Monthly Archives: June 2009

Make that .667

Penn State picked up another verbal commitment this weekend, getting a pledge from New York lineman Da’Quan Jones. Jones became the Nittany Lions’ 10th verbal commitment for their 2010 recruiting class and the second of what was expected to be a busy weekend. Penn State hosted its senior only camp Friday and Saturday and secure [...]

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1-for-3 so far

In Friday’s blog, I predicted Penn State would have three new verbal commitments for its 2010 class. I’m hitting .333 so far. Virginia defensive tackle Evan Hailes pledged to the Nittany Lions on Friday night. The 6-foot-1, 305-pound Hailes was in State College for the senior only camp this weekend. Penn State was thought to [...]

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Busy weekend

Penn State is holding its senior only camp today and Saturday and several highly-rated uncommitted prospects will be in attendance. At the top of the list is Michigan quarterback Robert Bolden. The four-star signal caller, according to Rivals.com, was said to have a final three of Michigan State, Penn State and Oregon, but that’s most [...]

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Three kickoff times released

Penn State will play its first three games at noon on the Big Ten Network. Non-conference home games against Akron, Syracuse and Temple are three of eight homes games this season for the Nittany Lions. Penn State leads the series with Akron, 3-0, with all three meetings since 1999. The Nittany Lions won the last [...]

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No. 8 on board

Penn State received a verbal commitment from Pennsylvania defensive lineman Kyle Baublitz on Sunday. The 6-foot-4, 255-pound Baublitz picked the Nittany Lions over offers from Florida State, Michigan and Pitt among others. Rivals.com has Baublitz listed as a tight end, but he was being recruited as a defensive lineman by Penn State and it’s easy [...]

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Two new offers

Penn State has extended two scholarship offers in the recent past, to Ohio defensive end Darryl Baldwin and New Jersey defensive end T.J. Clemmings. Baldwin, who sports offers from Michigan, Notre Dame and Ohio State among others, is a physical specimen at 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds. He shows a variety of pass rush moves and [...]

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Cleaning up

With the Pocono 500 demanding most of my time and attention, I’ve been kind of quiet in regards to Penn State lately. It’s not that I haven’t been keeping my eyes and ears opening, but NASCAR has been my focus the past week or so. So I’m going to catch up on some things regarding [...]

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Make that seven

A day after securing a sixth verbal commitment for its 2010 recruiting class, Penn State picked up No. 7 when Wexford offensive tackle Tom Ricketts pledged to the Nittany Lions on Wednesday. The 6-foot-6, 265-pound Ricketts picked the Nittany Lions over offers from Florida State, Illinois and Pittsburgh to name a few. “It’s where I [...]

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Make it six

Pittsburgh offensive lineman Miles Dieffenbach became the sixth player to verbally commit to Penn State for its 2010 recruiting class Tuesday. Dieffenbach, who was long thought to be a Pittsburgh lean, didn’t take long to pull the trigger after being tendered a scholarship by Nittany Lions defensive coordinator Tom Bradley last week. “I had been [...]

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