After announcing today that he has signed a contract with the Oakland Raiders, Matt McGloin is taking his talents out west.
Penn State football hasn't played Pitt since 2000, but the two schools are "optimistic" that a yearly matchup could be possible in the coming years and decades.
The reunion was made official yesterday when Hodges and Mauti both inked four-year rookie deals with the Vikings. Hodges is expected to make around $2.5 million over the course of the four years, similar to the contract that the player drafted in the same spot received last year. The terms of both contracts are currently unknown. Hodges was the first Viking draft pick to sign this offseason.
Bill O'Brien has been keeping busy on the second Coaches Caravan, a dinner and meet-and-greet tour on which O'Brien and other Penn State athletic coaches get a chance to interact with fans and alumni. There was a video released by Fight On State following a recent stop on Penn State's DuBois campus of O'Brien's speech, the second-to-last destination on this spring's Coaches Caravan.
Penn State football locked up their second recruit of the day, gaining a commitment from Michigan linebacker Jared Wangler. Wangler, from De La Salle high school in Warren Michigan, is Penn State's ninth verbal commit for 2014 and fourth on the defensive side of the ball.
Penn State's 2014 recruiting class now stands at eight members with a verbal commitment from Marcus Allen, a 6-1, 187-pound safety from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Per Rivals, Allen had also received offers from a number of Big Ten programs -- Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin, in addition to incoming members Maryland and Rutgers.