An Ivy League Farm Team?

No one who reads Green Alert regularly should be surprised to learn that I checked the Centre Daily Times this morning to see what it had to say about Nittany Lion recruiting. The surprise is this: three more seniors from the State College Area H.S. are heading to the Ivy League. (One to Princeton, one to Yale and one familiar name to several generations of Penn State fans choosing Cornell over the chance to walk on with the Nits.)

That will make no fewer than eight former Little Lions playing in the Ivy League next fall (with another of this year's seniors playing at Lafayette), and that says something pretty good about the academic and athletic mix at State College High. (The story says 17 seniors at the school could be playing in college next fall.)

The CDT's lede to the story about the Ivy-bound players might have caused a few hearts to flutter at Penn, by the way, because it was a serious tease. Here's how the story started:

Maybe Nate Stupar felt left out and that's why when it was his turn to announce his college decision Wednesday afternoon, he blurted out the "University of Pennsylvania."

Of course, Stupar's Ivy League reference was made in jest as he made official what he had announced last summer, signing his letter of intent to attend Penn State, where he'll play linebacker. But Stupar's former high school teammates weren't kidding when they mentioned what Ivy League schools they'll be off to in the fall.

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