Today, reporters from around the country will descend upon the western Pennsylvania town of Jeannette. They'll travel from miles away. They'll most likely shuffle into a small high school gym. And then they'll wait.

Reports out of the small town have local phenom Terrelle Pryor, the nation's top recruit, set to choose between Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. Then again, reports also have him delaying his announcement.

It wasn't always like this.

High profile announcements -- such as those made by Kevin Jones, Derrick Williams and now Pryor -- have made headlines over the past few years.

Jones arrived at his announcement in Penn State attire, only to strip it away to reveal he was choosing Virginia Tech instead. Derrick Williams wore a camouflage hat on national television before revealing he was heading to Happy Valley. Who knows what Pryor will do?

And while the nation watches the Terrelle Pryor show, hundreds of lesser-hyped recruits will officially pledge their services over the next few years in small ceremonies across the country.

Ceremonies like the one in the Marple Newtown Senior High School library.

In front of family, friends and teammates, Pete Massaro, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound defensive lineman, will sign his Letter of Intent to play for the Nittany Lions.

"Years ago [signing day] was like Christmas morning," said Bob Lichtenfels, a recruiting analyst for Scout.com. "Nowadays you're really only waiting on a few kids across the country."

Meanwhile, the Pete Massaros of the world will sign, send out a fax and then go about the rest of the day as if it were normal. And on the receiving end of that fax, a room full of college coaches will wait, nervously, for every last letter.

According to Lichtenfels, Penn State's coaches will be waiting for a recruiting class that looks good.

There's strength at linebacker. They got three of Scout.com's top-10 linebackers.

They needed to bring in a playmaker at wide receiver. They got that in Reston, Va., wideout A.J. Price.

They needed defensive backs. Lichtenfels believes the best player in Penn State's class may very well turn out to be Texan D'Anton Lynn.

They needed running backs. The Lions got two in Ohio products Michael Shaw and Brandon Beachum -- assuming that Shaw signs with Penn State even with numerous high school teammates committing to Michigan in recent days.

But at the end of the day, there'll be the Pete Massaros, who knew where they were going all along.

"[Signing day] doesn't mean that much," Massaro said. "I committed to Penn State months ago, so I've considered myself a Nittany Lion for a while now."