FAM,
This is the social media age.  The change is that you have thousands of Tweets every day from people that follow recruiting closely.  They are getting their information from the players who are being offered rather than the coaches that are offering.  Coaches still do not, and cannot publicize when, and who they offer; but there are no limitations on the players tweeting when they receive an offer.  The recruiting followers then retweet so that the information that was once semi-private is now common knowledge on twitter.  This is true for all schools and coaches; Duquesne is no different.

It's a game of musical chairs. You have to come up with a list of early offers, as well as a list of guys you may offer if your primary targets fall through. I would figure you offer your main targets first, in the hope that they may make an early decision. As you get closer to letter of intent day, you will offer more players, as you don't really want to risk getting shut out. At the same time, higher level schools are also expanding their list of offers. This is what some of the players on our initial list will be waiting for, and some of them will jump at a chance to go to a BCS, or very successful mid major school. Conversely, there are kids that have solid offers from MAC, MAAC, and AE type schools, who are waiting for schools like Duquesne to expand their lists, as they would prefer to play at the A10 level. As I previously stated, it's a game of musical chairs. Sometimes a school can get burned by waiting for a player who eventually gets a better offer, leaving them picking over low major scraps. The same can happen to a player when the BCS offer never comes, and the Duquesnes and Bonas have filled all their spots, leaving an A10 caliber player, with only low level offers.