Penn State Thread

[greenbayrocks567]

New forum, new thread. 200 days to Dublin.

WE ARE

 

[whiteyc_77]

Penn State!

I'm especially interested to see how the secondary looks. It was a clear weakness last year, and now they brought in roughly 942 defensive backs in this year's class.

-YTC

 

[Chase]

Coaches

James Franklin Head Coach
Bob Shoop Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach
John Donovan Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
Charles Huff Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach
Brent Pry Assistant Head Coach/Co-Def. Coordinator/Linebackers
Josh Gattis Offensive Recruiting Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach
Herb Hand Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach
Ricky Rahne Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Terry Smith Defensive Recruiting Coordinator/Cornerbacks Coach
Sean Spencer Defensive Line Coach
Dwight Galt Director of Performance Enhancement


17 D.J. Crook QB SO/FR 6-1/200
14 Hackenberg QB SO/SO 6-4/220
3 Whipple QB SO/FR 6-1/199
12 Jack Seymour QB SO/FR 6-2/203
O'Connor QB FR/FR 6-4/226

1 Bill Belton RB SR/SR 5-10/205
33 Chiappialle RB SO/SO 5-8/197
27 Adam Geiger RB SO/SO 5-9/191
29 B.Johnson RB SR/JR 6-1/215
22 Akeel Lynch RB JR/SO 6-0/211
25 Von Walker RB SO/SO 5-11/199
36 Deron Thompson RB SR/JR 5-10/205
21 Tomasetti RB SO/FR 6-1/182
28 Zach Zwinak RB SR/SR 6-1/240

32 Jack Haffner FB JR/SO 5-10/211
34 Dom Salomone FB JR/SO 5-10/227
47 Brandon Smith FB SO/FR 6-0/226

82 Gregg Garrity WR SO/SO 5-9/147
19 Richy Anderson WR SO/SO 5-11/175
10 Deshawn Baker WR SR/JR 6-0/183
6 Chris Geiss WR SO/FR 6-3/182
2 Hamilton WR SO/FR 6-1/198
2 Jake Kiley WR JR/SO 6-0/178
7 Geno Lewis WR JR/SO 6-1/201
83 Luke Vadas WR SO/FR 5-11/155
88 Warner WR JR/SO 6-1/199
80 Zanellato WR SR/JR 6-3/203
D.Thompkins WR FR/FR 5-11/171

81 Adam Breneman TE SO/SO 6-4/235
87 Kyle Carter TE SR/JR 6-3/243
92 Albert Hall TE JR/SO 6-4/245
18 Jesse James TE JR/JR 6-7/257
89 Tom Pancoast TE SO/FR 6-2/202
11 Wilkerson TE JR/SO 6-3/244

55 Wendy Laurent C JR/SO 6-2/284
66 Angelo Mangiro C/G SR/JR 6-3/304

66 Angelo Mangiro C/G SR/JR 6-3/304
56 Anthony Alosi G/T SR/JR 6-4/283
65 Dieffenbach G SR/SR 6-3/295
57 Tan Hartman G SO/FR 6-6/256
70 Brendan Mahon G SO/FR 6-4/305
78 Tom Devenney OL SO/FR 6-1/294
73 Austin Fiedler OL SO/FR 6-5/305
74 Galimberti OL SO/FR 6-4/254
67 A.Terlingo OL SO/FR 6-4/294

76 Donovan Smith T SR/JR 6-5/322
56 Anthony Alosi G/T SR/JR 6-4/283
59 Andrew Nelson T SO/FR 6-5/297
Chasz Wright T FR/FR 6-7/268

41 Parker Cothren DT SO/FR 6-5/276
53 Derek Dowrey DT JR/SO 6-3/303
72 Brian Gaia DT JR/SO 6-3/280
99 Austin Johnson DT JR/SO 6-4/302
88 Tyrone Smith DT SR/SR 6-4/264
Tarow Barney DT JR/JR 6-1/290
Antoine White DT FR/FR 6-1/267

18 Deion Barnes DE SR/JR 6-4/245
31 Brad Bars DE SR/SR 6-3/251 *Granted Med RS
52 Curtis Cothran DE SO/FR 6-5/240
86 C.J. Olaniyan DE SR/SR 6-3/244
94 Evan Schwan DE JR/SO 6-6/245
95 Carl Nassib DE SR/JR 6-6/244
90 Garr Sickels DE SO/FR 6-4/254
98 Anthony Zettel DE SR/JR 6-4/258

48 Ryan Ammerman LB SO/FR 6-1/215
35 Matthew Baney LB JR/JR 6-0/225
26 Brandon Bell LB SO/SO 6-1/226
51 Drew Boyce LB SR/JR 6-1/212
46 Adam Cole LB JR/SO 5-11/219
36 H.Crafford LB SO/FR 6-1/204
42 Henderson LB SO/FR 5-10/211
43 Hull LB SR/SR 6-0/227
30 C.Idemudia LB JR/SO 5-11/237
38 Ben Kline LB SR/JR 6-2/229
22 T.J. Rhattigan LB SR/JR 5-10/195
32 Kyle Searfoss LB SO/FR 6-1/210
5 Nyeem Wartman LB JR/SO 6-1/241
50 Mike Wiand LB SO/SO 6-0/209
8 Gary Wooten LB JR/SO 6-2/238

4 Adrian Amos Saf SR/SR 6-0/215
39 Della Valle Saf SR/SR 6-1/190
6 Malik Golden Saf JR/SO 6-1/195
27 Colin Harrop Saf JR/SO 6-0/167
23 Ryan Keiser Saf SR/SR 6-1/205
34 Jordan Dudas DB SR/JR 6-0/208

3 Da'Quan Davis CB JR/JR 5-10/164
9 Jordan Lucas CB JR/JR 6-0/193
13 Jesse Merise CB SR/JR 5-8/180
16 Devin Pryor CB SR/JR 5-10/174
24 Anthony Smith CB SO/SO 6-0/186
12 Jordan Smith CB SO/SO 5-11/183
10 Trev Williams CB JR/JR 6-1/187
17 Dad Poquie DB SO/SO 5-10/180
14 Kasey Gaines DB SO/FR 5-10/165

44 Tyler Yazujian KS JR/SO 6-0/230
54 Sean Corcoran KS SO/FR 6-0/188
61 Zach Ladonis KS SO/SO 6-2/225
97 Sam Ficken PK SR/SR 6-2/184
37 Chris Gulla PK/P SO/FR 6-0/188

 

[Simo77]

Really like the hire. Closed out the class strong. Mostly sizzle right now. Need to see the product on the field. But I'm excited.

 

[Chase]

Should be a top 10-15 class this year. This is the best crop of PA recruits in a long time.

 

[greenbayrocks567]

If Franklin has shown anything it's that he can sell himself/the program to everyone, and recruit like a madman. Looking forward to seeing how his actual coaching is.

 

[Brick]

Good, because the Press Conference COY is up for grabs with Lane Kiffin gone.

 

[Chase]

What are expectations with 2 years left on the sanctions? 6-7 wins? The GAWD Bill O'Brien lost to a pretty ehhhhh Ohio State team 63-14 last year. And lost to Indiana by 3 TD's. Looking at the schedule, Franklin should win 7 games next year.

 

[greenbayrocks567]

What are expectations with 2 years left on the sanctions? 6-7 wins? The GAWD Bill O'Brien lost to a pretty ehhhhh Ohio State team 63-14 last year. And lost to Indiana by 3 TD's. Looking at the schedule, Franklin should win 7 games next year.

Really weak schedule next year.


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{td}at Michigan {/td}

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{td}at Illinois {/td}

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That's five wins if they were only to beat the bolded...Figure they could easily get 3 more wins against the other 7, probably against NW, Maryland, and Indiana. Could certainly see 9-4. Depends on how much Hackenberg progresses and the linebackers hold up. Defense needs to be much better next season, that's for sure.

 

[greenbayrocks567]

Reports from the CDT are saying FSU's president, Dr. Eric Barron will be named Penn State's president on Monday.

 

[greenbayrocks567]

Three commits for junior day. ATH Jarvis Miller, ATH Kamonte Carter and OL Ryan Bates.

 

[Chase]

Two 4* guys. That LT Ryan Bates is from the best program in the Philly area, Archbishop Wood HS and the 3rd ranked player from PA. That's a big get.

 

[Simo77]

Sounds like LB Jake Cooper will commit in the next week or 2. Not following super closely but Franklin has definitely brought a lot of energy to recruiting. A much needed change, considering a few years ago much of the staff didn't even recruit.

 

[Chase]

Another 4* RB commit and a top 10 player from PA. The Paterno regime recruiting effort was stuck in the 70's.

 

[greenbayrocks567]

There wasn't much of an effort to even speak of. More along the lines of, kids want to come to PSU so they will, and maybe LJ and Vandy will bring in a few extras. Who even traveled on that offensive staff? Just McQueary? I know Hall didn't and I don't believe JayPa spent much time on the road either. Talk about a contrast to the current staff...

 

[Chase]

The last 4* RB from PA to commit to Penn State was Austin Scott in 2003

 

[PSUFan2005]

Damn. I go off the grid for a bit and all these changes to the forum.

All I have to say is...do work Franklin.

 

[greenbayrocks567]

 

[greenbayrocks567]

And another 4* running back from Harrisburg, Andre Robinson. Franklin is off to a fast start for 2015.

 

[Chase]

I danced in THON in 2009. A behind the scenes tip.. just about every girl who dances has constant diarrhea by hour 24 and is shitting themselves.

That RB is probably the biggest recruit since Hackenberg. Bishop McDevitt is an elite program that churns out D1 players yearly and the last commitment from that school was in 2001. JoePa lost out on Ricky Waters, LeSean McCoy and the list goes on..

And in other news, Pitt has canceled their spring game.

 

[bruin228]

Why'd they cancel it?

 

[greenbayrocks567]

Company line is it allows them to maximize their Spring practices by not having a Spring game. Fact is, nobody goes to it, it's generally held at a high school stadium, and it basically just shows how little support they have for their program.

 

[bruin228]

Yeah, fan support is awful haha. I went there last year, it was turrible

My very first game they lost to Youngstown State and I pretty much tuned out after that

 

[Wooly]

Bruin, are you going to Pitt?

 

[Craig7835]

I think the offense is going to be a lot exciting. O'Brien's No Huddle Pro Style worked pretty well during his 2 years there,I'm interested to see how Franklin's offense will work with this team

 

[greenbayrocks567]

I'm a big O'Brien fan, I assume much more than most PSU fans since he left. Liked his offense, thought he did a great job with the QBs. Franklin seems to have the edge in recruiting over O'Brien, hopefully he can produce with his game day performance as well. I'm optimistic.

 

[bruin228]

Bruin, are you going to Pitt?

I went to Pitt for my freshman year, then transferred to Belmont, which is where I am now.

 

[Wooly]

Cool, did you spend time in the Cathedral of Learning? I always wanted to see that. I had some phone interviews for positions at Pitt a some years back. I was hoping to get to in person interviews just to come see the area, and the cathedral in particular, but it never happened.

 

[Craig7835]

I'm a big O'Brien fan, I assume much more than most PSU fans since he left. Liked his offense, thought he did a great job with the QBs. Franklin seems to have the edge in recruiting over O'Brien, hopefully he can produce with his game day performance as well. I'm optimistic.

I did also. I mean he came during the Dark Dayz & went 9-4 & 7-5,which is not bad. Yeah his offense was tailor made for QB's & I had noticed some improvements with the starting QB. JFrank can recruit his ass off. I have a friend that attended Vandy games regularly & she said that she noticed the change of atmosphere when Franklin was there & the last coach before him was....HUGE difference. He was landing 4 star recruits left & right.

 

[bruin228]

Cool, did you spend time in the Cathedral of Learning? I always wanted to see that. I had some phone interviews for positions at Pitt a some years back. I was hoping to get to in person interviews just to come see the area, and the cathedral in particular, but it never happened.

Yep, a lot of my classes were in there. I really like that building. The classrooms are awesome and you can get a great view of the city if you go up to the top floors.

 

[Chase]

Cool, did you spend time in the Cathedral of Learning? I always wanted to see that. I had some phone interviews for positions at Pitt a some years back. I was hoping to get to in person interviews just to come see the area, and the cathedral in particular, but it never happened.

My sister is a freshman at Pitt. Only thing good about Pitt is the Cathedral of Learning. I believe the top two floors aren't accessible, felt like a small campus. Lots of homeless lizards around Oakland doe.

 

[greenbayrocks567]

The Cathedral is definitely a neat building. I spent quite a bit of time in Oakland visiting my brother, always seemed like a pretty neat place to go to school. I've always favored the more traditional campus like PSU has...hence why I went there.

 

[Wooly]

Is your brother a homeless lizard?

Is there any nice town called Oakland in the USA?

 

[bruin228]

The only homeless people I ever saw were on Forbes and there weren't that many.

 

[Chase]

Another 4* verbal, a 6'4 WR from NJ and the 2nd best player in Jersey. Wonder where this program would be right now with Al Golden.

 

[Chase]

Man, James Franklin.

 

[whiteyc_77]

I know that it's only March 31, and it's a long way until signing day, but good grief...

-YTC

 

[greenbayrocks567]

If Franklin is half as good of an actual coach as he is a recruiter then things look quite bright in Happy Valley. His recruiting so far has been amazing.

 

[whiteyc_77]

Another 4* commit, and now the #1 class in the country.

Admittedly, there is no chance of remaining there, but it is still nice to see. I'd be thrilled with a top 10 class to finish up.

-YTC

 

[Chase]

72K at the spring game and a corch who actually recruits. Penn State has been a sleeping giant for a long time. Wonder how different the program would have been if JoePa was fired back in the dark days like he should have been.

 

[Southpaw]

Oh snap. Franklin and other vandy corches had contact with the rape victim after the rape. Getting my popcorn ready.

 

[bruin]

 

[usnfish]

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/29/5666056/james-franklin-vanderbilt-case-penn-state

Referring to records, the attorneys said the victim was contacted by Franklin and (director of player performance Dwight) Galt during a medical examination four days after the rape to explain "that they cared about her because she assisted them with recruiting."

It went on to say that at some point, "Coach Franklin called her in for a private meeting and told her he wanted her to get fifteen pretty girls together and form a team to assist with the recruiting even though he knew it was against the rules. He added that all the other colleges did it."

All Penn State knows is...

 

[Southpaw]

So Franklin obviously lied to the PSU AD because no way they would have hired him had they known this could come out. Surely. Or do I give them too much credit? Either way this is gonna be good. I want Franklin to tell me more about building men of integrity.

 

[goblue96]

 

[Chase]

So Franklin obviously lied to the PSU AD because no way they would have hired him had they known this could come out. Surely. Or do I give them too much credit? Either way this is gonna be good. I want Franklin to tell me more about building men of integrity.

I'm sure Penn State went over everything with Franklin, the Vanderbilt AD/President and definitely with 3rd parties who checked this out. Franklin surely has questions to answer, but that's a pretty poorly written Tennessean article. Did a shitty SB nation blogger write that? Need more info on the timing.

 

[Packfan]

This plus a new Joe Paterno statue, Penn State is really the school that keeps on giving.

 

[Chase]

Penn State has nothing to do with that statue. That's on the Joe truthers putting it in front of their restaurant, not on campus.

 

[Packfan]

Ok, the article I saw made it sound like it was replacing the one torn down.

 

[Chase]

Should stick away with reading ESPN articles. Penn State has nothing to do with it. Some donor is raising $300K to build some statute of Paterno sitting on a bench eating ice cream on College Ave downtown. To fuck with the Paterno trogs I asked if he was going to be 'looking the other way' and people came out of the woodwork with death threats.