When it comes to Western PA high school and college football and recruiting one of the very best around the Steel City is our good friend Tony DeFazio.

Tony writes for the Pittsburgh Sports Report (a great Pittsburgh sports magazine) and has made several stops in the Locker Room.

Check out the links below to hear Tony's unique expert insight about college and WPIAL and college football.

Click here for College football or click here for WPIAL football.

Just about every parent in America has high hopes for their son or daughter when it comes to college athletics and the coveted scholarships they dangle over prospects. These scholarships allow some breathing room financially for the parents (not to mention helping to aid a mid-life crisis allowing fathers to buy that coveted sports car with newly released savings held for college tuition).

So we at the Locker Room decided that parents and high school students alike needed the real scoop on the college recruiting scene.

That's why we featured a college recruitment special ans filmed it at the best place in the city - from the University of Pittsburgh's Hall of Fame Room. We covered recruiting from the coaches' perspective, from the parents, the students, and from different collegiate levels.

We sat down with University of Pittsburgh's former Recruiting Coordinator Greg Gattuso, Geneva College Offensive Line Coach Leo Wisniewski - a first round draft choice of the Indianapolis Colts from Penn State and father of Pittsburgh Central Catholic's Stefan Wisniewski and PSU bound, West Allegheny Head Coach Bob Palko - father of Pitt QB Tyler Palko, and Pitt recruit and Keystone Oaks Linemen Chris "Lumpy" Jacobson.

Each brought a different perspective to the recruitment process.

Click any of the links below to hear what they had to say about recruitment

Recruiting from a big school standpoint

Recruiting from a small schools and parental standpoint

Recruiting from a students standpoint

Attention parents, players, coaches, teachers and students!

Do you know some one that excels on and off the field? Chances are, they qualify as one of Tunch and Wolf's Locker Room Leaders. A Locker Room Leader is a college or high school student athlete or coach, or a professional player or coach who exemplifies leadership on the field and off the field. If selected, your Locker Room Leader will be interviewed by us in a future Show and presented with a one-of-a-kind Locker Room Leader Trophy.

Locker Room Leaders have ranged from Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward to local WPIAL high school student athletes and coaches too.

If you know someone that you think is a Locker Room Leader please contact Stephen Wayhart, our Executive Producer at stephen.wayhart@brandmill.com

Steel City Insider's very own Jim Wexell is a frequent guest of the Locker Room and our NFL draft day guru. In fact, Wex is on our Show so much he might as well have a cot set up in the Locker Room.

For all his help and insight and for your viewing pleasure, we have assembled some of our favorite Jim Wexell - Steel City Insider - moments!

• Click Here for the Steelers Defensive draft needs
• Click Here for the Steelers Offensive draft needs

Jim is also a famous Pittsburgh sports author. We love his writing.

Check out Jim's two Steelers Classics Men of Steel and Tales from Behind the Steel Curtain at your local book store or at Amazon.com.

Don Rebel, Western Pennsylvania's high school expert from the MSA Sports Network, and good friend of the show has had much to say regarding the WPIAL. So we in the Locker Room compiled some of our favorite "Rebel Yell" moments!

Click Here for interview 1 or Click Here for interview 2

One of our first Locker Room Leaders of 2006 was Derek Schleiden of Pine Richland High School. Derek is an Eagle scout as well as a three sport athlete at PRHS. His exemplary leadership on and off the field earned him a spot on our show and the title of Locker Room Leader. Watch out for Derek this spring as the Pine Richland varsity Baseball team takes the field in 2007 to defend their state championship.

To view Derek's interview click here