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Signing Day Newsletter (Feb. 2, 2014)

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There will come a time, no doubt, when Penn State will simply go out and recruit a batch of talented high school football players and those players will make ver- bal commitments and sign letters of in- tent and eventually show up on campus, and there won't be any existential melo- drama to throw everything in doubt mid- way through the process. You know, like the good old days. That time, as Penn State fans well know, hasn't arrived just yet. For the third year in a row, the Nittany Lions' re- cruiting efforts were impacted by a sud- den crisis that plunged the program into turmoil. In 2012, it was the tumultuous end of the Paterno era that caused a number of key recruits to flee. Then came the imposition of major NCAA sanctions later that same year, a devel- opment that forced Bill O'Brien and his staff to scramble just to hold the Class of 2013 together. And then, in the past few weeks, came a period of uncertainty in between O'Brien's departure and the ap- pointment of James Franklin as his suc- cessor – the team's fiAh head coach since October 2011 if you count interim coaches Tom Bradley and Larry Johnson. The good news for Penn State is that the S I G N I N G D A Y R E P O R T F E B . 5 N E W S L E T T E R NEWSLETTER UPDATE The 2013 football season is in the rear- view mirror and spring practice will be here before we know it. Until then (and throughout), Blue White Illustrated will distrubute at least one digital newsletter to our subscribers each month. Expect to see a newsletter in your email inbox at the dates listed below. And remember, all newsletters and magazines are archived at bluewhiteonline.com. • MARCH 5 • MARCH 19 • APRIL 9 • APRIL 12 Welcome sign James Franklin and Penn State welcome 25 future Nittany Lions on signing day M A T T   H E R B | M A T T @ B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M Tim Owen F E B R U A R Y 5 , 2 0 1 4 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 1 STICKING POINT Franklin posts the name plate of tight end MIke Gesicki on a tote board in PSU's "war room."

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