Update: I wasn’t going to do one until the end of the week having just done one on Thursday but today was busy and events may unravel quickly this week. Recapping the other threads: Pryts visited this weekend and retweeted a friend’s tweet that Canyon pizza was the pizza for them. Bell’s Greek pizza is my 2 AM go to in State College but whatever gets him is fine with me. Either way he is now all the way back up to Commit Watch. Dioubate made headlines by canceling his visits down south and is choosing between OSU, Rutgers, and Penn State. Being that he’s been to PSU the most and travel concerns are a big deal to him, I feel really good about this. His team starts practice Wednesday and it is possible he announces prior to that.
Nixon will be in Auburn this weekend and has said after that he would decide if he would announce or take officials too. There was a lot of back and forth on whether he was close to a decision or whether he would take officials previously, so we should know after this weekend. I think it is a good sign since most experts think he is a PSU lean at the moment, that he may already be confident enough to decide. On Thursday almost every update wasn’t good so this is a great way to start the week. Unfortunately no good news on Ferns. Unless he gets back on campus within the next two weeks I think he’s lost to WVU. He picked up some important Crystal Balls at the end of last week. Wheeler should be picking Pitt within the hour. Which of course will be a spectacle on KDKA (Reason enough to be glad I don't live in Pittsburgh). They’ll say 140 times that he had a PSU offer but will conveniently forget to mention that it was no longer commitable. Hamlin is visiting Pitt tonight too, I don’t know if that is a related story or not.
You’ll notice the new category of “Former Interest”. This is to separate out the guys that we lost interest in from the guys that lost interest in us that we would still possibly take if they changed their minds. I should mention that I still believe that Valentin would commit on the spot if we he offered. I doubt numbers will allow that. I now believe this class ends at 24 with 6 more from the 9 that make up my top 3 categories (obviously the 6 in the first two categories would be ideal, I think we’re more likely to get Hudson than Fuller).
Commit Watch:
4* WR Nixon, 4* DL Dioubate, 4* S Pryts, 4/3* OLB Hansford
Very Good Chance:
4* CB Hamlin, 4* ATH Fuller
In The Battle:
4* LB Ferns, 4/3* G Valentin, 3* S Hudson
Work Left To Do:
5* DT Gary
Have To Get Really Lucky:
4* WR Diggs, 4* DE Smith, 4* OT Williams, 4* OG Davis, 4* TE Upshur, 4* WR Corley
Former Interest:
3* OT Niang, 3* DT Kamara, 3* DT Wheeler, JC DT Chavis
My opinion on where we stand with recruits based on rumors, where the coaching staff has made serious effort, offers, tweets (sometimes) and gut feeling. My categories(and their meanings) are Commit Watch (changed from Locks as to not offend recruiting gods), Very good chance(we sit very well with the recruit and are either the leader or perceived leader), In the Battle(We have a good shot and are equal to others or just slightly behind), Work left to do(there is another perceived leader or little information known on recruits intentions), Have to get really lucky(small chance to little to none), and Former Interst(players that Penn State was previously interested in that most likely no longer have commitable offers).
Nixon will be in Auburn this weekend and has said after that he would decide if he would announce or take officials too. There was a lot of back and forth on whether he was close to a decision or whether he would take officials previously, so we should know after this weekend. I think it is a good sign since most experts think he is a PSU lean at the moment, that he may already be confident enough to decide. On Thursday almost every update wasn’t good so this is a great way to start the week. Unfortunately no good news on Ferns. Unless he gets back on campus within the next two weeks I think he’s lost to WVU. He picked up some important Crystal Balls at the end of last week. Wheeler should be picking Pitt within the hour. Which of course will be a spectacle on KDKA (Reason enough to be glad I don't live in Pittsburgh). They’ll say 140 times that he had a PSU offer but will conveniently forget to mention that it was no longer commitable. Hamlin is visiting Pitt tonight too, I don’t know if that is a related story or not.
You’ll notice the new category of “Former Interest”. This is to separate out the guys that we lost interest in from the guys that lost interest in us that we would still possibly take if they changed their minds. I should mention that I still believe that Valentin would commit on the spot if we he offered. I doubt numbers will allow that. I now believe this class ends at 24 with 6 more from the 9 that make up my top 3 categories (obviously the 6 in the first two categories would be ideal, I think we’re more likely to get Hudson than Fuller).
Commit Watch:
4* WR Nixon, 4* DL Dioubate, 4* S Pryts, 4/3* OLB Hansford
Very Good Chance:
4* CB Hamlin, 4* ATH Fuller
In The Battle:
4* LB Ferns, 4/3* G Valentin, 3* S Hudson
Work Left To Do:
5* DT Gary
Have To Get Really Lucky:
4* WR Diggs, 4* DE Smith, 4* OT Williams, 4* OG Davis, 4* TE Upshur, 4* WR Corley
Former Interest:
3* OT Niang, 3* DT Kamara, 3* DT Wheeler, JC DT Chavis
My opinion on where we stand with recruits based on rumors, where the coaching staff has made serious effort, offers, tweets (sometimes) and gut feeling. My categories(and their meanings) are Commit Watch (changed from Locks as to not offend recruiting gods), Very good chance(we sit very well with the recruit and are either the leader or perceived leader), In the Battle(We have a good shot and are equal to others or just slightly behind), Work left to do(there is another perceived leader or little information known on recruits intentions), Have to get really lucky(small chance to little to none), and Former Interst(players that Penn State was previously interested in that most likely no longer have commitable offers).
