NCAA Football '12-13

[Ed Anger]

Any normal person would rather watch Arizona State over Arizona anyways.

[Ed Anger]

And Silas Redd leaves Pedo State for USC. Methinks there went the best chance to hold the line this year.

[katmai]

Was expected, some RS Frosh left for NC State yesterday, now to see how many more leave.

[Ed Anger]

I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE LOOP

[katmai]

I KNOW, WHY I WAS CATCHING YOU UP!

[Ed Anger]

STOP YELLING AT ME

[katmai]

OK

[grumbler]

The Big Ten coaches have an unofficial agreement not to poach Penn State players, but 2013 recruits are fair game.  This could be a godsend for Meyer, as his line recruiting has gone very poorly so far, and there are few good candidates left out there.  PSU has three solid candidates, including one blue-chipper, and, given the guy Ohio just got, are desperately needed.  Michigan, USC, Alabama, and Notre Dame are all full at offensive line, so Meyer would seem now to be competing with lesser lights.  I'll be interested to see what he does, given that his style of line play is so different from PSU's.

[Ed Anger]

OK

YOU'LL WAKE THE CHILDREN

[MadBurgerMaker]

The Big Ten coaches have an unofficial agreement not to poach Penn State players, but 2013 recruits are fair game. 

Not every coach in the Big Ten seems to have agreed with this.  I know of at least one PSU player (Ryan Nowicki) who has made an official visit to/with coaches from a Big Ten school (Illinois), and there was some message board/twitter blabbering about an RB named Akeel Lynch visiting Iowa in the last couple days, although I don't know if that's actually true or not.

E:  Speaking of Iowa and RBs, they lost another one the other day. 

[grumbler]

Not every coach in the Big Ten seems to have agreed with this.  I know of at least one PSU player (Ryan Nowicki) who has made an official visit to a Big Ten school (Illinois), and there was some message board/twitter blabbering about an RB named Akeel Lynch visiting Iowa in the last couple days, although I don't know if that's actually true or not.

Illinois didn't request the visit, so this wouldn't be "poaching."  Some coaches (like Hoke) have already said they won't take anyone but recruits (despite Michigan's real need for defensive tackles), but other schools can't be so choosy.

E:  Speaking of Iowa and RBs, they lost another one the other day. 

Yeah, I saw that.  Five so far this offseason.  AIRBHG is hungry this year.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Illinois didn't request the visit, so this wouldn't be "poaching."  Some coaches (like Hoke) have already said they won't take anyone but recruits (despite Michigan's real need for defensive tackles), but other schools can't be so choosy.

You wouldn't consider that whole thing where the Illini coaches were just sort of hanging out in State College waiting for PSU players to come talk to them to be poaching either then?

  I think they were the ones who were falsely accused of waiting in the parking lots outside the dorms where some PSU players were living. 

Yeah, I saw that.  Five so far this offseason.  AIRBHG is hungry this year.

The AIRBHG list is just crazy. 

The thing I was reading about Johnson was saying they have a walk-on junior and two true freshmen who will be/are competing for the starting spot. 

[grumbler]

A random "one of my favorite pictures" from 2010 (the afternoon the Spartoons came to town):

[katmai]

Nowicki is also looking at Washington too apparently.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Montee Ball, who seems like a possible non-douche, was attacked by five dudes and has a concussion.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/19702432/montee-ball-attacked-on-wisconsin-campus