BOB and his assistants have already show they're adamant about recruiting, going after kids across the country, kids previously committed, ones that have the famous/infamous 5*STARZ, etc. They're are pursuing LB's from bama and QB's from GA. They've been recruiting New England hard. But my question is what happened in the recruitment of the kids below and if we're still pursuing them (or why aren't we pursuing them)?

**NOTE: I did a Scout search- hate basing things off a recruiting website, but these kids are consensus top performers**

-Stefon Diggs, WR Olney, MD

-Ronald Darby, CB Oxon Hill, MD

-Darius Hamilton, DE Ramsey, NJ

-Eddie Goldman, DT Wash DC

-Deaysean Rippy, LB Pittsburgh, PA

-Joel Caleb, WR Midlothian, VA

Commits:

-Noah Spence, DE Harrisburg, PA (obviously OSU commit, but did BOB and staff contact him recently?)

-Rushel Shell- RB, Hopewell, PA (Pitt commit)

-Cyrus Jones, WR Baltimore, MD (Bama commit)

-Elijah Shumate, S Ramsey, NJ (Notre Dame commit)

-Leonte Carroo, WR Ramsey, NJ (Rutgers commit)

-Wes Brown, RB Olney, MD (Maryland commit)

-Colin Thompson, TE Warminster, PA (Florida commit)

-J.J. Denman, OT Fairless Hills, PA (Wisconsin verbal)

-Ryan Watson, OG Olney, MD (Purdue commit)

- D.J. Singleton, S Jersey City, NJ (Wisconsin commit)

-Sam Lebbie, LB Hyattsville, MD (WV commit)

BSD this post might require some time and research, but I'm curious about those prospects, especially when you consider that these guys are right in our backyard and Larry Johnson's grounds. On top of that, some of those guys could come in and provide immediate help or depth at a key position.

Right now, we could all agree that the Steelers 3 main areas of concern are Oline, DT/nose guard, and DB going into this offseason. You could argue about some other positions that need to be addressed before those, but let's stick with those 3. Currently, the Steelers are sitting with the 24th pick. In accordance with the Steelers draft strategy of picking the best player available, let's assume when the 24th pick rolls around there's a OL, DT, and DB all of the same value (and better value than any other player).

Got this idea from behindthesteelcurtain, but I thought it would be an interesting topic considering PSU's rich football history.

If you could attend only 1 Penn State football game from any year, which one would you choose?

I could already think of some common answers, but let's see what we could come up with. Pick a game and give a brief summary of why you chose that one (for some of the younger guys, we don't remember everything surrounding some of the bigger games in PSU's past, so this could also serve as a PSU history lesson). If we get a couple good answers, I'll throw up a poll, because we know that no BSD FanPost is complete without one 

 UPDATE! UPDATE! Poll added based on people's comments:

[Bumped for truly awe-inspiring public relations out of South Bend.  Looks like Baghdad Bob found a career after Saddam was overthrown. "South Bend Sammy", maybe? -- RUTS]

According to the 2009 Notre Dame "Spring Prospectus", Weis never took part in a losing season:

"Notre Dame omitted the losing seasons from Weis’ year-by-year biography on page 15 of the 2009 Spring Prospectus and page 90 of the 2008 football media guide. Among the omissions is the Irish’s 3-9 2007 season."

This includes records in the NFL:

"Other records that are missing include the New England Patriots’ 5-11 season in 2000, the 6-10 year the Patriots had in 1995, the 5-11 year in 1993, a 6-10 campaign with the New York Giants in 1992 and two losing seasons at South Carolina: 5-6 in 1985 and 3-6-2 in 1986."

But they gladly give credit for any winning season:

"However, any .500 or better season Weis helped out in, from the 8-4 Gator Bowl season at South Carolina in 1987 to the 10-2 Sugar Bowl year at Notre Dame in 2006, was included."

So more or less, he's never had a losing season, he only takes guys with character, and he's still the best coach in both college and professional football.

[Well, yeah.  Obviously.  Just ask him. - RUTS]

Jordan Hall commited to Ohio State. Not really a big deal here, considering the 5'9 running back from Jeanette was really good friends/teammates with Terrel Pryor. Not trying to created some big discussion, just breaking the news. But one thing I have to say is I'm surprised these guys are commiting so early. I know some of the time they don't stay faithful to their commitment, especially early on, but jeez, was OSU that immpressive?

Dorian Bell, a top 25 recruit from Gateway HS, outside of Pittsburgh, commited to Ohio State earlier today. It is a small article, but it could be found at
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08112/875261-100.stm

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