Today's Penn State football news headlines feature insights from Derrek Pitts' mother on how the Nittany Lions prevailed in his recruiting battle and an explanation for why James Franklin is on the hot seat but shouldn't be.
Pitts picked Penn State over West Virginia, which came as a surprise to many following his recruitment, including his mother. Dionne Pitts sounded sure her son would pick the Mountaineers, but in the end, Franklin and his staff prevailed with persistence and by winning over the entire Pitts family, according to the West Virginia Metro News.
"I really thought he was going to WVU.