60 Brandon Sacco C So. RS 6-3/255 Long Valley, NJ (Don Bosco Prep )
76 Ryan Schlieper OG Jr. RS 6-5/305 Wexford, PA (North Allegheny)
75 Ryan Turnley C Sr. RS 6-6/320 Hopewell, PA (Hopewell)
63 Justin Virbitsky OT Sr. RS 6-4/280 Jermyn, PA (Lakeland)

* I see now that Rivals has updated not only the roster but also the weights of the players - so I guess my article is a bit out-dated already!

I used the scout numbers and excluded the LS position because that would only be on special teams. No big deal. I've been looking at the Pitt roster recently due to the stuff I've been hearing out of camps.