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I saw an article that speculated Franklin might offer as many as 6 more Vandy recruits, and with PSU only a couple away from their cap this year (including EEs), it will be interesting to see if he chooses to pass on a couple current PSU commits.

 
Tom Servo said:
roadkill1292 said:
Tom Servo said:
Chance Sorrell changes from Vandy to Penn State.

Chance Sorrell @Chanman158811 Follow

I have officially opened up my recruitment and I have officially committed to Penn State University! We are...Penn State!

Considering how influential Vanderbilt OL coach Herb Hand certainly was to Sorrell's recruitment, this is as good a sign as any that he will join Franklin's staff at Penn State--he had been buzzed about as a candidate to replace him at Vandy--which is a very, very good thing for the Nittany Lions.
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Well, it sounds like he was overcome by the rich tradition and cultural importance of Penn State football. Attitudes like his are the main reason why we cheer for these talented amateurs.
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Or he wanted to follow the coach that recruited him. Kids are funny like that.
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Yes, ha ha.

 
roarlions said:
Losing Larry Johnson sucks, especially considering he is going to tOSU. :X
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Agree...He was a big-time recruiter with really strong ties to the NYC and DC area. Seems Franklin has some in's in the DC/MD/VA area from his time with Maryland, but we're going to be weaker in the NYC area with that loss...doesn't help that he's now pulling those same guys to OSU though.

 
Tom Servo said:
Ramblin Wreck said:
Penn State stealing recruits from Vanderbilt and happy about it. Who thought they would ever see that day?
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Technically, they didn't "steal" anything. The recruits changed where they were going to go to school and play ball.
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I suspect some D line recruits will be going to Ohio State now, if they want them. I assume Thomas Holley follows him there.

 
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Leeroy Jenkins said:
Tom Servo said:
Ramblin Wreck said:
Penn State stealing recruits from Vanderbilt and happy about it. Who thought they would ever see that day?
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Technically, they didn't "steal" anything. The recruits changed where they were going to go to school and play ball.
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I suspect some D line recruits will be going to Ohio State now, if they want them. I assume Thomas Holley follows him there.
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Agreed. I guess it's fair play given what we did to Vandy's recruiting class, but it stings more that it's OSU...truthfully, anywhere else and I wouldn't care.

 
Frank offered LJ his same position. LJ thought about it for 3 days and said he felt it was time to let psu move on and start over with its new regime.

 
ClownCausedChaos2 said:
Drunken Cowboy said:
Kenny Powers said:
So why did LJ leave and go to basically our biggest rival now?!
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I don't think Franklin was going to retain him.
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I've read several stories that stated Franklin/PSU offered LJ his current position and he declined. My guess is he was pissed about not being offered the HC job, or at least a coordinator position.
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Can't really blame the guy. He's been good, one of the best in his role, but he hasn't moved up to even DC. If he's got any ambition to eventually be a HC, it was time for him to go find another path. Same thing as Tom Bradley really...Basically, the fact that they didn't offer him HC after Paterno said that the guy that many felt was "being groomed to take over," wasn't ever going to get the job...at least not at PSU.

 
Fat Nick said:
ClownCausedChaos2 said:
Drunken Cowboy said:
Kenny Powers said:
So why did LJ leave and go to basically our biggest rival now?!
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I don't think Franklin was going to retain him.
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I've read several stories that stated Franklin/PSU offered LJ his current position and he declined. My guess is he was pissed about not being offered the HC job, or at least a coordinator position.
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Can't really blame the guy. He's been good, one of the best in his role, but he hasn't moved up to even DC. If he's got any ambition to eventually be a HC, it was time for him to go find another path. Same thing as Tom Bradley really...Basically, the fact that they didn't offer him HC after Paterno said that the guy that many felt was "being groomed to take over," wasn't ever going to get the job...at least not at PSU.
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No, you can't really blame him. I was just pointing out to the previous poster that Franklin did indeed plan to retain him.

 
I like Franklin but found it pretty strange that he decided to take out an ad thanking the Vandy community...but then had it feature an enormous picture of him smiling.

 
RUSF18 said:
I like Franklin but found it pretty strange that he decided to take out an ad thanking the Vandy community...but then had it feature an enormous picture of him smiling.
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It is odd, but I assume that's pretty standard. Gotta figure all this type of stuff is done by a PR person at this point.

 
TheIronSheik said:
Kenny Powers said:
Tom Servo said:
First 2014 pump up video.
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#### yeah. We obviously have to wait and see what Franklin actually does at PSU, but right now I couldnt be happier that BOB decided to leave.
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I agree, but I think BOB was great for his time there. But I'm very excited to see how Franklin continues with the torch.
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BOB did as well as humanly possible I think. His timing seems to have turned our perfect too. I was annoyed that he left initially, but it looks like the right guy was available at the right time to replace him. This is the most excited I've been for PSU football in years.

 
Leeroy Jenkins said:
TheIronSheik said:
Kenny Powers said:
Tom Servo said:
First 2014 pump up video.
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#### yeah. We obviously have to wait and see what Franklin actually does at PSU, but right now I couldnt be happier that BOB decided to leave.
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I agree, but I think BOB was great for his time there. But I'm very excited to see how Franklin continues with the torch.
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BOB did as well as humanly possible I think. His timing seems to have turned our perfect too. I was annoyed that he left initially, but it looks like the right guy was available at the right time to replace him. This is the most excited I've been for PSU football in years.
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Totally.

 
Koa Farmer switches commitment from Cal to PSU.

Koa was a stud on both sides of the ball in high school, and has many different listings for his position on various recruiting websites. He is listed as a safety, linebacker, quarterback, wide receiver, and of course, athlete. For Penn State however, it appears that his likely positional destination is safety. Although the class already includes Marcus Allen and Trace McSorely, for a team that started Jesse Della Valle at safety last season once or twice, depth in the defensive backfield is always welcomed (No disrespect to you JDV, love you kid). He still has some work to do on the defensive side of the ball, but he has all the physical skills to be a powerful force patrolling the deep zones. For more analysis on Farmer's college potential, check out this SBN article from December.

Farmer will be enrolling at Penn State at an ideal time to help this team early on in his career. He is a dynamic athlete who could pair with Marcus Allen to form a formidable safety duo in the future (Don't forget McSorely, either). While it's easy to see what attracted Koa to Penn State, it's still pretty exciting to see a Californian ready to travel out to State College, where we had temperatures below 0 twice last week. Seeing Penn State pull a 4* recruit away from Cal is certainly an exciting pull, and Penn State fans everywhere should be very excited to have him.

Koa Farmer's commitment brings the Penn State class to 22.
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There's a state called California?? And Penn State is allowed to recruit in it??

Someone should have let our staff know this for the last 40 years.

 
Leeroy Jenkins said:
21st rated class at this point. Any surprises coming today?
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Worked all day, but hopefully we stuck around this point. Pretty damn good considering we still have the restrictions.

What is/was the Vandy to PSU commit count up to? I heard 6 players and that was a couple days ago :towelwave:

 
Two more 4-star recruits this weekend (OL from NJ and a LB from Indiana) for the class of 2015. Penn State's 2015 recruiting class now stands at #2. I've read that one more 4-star recruit in the class will push them to #1. Amazing. :thumbup:

 
ClownCausedChaos2 said:
Two more 4-star recruits this weekend (OL from NJ and a LB from Indiana) for the class of 2015. Penn State's 2015 recruiting class now stands at #2. I've read that one more 4-star recruit in the class will push them to #1. Amazing. :thumbup:
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Whoa, thats crazy. But its so far between now and then it can be hard to predict how many verbal committments actually stick. I think a successful year this season (3 losses or less?) would do wonders on that happening.

 
Kenny Powers said:
ClownCausedChaos2 said:
Two more 4-star recruits this weekend (OL from NJ and a LB from Indiana) for the class of 2015. Penn State's 2015 recruiting class now stands at #2. I've read that one more 4-star recruit in the class will push them to #1. Amazing. :thumbup:
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Whoa, thats crazy. But its so far between now and then it can be hard to predict how many verbal committments actually stick. I think a successful year this season (3 losses or less?) would do wonders on that happening.
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Yeah, it's a long time amd thing will certainly change, but #2 is not a bad place to start.

 
Believe I saw one of PSU's only returning contributing OL blew out his knee. That's a monster blow for the season and when you really see the scholarship limitations hurt, especially since they haven't recruited that position very well to start.

 
This may not be good.

A new defense filing in the case involving rape charges against four former Vanderbilt players claims that current Penn State coach James Franklin contacted the alleged victim shortly after the incident, according to a report in the Tennessean.

Defense attorneys for Brandon Vandenburg -- one for four former Commodores charged with five counts of aggravated rape stemming from an alleged on-campus assault against a 21-year-old female student last June -- asked the the court to dismiss the charges because the prosecution failed to preserve key evidence.

In the filing, the defense says Franklin and strength coach Dwight Galt -- who left Vandy for the same jobs at Penn State this winter -- talked to the alleged victim four days after the rape during a medical examination.

Franklin and Galt told the victim "that they cared about her because she assisted them with recruiting," according to the filing. Later, the defense said, "Coach Franklin called her in for a private meeting and told her he wanted her to get 15 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."

Franklin, when reached by phone on Tuesday, repeatedly said he was "not interested in talking."

The other former players charged with rape in the case are Cory Batey, Brandon Eric Banks and Jaborian McKenzie.

 
Franklin's statement:

“The allegations that I did something wrong are simply not true," Franklin said in a statement issued by Penn State late Tuesday evening. "I have cooperated fully with the authorities in this matter but, out of respect for the legal process, I am not able to comment any further."

Didn't deny having contacted her.

 
whoknew said:
This may not be good.

A new defense filing in the case involving rape charges against four former Vanderbilt players claims that current Penn State coach James Franklin contacted the alleged victim shortly after the incident, according to a report in the Tennessean.

Defense attorneys for Brandon Vandenburg -- one for four former Commodores charged with five counts of aggravated rape stemming from an alleged on-campus assault against a 21-year-old female student last June -- asked the the court to dismiss the charges because the prosecution failed to preserve key evidence.

In the filing, the defense says Franklin and strength coach Dwight Galt -- who left Vandy for the same jobs at Penn State this winter -- talked to the alleged victim four days after the rape during a medical examination.

Franklin and Galt told the victim "that they cared about her because she assisted them with recruiting," according to the filing. Later, the defense said, "Coach Franklin called her in for a private meeting and told her he wanted her to get 15 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."

Franklin, when reached by phone on Tuesday, repeatedly said he was "not interested in talking."

The other former players charged with rape in the case are Cory Batey, Brandon Eric Banks and Jaborian McKenzie.
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Where's he gonna find 15 pretty girls in Pennsylvania?

 
Coach Franklin called her in for a private meeting and told her he wanted her to get 15 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.
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Does anybody else have a hard time believing that a coach would go into that level of detail give the proposed circumstances?

Why would he feel the need to disclose to her that it was against the rules? I don't think a random "pretty girl," is an expert in NCAA rules. I feel like the conversation would be much more basic. Something along the lines of "hey, why don't you get some friends together that can help us show this recruit a good time?"

 
whoknew said:
This may not be good.

A new defense filing in the case involving rape charges against four former Vanderbilt players claims that current Penn State coach James Franklin contacted the alleged victim shortly after the incident, according to a report in the Tennessean.

Defense attorneys for Brandon Vandenburg -- one for four former Commodores charged with five counts of aggravated rape stemming from an alleged on-campus assault against a 21-year-old female student last June -- asked the the court to dismiss the charges because the prosecution failed to preserve key evidence.

In the filing, the defense says Franklin and strength coach Dwight Galt -- who left Vandy for the same jobs at Penn State this winter -- talked to the alleged victim four days after the rape during a medical examination.

Franklin and Galt told the victim "that they cared about her because she assisted them with recruiting," according to the filing. Later, the defense said, "Coach Franklin called her in for a private meeting and told her he wanted her to get 15 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."

Franklin, when reached by phone on Tuesday, repeatedly said he was "not interested in talking."

The other former players charged with rape in the case are Cory Batey, Brandon Eric Banks and Jaborian McKenzie.
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The deputy district attorney prosecuting the case puts a different spin on Franklin's involvement.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/20140501_Prosecutor_says_Franklin_reached_out_to_alleged_rape_victim.html

 
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