While most major college football programs could be seen tightly packed around conference tables with serious looks on their faces during today's signing day events, Franklin & Co. let the media into a room with a giant recruiting big board, an omelet station, and a whole lot of modern technology.
Penn State seems to have rounded out its 2014 recruiting class on National Signing Day with a commit from Alabama athlete Torrence Brown, according to Rivals' Ryan Snyder. The Tuscaloosa Academy product had originally committed to Southern Miss in January before receiving interest from the Nittany Lions, likely following the Lloyd Tubman's decision to pull back his commitment.
After months of speculation and reports from recruiting experts, analysts, and insiders, the big day is finally here. That's right, folks. It's National Signing Day. We have all the live coverage and updates you'll need throughout the day as Penn State's 2014 recruiting class is rounded out.
Since leaving Penn State in favor of an assistant position at Ohio State, longtime defensive line coach Larry Johnson has remained quiet about his decision. In one of his only interviews since taking the Ohio State job, Johnson talked to Sports Illustrated about Joe Paterno, leaving Penn State, and Urban Meyer.
Offensive line coach Herb Hand is an American treasure, and he's been the most active coach on Twitter since he came to Penn State. To honor him, we compiled some of his best tweets from his first few weeks in Happy Valley.
While it seems that Christian Campbell committing last night leaves the football team with just one scholarship to give, don't expect National Signing Day to be boring. In the world of college football and recruiting, you never know who's going to decommit when and there are always surprises. James Franklin, along with current and former Nittany Lions, will be officially announcing the 2014 class tomorrow at 5 p.m. in the Bryce Jordan Center as part of "The Signature Event."