Saquon's Parting Jab at Big Ten Powerhouse Rutgers (and Maryland)
By jcross9 on May 1, 2018, 11:14am EDT 13
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Recently, the newly drafted Saquon Barkley appeared on NY sports radio, doing an interview with a local radio host (and erstwhile voice of Buttgers football). Naturally, the host was giving Saquon some grief about decommiting from rutger. Why, he asked, would you do such a thing?
Like usual, Saquon began his response in a gracious manner, thanking Rutgers for offering him on potential alone--basically on solely JV film. But according to Saquon, the offer from Penn State was simply too much to pass on (although perhaps not for the reason you'd think). Take a look:
"The reason why I left, no disrespect to Rutgers University, being a PA guy living and raised in Pennsylvania that Penn State’s longevity was going to help me," Barkley said. "I wasn’t just looking at the NFL. I predicted and hoped to be in this situation, but say if it didn’t go that way, I felt like a degree from Penn State University separated myself if I went to, say, a school like Rutgers or a school like Maryland. It’s no offense to those schools at all, but it’s just two different schools. Penn State is a well-known, prestigious school. At that young age, I made a very tough but educated decision."
Masterful troll job, Saquon, Masterful. He could have made the easy argument that we have more football history, etc. BUT, he did two things that were far better. First, he reminded the NYC media market that PSU is better academically, and second, he perpetuated the hilarious conflation of Marygers--while also throwing Maryland (who may or may not have even recruited him--I can't recall) under the bus for basically no reason at all.
Saquon is a treasure to us Nittany Lions, and I look forward to hearing and seeing more of him for years to come.
By jcross9 on May 1, 2018, 11:14am EDT 13
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Recently, the newly drafted Saquon Barkley appeared on NY sports radio, doing an interview with a local radio host (and erstwhile voice of Buttgers football). Naturally, the host was giving Saquon some grief about decommiting from rutger. Why, he asked, would you do such a thing?
Like usual, Saquon began his response in a gracious manner, thanking Rutgers for offering him on potential alone--basically on solely JV film. But according to Saquon, the offer from Penn State was simply too much to pass on (although perhaps not for the reason you'd think). Take a look:
"The reason why I left, no disrespect to Rutgers University, being a PA guy living and raised in Pennsylvania that Penn State’s longevity was going to help me," Barkley said. "I wasn’t just looking at the NFL. I predicted and hoped to be in this situation, but say if it didn’t go that way, I felt like a degree from Penn State University separated myself if I went to, say, a school like Rutgers or a school like Maryland. It’s no offense to those schools at all, but it’s just two different schools. Penn State is a well-known, prestigious school. At that young age, I made a very tough but educated decision."
Masterful troll job, Saquon, Masterful. He could have made the easy argument that we have more football history, etc. BUT, he did two things that were far better. First, he reminded the NYC media market that PSU is better academically, and second, he perpetuated the hilarious conflation of Marygers--while also throwing Maryland (who may or may not have even recruited him--I can't recall) under the bus for basically no reason at all.
Saquon is a treasure to us Nittany Lions, and I look forward to hearing and seeing more of him for years to come.
