3-star CB Troy Vincent flips to NC State. That could be countered if current Vanderbilt commits accept Franklin's offer and flip to Penn State. Among those offered to date: 4-star safety Emmanuel Smith, 3-star cornerback Amani Oruwariye.
Paterno must be rolling over in his grave at this kind of aggressive recruiting by Penn State. Wake me up when it's Signing Day.SoxJox said:3-star CB Troy Vincent flips to NC State. That could be countered if current Vanderbilt commits accept Franklin's offer and flip to Penn State. Among those offered to date: 4-star safety Emmanuel Smith, 3-star cornerback Amani Oruwariye.
Here's an article with what appears to be a complete accounting of where Penn State stands scholarship and roster wise.terrynever said:Franklin seems to be ignoring the scholarship limits. Maybe he's going to run off a few guys. Ficken is No. 1 on my list.
The article you link is as much about John Bacon and his insightful book "Fourth and Long ..." that he shamelessly promotes in this link as it is about O'Brien and Joyner. Bacon was the first guy to write extensively about the bad feelings between Joyner and the 2012 team -- mainly because Bacon got full access to the team from O'Brien. He was the only outside journalist who has ever had that kind of access to a Penn State football team. No wonder he tells O'Brien's side of the departure in a complimentary fashion to the ex-coach.SoxJox said:Well, this relates to the conclusion of the last, oh so brief BO'B era, but this article ("Penn State's Administrative Dysfunction Pushed Coach Bill O'Brien Back To NFL") at first blush appears to be an even-handed, balanced assessment of the state of affairs at BO'B's departure, and the residual that remains today.
"Dig a little deeper, and you'll see O'Brien's decision -- made at the eleventh hour, after much hand-wringing -- was based as much on the appeal of the Texans' offer as it was the lack of leadership presented by Penn State."
I do hope Joyner is offered the door in the very near future. I imagine that will happen very soon after the new President is named, but even there Penn State has had a wild ass time trying to find someone who can fill it without a circus ensuing.
The problem is, Joyner's so broke, he was hunting for his next meal.Fred in Lynn said:A Pennsylvanian going hunting in late November? I'm not so sure that's all that unusual. But seriously, it's more evidence that the dysfunction lies with the BOT, for whom Joyner carries water (he was part of the BOT for over a decade before taking the AD job when Curley resigned). Edit: I shouldn't broadly lump all BOT members together, as the group certainly has various loyalties.
The facts of this situation have yet to be fully reported and/or investigated. But important to point out: the timing of the "spike" in incidents being reported is in the past - the "old" regime. What is more important is the improvements being made in the here-and-now, and being most positively reported by Senator Mitchell.canderson said:OT but the Feds are investigating how Penn State has responde to sexual assault reports.
Yeah. Saw that in the P-G today. Wonder why the spike? Seems obvious. Thing is, sexual assaults are way up on college campuses and in the military especially. Sign of the times.canderson said:OT but the Feds are investigating how Penn State has responde to sexual assault reports.
The kid who wrote that story is still a student at Penn State. He's an elementary education major who has no experience with football other than watching it. Claims to have only missed one Penn State home game as a student. He is just rehashing what he reads on-line, with no attribution. What a world we're living in!SoxJox said:Nice summary write-up from Black Shoe Dairies.
For them, key signees are QB Michael O'Connor, WR Saead Blacknall ("a beast"), WR Chris Goodwin ("ideal #2 receiver"), and TE Mike Gisecki ("[at 6'5"] a matchup nightmare"). There remains some depths issues - especially at RB and LB.
Three are "run-ons" and one of those, the Whipple kid, might be better off rejoining his father at UMass.canderson said:Why do they have 6WBs- how many are on scholarship?
Well, do they do have O'Connor on campus already and primed to be the backup unless he's redshirted.Fred in Lynn said:Some outfits have McSorley moving to safety. It's Hackenberg or bust for them. And Cael, please stop putting the Altons out there.
Could very well be. But by just about any measure, 9 of 12 4-stars is impressive, especially with that last marker in the report: being favored to win the race for an additional four 4-stars. I mean, the 2015 recruiting class is limited to 20, so that could potentially be 13 of 20 being 4-stars - perhaps more.canderson said:Isn't the ranking more to do with the number of signees at this point as opposed to the level of them? Not saying they aren't doing great, but I thought it was moreso just volume giving the ranking.