Blue White Roundtable: Alabama Week Edition
September 7, 2011 – | 1 Comment

Once again, it’s Adam Collyer over at BlackShoeDiaries providing the questions, and we, your humble bloggers, providing the answers. Mine are below, and you can venture off to the remote areas of the blogosphere that …

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Malik Golden Commits to Penn State
August 24, 2011 – 9:51 pm | One Comment
Malik Golden Commits to Penn State

Before a crowd of teammates, coaches and parents, Cheshire Academy athlete Malik Golden announced he was choosing Penn State over Iowa, Boston College and hometown favorite, UConn, finally ending the recruitment of one of the …

New Hampshire DB Jake Kiley Commits to Penn State
July 26, 2011 – 6:13 pm | No Comment
New Hampshire DB Jake Kiley Commits to Penn State

States like New Hampshire are often overlooked by college recruiters scouring the northeast. With a population of a little over 1.3 million (barely 14.5% of the population of New York City), the talent pool in …

Pittsburgh area ATH, J.P. Holtz commits to Penn State
July 23, 2011 – 10:00 am | No Comment
Pittsburgh area ATH, J.P. Holtz commits to Penn State

Penn State has beaten Pitt for another blue chip WPIAL player out of the Panther’s backyard yet again.
John Paul Holtz, or J.P. for short, out of Shaler Area HS will be Penn State’s 12th member …

Valley View linebacker Nyeem Wartman Commits to Penn State
July 11, 2011 – 9:30 am | No Comment
Valley View linebacker Nyeem Wartman Commits to Penn State

Nyeem Wartman with Joe Pa at Junior Day
Penn State has just picked up it’s 11th recruit for the Class of 2012. Valley View HS linebacker Nyeem Wartman has committed to the Nittany Lions over the …

Joey O’Connor Joins the Blue and White
June 29, 2011 – 12:42 pm | No Comment
Joey O’Connor Joins the Blue and White

Following the surprise commitments of Austin Johnson and Derek Dowrey over the weekend, there was much hysteria amongst the Penn State fanbase. Surely, they seemed to say, taking a chance on two relative unknowns would …

Derek Dowrey and Austin Johnson Commit to Penn State
June 25, 2011 – 11:05 pm | 8 Comments
Derek Dowrey and Austin Johnson Commit to Penn State

Penn State held a camp this weekend, and, as so often is the case, bringing a number of prospects onto campus boded well for the Penn State coaching staff. Not only do JoePa and crew …

Maryland lineman Brian Gaia commits to Penn State
May 9, 2011 – 4:52 pm | No Comment
Maryland lineman Brian Gaia commits to Penn State

As if Penn State fans needed further proof of Larry Johnson’s prowess when it comes to recruiting the state of Maryland, lineman Brian Gaia out of Baltimore, MD called the defensive line coach to commit …

Jamil Pollard commits to the Nittany Lions
April 11, 2011 – 9:55 am | 3 Comments
Jamil Pollard commits to the Nittany Lions

Photo Credit: Courier Post
More great news from the recruiting front this weekend when New Jersey defensive tackle Jamil Pollard verbally committed to linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden and the Nittany Lions on Sunday. Just one day …

Make it Four: Jesse James picks Penn State
March 28, 2011 – 3:20 pm | No Comment
Make it Four: Jesse James picks Penn State

6’8″, 246 lb junior tight end prospect out of McKeesport’s South Allegheny, Jesse James committed to Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions today. Jame’s decision marks the fourth overall commit in the Class of 2012 …

Junior Day Keeps Commits Coming: Wilkerson Picks Penn State
March 26, 2011 – 6:20 pm | No Comment
Junior Day Keeps Commits Coming: Wilkerson Picks Penn State

Junior Day–and the 2012 recruiting class–are off to a rollicking start for Joe Paterno and crew. For the second time in as many days, and for the third time in a week, Penn State has …