SB Nation Minnesota - Minnesota Won't Openly Recruit Penn State Football Players After Penalties, Coach Sayshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48959/mn-fave.png2012-07-26T19:23:13-05:00http://minnesota.sbnation.com/rss/stream/29559682012-07-26T19:23:13-05:002012-07-26T19:23:13-05:00Minnesota Gophers Won't Pursue Penn State Players Looking To Transfer
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<p>Minnesota Gophers coach <a target="_blank" href="http://www.twincities.com/gophers/ci_21164780/gophers-football-wont-recruit-penn-state-players-unless">Jerry Kill does not plan on actively recruiting players from Penn State</a> allowed to transfer without penalty following the recent NCAA penalties handed down in Happy Valley. Kill stopped short of ruling out any transfers from Penn State, but only if those players initiate an interest in moving to Minnesota.</p>
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<p>"We've got enough problems of our own to move forward, so we're not going to do anything to go see players," Kill said Thursday, July 26, in Chicago at Big Ten Media Day, which was broadcast on the Big Ten Network. "We don't have enough time to do those kinds of things. We've got to concentrate on our football team and our football program. And if a young man called us from Penn State or whatever, we'd do the proper procedures."</p>
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<p>Earlier in the day, Wisconsin coach Brett Bielema made a similar pledge to support their Big Ten brethren, however <a target="_blank" href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/07/26/big-ten-media-days-penn-state/">those feelings aren't felt across the league</a>. Illinois and Michigan State are two schools not opposed to engaging Penn State players, although most teams are taking a similar stance to that of Kill by not actively seeking transfers but also not turning them away.</p>
<p><i>For more on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/minnesota-golden-gophers">Minnesota Golden Gophers</a>, check out <a href="http://www.thedailygopher.com">The Daily Gopher</a>. More on the penalties given to Penn State can be found over at <a href="http://blackshoediaries.com">Black Shoe Diaries</a> and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/11/5/2539996/jerry-sandusky-indicted-on-sex-crimes-against-minors-charges">SB Nation's StoryStream</a>. More on college football in general can be found over at <a href="http://sbnation.com/ncaa-football">SB Nation's NCAA hub</a>.</i></p>
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https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-golden-gophers/2012/7/26/3192256/minnesota-gophers-wont-pursue-penn-state-players-looking-to-transferTom Lewis2012-07-23T09:55:40-05:002012-07-23T09:55:40-05:00Penn State Handed Tough Penalties, Will Face Minnesota On Nov. 9
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<p>The Minnesota Golden Gophers will meet the newly crippled Penn State Nittany Lions for the first time on November 9 this season.</p> <p>NCAA president Mark Emmert made it clear that Penn State wasn't going to be let off easy regarding the punishments doled out after the Jerry Sandusky scandal, and he wasn't kidding.</p>
<p>On Monday, the NCAA announced a laundry list of penalties for Penn State that included 13 years of vacated wins, a lengthy post-season ban and plenty more. It stopped only short of just giving them the death penalty, but might as well have after slapping them with heavy scholarship restrictions that will cripple their recruiting abilities for years.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2012/7/23/3177260/penn-state-ncaa-punishments-penalties-sanctions/in/2304037">You can find the full list of punishments handed down to Penn State here.</a></p>
<p>The first meeting between the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/minnesota-golden-gophers">Minnesota Golden Gophers</a> and the newly crippled Nittany Lions will be on Nov. 9, hosted by the Gophers. It should be an interesting match up, watching the likely miserable Penn State team taking on a squad that isn't exactly a powerhouse themselves -- Minnesota could do well for themselves and boost their Big Ten status with that game.</p>
<p>Minnesota may even be able to get some new talent out of the whole ordeal, with one of the punishments on Penn State being that players can transfer out with no penalties immediately. It certainly wouldn't hurt the Gophers to nick a player or two off the talented roster that the Nittany Lions currently have, especially with the Big Ten weakened as it has been for the next few seasons.</p>
<p><i>For more on the Minnesota Golden Gophers, check out <a href="http://www.thedailygopher.com">The Daily Gopher</a>. More on the penalties given to Penn State can be found over at <a href="http://blackshoediaries.com">Black Shoe Diaries</a> and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/11/5/2539996/jerry-sandusky-indicted-on-sex-crimes-against-minors-charges">SB Nation's StoryStream</a>. More on college football in general can be found over at <a href="http://sbnation.com/ncaa-football">SB Nation's NCAA hub</a>.</i></p>
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