I don’t think a lot of people saw this one coming….I know I didn’t, but I don’t think you can ever count us out when LJ Sr. is the PSU staff member doing the recruiting. Also I think the snow ball effect is coming into play kind of like it did in the Maybin recruiting class. We have a lot of Maryland recruits already and as you noted in an early post I expect us to pick up Jelani Jenkins and Tavon Austin. Also, apparantly rivals thinks we are close to picking up a verbal from Brandon Felder. The State of Maryland has definitely left its stamp on the 09 class!

I think there’s something going on that we won’t be aware of until the season is over or maybe we’ll never know. These kids are being told something to put their minds at ease. I’m confident of that but of course I can’t verify that. It’s just common sense.

With the exception of this year (which was a small but quality class) we have had a top 25 class every year since 2004. Like this year, 2003 was a small class, but it put out several NFLers including Tony Hunt, Poz and oh yeah….Austin Scott …who will make the Browns roster this year. 2002 was another top 25 class. Overall recruiting has not been bad. Too many people got down on the class this year…but it was a small class and realistically had a very small chance of being a top 25 class (getting Pryor and keeping Michael Shaw would not even have done it). The 2004 class with Morelli was a top 15 class (and remember Deion Butler was not even give a scholarship as a one or two star recruit). The 2006 class was ranked ahead of both Michigan and Ohio State and the 2005 class with D-Will and King was ranked much too low by the recruiting services (again one of the most productive players of the class…Jordan Norwood was not a scholarship player). Even if we do not have a “top class” as determined by the recruiting services, I will be happy if the coaches continue to get the kids that they want this year. We already have 10 verbals which is the most PSU has had at this point in the recruiting process ever. A quality QB, two good running backs and a couple of receivers will have us in the position we need to be for next year. Based on the projections this is very likely to happen and all the haters are going to have to wait for at least another couple of years to oust JoePA! QB play is the key….and if we get decent play from our QB, with ball protection, 2008 is going to be a great year!

doesn’t “blow a theory out of the water”. Interesting though that Wake has signed 1 4 star recruit in the last 7 years. Let me try putting this another way…......show me a guy that had offers from Ohio State, Michigan, USC, and Florida and was not a 4 star recruit or better ? Likewise, show me a 4 star recruit who was not recruited by anyone but Wake, Rutgers, BC, and Syracuse. It doesn’t happen.

Wake is just recruiting the way the rest of the Big East does. No Big East school besides Miami has had a top 20 recruiting class in the last 7 classes. And coincidentally, the Big East is arguably considered by most to be the weakest BCS football conference.

Pic15, is the Nittany Lion Club still going to be at Famous Pub this year ?