Letter of Intent Day Open Thread
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 7:00 AM EST
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Come to Penn Staaaaate!
[UPDATE 11:30 AM] - Jenkins makes it official to Florida. Letters are in for Stephen Obeng-Agyapong, Eric Shrive, Curtis Dukes, Curtis Drake, Brandon Felder, Mike Wallace, John Urschel, and Jordan Hill. Justin Brown to announce at 2:30 PM.
[UPDATE 11:10 AM] - Jenkins picks Florida at his press conference. Boo-hoo.
[UPDATE 9:15 AM] - Should have added this at the beginning of the day, but the Washington post is reporting Jelani Jenkins to Florida. So we're 0-for-2 on our tossup recruits so far.
[UPDATE 9:10 AM] - Letters are in for Adam Gress and Christian Kuntz.
[UPDATE 9:00 AM] - I had a breakfast bar and a glass of OJ for breakfast. The commute was terrible getting in. Oh, and Jim Noel is sticking with Boston College. Letters are in for Frank Figueroa, Devon Smith, and Mark Arcidiacono.
The day that all you recruitniks long for is finally here. Soon we'll know for sure who will be wearing the Blue and White for the next four or five years and who our enemy will be. Stay tuned here for updates throughout the day as we get them.
Some key events we know about: Jelani Jenkins will be making his announcement at 11 AM while Justin Brown will be making his choice at 2 PM. There is no word yet on when Jim Noel will make his choice public, but we'll post it here when we hear it.
In the meantime, let's keep a cool head about things. We all know Jenkins could go either way and Brown isn't a lock either. We've got a killer recruiting class with Newsome, Shrive, Drake, Dukes, Hodges, Givens, and all the other kids. And we already have Paul Jones and Mike Hull locked up for the 2010 class so things are pretty peachy in Happy Valley these days. So there's no need to jump off a cliff if Jenkins goes to Florida and Brown picks Rutgers. But if you feel like you need to rip the coaches a new one to make yourself feel better, here are your standard talking points.
- If only Joe had made an in house visit we could have got him.
- We'll never recruit like the big boys as long as Joe Paterno is our coach.
- I blame Jay Paterno. I don't know why, but I'm sure this is his fault somehow.
- Sue should have gone with the chocolate chip instead of the oatmeal raisin cookies
- I don't blame him. After watching the Rose Bowl I wouldn't want to play for our crappy defense either.
- We should be recruiting in Florida and Texas more to get some of that OMG ESSSS EEEEE SEEEEE SPEED
And for those of you who choose to move on past these things and not get caught up in the negativity, here are your talking points
- He wasn't Penn State material anyway
- Maybe he had academic problems and the staff backed off of him
- Now that I look at his tape again, he's not that good
- I always thought he was overrated
- We're loaded with talent. We don't need him.
- If he wants to go play for a lousy no-class school like Rutgers or Florida we don't want him anyway.
Hopefully these will make your letter of intent day experience more enjoyable. We'll all enjoy this class for a few days, and then it'll be time to start looking ahead to the class of 2010. Recruiting never stops.
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It's "Crunch Time" baby, as Vitale might say.
Let’s get it on! Washington papers this morn have Jenkins going to UF. Nobody really knows until he puts the hat or t-shirt on! Whatever, we have a lot to look foreward to!
If he goes to the Gators...
we at least know he lacked the grey matter for PSU. 4.0 GPA or not
pinkertonpark.com - you owe yerself a laugh.
Here you go again
Go back to your favorite school’s site. Obviously you are trying to sabotage our recruiting class by bad mouthing these kids. Let me guess, you’re a Meeeechigan lover?
lol @ the new guy
telling people what’s what
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 9:06 AM EST up reply actions
Now that I look at Brown's tape again, he's not that good.
Besides, he wasn’t “Penn State” material anyway.
What tape are you watching?
Justin Brown would be a great addition to the program. He’s a great kid from a great family. I don’t know what tape you’re watching but from what I’ve seen we can use him next year.
My turn...
….but we’re loaded with talent, we don’t need him.
Man, that is fun!
;-)
Never enough talent
If te kid can come in and play right away next year we need him. With his size he makes an immediate impact and some other WR’s can move to the secondary.
DUDE
This is a sarcastic post! Of course we want the kid…but we are poking fun at the Chicken Little people who get all geeked out over LOI day…Chill out man and enjoy the moment
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
Nice. Double Spin Score!
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Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 7:39 AM EST reply actions
Well
Way to kill the open thread before it even began. You took away all the ammunition.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Nah we still have some options like:
I hear his dad refused to let him sign with PSU or I hope he enjoys that new Escalade
I thought only OSU players got Escalades
I thought Florida bought them Hummers (both kinds, HEY-OOHHHH)
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
Florida doesn't give Hummers either
I believe it’s Colorado that got busted for giving recruits Hummers on their visits a few years ago.
Oh, you mean the car? Gotcha! Yep, I think it’s Florida.
Linebacker U
Why would jenkins go to Florida when he could come to Linebacker U and learn under all-american & coach Sean lee?
Because he won't get to see a Tebow smash everyday at PSU
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
I'm thinking of
something along the lines of a Tim Tebow circumcision joke here. Not sure why, and I’m sure it’s not a good idea.
better not make any Tebow Jokes
Otherwise you’ll never get into heaven
Shouldn't even joke
God is watching you, and is unpleased with your sarcasm of the Chosen One. You don’t convert thousands of third world “heathens” and not get God on your side. That’s why he’s been granted the power of Tebow smash, God’s probably a busy guy and doesn’t have time to smith thee himself.
Noel
Last time I checked he wasn’t listed as a PSU prospect on Scout, is he somebody we just started pursuing?
Doesn't matter -- Noel to Boston College
Per the Boston Globe. Working on a link.
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Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 8:52 AM EST up reply actions
FOS confirms Noel to BC.
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by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 8:59 AM EST up reply actions
He wasn't really PSU material
Heard he had academic issues, too.
We need to focus on recruiting in Pennsylvania, anyway!
by Tailgate Shogun on Feb 4, 2009 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
No, we need more ESS EEE SEE speed players
Stewart Mandell say it, it must be true!
However, the discrepancy in athleticism (particularly on defense) between Penn State and USC was plainly obvious in last month’s Rose Bowl, as it was for Illinois the year before. To help erase that gap, Big Ten schools will need to continue looking beyond their backyards when it comes to recruiting.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/02/02/bigten-florida/1.html
I like this game…
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
That's the PC way of saying
“There’s a lot of black boys down south that run fast.”
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
His choice
If he thinks his best option is to get famous playing on Thursday night, then we didn’t really want him anyway.
This game is fun!
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It could be worse...
….at some 7-6 schools with a severely obese coach ….. this day is all they look forward to in a given football year.
With or without Jenkins and Brown, I really like our class. I think we could have done more to load up on the WR position, but we got alot of talented players that may fill those voids at WR. It is a legit top 20 class and with the calibur of our coaches, I am confident they will keep the wins coming. Unlike many, I am very happy with our current coaching staff.
WE ARE.......PENN STATE!
but we got alot of talented players that may fill those voids at WR
We’ve got Zug. "Nuf said.
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Feb 4, 2009 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
WR's
Derrick Moye needs to step up this year. He’s tall and fast and was a big time recruit. This is his time to take over.
Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
Big Signing Day Announcements
Is it just me, or do they generally go somewhere else? I know, Derrick Williams, but it seems to me that you either in to Penn State or your not. Our situation is kind of unique in college football, I find it hard to believe that anybody is truly torn between Penn State or Florida.
I guess my feeling is that anybody who needs to go through the “hat show” is probably not going to wear plain blue and white uniforms for four years.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
Interesting point.
There could very well be something to that theory….didn’t Antonio Logan-El have a live announcement to PSU also? Him and Williams are the only two I can think of.
Yeah I think Logan-El did...
I don’t know if that is necessarily true…I mean look at DWills “team first” attitude…they guy was great for 4 years…Logan-El bombed out at Towson didn’t he?
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
I doubt it:
When you look at this kid, he’s got Florida written all over him. His main attribute is his speed (as in SEC SPPPEEEEEEEEED), and the fact that he’s so highly rated as a recruit reflects more of who’s interested in him than his actual abilities.
The bottom line is Florida is probably going to snatch him up, and we don’t need him. And if he does choose us, well, great. But I’m pretty pecismistic at this point.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Lavarro
Was that done on purpose?
Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
Ten bucks says
Joe calls Devon Smith tonight and tells him to get a hair cut.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
hmm, intriguing over/under
I bet he lets him keep it until camp starts
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 9:26 AM EST up reply actions
TWEET TWEET (WOOO WOOOOOO!)
25 comments at 8:45 am?
For those of you interested, updates will be simulcast on the BSD TWITTER account as well.
BSD
You're right, the "dat" is important.
But I maintain that the second “woo” has more o’s than the first.
BSD
that is my favorite web video of all time
The best part is when he runs the stop sign at the end of the video when he shows off his whistle tip…woo
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
I don't even know what the hell a twitter is...
I also don’t have a facebook or myspace page…
I’m behind the times, aren’t I?
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 9:00 AM EST up reply actions
I don't even know what the hell a Mark Zuckerberg is...
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
Founder and CEO of Facebook
also the man responsible for millions of people being less productice at both school and work.
PSU Softball
Hee hee...
You said ‘Kuntz’.
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Never too late to post a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFB42nb8PkE
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Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 9:13 AM EST reply actions
Or this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKfpiN4a4dk
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Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
That's just crazy talk!
This has to be up there with the day the brackets for the BBall tournament are released as two of the least productive work days of the year.
With the Super Bowl this week too, it’s becoming a perfect storm of slackassedness.
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totally
I’m so glad my boss is in Brazil this week.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
for some reason I didn't remember it was LOI day when I woke up
then I get in to work, fire up the computer, log onto BSD and bam, there goes my productivity.
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
the bracketts are released on a Sunday – do you mean the Monday after for everyone talking about it?
Sure...
talking about it… putting together their office pools… the whole bit.
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Maybe it's just me
But Newsome looks like he needs to spend time lifting more of those weights that posing with them.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions
I'm scared of Ty Howle
Please don’t kick my ass, sir.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
...or eat me!
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well, if we don't land Jenkins, we'll at least have Fera to move over to LB
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
How 'bout it
I’m so used to KK that I’m not going to recognize the monster trotting out onto the field as the kicker.
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GAAAA!!!!
Stupid interweb filter.
Stupid work.
What am I missing?
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I don't see it either
Just post the link, QBsneak.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
"The website declined to show this webpage"
To hell with you, website.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
Totally unrelated, but..
Does anyone listen to Preston and Steve in Philadelphia? Some guy on there is talking about meeting a naked JoePa after the PSU/Notre Dame game in 1990. I think he’s full of crap.
I call shenanigans
I question a lot of the stories people tell when they call up there…but that show is awesome.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
Was Paterno running through
Pollock quad with the rest of the streakers?
Or was the caller one of those creepy steam room stalkers?
pinkertonpark.com - you owe yerself a laugh.
Think about it...
…when has it really mattered if we get a bunch of blue chippers? Correct me if I am wrong but don’t we have a history is getting “less rated” kids and still putting together great seasons? Just my opinion…
Anyways this made me “wet my pants” laughing…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05ZQ7WHw8Y
"Red, it took me sixteen years to get here. You play me, and I'll give ya the best I got."
Lesser rated
and didn’t one of them downgrade Shive from a 5 to a 4 star, after he chose us over ND?
Ben and Alex... first commits for 2024
well after making that choice he obviously wasn't ND material
and thus didn’t warrant a 5-star rating.
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions
I would love to see an analysis
where someone goes team by team (or at least for the “relevant” teams) and plots something like “average star rating” of the starters on a team (or maybe even of the whole team, or at least 1st & 2nd stringers, to take into account how deep a team is) vs win % (or final ranking or some other value of measuring team success). There could even be game-by-game breakdowns where you see what a team’s record is against other teams that have higher/lower/~even star ratings.
This could do 2 things, 1) show which coaches/teams “do more with less”, and which coaches/teams continually underachieve, and 2) elucidate how good (or bad) the star ratings actually are at predicting how good a player/team will be
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
It's a crap shoot
Yeah you can find statistics that say the winning programs get all the four and five star kids. But at the same time I’ve seen kids get an extra star or two just because he got offers from USC and Florida.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
Funny
Looks like the servers at Rivals and Scout are getting overloaded. Information may be tough to come by for a while.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Some Interesting news
Ohio State lost a four star CB to Illinois.
Also, Jordan Hill’s letter is in.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
And then
Ohio State picked up 5 star WR Marlon Brown who was leaning toward Tennessee and Georgia.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions
Hells no!
Escalades are cheap right now.
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
You have to wonder how they haven't been investigated
Maurice Clarret has thousands of dollars of CD’s and stereo equipment stolen from a car he’s “borrowing” from someone.
A.J. Hawk has $5000 in cash stolen from his dorm room.
Terrelle Pryor is driving a Corvette that doesn’t belong to him to the prom.
Can’t anyone see what’s going on there?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
And
U$C lost a linebacker to Arizona State.
http://www.pe.com/sports/breakout/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_web_burfict_commits.2331b31.html?npc
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
No, Savage is Morelli, he figures it will all work out much better if he starts over again at a crappy school
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
by psu on Feb 4, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions
man I still remember how happy I was on LOI day a few years back
when we stole him from Pitt. Looking back, I wonder if they really just planted him as some sort of sabotage
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
I really like this kid
McQueary said he’s the type of running back they see once every ten years or so.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
Nice
…especially since it’s been roughly ten years since Johnson and twenty since Carter.
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
This is why I don't join Facebook
They sell your personal information. Now, selling my info is one thing but I want a cut.
One Thing I Won't Be.......
talking about anymore…………..is how Paterno recruited Kelly as LB. According to ESPN last night, Tommy Tuberville recruited Ray Lewis as a QB. Thought that was pretty funny. Guess they all probably do it at some point with somebody.
I see our recruiting keeping us right where we are. I just don’t see these types of classes positioning us to be able to beat UF or USC or Oklahoma without playing the perfect game. Hope I am wrong. I have no issues with being a top 10 program. That aint bad.
Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.
You guys should read the BWI message board
Those people need some serious counseling. Here are some of the thread headlines.
Pretty weak class w/o Jenkins and Brown
My bet: 0-for-3 today
We should change our name to Diamond in the Rough U
There’s something seriously wrong with that board.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
I can only imagine what Pennlive forum is like right now…
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
People are still posting there?
I figured with the D$ drama, people were all going to resign their memberships and stuff.
And, we don’t need Jenkins, we are pretty stacked at LB. Brown would have been good.
Don't give up on Brown
He announces at 2:30 PM today. I think we’ll get him.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Nothing short of
Four 5* recruits from Florida will please those guys.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
They don't
have the savvy knowledge of the BSD board. We actually can be calm, these are tards that panic because they are wasting money on those sites each year, or have absolutely NO idea of who the players are. Maybe they should drop by BSD one time to read the well written breakdowns of each player, not the stupid Star Ratings. Geez.
BSD Mike,
Please please please promise us we’ll never have to pay for BSD.
I mean, I already pay, in a way, every time my girlfriend yells at me, “You’re on there talking to those people AGAIN?!?!?”
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Feb 4, 2009 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
Can I interest you in BSD Premium?
You won’t receive anything new for your money, except the immediate ability to complain about how BSD Premium deteriorated into the usual shenanigans of regular BSD so quickly.
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Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
Do our best
It’s not my call. It’s up to the guys at SBN. But I’m pretty sure they are committed to keeping the network free. You may just have to put up with increased advertising as they get bigger and the budget grows.
Ultimately I think their goal is to grow the business and sell it out to ESPN or AOL or Yahoo or something. I hope they don’t, but the guys that founded this company sank everything they have in it, and some day they are going to want to get that back.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
BSD Insider
$14.95 per year. Coming to a twitter account near you.
Please, never do that to us.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
Make that "per day" and we have a deal.
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Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
College Football Live
The head of ESPN HS Recruiting, Tom Luginbill, even said on the show yesterday that the star rating system is worthless and is more for fans than coaches
Ya think?
The fact that the stars are affected by who goes to see the kids play rather than the other way around should tell you everything you need to know about who uses the system.
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
More news
Wisconsin plucked WR Kraig Appleton from Illinois.
The snake oil is flowing today!
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Yes, because...
When I’m looking for medical advice, the first person I always think to ask their opinion is ‘A Prominent Butcher of Cottage Grove, Oregon’
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
what's that you say?
I can’t hear you….I’m afflicted with deafness. Luckily my buddy, a prominent butcher out of Cottage Grove, Oregon, has sold me some PURE Rattlesnake Oil. They say it comes straight from the veins of a being known as DickRod…whatever foul beat that may be.
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
JayPa just invented this....he is so quick with naming things
PSU Softball
by QBsneak12 on Feb 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Shouldn't that be 'Snake Oil HD'?
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
dirty women sound hot
Sorry I had to!
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
by carolinaeasy on Feb 4, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Dirty women are hot
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Well it needed to be said
But depends on the kind of “dirty”.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Nice
I like dirty women. I could never find any back in college though. Or today. Or ever.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Nice cover...
since we all know your wife patrols BSD now.
pinkertonpark.com - you owe yerself a laugh.
Why does he have a ram on his shirt?
Did he borrow that from a 10th grade girl who also likes horses?
You're just baiting me
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
based on the #51 football helmet
I’d imagine it is probably his team’s mascot
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
If he were any other team's recruit...
I’d probably go with the ‘stolen from a 15 year old girl’ theory, because the probable truth just sounds lame by comparison.
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
Getting word
Malcolm Willis and Darrell Givens are going to sign their letters at a ceremony in their school at noon today.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Stephon Morris' dad
can we get his dad on here for an interview? that would be good stuff.
PSU Softball
Whatever they are I just upped them
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
by carolinaeasy on Feb 4, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
I'll take the bet
And then I’ll start a new thread when this one gets too big.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Was just going to say
It’ll never get that high b/c this thread will just get bogged down with all the avatars.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
lol
it would be appreciated if it does start to bog down, though ;-) your little money making scheme is amusing, though
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
500
comments is usually when it starts to die
Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
500 comments
is usually when it is in its final death throes
350 or so is when it starts to get bogged down, though it is significanly worse above 400/450/etc
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
Not driving...
riding on the back of a Liger.
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
How are there so many comments?
Am I the only one with a job here?
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
I'm at work :)
it just happens that I have it up on my computer.
J- what now?
Like Mike, my boss is also in a foreign country…
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Schools closed in Philly
So I didn’t have to go to work today. So instead of giving my students busy work to be on BSD, I get to do it from home! Viva la snow days!
Does teacher need...
to see me after school?
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by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
So far I am happy with this class
We don’t need 5 star guys look at the guys we have brought in before. I like the ones that are no names and then come in and make a big name for themselves it helps us in the long run.
News on Stephen Obeng-Agyapong
He’ll be having a signing ceremony at 11 AM. And he doesn’t think that’s funny.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
i just keep
work things open on my screen so as to give the impression that i am getting something accomplished.
60% of the time, it works…every time
PSU Softball
[Windows Key] + D is my preferred method
It minimizes EVERYTHING and takes you to your desktop.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
see the problem with that
is then you don’t look like you’re working on anything. I have a few different spreadsheets (so as to look like things change each time someone goes by) open that I rotate through
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
We need a "BOSS" button
like they have on the CBS page when they show the live feeds of the b-ball games at tourney time. Hit the button, and BAM, some phony spreadsheet pops up!
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Feb 4, 2009 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
indeed
though ALT-TAB is just as good, and takes no effort by anyone else.
By the way, I was a big fan of when ESPN stopped using that god awful mustard yellow background. Nothing said, “being unproductive” like a page full of yellow/orange/red. I was always appreciative of TMQ’s “boss button” which went to a white page with black text and no pictures (but still links to the pictures).
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
My boss is a ND fan, but follows PSU since he grew up in Philly
I planted the seed early. “Oh, I almost forgot, today’s signing day. How does ND’s class look this year.”
That should keep him busy, and thus, give me time to read BSD all I want.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
actually I revise my statement
3 – one for each of the National Championships we win while he’s in Blue & White
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
SOA is not amused by your national championships.
--
Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
Well that's a noodler...
HA!
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Does anyone know what time Jenkins and Brown are supposed to make there announcement?
by ClevelandCrazy29 on Feb 4, 2009 10:34 AM EST reply actions
Who are Jenkins and Brown?
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
lolololol
in my “what are they announcing?” comment I was VERY tempted to write, “their new country album?” in the text part.
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
I always thought
I would have been funny if Brett Hull and Adam Oates had been on the same team…
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
This is interesting
Stephen Obeng-Agyapong’s teammate Tariq Tongue (5-9, 165) from Holy Cross HS in Queens is going to be at Penn State in a few weeks and is expected to get an invite to be a preferred walk on.
Stephen says this is good news.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
That's the happiest I've ever seen him look
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
That's actually a full-on belly laugh
Get a good look, because you won’t see it again any time soon.
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
It does look like he's almost cracking a smile
He must be thinking of the kitten he stomped that morning.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Jenkins?
Sorry to intrude, but has Jenkins been confirmed to Florida? Trying to find out for the sake of the Seminoles and for my Pastor.
Good luck to yall.
"I have come that you may have life, and life to the max"
Not confirmed...
….just speculated by the Washington Post (link in article)
WE ARE.......PENN STATE!
Did Clint Gyory, our new Nittany Lion, sign or was he a red shirt last year?
Hate to see him in a Gator costume!
Welcome..
Mike Wallace
You would have thought if Jenkins was going to us, him and Mike would have done it together.
Eric Shrive
Curtis “The” Drake
PSU Softball
dude, he's smiling in that picture
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
"Stephen, why are you smiling?"
“I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him diiiieeee.”
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
Can you imagine
Graham Zug lining up across from SOA? I think the universe would implode right there.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
time to be disappointed
followed by “that kid is an idiot for not coming to Linebacker U”
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
during the whole LJ Sr. fiasco I basically ranted and raved that he was already a goner
So yeah, I didn’t learn my leason yet. This could help.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
In that case...
Panic at will.
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
ESPN page
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/notebook?page=notebook/signingdaypreview
At the bottom, I like how LJSR is the best recruiter in the Big 10, but I lol’d at West Virginia’s “Doc Holliday”.
Also, how is PSU the best gameday experience but the ‘Shoe the best stadium? The Beaver is where it is at. And of course tWWL would go with Michigan for “best uniforms” because they like anything gaudy and over the top (surprised Oregon wasn’t their Pac-10 best uniform)
Shoe is the best stadium?
Didn’t I read somewhere they have portajohns inside the stadium in areas where there is no plumming?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
I don't specifically remember any porta johns at the Shoe
but definitely at Camp Randall
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
That's typical in Madison
I hear the Governor’s mansion has an outhouse.
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Feb 4, 2009 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
spelling/grammar police!
Plumming or “plumbing”, I’m not sure…might be a soft ‘b’. Either way, it’s supposed to be wild.
Yes
The closed in portion of the shoe has no running water. It has portajohns for restrooms and this crazy pipe system surrounded by tarps for male #1 useage. Also, since no running water, there are no water fountains, so you have to ask for a little cone cup with water out of those 5 gal deals.
JoePa in '09
those without tv
ESPNU feed
I know...
he pulled out a white hat with a white letter on it (looks maybe even outlined in blue)
I got my hopes up at first, thinking that it might have been a P…then I was like, I’ve never seen that logo before…then I realized it was an F
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
DAMNIT!!!!
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Whatever
WE DON’T NEED YOU!
THIS IS ALL JAY’S FAULT!!!!!
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
TEBOW SMASH!!!!
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
lol
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
True, we do
but I was saying that sarcastically though. Would love to have him at LBU.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
Good Kid
Man, seems like a great kid. Would have loved to have him here at Linebacker U.
Best of luck to him.
Screw her too
I like my PA women, can you imagine trying to get her to shovel the driveway or make chicken pot-pie?
No but I can imagine alot of other things
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
by carolinaeasy on Feb 4, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
Hmm, Yes, yes I sure can....
Ok, that was creepy.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 4, 2009 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
THIS PROVES WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING
We can’t recruit with the big boys.
Jay is stupid.
We don’t have ESSS EEEE CEEE speed.
Joe is old.
The kool-aid drinkers will spin this.
/I think that’s all the talking points.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
Jenkins
Way to lose another top LB in our own backyard. Screw this diversity crap. Jenkins dad was a civil rights leader. He can fit in with all of his kind in Florida. Our medical school is crap too so that hurt!
I'm ok with this...
and I realize we can’t get EVERYONE, but in all honesty signings like this are what separate #1-5 from #6-10. We might not be top tier, although I don’t see anything wrong with 11-2 and the Rose Bowl…
There was
a new one too though, Bhawoh brought up.. maybe were not “diverse” enough, to go with being too country
Ben and Alex... first commits for 2024
Diveristy
If they want diversity hire LJ. Bradley is an ass in person
This has nothing do with Jenkins
Screw it, this thread needs Hightower.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
I don't think that's a photoshop
just some guy in a stormtrooper costume with PSU decals on it
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 4, 2009 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
Check out my new robotic arm
It works great. But no hard feelings. I should have warned you I was reaching across the table for the butter.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 4, 2009 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Could you imagine?
Ware and Odrick in the middle next season?
I knew it, as long as we have Jaypa as QB coach
we will never pull in any good linebacker talent
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
I can't believe Jenkins is only 16
Wow! he is going to get super strong.
here is the real question
do we utilize Zug enough when we recruit?
LB's
Who cares about this guy. We have Lee, Bowman, Mauti, Stupar. Lets just keep Josh Hull off the damn field this year.
what does Jaypa have to do with LB talent?
"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things." -Joe Paterno
It's a joke
We’re trying to make fun of the nutjobs on BWI and other wingnut forums
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 4, 2009 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
While I still hope we get Brown
not getting Jenkins didn’t really feel as bad as it could have (years prior). As pointed out numerous times, even if we didn’t get any of the 3 guys, this class is looking pretty good.
Recruiting crunch time = FAIL.
The last two days of recruiting is where the head coach makes the biggest difference in the entire process, IMO. It’s easy to recruit from a throne and that’ll get a program like PSU plenty in the way of talented kids, but it won’t win the close battles at the deadline.
Gotta take the bad with the good, unfortunately. With Joe Paterno at the helm, that method will win your cupcake OOC matchups, 65-70% of conference games, and get you murdered against teams like USC (not to mention Ohio State and Michigan in their better years).
--
Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 11:25 AM EST reply actions
Unfortunately
Our record when it comes down to signing day is terrible. Guys like Broderick Green, Hazleton, Pryor, and now Jenkins and Noel all picked the other school.
I think if a kid is a Penn State kid he’ll fall in love with it right away and commit early. But if he has to think about it and isn’t sure, ultimately he’ll pick glitz and glamour over, well, us.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
It could also be that Paterno hates the recruiting process and perfers to leave Prima Dona’s to their own devices.
The bottom line is Paterno has never been the guy to kiss some 16 year old’s ass and tell him he’s a beautiful unique snowflake. He makes his pitch, puts the time in, and if that’s not enough well…
This is Penn State, either you want to be at Linebacker U and be part of a tradition, or you want to go wherever the spotlight is at the moment.
Penn State has never recruited well against those programs, the Florida’s, the USC’s, the Texas’s (10 years ago FSU and Notre Dame)…
but I agree with you — this system sets us up for a schalacking when we face one of those teams.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Joe will reach a breaking point
He’ll talk to a kid for a while and try to convince him, and if the kid can’t make up his mind he will walk on him.
Joe was recruiting either Mike Reid or Dennis Onkotz when he finally gave up and said, “You know what, I don’t think you’re tough enough to play at Penn State. You don’t have the guts.” and walked away. The kid got to thinking and said, “You know what, I’m going to go to Penn State and show him.”
Of course that was a different era before the internet when kids actually looked for a challenge. Now they want to go to the school that promises them they can start right away.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Recruiting has become all about that magical promise: You’ll play right away. You’ll be a star. You’ll be 1st round material in 3 years.
The kids that this pitch works on, well, I don’t want them anyway. I don’t want a kid who looks at a University as “what can you do for me”. I want a kid like Poz who puts in his 4 full years because he’s making a comittment to the team, to the tradition.
I’ll take the Poz 4-star kid who wants to make a name for himself over some kid who wants to be coddled any day.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Sorry, that's kind of ridiculous.
He doesn’t do much at all. Maybe a phone call here or there, but he doesn’t go out and visit recruits anymore. There have been three or four instances of it since 2004 (Williams, ALE, Pryor, maybe another).
He used to be the best in the nation when it came to personally sitting down with a recruit and his family. Whether he can’t or won’t do it anymore, it’s probably both.
Just stating the facts. We can’t expect to send LJ Sr., likeable as he may be as a defensive line coach, into a kid’s home to compete against a head coach who just won his second national championship.
But hey, we get Joe Paterno for a few more years, and like I said — you have to take the bad with the good. Days like today are “the bad”.
--
Mr. Bob Dobalina
by Run Up The Score on Feb 4, 2009 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
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