Tennessee hosted DE Jayden Loftin for an official visit this weekend and it was enough to get him to commit. Really surprised and tough loss for Penn State, out of all the defensive end prospects, he was by far the one we probably felt the best about his chances to commit to the Nittany Lions.

Perhaps, will have to consider going forward of how we want to roll with FutureCasts. This cycle has been quite vicious for us so far when it comes to them but I believe our track record still speaks for itself. That being said, this recruiting cycle has been a very abnormal and erratic one overall in my opinion.

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The latest on many top prospects here:

Rutgers...lol

Nil war chest went to keeping big Jersey boy home...I'm guessing.

Both Alvin Henderson and Kiandrea Barker ranked in the top 10 running backs at the camp. Henderson ranked just 10th only because he tweeted a hamstring early on. They said he was on his way to be the MVP RB. Barker was impressive and was ranked 9th.....a good showing. Expect Barker to get that 4th star back based on this camp performance.

I know the Panthers are up two nil but the Panther's coach just came out swinging.

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A few thoughts:
I think the pac12 is officially now history (after the last spring sport - women's softball). Anyone know what wash st and ore st going to do? Can they stay afloat - all sports?
I see people pick on the NCAA. Wonder what their role is in the future?... College sports is changing so very fast.
When will we see HS kids hit the portal? or transfer for NIL (of sorts) to a school (probably private) that will pay out?
How will gambling be controlled or contained? Sooner or later it will be limited to 'not your sport', then what?

Manny Diaz in Duke intro press conference

The article is a few days old but it just popped up in my Apple Newsfeed today. There are some other interesting quotes like "It was very quick because I think James Franklin called me an hour after getting fired in Miami. I mean the body wasn't even cold at the funeral. " But in any case, despite what the doom and gloomers and the Paterno diehards say, we have a pretty damn good program right now. We are quite fortunate. And Manny just promoted the hell out of our program (and Franklin) by speaking so fondly of it. Perhaps one day if Franklin decides to move on we can get Manny back from Duke as a HC.

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This made me remember that I attended a big show where Dell was presenting their latest breakthrough in networked PC servers. There were at least 100 people in the room. Young dude shares his desktop on the big screen and just as he begins his presentation, a pop up appears with some porn. great demo of Microsoft's crappy Internet Explorer product and its lack of security. I. was told the guy was fired the next day.

The fact that Michigan- Texas, Michigan - USC, Penn State - USC most-likely won’t be night games is just absolutely ruining the game we all love thanks to corrupt, greedy Fox!

KSN SEGMENT ON WHITE OUT

See Link. Segment from a State College radio show. Typical talking points except about 3 minutes in one of the guys raises the question as to why the B1G doesn't give the White Out the respect it deserves as a one-of-a-kind unique event and shoehorn it into a primetime late Sept-early Oct timeslot vs. a top-shelf opponent. From a conference-wide marketing and branding standpoint, it makes total sense -- essentially have the conference treat the White Out with the same reverence they treat the "always last week of the season" OSU-Mich game. Yes, from an aesthetic standing, the Whiteout is just as eye-catching against Illinois as it would be for Oregon/Mich/OSU, but if there are no stakes to the game itself then it's not gonna keep fringe TV viewers with no rooting/gambling interest from changing the channel. Just feels like the league gives the White Out second-class status for reasons that escape me.

GA High Schools providing NIL support to "student athletes", now FL High Schools voting.
At the college level, just play the games, I will root game day and not even follow recruiting.

Below we will be tracking all of the social media updates and notable tidbits we learn from the first Official Visit weekend as kids will post all kinds of things from photos, videos, etc from their weekend trip.

WEEKEND OFFICIAL VISITOR LIST....
WR Phillip Bell (Mission Viejo - CA)
WR Jeff Exinor (McDonogh - MD)
WR Matthew Outten (Norcom - VA)
DE Jayden Woods (Mill Valley - KS)
DE Jarquez Carter (Newberry - FL)
CB Daryus Dixon (Mater Dei - CA)
S Josh Johnson (Ironton - OH)
S Kainoa Winston (Gonzaga - MD)
ATH Rashad Johnson (South Sumter - FL)

The meaning of the story is awesome and the use of color/sepia was incredible. So many layers. You can enjoy the movie as great pure entertainment. You can enjoy it for it's political subterfuge. Or, you can just enjoy the fact that a woman, following the yellow brick road (gold) to utopia (Oz) simply leads her back to the virtues of courage, heart, and intelligence while learning "Oz" was just a fantasy made up by a man. It all kind of relates back on this 80th anniversary or D-Day. it was filmed in 1939, the same year Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and Gone with the Wind were released.

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Maggie Wolfendale & Charissa Thompson announcing. Doesn't get much better than that.