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01 May 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Recruits at Blue-White Game lack star power

Recruits at Blue-White Game lack star power

By Sean Fitz Blue White Illustrated Blue-White weekend is usually the biggest recruiting weekend of the spring season, and this year was no exception. More than 70 sophomores, juniors and seniors flocked to Happy Valley to take in Penn State’s annual open spring scrimmage on April 24.

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16 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Spring session: Recruits start making visits to PSU

Spring session: Recruits start making visits to PSU

By Sean Fitz Blue White Illustrated  The Penn State coaching staff has used the 2010 spring practice session as a chance to host some of the top prospects on the board and serve as a jump start to its Class of 2011. So far this spring, the Nittany Lions’ coaching staff has hosted 10 of [...]

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01 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Top talent descends on Piscataway

Top talent descends on Piscataway

Region’s best juniors, sophomores and even some freshmen attend the Premier Showcase By Sean Fitz Blue White Illustrated PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The top talent in the region descended on the Practice Bubble at Rutgers University on Feb. 20 for the Rivals.com Premier Showcase to give onlookers a view into the area’s Class of 2011 talent.

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12 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Class helps Lions meet their needs

Class helps Lions meet their needs

Nittany Lions stockpile a plethora of four-star recruits in Class of 2010 By Nate Bauer nbauer@bluewhiteonline.com After signing 27 prospects to its recruiting Class of 2009, Penn State appeared to have little room to work with for this year’s bounty.

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12 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Despite loss of Carroll, USC still rolling

Despite loss of Carroll, USC still rolling

Trojans are Rivals.com’s No. 1; G&W Recruiting Report puts Gators atop its national rankings By Phil Grosz Blue White Illustrated It is starting to become downright scary what the SEC is able to accomplish each year on national letter-ofintent day after winning another national championship on the field.

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12 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Penn State conquers conference recruiting

Penn State conquers conference recruiting

Nittany Lions pull ahead of Michigan, Ohio State and Michigan State at the top of the Big Ten By Phil Grosz Blue White Illustrated Six different national recruiting analysts from Rivals.com (Jeremy Crabtree, Barry Every, Mike Farr e l l , G r eg Ladky, Jamie Newbery and Barton Simmons) were asked in a Recruiting [...]

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15 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Recruiting Notebook: Easley defects to Florida

Recruiting Notebook: Easley defects to Florida

By Sean Fitz Blue White Illustrated New Year’s Day brought a big victory over LSU in the Capital One Bowl, but a day later the Nittany Lions’ Class of 2010 lost one of its biggest prospects. At the Under Armour All-American game on Jan. 2, defensive lineman Dominique Easley, a four-star prospect, who was previously [...]

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15 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Ready and Waiting

Ready and Waiting

Fully recovered from back surgery, Glenn Carson is eager to get back on the field By Sean Fitz Blue White Illustrated While perusing the Nittany Lions’ 2009 active roster, the omission of one name may have led to a number of questions from those who closely follow the team. Most notably, where was Glenn Carson?

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