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'09 MD CB Darrell Givens (Penn State Signee - switched to Rutgers)

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ePkOoTms;1160565; said:
I bet some of you had the same lecture for Melvin Fellows when he committed to Illinois and then decommitted in order to commit to tOSU...laughable at best. Kid is a stud, happy he switched to Penn State where he can learn behind AJ for a year and join his H.S. teammate Malcolm Willis in the same class if he ever signs his LOI for Penn State.
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Some say that there is innocence in youth, others say there is ignorance.

I am sure that the differences between the Fellows situation and what Givens did are completely lost on you, which may be a result of your youth.
 
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ePkOoTms;1160565; said:
I bet some of you had the same lecture for Melvin Fellows when he committed to Illinois and then decommitted in order to commit to tOSU...laughable at best. Kid is a stud, happy he switched to Penn State where he can learn behind AJ for a year and join his H.S. teammate Malcolm Willis in the same class if he ever signs his LOI for Penn State.
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Hopefully Penn State develops Givens as well as they developed Justin King. Best of luck to him.
 
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Buckeyecty4;1160800; said:
If I was staff I wouldnt even bother recruiting him anymore..
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He is done on the board. There are many many schools that use the "early PT" gauge to evaluate a kid's heart...as soon as Darrell said he thought he could get on the field quicker in Happy Valley, he was done as a Buckeye.

Two things you absolutely cannot coach: heart and swagger.
 
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LordJeffBuck;1160588; said:
As Coach Cooper often said, "it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
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Wasn't that an Archie Griffin quote? Oh well, good luck to Mr. Givens at PSU. I hope he gets his early PT because that probably means they're thin at CB.
 
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osugrad21;1160870; said:
He is done on the board. There are many many schools that use the "early PT" gauge to evaluate a kid's heart...as soon as Darrell said he thought he could get on the field quicker in Happy Valley, he was done as a Buckeye.

Two things you absolutely cannot coach: heart and swagger.
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Well said.....in that case I am sold.....I'd rather have the next DBs on the board than him. Good luck to you Mr. Givens at PSU.
 
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Hey, no need to fuel a fire...

good luck to Mr. Givens, Penn State is a fine program and ads much to the strength of the Big 10. I hope you find what you seek there.

Good luck on all game days except the ones when you face the Buckeyes.
 
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Give me a DB class of Wood, McGee, Emilien, Barnett and either Hunter or Banks and I am ecstatic...no sour grapes here at all, but Givens is the one kid that was committed so far that I could have parted with. Any time you get a shotgun commitment like that, it's probably a good idea to temper your expectations as to whether or not that commitment is going to stick all the way to NLOID.
 
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GoBucks89;1160985; said:
Wasn't that an Archie Griffin quote?
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Credit where credit is due, Coop simply lifted that homily from Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain).
GoBucks89;1160985; said:
Oh well, good luck to Mr. Givens at PSU. I hope he gets his early PT because that probably means they're thin at CB.
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Wish him luck also, but I do wonder if this is the end of his recruiting story. Still taking some visits, right?
 
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wadc45;1161040; said:
Give me a DB class of Wood, McGee, Emilien, Barnett and either Hunter or Banks and I am ecstatic...no sour grapes here at all, but Givens is the one kid that was committed so far that I could have parted with. Any time you get a shotgun commitment like that, it's probably a good idea to temper your expectations as to whether or not that commitment is going to stick all the way to NLOID.
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Good stuff 45... The excitement on my part was a result of me basing his quick commitment on more of a brilliant move on his part. I'm sure he was aware of how much an OSU offer came at a premium these days and wanted to nail down his spot. Oh well, Good luck Darrell wherever you end up.
 
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