Class of 2025
QB Matt Zollers (Spring Ford - PA)*
WR De'zie Jones (DePaul - NJ)*
WR Jeff Exinor (McDonogh - MD)*
WR Vernon Allen (Baltimore City College - MD)*
TE Jayden Savoury (St. Mary's - MI)+
TE Jackson Acccuardi (Deforest - WI)+
OL Michael Troutman (DePaul - NJ)*
OL Ziyare Addison (Sumner - FL)*
OL Triston Pierre (Quince Orchard - MD)
OL Brady O'Hara (North Catholic - PA)** -- PSU COMMIT
OL Michael Gibbs (Hoggard - NC)*
OL Jaylen Gilchrist (Salem - VA)*
OL Marion Nash Jr. (Kemper County - MS)*
DT Blake Belin (Cardinal Hayes - NY)+
DT Haleem Muhammad (Pennington School - NJ)*
CB Deshawn Stewart (DePaul Catholic - NJ)*
ATH Marcus Upton (Timber Creek - NJ)
ATH Cameron Smith (St. Joe's Prep - PA)*
ATH Teriq Mallory (Cheshire Academy - CT)
ATH Bradley Gompers (Central Catholic - PA)+

Class of 2026
QB Derek Zammit (DePaul - NJ)+
OL Kevin Brown (Harrisburg - PA)*
OL Carter Scruggs (Loudon County - VA)+
S Omari Russell (Fort Meade - FL)*
ATH Damon Ferguson (Milford Mill - MD)

Class of 2027
OL Sidney Rouleau (Pennington School - NJ)+

* -- Penn State offer
** -- Penn State commit
+ -- Holds Power Five Offer(s)

UP 23-12 after one.

Having a really hard time getting excited about the Black Out promotion. I’m fine with the singlets, but I like wearing PSU gear to the matches and I’m not buying any black PSU gear just for this. Is it me, or does anyone else think this is stupid and will flop? I plan on wearing navy blue or white

Kasak is our lowest ranked wrestler at #12. Everyone else is top ten.

First, they must be shelling a ton of money to get these top transfer portal guys. The most in the country?

Second, there has to be at least one and maybe two defections from the Qb room. Too much talent in one room

Third, it will be interesting to see how the young QBs develop if they start - that’s not always a given as PSU saw this year. And if one of them doesn’t start, they may be gone

Fourth, it will be interesting to see if Day can gel all of this into a championship team - not always easy as history has proven

Guess I’d be excited if I was an osu fan but a lot of questions. On the other hand I like what Franklin did in the portal and most importantly recruiting wise. Still may need a big time receiver but generally happy with what we have. That’s admittedly a ‘glass half full’ perspective …

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This is an old article but it was new to me at least. Executive summary: Portugal used to have the worst heroin problem in Europe. Then they decriminalized and treated it as a public health problem. Now, 15 years after decriminalization, their rate of drug overdose death is 3 per million population.

https://mic.com/articles/120403/14-...y-portugal-s-experiment-has-worked#.PYfU9u2Rp

By contrast, the rate in the U.S. is going to be close to 300 per million population this year. That is almost 100 times as great as the Portugal rate.

Of course, the U.S. will never try decriminalization because in this country our leadership is stupid and pig-headed and addicted to all the money that the drug war brings in. The DEA and National Institute on Drug Abuse are just the perfect examples of how sometimes government agencies don't actually want to solve the problem they were created to solve -- because being ineffective brings in a pretty good paycheck!

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One of the top overall recruits in south Florida tells Rivals he will indeed make it up to town for a visit this weekend. Reed could play WR or work in the secondary at the next level and he'll end up as one of the most coveted prospects in the region when all is said and done.

Penn State is one of the favorites here but there might be a hiccup:

His four game run was amazing considering the circumstances.

A) He was third string for two years….meaning he got zero snaps in practice other then running the scout team against the defense. None with the starters.

B) Picket goes down around game ten and Trubisky gets the start for three games, Rudolph moved to second team. But since Trubisky needed practice he probably got 85% or so of the snaps in practice with Rudolph getting some.

C) The OC coordinator was fired so the offense was run by committee of HC and two other coaches. Made some changes that both QBs had to learn on the fly.

D) Major dissension on the team. Pickens would not run routes or block on run plays. Even stood and watched a opposing player pick up a fumble and run past him making no attempt to even touch the guy. Just stood there. Next game he ran away from a guy that had intercepted the ball. Dionte Johnson also refused to block on runs. Teammates were pissed, fans and sports writers outraged.

E) Head Coach under fire. Above issues plus failure to win a playoff game in six years.

F) Final game played at Baltimore…….had to win to have any reasonable shot at playoffs. Ravens rested six starters but the game was played ina torrential downpour making hard to throw or catch. And Rudolph went 18-20 won a game despite the pressure.

G) Played playoff game at Buffalo, in 20 degree/high winds of 30 MPH against a great Buffalo team. And had to play with out Defensive MVP finalist TJ Watt. Fell behind 21-7 at the half, Buffalo knew Steelers had to pass a lot to get back in the game, …. yet came back and had a chance to win. Probably his best half of football.


So with all this to overcome he played well winning three out of four games in bad conditions. Showed a lot of poise. Everyone watching felt the offense played much harder with him at the helm and players praised him after the season ended.

Seems to me he did enough to get a shot at starting somewhere. Tomlin already said Pickett is QB1 so Rudolph is most likely gone. The only question which team would he be a good fit and which could he have a good chan s to start?

2025 PG Kayden Mingo
Login to view embedded media Rivals had Mingo rated relatively high prior to the season, but even the No. 70 in which we have him slotted now feels a touch low for the 6-foot-1 point guard. Mingo has become a major weapon for one of the top high school teams in the country this season, as he has helped lead a loaded Long Island Lutheran squad to a national ranking and created lofty expectations for himself as he heads toward the summer circuit.

Mingo will be a must-see for college coaches in the EYBL, as he is in the process of improving his stock dramatically. Mingo should be knocking on the door of the top 50 in the next rankings refresh.

Recruitment: Wake Forest, Penn State, Virginia Tech and Cal are most involved with Mingo for the time being, but he seems likely to pick up additional offers in the coming months.

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My old dentist retired and I went to a new dentist who suggested I get deep cleaning because my gums have some pockets in the six to eight range. Don't have any serious pain or periodontal issues that I am aware of. Realize the pockets can become something worse.

In any event, it took them about an hour and 10 minutes to do my right side and 50 minutes to do my left side. Mostly seem like a regular cleaning to me other than they gave me some painkiller gel. Dentist is trying to charge $640 each for each visit which is more than $600 an hour. Seems totally unreasonable to me. Claims that National dental advisory service recommends this price. I am going to double-check that organization.

Curious if other people have had this procedure and what the charges were.

....Kansas City! Actually I didn't care who won or lost. One good thing about the playoffs vs the 17 game schedule, it does expose weakness in personnel, strategy, and culture.

It was a hard choice between wishing to see no more Taylor Swift drama vs the Harbaugh Brothers love fest.

I had to chose the Harbaughs although I don't have a problem with John.

His brother really creatively navigated and deflected a number of self-inflicted issues...if only the person who registered 'Detroit vs Everybody' added 'Michigan vs Everybody' it might have neutralized Jimmy's victim campaign.

5 duals left before B1GS..here is the path for the next few weeks..

The opponents are listed in match order..Ohio State, Iowa, Rutgers, Nebraksa, Edinboro

125 Davis (#4)...McCrone 24, Ayala 5, Peterson 16, Smith 12, Edwards
133 Nagao (#5)....Bouzakis 12, Teske 14, Shawver 8, Van Dee 19, Aikey
141 Bartlett (#2)...Mendez 3, Woods 1, Moore 20, Hardy 7, Brennaman
149 Kasak (#12)....D'Emilio 9, Rathjen 11, Cetta, Lovett 1, Roberts
157 Haines (#1)....Wilcox 30, Franek 2, DeSantis, Robb 9, Jaquay
165 Messenbrink (#7)..Hepner 21, Caliendo 6, White, Taylor 18, Kirby
174 Starocci (#1)....Welsh 11, Kennedy 9, Turley 13, Wilson 33, Arnold
184 Truax (#5)...Rogatski, Riggins, Soldano 22, Pinto 3, Evans
197 Brooks (#1)...Geog 22, Glazier 14, Poznanski 9, Allred 15, Kilner
285 Kerkliviet (#1)..Feldman 16, Hill 28, Slavikouski 7, Andrews, Lodato

Gonna be a fun few weeks..

Personal Notes..

Beau has a tough stetch 5-0 would be outstanding, 4-1 would be very nice, 3-2 would be ok, 2-3 would be tough..

Davis..3 tough matches ahead..just excited to watch this kid do his thing

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Terry Killens,the former Penn State linebacker and defensive end is set to become the first person to play in and officiate a Super Bowl. He will be the Umpire in this year' Super Bowl and he played in but lost Super Bowl XXXIV with the Tennessee Titans.