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Posted by Russ on 2/6/2008, 10:29 pm, in reply to "Take that RR"
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: Josh Jenkins goes into press conference
: with Michigan hat
: By Derek Taylor
: Daily Mail sportswriter
: PARKERSBURG - Parkersburg High's Josh
: Jenkins decided to cast his lot with
: the WVU Mountaineers today, but not
: before showing he had a flair for the
: dramatic and startling a crowd of about
: 250 people who gathered at PHS's
: Memorial Fieldhouse for the offensive
: lineman's long-awaited announcement.
:
: As the three-time, first-team
: All-Stater approached the podium, he
: held a University of Michigan hat.
:
:
: Parkersburg's Jenkins picks WVU
:
: Andy Spradling
: Parkersburg's Josh Jenkins chose WVU.
: .. Rich Rodriguez had received a
: commitment from Jenkins in 2006 that he
: would play football for WVU. After
: Rodriguez took the Michigan job on Dec.
: 16, he attempted to get Jenkins to
: follow him to Ann Arbor.
:
: "I just wanted to announce my
: intentions to attend the University of
: ...," Jenkins said, before
: suddenly flinging the Michigan hat
: toward the bleachers.
:
: Then Jenkins swiftly placed a WVU hat
: on his head, beamed, and said
: enthusiastically to wild applause,
: "It's a great day to be a
: Mountaineer."
:
: That, of course is WVU broadcaster Tony
: Caridi's signature line at the
: conclusion of big Mountaineer football
: and basketball victories.
:
: Ohio State and Florida State, along
: with WVU, were considered to be in the
: hunt for Jenkins' services as signing
: day approached.
:
: OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel visited
: Jenkins in Parkersburg last week, as
: did Florida State offensive line coach
: Rick Trickett. As a former West
: Virginia assistant on Rodriguez's
: staff, Trickett was instrumental in
: getting Jenkins to commit to the
: Mountaineers in 2006.
:
: "People know me here,"
: Jenkins said. "I'm Josh Jenkins
: from Parkersburg. I'm not some recruit
: who happens to be from West Virginia.
: That made a big difference."
:
: Jenkins and some of his PHS coaches
: spent part of Tuesday night calling
: other suitors, thanking them for their
: interest, and informing them that the
: 6-foot-5, 305-pounder would sign today
: with the Mountaineers.
:
: He actually made up his mind last
: Wednesday after a visit from WVU
: recruiting coordinator John
: "Doc" Holliday.
:
: "After Coach Holliday left, I
: talked to my mom and said, 'You know
: what? I think I'm going to be a
: Mountaineer,'" Jenkins said.
:
: Jenkins cooled on his commitment to WVU
: before his senior season at PHS in
: 2007.
:
: New Mountaineer Coach Bill Stewart,
: Holliday and offensive line coach Dave
: Johnson met with Jenkins repeatedly in
: recent weeks.
:
: He was WVU's top recruiting target.
:
: The first player in the storied history
: of Parkersburg High School football to
: earn first team All-State honors three
: straight seasons, Jenkins was ranked as
: one of the top five guard prospects in
: the nation by most recruiting services.
:
: During his career, Jenkins twice won
: the Hunt Award as the state's best high
: school lineman, the only player to ever
: accomplish that feat.
:
: In early January, Jenkins became the
: first player in state history to play
: in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl,
: which was televised nationally from the
: Alamodome in San Antonio. He was named
: a Prep All-America selection by USA
: Today last month and Parade magazine
: last weekend.
:
:
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