2010 Pennsylvania LB Mike Hull...

by RBGmug on Nov 23, 2008 10:00 PM EST

Am I going nuts, or has there been no mention of this on here...let's get a siren up for this kid! For those that don't know, this is a huge commitment in advance and has to look good to the other '10 Pennsylvania prospects (ie QB Paul Jones, WR Alex Kenney, WR Andrew Carswell, OL Seth Betancourt, DE/LB Dakota Royer, etc.). Mike is a legit top 5 prospect in Pennsylvania for the '10 class, and surely one of the top LBs in the country. He is a legit big-time wrestler/baseball player with 4.5 speed and great instincts at the LB position. Not only all of the above, but he is also a legacy player and a potential 5*/#1 PA LB, definite 4* prospect.

[Added the siren because I hate to watch you suffer. -- RUTS]

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Can I get a Wooo WOooo!!!

That close enough???

by MicrobrewPSU on Nov 23, 2008 10:10 PM EST 0 recs

I threw it up late on the 2nd half gameday thread

Some say he could be the #1 player in Pa next year but his ratings may come down a bit as he declared early. I know that sounds stupid, but how do you expect those recruiting mags and sites to sell subscriptions to kids who have already committed (we all know ND fans are bonkers for that crap… lol)

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Nov 23, 2008 10:56 PM EST 0 recs

I'm getting to it

Had to do the family thing today. We still have a year and a half until his signing day, right?

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Nov 23, 2008 11:03 PM EST 0 recs

depends... if he does the TP thing

we have a little more time than that… (what an arse that guy was pulling that move)

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Nov 23, 2008 11:19 PM EST up 0 recs

eh, I actually don't hold that against him

in fact I wish more players would do something similar, and not make these “rushed” moves (though I guess they aren’t really rushed, since they’ve basically been recruited for a couple of years). There should be some sort of reform in the recruiting process. Wouldn’t it be nice if it was almost like speed dating where every recruit in the country puts down the teams they’d like to go to (in order from favorite to least favorite) and the schools list who they want, and then it all gets matched up based on that?

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 24, 2008 7:33 AM EST up 0 recs

Were you in a sorority????

Because that sounds like sorority recruitment to me!

by JoePaPa on Nov 24, 2008 10:45 AM EST up 0 recs

lol, well I'm a guy, so I was never a member

but let’s say I spent a fair amount of time inside sororities.

Ok, that’s a lie, I actually found a majority of sorority sisters that I knew to be rather obnoxious, and tended to avoid them.

Also, I’ve never speed-dated, but I think that’s how it works.

Also never applied to med school, but I think the process is somewhat similar.

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 24, 2008 11:57 AM EST up 0 recs

Did you stay in a Holiday Inn?

by psuphiman80 on Nov 24, 2008 12:00 PM EST up 0 recs

HAH...certainly there is time

I just know how crazy PASSIONATE Penn State fans are, I couldn’t believe that it had happened prior to the MSU game and still no mention.

His “rating” by the “guru’s” could be affected because of his commitment so early, but everyone already knows the caliber of recruit that he is. He has been getting interest from all over the country since his sophomore year, next great WPIAL prospect, without question. Bob L. will probably find some Pitt recruit and get him higher but we’ll all know the truth. :)

Multi-sport star, has the size, has the speed, has the instincts, and he should be another very special Penn State legacy LB. I would say Michael Mauti and Nathan Stupar have not disappointed as ST monsters, and I’m not expecting any fall off with Michael Zordich either

by RBGmug on Nov 24, 2008 3:38 AM EST 0 recs

I was surprised

Obviously he was getting an offer, but normally kids don’t commit til they get the offer and we don’t send them out until February. But hey this is good news. I think we’re going to have a great haul in PA.

by psuphiman80 on Nov 24, 2008 12:04 PM EST up 0 recs

If you liked our last three white linebackers of doom

You’re going to like this kid. A lot.

by Run Up The Score on Nov 24, 2008 1:41 PM EST 0 recs

knew that was coming and I waited for someone else to say it... lol

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

by TheMightyErik on Nov 24, 2008 8:49 PM EST up 0 recs

Hull

I said this in a previous post, but I’ll say it again. Hull goes to the high school I graduated from, so i’ve got to see him play a decent bit. He’s a heck of a football player and athlete. I"m worried about his size though. Isn’t 205 6-1 a little small for linebacker? That sounds more like a safety to me.

What I am more conern about is his health. I was talking to my dad yesterday when I came home from school. He went to all of the high school games this year and he said that the coaches overworked him big time. Apparently he has somewhat severe issues with his back (and I think something with his leg too). Thus it kind of got me thinking maybe he’s just taking this scholarship and running with it to be safe?

Let's Go State

by rmcmillen50 on Nov 24, 2008 1:44 PM EST 0 recs

He's been banged up this year

He’s a linebacker, though. Figure him to be 215-220 when he gets to campus, and it’s all death and destruction from that point onward.

Dude was all-conference in a quad-A conference as a freshman.

by Run Up The Score on Nov 24, 2008 2:23 PM EST up 0 recs

omg... that says something for that kid in 4A

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

by TheMightyErik on Nov 24, 2008 8:50 PM EST up 0 recs

I wouldn’t worry about his healthy…it is obviously pretty demanding to carry a football team on your back, be a stud wrestler as well as part of a Quad A championship baseball team. I don’t know if you’ve ever wrestled, but I’ve wrestled and played football, and with wrestling they beat the hell out of you big time. His head coach, coached at Penn State and played at Penn State under Joe, so they’re not trying to kill the kid before he gets to Penn State – I can assure you of that.

It will be interesting to see if we go after one of his good friends, Chad Hagan. I believe he is also 6’1-6’ 215 or so and could be a RB/FB type or a LB/S hybrid (Mark Rubin). I don’t think he would ever be the starting RB at Penn State but he is a pretty damn good ATH in his own right. Only concern I have there is that he went away from football as a sophomore so he could focus on BBall, and apparently it took a little bit of convincing for him to start playing football again as a junior. I got the sense that he thought he was a better BBall player, but maybe he has seen the light and will get legit 1A interest/football scholarships.

by RBGmug on Nov 25, 2008 4:43 AM EST up 0 recs

Hull

More info: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08329/930315-365.stm

He’ll be talking to Paul Jones too, since they’re both from Western PA.
He’s listed at 6-1 215
They said he’ll either play LB or safety, so even if he comes in a little small he’ll be fine
His dad used to play for PSU

by WPIALkid22 on Nov 24, 2008 2:18 PM EST 0 recs

thats a good article

I love how he said that he’ll try and get other recruits to follow him. It should only bode well for us.

Let's Go State

by rmcmillen50 on Nov 24, 2008 2:27 PM EST up 0 recs

Paul Jones

Do we really want Paul Jones? A 5.03 forty-dash strong armed pocket passer from Pittsburgh…i think we’ve been down that road before (QB14 for those of you not keeping score at home). I thought we were looking for the DC, Pat Devlin, Kevin Newsome mold..I kid that can use his legs if need be.

PSU Softball

by QBsneak12 on Nov 24, 2008 3:03 PM EST up 0 recs

by QBsneak12 on Nov 24, 2008 4:15 PM EST up 0 recs

by QBsneak12 on Nov 25, 2008 11:39 AM EST up 0 recs

by BSD on Nov 24, 2008 5:25 PM EST up 0 recs

cold man... really cold...

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

by TheMightyErik on Nov 24, 2008 8:52 PM EST up 0 recs

Hull HD

by psuphiman80 on Nov 24, 2008 10:21 PM EST up 1 recs

That siren completes me as a human being, well the siren and our 200 LBs.

by RBGmug on Nov 25, 2008 3:17 AM EST 0 recs

Here are some of the articles post-commit, if anyone is interested:

http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/11-25-08-hull-to-psu

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08329/930315-365.stm – this is a good one, you can also read about Pitt commit Todd Thomas/Todd Thomas’ mother freaking out on they’re coach.

http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/513574.html?nav=750

by RBGmug on Nov 25, 2008 4:31 AM EST 0 recs