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Wannstedt, Pitt still chasing Penn State (AP)

 
Dave Wannstedt may be 57, but he's still trying to catch 82-year-old Joe Paterno. When Wannstedt was hired by alma mater Pittsburgh before the 2005 football season, one of his first promises was that the Panthers would erect a virtual fence around western Pennsylvania and dissuade the area's top high school recruits from going elsewhere. (link)

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