A reminder, there should be a late-night chat tonight.

Who cares about the Steelers-Cardinals. Liverpool plays Chelsea on Sunday.

I asked earlier this week if it was one of the worst years for a West Coast tailback prospects in recent memory? The consensus seems to be Cierre Wood, who is going to Notre Dame, is the top-ranked among the “experts.” I’d probably go with Tyler Gaffney. But it’s just a light year no matter what.

Have you bought your $175 ticket for next week’s recruiting dinner at the Galen Center. Recession? What recession? Win Forever!

We hear linebacker Vontaze Burfict’s chances of qualifying are currently 50-50.

Almost lost in the shuffle is that safety Patrick Hall and linebacker Chris Metcalf are also visiting this weekend.

Is this what you call rolling out the red carpet for linebacker Manti Te’o? Linebacker Rey Maualuga, USC assistant coaches and staff wait for the recruits arrival on campus.

Here’s our rankings of how solid the soft commitments are on a scale of 1-4 with four Euros meaning “done deal” and one Euro meaning there’s a better chance Pete Carroll does his own twitter updates.

James Boyd
Vontaze Burfict
Randall Carroll
Alshon Jeffery

Why isn’t Brutus making a playing for Vontaze Burfict? Brutus and Burfict!
The same college coach who heard Randall Carroll is looking at USC and ASU said the Sun Devils might be the only school that can handle Burfict academically unless he makes big improvements, a pitch that seems to be working on the talented linebacker as Wednesday approaches.