We Are Better, 5/9/25, Alex Haskell, DL, PA, '26
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Deion Barnes with another quality roster add. Franklin needs to keep him.
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That may very well be true, but Jim Knowles being a SJP grad helps too.
It may have been an added bonus, but I wouldn't over sell the Knowles/SJP connection. Knowles became PSU's DC earlier this year. PSU offered Haskell, and has been recruiting him pretty hard, since he did really well at a PSU summer camp in 2023 (just after the conclusion of his freshman year in HS). And PSU has been recruiting him in some capacity since he was in 8th grade.
From the BWI article on the commitment:
“But the person that I connect with best [at Penn State] is definitely Coach Barnes. He’s been recruiting me since I was in 8th grade, and I feel like he truly believes in me. He told me that I can be either [end or tackle]. He sees me more as a D-tackle, but definitely have the potential to play edge too.”
Fair enough. All I know is that PSU was a no fly zone for SJP kids until recently.
One of our favorite shows. My wife and I watch while eating breakfast on MeTV.
When we were in HS and any of our friends tried to schmooze someones parent(s), ,we called him "EH"
Oh yeah, I had a PSU buddy I'd call Eddie Haskell for all the polite flattery he showed my parents!
My aunt was a professor of speech at George Washington University. She’s sitting in an airplane ready to go to some conference when two women come up to sit beside her. They are speech professors from Gallaudet, my post-PSU school, headed to the same conference.
Aunt Joan: “Oh, how nice. Do you know my nephew Lion Jim?”
Shirley: “Yes, I’m his academic advisor.” (This was my first semester post-transfer. I hadn’t yet gotten my math advisor.)
Rosemary: “He’s in my Public Speaking class this semester.”
Joan: “How is he doing?”
Shirley: “He’s a con man.”
Joan, shocked: “How can you say such a thing? Rosemary, do you agree?”
Rosemary: “Well, yes. But he’s very polite.”
There you have it. Eddie Haskell. I grew out of it. Being a con man, that is. I’m still polite.
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Sadly, I was closer to being Lumpy
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Not the point of the story, but it is impressive that your Aunt Joan called you "Lion Jim"
“You probably know him from his McAndrew message board name, Lion Jim.”Not the point of the story, but it is impressive that your Aunt Joan called you "Lion Jim"
Edit: I’m not sure how that gif attached to the bottom. I sent it yesterday to some co-workers to describe our current situation.
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But you didn’t con your way out of scraping wallpaper, did you?
I don’t believe this board has enjoyed photos of the final product.
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Lol, it’s been a while. I had to think a minute.But you didn’t con your way out of scraping wallpaper, did you?
I don’t believe this board has enjoyed photos of the final product.