(Photo courtesy of Mike McGlinchey)
Though William Penn Charter offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey doesn't have an offer yet from either of the two major in-state schools, he is hearing from some top-end program outside the Keystone State.
"I have offers from Wisconsin, Michigan, Boston College, Virginia, Maryland, Duke, Rutgers."
The offer from Wisconsin is the one that most Penn State fans will appreciate, given the Badger coaching staff's ability to coach up an offensive lineman. Already a four-star lineman on some services, McGlinchey was impressed with Madison on his recent visit.
Not convinced yet?
"I'm 6-9, 280 pounds."
That seems like the appropriate size for Donovan Smith's counterpart.
Linebacker coach Ron Vanderlinden has been by McGlinchey's Philadelphia high school "a couple of times", but he hasn't spoken with any of the staff members directly yet. He's still waiting on that Penn State offer, one that could possibly come this weekend.
"It's obviously 100% Penn State's decision. I'm just going to keep working hard and hopefully it will pay off."
Growing up in Pennsylvania, McGlinchey has already been inundated with a lot of Penn State attention. Nittany Lion fans are hoping one of the top in-state linemen will stay in-state.
"The first time I was [at Penn State] was for the Alabama game this year. And I followed them all the time. They are the main team for everybody in PA. So they are hard to get away from."
Though they haven't offered yet, Penn State would possibly move to the top of McGlinchey's list once he gets that scholarship offer. And his first priority is something that Penn State has prided itself on for some time.
"Academics are huge in my choice."
McGlinchey's out-of-school activities should interest many Penn State fans, as well. He's good friends with Nick Arcidiacono ("I've known Nick since the 4th grade") and has recently become friends with some other Penn State targets, including a top Philadelphia running back.
"I actually live right around the corner from [Archbishop] Wood and I'm good friends with all the guys. And I have become close with Dave Williams from West Catholic."
Like other 2013 recruits, McGlinchey is taking his time and taking his visits. Though he won't be there this weekend (Mike says he didn't find out about the event until it was too late, and he has a family commitment this weekend, regardless), he'll have more to think about. Any chance for a commitment? It's possible.
"I think I will try and commit somewhere before the end of school year this year."
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0 recs | 55 comments
PC sucks
go GA.
FB6244 - February 17, 2012
Yeah, all we ever produced was Matt Ryan
And all you produce are beastly girl swimmers. Go Charter!
SBlion - February 17, 2012
LOL @ Matt Ryan, what's he ever done?
Our swimming program is awesome. So are our basketball and soccer programs.
FB6244 - February 17, 2012
What are they feeding kids these days?
6’9" H.S. lineman. Jeewhiz, remember when William Perry was a refrigerator. Nowadays he’d be an igloo 6 packer.
rahpsu92 - February 17, 2012
Why does this young man not have an offer yet?
Bookend 6’9" OT’s? DO WANT.
DrewRusse - February 17, 2012
That's what I want to know.
I’m trying to get ahold of his coach, who can hopefully shed some additional light. But on paper and film, this kid seems like a legit tackle prospect, something we desperately need in this class.
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
BTW, we're keeping a list of the recruiting interviews on the front page, on the left side-bar.
Chris Grovich - February 17, 2012
MAN JUNNY YOU GUYS ARE REALLY OBSESSED WITH RECRUITING..
/#Buckleup my car seat
/turns on radio disney
Artiefufkin10 - February 17, 2012
Oh God, Fugi really is tweeting about our recruiting coverage?
I thought this was a joke.
I mean, it is. But still.
Chris Grovich - February 17, 2012
Looks like he was harassing Junny on Twitter...
incredibly funny (and sad)
Artiefufkin10 - February 17, 2012
That is absolutely amazing.
I can totally see him calling up one of his friends later and relating the sick burn he pulled against Eric on Twitter.
mvrck - February 17, 2012
I get that recruiting coverage isn't for everyone. Really. I do.
But the month of February has brought us the Class of 2012 Signing Day, additions to the BSD recruiting staff, and the first (and earlier than normal) Junior Day for Penn State. Like I said on Twitter, this kid would probably criticize us for covering college basketball in March.
We’ve had a good run today with coverage, and will hopefully have some updates throughout the weekend. But I think you guys will like the 3p story better than anything.
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
I personally love the coverage.
It has not been the typical psychophantic recruiting nonsense you get from most other sources. It has been relatively detached and objective through the last 5 months. Even losing Williams was taken in stride without a huge deal made.
That and I absolutely love getting an extra PSU voice in potential recruits ears early and often.
mvrck - February 17, 2012
Thanks for the words.
When we’re talking with the recruits, we’re not really a PSU voice in their ear. We ask PSU-themed questions, obviously, but we aren’t talking up the program so much as we’re trying to get their take on PSU.
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
I doubt all of your bretheren
are quite so unbiased.
FB6244 - February 17, 2012
Junny, respecting your journalistic integrity --
seriously, I am — but asking Penn State-themed questions still benefits us. I mean that as an expression of appreciation, because your questions keep our brand in his frontal lobe — thanks!
PSU_Lions_84 - February 17, 2012
Well, yes. That's true.
Insomuch as I’m actually speaking about Penn State with these guys, I suppose that keeps them thinking about Penn State. But it certainly would be tough to write an article for a Penn State blog without asking semi-leading questions AMIRIGHT!?!
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
Buncha amateur bloggers and photoshoppers....
Pentimental - February 17, 2012
Hey, not everyone can be a Universal Assistant to the Traveling Secretary Editor in Chief.
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
You are right, and I certainly am
not discouraging you guys!! Can you have weekly follow-ups, kinda like Colombo did? "Ah, just one more question . . . . "
That will REALLY keep Penn State in their heads.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 17, 2012
Are you certain his title is not...
Assistant Scribe Securing Harridans Odalisques and Labrose Ecdysiasts?
Pentimental - February 18, 2012
What you did there?
I see it.
Jeff Junstrom - February 18, 2012
I'll echo this
I pretty much never gave a shit about recruiting. I still don’t really care. That aside, I’ve read every one of the recruiting articles. Mostly because its all taken in stride (we haven’t had a stars debate in like a month!) and presented as personal stories about these kids.
I’m interested in some of these exceptional people, and hope that the majority find themselves in Blue and White next year for the right reasons, but won’t get bent out of shape if they don’t.
Excellent work so far with these pieces. Keep up the good work
psuphysicist - February 17, 2012
Seriously..
can you just post front page images of Selena Gomez?
kthanx
/keep up the good fight Junny
Artiefufkin10 - February 17, 2012
Is it about a top recruit in the midwest committing to us?!?!?!?!
PSUinBOSSton - February 17, 2012
No, it's non-recruiting based.
Given the other major event at PSU this weekend, I’m sure you can guess the subject matter.
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
Keep it up Jeff...
This is great, we’re talking about football. No name calling, no mind reading, and most importantly…no bunnies.
87Townie - February 17, 2012
You're no bunny
until some bunny loves you.
Man-hug, 87.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 17, 2012
Bah Humbunny.
87Townie - February 20, 2012
I just looked up the twitter feed for this "Fugimaster" guy
I vaguely remember him on BSD, was he a contributor at one point? Other than that I really don’t know who he is. So WTF is his problem? According to his twitter profile he is/was a copy editor for the Daily Collegian, so that explains generally why his personality type is “douche” but if he used to be affiliated with BSD, why so negative? Is it because he’s not writing for BSD, but his other outlets (twitter? SB Nation Pittsburgh? CBS Sports (srsly?)) are not as well-read, so he wants to poke at BSD to get someone to pay attention to him?
PSUCharmas - February 17, 2012
Its a long story
So I’ll try to sum it up in a few sentences.
1. BSD Mike made him an editor to help out with punctuation marks and stuff because Fugi asked nicely.
2. BSDMike had other shit going on in his life and basically relied on Fugi and NGameday(Ben Jones) for most of the content before the takeover in August.
3. Fugi was a sophomore, and as such, quite immature. He didn’t handle criticism well, and he received some of it.
4. ‘OMG BLOG WARZZZZZZZ’
5. Ruts and Junny took over in August, bringing a consortium of Penn State bloggers with them, increasing the content and letting us swear. By the way, I really fucking appreciate it.
6. Fugi’s immaturity and some previous run-ins with some of the new staff coming over basically prevented him from accepting a position to stay on at the shiny new BSD
7. Something about bloggers not being real journalists and getting to eat food.
I think that about sums it up
psuphysicist - February 17, 2012
That answers all of my questions and was entertaining
Ipso facto, you should be a pro blogger!
Also, shit, I didn’t know we could swear…
PSUCharmas - February 17, 2012
I try to limit my swearing
But sometimes a solid F-bomb really solidifies a point. Or adds humor. Well placed swearing is an art, if you ask me.
psuphysicist - February 17, 2012
Agree
PSUCharmas - February 17, 2012
Fuckin' A right it is!
icavalera - February 17, 2012
All that said, I never had a problem with the kid until he compared Catholic Elementary School to the Bataan Death March.
WorldBFat - February 17, 2012
He lied about his Catholic school experiences.
I’m more than twice his age and went to 6 years of Catholic school. What he claimed happened I never saw, but I think stuff like it happened a lot right before my time and still some when I was there. But by the time he got there I’d bet the house it was 98% gone.
I seem to remember even calling him on his claims. He’s just a very immature person who seems to live in at least a partial fantasy world.
J Breezy - February 17, 2012
I went to Catholic school K-fucking 12...
pretty sure I could have mooned the Pope and maybe gotten 2 days detention
WorldBFat - February 18, 2012
I still read this every once in a while.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/08/22/new_blog_features_all_sports_all_the_time.aspx
Chris Grovich - February 17, 2012
I'm not going to click on it, but has that thing been updated since then?
I’m still buckled up. Weren’t we going somewhere?
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
I believe this is what we were buckling up for.
I mean, I could quote the whole email, but it’s just too embarrassing.
Chris Grovich - February 17, 2012
Although, to be fair, Troll Up The Score is the finest women's tennis blog money can buy.
Chris Grovich - February 17, 2012
I don't get my club lacrosse news anywhere else!
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
Jeff, did you play club?
I did too, back in the ’80s when you could still bring a keg to the game. We had a lot of fun.
87Townie - February 20, 2012
I feel like you need to share that email with the world
OmarLittle - February 17, 2012
There are many, many more.
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
Devastatingly effective.
MainLion - February 19, 2012
The comments are hysterical...
87Townie - February 20, 2012
In semi-related news...
If you’re a premium member at Lions247 and you haven’t read this week’s “S Zone” yet, GET TO DA CHOPPAH! Some great info, as usual, including naming a couple of commit alert prospects. Will we get No. 1 in the Class of 2013 this weekend? Probably not, but anything is possible.
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
guess I'll get excited about these kids if any of them actually come to Penn State
until then, I’ll assume they’re all super amazing and everyone will spend the next year kissing their asses and telling them how wonderful they are.
MB in MI - February 17, 2012
Fooge?
Chris Grovich - February 17, 2012
Silly q, I know,
but will you guys be posting updates over the weekend? I know a “commitment” at this point in time is written in smoke, but it’s fun to think, if only for awhile, we are building an arsenal of recruits.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 17, 2012
If it happens, someone will be on it.
That someone won’t be me, but someone will be on it.
Chris Grovich - February 17, 2012
We'll be on it.
I’ve already spoken with two visitors (and they aren’t even on campus yet!). I don’t expect a commitment, but should one happen, we’ll be on it. We almost certainly won’t break the news, but we’ll have you covered.
Jeff Junstrom - February 17, 2012
Have I told you guys lately
how much I appreciate you? BSD is a GREAT resource for us — thanks!
PSU_Lions_84 - February 17, 2012
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