Come To Penn Staaaaaate!: C.J. Olaniyan
by Run Up The Score on Sep 17, 2009 2:03 PM EDT
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Gimme a badly-needed defensive end and a wooooooo.
We don't want to bump CarolinaEasy's analysis too far down the page, so we'll make this short and sweet. Details are sketchy at this juncture, but BWI is reporting that Penn State bagged Michigan defensive end C.J. Olaniyan today. Here's his Scouts Inc. profile from ESPN. Yay.
(BSD Mike - Here's what you won!)
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Best thing to come out of Michigan since
…
EVER
by AdamShell on Sep 17, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Model T?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kristen Bell?
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 17, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
FTW
Couples Retreat – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078940/ – coming soon
Directed by Ralphie from A Christmas Story, written by Favreau and Vaughn (all three are BFFs), with Vaughn, Favreau, Bateman, Bell, the hot chick from sex and the city. This has SERIOUS promise written all over it.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 17, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's something about actresses...
that play really smart characters that I find hot.
Kristen Bell in Veronica Mars. Vera Farmiga in Touching Evil.
I don’t know what that says about me.
Born and raised in the shadow of Mount Nittany
by Elihu on Sep 17, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this thread means nothing without pictures
you’re welcome
"I'm driven by greatness" - Derrick Williams
by HookMania on Sep 17, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
+1
And I can’t believe I’m the first to rec this.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
by 06Lion on Sep 17, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and -1 for not actually recing it
"gotta love the HD"
by biscoiv on Sep 17, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I rec'ed it
Butthole.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
by 06Lion on Sep 17, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rec'd it, too...
Since you were replying to my post, you know, & everything.
Born and raised in the shadow of Mount Nittany
by Elihu on Sep 17, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow we posted this at the exact same time
you beat me…drops to knees looks up the sky shakes his fist with fury and yells
This is truly an amazing class
by GoingDeep on Sep 17, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sweet
We needed nice pure DE in this class.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Sep 17, 2009 2:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ballin'
Welcome to the family C.J.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
by Roland86 on Sep 17, 2009 2:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If only Norwood could get a fair shake,
this class could be at or over a 4.0 star average. Not that I care about the stars, but sometimes its nice when the hot girls recognize you.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 17, 2009 2:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Norwood's shake is fair
He didn’t play last year. He’s a 3* on Scout, which surprised me. I thought they would wait it out. He did look good at the PSU camp and his first game was good but outside that there’s not much on him.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Sep 17, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True
But what I guess I meant by fair is a season’s worth of review. I’m confident that once this class is wrapped up and the stars are all assigned, we will be damn close toa 4.0 average. Is that even allowed for PSU?
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 17, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah
I’m interested to see how it plays out.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Sep 17, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Personally, I'm glad to see another Norwood on the team
regardless of star ratings. He comes from a good family, and grew up a Penn Stater at heart, which is always a good thing. I’m excited to see him the next few years. If his hands are half as good as Jordan’s, we’ve got a hell of a steal with him.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 17, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOTE
Just added a highlight video above.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 17, 2009 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I follow recruiting fairly closely
and I had no idea we were as high up on his list as we were. That is a really nice surprise add to this class. WTG LJ Sr and company!
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 17, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The kid was a tough read from his quotes
but other rumors and stuff seemed to point to MSU v. PSU battle.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Sep 17, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
then thank God for the mighty CMU Chippewas...
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 17, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was so hoping someone would post a Gordon Lightfoot lyric here. I guess I have to,\.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down. Of the big D-End they call Olaniyan.
by MainLion on Sep 17, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When supper time came the old cook locked the door
Saying B-Ware, I already fed ya
At 7PM the door all caved in
He said B-Ware please don’t my family.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
don't eat my family
Damnit
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rambler is pleased.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 2:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
uh....you offering?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 17, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No. Unless we've all been HUGELY mistaken as to the gender (if there is indeed one) of Rambler.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 17, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it
was a droid with a rockin mustache which would make it a dude or a midlife woman with a hormone issue.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Sep 17, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope. He(?) looks normal to me...
by Screen Name 20 on Sep 17, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Close, that one is actually his brother ReadingAmbler...this one is him
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 17, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you people are going to talk about me you could at least get the details right:
Me:
My house:
My ride:
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You may be the biggest dork on the internet.
"far less knowledgeable than the average poster here"
by jesse. on Sep 17, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Captain Obvious
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not even the best in this thread
HookMania with the double geek score here. (Seriously, how did I miss that? What’s the story behind that picture?)
Besides, if the guy who dressed as Gandalf the White for last year’s Illinois game comes back for Iowa this year, he’ll be the Dorkiest Penn State Fan EVAR.
by Aaron PSU on Sep 17, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dorkier than Dirkin?
http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1791250
It’s SFW…read to the last entry.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 17, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait a minute
If you can’t tell the difference between the metal bikini and a G.D. Episode One refrence, well…. I don’t know what. But there is a difference. A big one.
I mean seriously, he couldn’t come up with a Jar Jar Binks picture?
"far less knowledgeable than the average poster here"
by jesse. on Sep 18, 2009 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A bigger nerd?
Wow. Have either of you ever actually seen a boob?
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 18, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every time they look in the mirror.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
He speaks the truth
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 18, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually like you more now
because I’m that big of a nerd.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 17, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ew
NERD
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State."
- Cris Carter, NFL Draft, 4/25/09
by kmblue on Sep 17, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We can't all be as hot as you
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you at least a hot nerd?
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State."
- Cris Carter, NFL Draft, 4/25/09
by kmblue on Sep 17, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a semi-reasonably attractive nerd
as long as you squint and only look at me with one eye.
by The JuggerNitt on Sep 17, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I turn off the air conditioning – yes.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who are you,
the hot exchange student from American Pie?
Maybe Rambler is actually "a sophisticated sex robot, sent back in time to change the future for one lucky lady. "
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Sep 18, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
*shudder*
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How is it that talking about Rambler derails an entire thread? He’s like the Bigfoot of this place.
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Sep 17, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you’re like The Man With No Name from Leone’s spaghetti westerns as no one remembers your name because no one remembers you.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS
I’m still a little more thrilled over the FB commit, but that’s just me.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Sep 17, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was starting to get antsy over the DEs, but IN LJ SR WE TRUST.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I said this after Zwinak, but we still need 1 more this week - we've been pulling groups of 3.
That being said, Fortt is near, Havenstein is near, and Easley visits this weekend.
Picks?
I’m going with all three, especially cuz I’m sick of Lattimore’s bullshit.
by psume06 on Sep 17, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fortt and Easley
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Sep 17, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. I'm not too worried about O-Line after the other commits.
That would leave us, I THINK, just room enough for a certain huge Philadelphian.
by psume06 on Sep 17, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But obviously, if I had to pick one...
I’d pick the Fortt.
by psume06 on Sep 17, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d be more interested in Kolb over Harvenstein, based on the speculation I’ve read that’s more likely at this point. Easley is a maybe, and Fortt is likely.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Sep 17, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Floyd and Jelani Jenkins
Or just Fortt.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 17, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get the feeling from what I've read
Floyd is starting to come back to the light side.
by psume06 on Sep 17, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've heard that too
Supposedly Urban Meyer got in his ear when we had a few DUI’s this summer and convinced him and his mom that PSU players are trouble. But I’m hearing that LJSR fixed that perception right quick.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 17, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LJ Sr. is a monster plain and simple.
The article In We Are Penn State was one of my favorites in the whole magazine. I had really wondered how this guy was such a recruiting monster. Was he doing something under the table? Holding family members hostage? Bribes? (j/k of course)
But I loved how he does it the right way (even if we have had more than a few of his recruits become problems): by inspiring future players to come to PENN SCHTAAAATE. He doesn’t go for the Urban Meyer/Kiffin trash talk of other schools (which I guess is what the PSU program is like regardless). But I came out of reading that article with a immense respect for LJ Sr.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 17, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that was one of my favorites
Josh Lagenbacher wrote that one. He writes for Penn Live now.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 17, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love LJ
Despite his Dline recruits having questionable legal records while at PSU. Zach’s recent commitment has brought me much joy at the office. I have a lot of fun apologizing to the Tech folks who thought they had that kid locked up.
“I’m sorry, guys. We try to tell Larry Johnson Sr. to chill out and take it down a notch, but he’s a machine that cannot be reasoned with, cannot be stopped. Maryland is his ground, and he will not yield”
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
by 06Lion on Sep 17, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he will also hug you as grown men do.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
by Roland86 on Sep 18, 2009 3:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Supposedly Urban Meyer got in his ear "
if this is true, then I finally have my reason to hate Urban Meyer. I’ve been waiting for this opportunity.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
by showtime on Sep 18, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was Jenkins a typo or a joke?
You said Fortt below, and I believe you meant Fortt instead of Jenkins. But Jenkins was the kid that went GO GATOR last year.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 17, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was a joke
I said Floyd and Jenkins, as Jenkins went the way of the Gator, and Floyd is being lured as well. Then I settled on Fortt, who is realistically the best chance of the options given.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 17, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Havenstein is heading elsewhere
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 17, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Sep 17, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Germany?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The commits do seem to come
in bunches. Ky-ree Fortt come on down.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Sep 17, 2009 2:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Momentum breeds momentum
I think Joe has to shorten those annual vacations to Avalon with the Jay and the grandkids. Every year it seems like we go into the summer like gangbusters and then lose momentum with a lot of kids in July and August as other coaches negative recruit against us. Every September we read about recruits and even commits that waver and say they haven’t heard from Penn State in weeks. Then we pick back up again once we get into September and get a bunch of commits.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 17, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Love
“The Jay”
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Sep 17, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i feel a new BSD meme coming on
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Sep 17, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I blame The Curley
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 17, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man!!!!
I so badly wanted to beat you guys to this one for obvious reasons.
by RNF18 on Sep 17, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This is fantastic news by the way!
He was so quiet with his recruiting that he really had everyone guessing. It’s always nice to take a stud out of Michigan and away from 2 other Big Ten teams!
by RNF18 on Sep 17, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you know you can still post it if you want to...
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 17, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This just in.....
RNF18 reports that C.J. Olaniyan commits to Penn State. This leaves everyone to wonder where the sirens are????
How could Nixon know so little about Watergate and so much about football ?
by psupride on Sep 17, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was actually going to consider writing an fanpost on this
to make fun of RNF18, but I’m far to lazy.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 17, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, two kids in the same week that I really didn't expect to come here
I’m glad we got a legitimate DE now, we needed it badly. (and by legitimate I mean Baublitz and Royer most likely will be DEs, but nothings official with them yet since Blitzkreig is a TE on Rivals, and Royer is still listed as a OLB on Scout, no offense to them, because they’re also going to be great players).
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 17, 2009 6:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Zwinak had narrowed it down to us and VT, and I mean… Really, VT? Think how many legacies we’ve taken this year, and VT is kinda not ever better than okay.
Olaniyan was a surprise.
Which leads me to believe we’re getting Havenstein too. And, obviously, Fortt and Easley.
by psume06 on Sep 17, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zwinak was a surprise for me
simply because he was a VT legacy, and he was quoted as saying he wanted to play RB in college, and I’m sure we wanted him as a FB only since we’re loaded with RBs right now.
I still don’t know about Havenstein. I just don’t know much about him than the fact that he said he said that he likes us.
I’m still optimistically confident about us landing Fortt, despite the UG visit (which he didn’t announce his decision right afterward like he said he was). I think him visiting us a bunch of times, especially accompanied by Redd (who I think waxman said was with Redd when he was stalking them for pics at Arts Fest).
And since Florida must have been really douchey to Easley and pissed him off, so we might have a good shot with him at a position we desperately need skill at.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 18, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Though we still don't have a db???
I hope they’re not going to make Redd play there.
by psume06 on Sep 18, 2009 8:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No need in this class
We took 7 db’s in the last class. Lynn is looking like a solid starter for the next two years. Astorino and Sukay have two years left. Hodges looks like an animal, and supposedly Morris and Thomas are tearing it up in practice. Morris is listed as the #2 backup behind Lynn.
We’re stacked with lots of young talent in the secondary. They might take one CB and that’s it.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 18, 2009 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We might have a shot with Easley now that the Urban pissed him off
but like Mike said, not a huge need this year.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 18, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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