Offensive Line Recruing Looking Good

Right after Eric Shrive shocked the world, Penn State has pulled in another verbal committment on the offensive line; this time from the guard position.

Frank Figueroa, Thomas Edison High School in Alexandria (VA), committed to Penn State. The school sent video of Frank to Penn State in January and he received a scholarship offer while at the junior day last weekend. Frank has flown under the radar until recently with PSU being his only offer at the the time. Just today, William & Mary offered as well as North Carolina. Last week, Syracuse, Michigan State, Virginia and Temple were all in to visit him.

At 6' 4", 282 pounds, he has the frame to play guard at the next level.


BlueWhiteIllustrated.com - Lions land another

HOLY COW!!!

Eric Shrive, OT from West Scranton (PA), successfully fooled everyone in the recruiting scene that is anyone including many fans that have followed his recruitment. Today, Shrive, the 5* #3 ranked OT in the nation, called Joe Paterno to tell him he wanted to be a Nittany Lion. Everyone thought he was a definite to Notre Dame with a slight chance of Illinois, but he decided to stay in State. He was Notre Dame fan growing up, but he said the relationships he built with the Penn State staff was too much for anyone else to overcome.

This is probably the best news PSU football recruiting could have received in a while: keeping the top OT in state during a year of major need.


BlueWhiteIllustrated.com - Shrive makes decision

Huge Weekend

This past weekend the Nike camp visited Happy Valley. With it, many prized recruits were on campus as well. It was projected to have the biggest turnout of any Nike camp on the tour. Not only was it a great turnout, but a great weekend for PSU football.

It doesn't get any better than when a Ohio State commit changes his mind to come play for the Nittany Lions. Cornerback, Darrell Givens did just that to give Penn State their first top 100 commit on the year.

That was not it... Cornerback Stephen Obeng-Agyapong also committed to Penn State as well as Derrick Thomas. That gives PSU 3 cornerbacks in as many days. Talk about recruiting need as there is a chance A.J. Wallace would jump if he has a season like he is able to have. Slight chance, but nonetheless, a chance. With both Davis and Sargeant being seniors this year, there is a lot of room on the roster for that position.



Darrell Givens

Scout.com: PSU's Big Weekend Wrap

National Champions

The men's volleyball team defeated Ohio State and then Pepperdine this weekend to grab the national championship. This is PSU's second volleyball championship all time.

The women's team won the national championship last fall which makes this only the second time a school has won both in the same year (Stanford, 1996/7).



BlueWhiteIllustrated.com - National Champs!

Make that 3

Today, highly wanted offensive tackle, Mark Arcidiacono from St. Joseph's Prep (PA) committed to Penn State. He chose PSU over Florida and Notre Dame as well as many others. Mark is 6' 4" and 290 pounds and is anticipated to come in at offensive tackle. He said closeness and PSU being his child favorite caused pushed him into his decision.


BlueWhiteIllustrated.com - Arcidiacono makes the call

2nd Commit

The Penn State football team picked up its second verbal commitment of the year with Malcolm Willis from Maryland. Malcolm is a CB for Indian Head, Lackey. With the departures of many corners this and next year, PSU is in a big need players of Willis's stature.

Willis is the second commitment of the year following Ty Howle who committed earlier in the year.



Malcolm Willis

Malcolm Willis - Football Recruiting

Scott's Charges Dropped

The rape charges against Austin Scott were dropped yesterday (Friday). He also already announced he will sue the law enforcement officials as well as the accuser.


Charges dropped in Austin Scott rape case -- themorningcall.com

Several PSU Gametimes Announced

Date	Opponent	Time	Network
8/30	Coastal Carolina
9/6	Oregon State
9/13	@ Syracuse
9/20	Temple
9/27	Illinois	8	ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
10/4	@ Purdue
10/11	@ Wisconsin	8	ESPN/ESPN2
10/18	Michigan	4:30	ESPN/ESPN2
10/25	@ Ohio State	8	ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
11/8	@ Iowa
11/15	Indiana
11/22	Michigan State

Football - Penn State University Official Athletic Site

Blue White Game Coverage

The Big 10 will be doing a show Blue White weekend that shows parts of each Big 10 spring game being played that day. If you want to watch the full game, surf to www.bigtennetwork.com and watch the live stream.



Big Ten Network to Air Spring Football Showcase, Presented by Jimmy John’s - Big Ten Network