Saturday, January 21, 2012
R.I.P. Coach
Joe Paterno wasn't interested in succeeding and he wasn't interested in doing things the right way. Joe Paterno was interested in succeeding while doing things the right way. The legendary coach had a saying that I like quite a bit, if you're not improving you're moving backwards. Leave it to the greatest coach of all time to teach us more about life than he did about football. In football, if you improve your backfield, improve your receivers, improve your offensive line, improve your defensive line, improve your linebackers, improve your secondary and improve your special teams, there's no way your team isn't going to be better. Just like in life if you improve your relationship with God, improve your relationship with others, improve your work ethic, improve your mental health and improve your physical health, there is no way your life isn't going to be better. Working hard on improving multiple facets of one's life is the key to life in my opinion. For example, if you're so focused on your career that your relationship with your family suffers then you're not succeeding. No one ever said success was easy and no one ever said doing things the right way was easy. So certainly having success while doing things the right way cannot be easy. That's the thing about Coach Paterno, he knew it wasn't easy and yet he still expected those things from his players and all Penn Staters; that's why we're called Mighty Nittany Lions. If you do things the right way and work hard towards improvement you will find success. JoePa lived to be 85 years old, we should all be so blessed. On top of that, he left us with lessons that we can use to help improve our lives and the lives of those around us. Joseph Vincent Paterno may not have won the battle against cancer but if you look at all the lives he's touched you already know that he won the war.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
New Head Coach
New Penn State Football Head Coach Bill O'Brien - my thoughts
Let me preface this by saying the reason I haven't been blogging much is that I'm an optimist and Penn State football has been getting me down. When you have an 85 year old head coach and 3 of his 8 assistants include two 70+ year old buddies and his son, how can it not. Let's move forward.
I'm sure by now everyone is aware that the new Penn State football head coach is New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien, who I will from this point forward refer to as OBra. I want to hate the hire because they picked an NFL assistant. I want to hate the hire because they waited until January 6. You wait until January 6 for a Nick Saban, you do not wait until January 6 for an OBra. I want to hate the hire because I don't know how well this guy can recruit. I want to hate the hire because this guy has no ties to Penn State and this isn't his dream job so if he does well then he's going to jump ship to be an NFL head coach. I want to hate the hire because OBra's people are the ones who leaked the hire. I want to hate the hire because OBra's not a current big time college football head coach. And most importantly, I want to hate the hire because OBra's still going to be the offensive coordinator for New England until they get bounced from the playoffs. I want to hate the hire but I don't.
It's no secret changes needed to be made, especially on offense. We needed a new head coach, a whole new offensive coaching staff, someone to be special teams coach, a new recruiting coordinator and a new direction regarding our strength and conditioning program. Basically, in my opinion, we needed a whole new (offensive minded) coaching staff with the exception of DLine coach and linebackers coach. Well OBra decided to retain two coaches: defensive line coach Larry Johnson and linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden. One could make the argument that each of these two men are the best in the country at their respective positions. I can't see a guy who runs a high powered NFL offense struggling to score points in college nor can I see him struggling to recruit players on that side of the ball. I also can't see a defensive with a staff that includes LJ and Vandy struggle either.
That leaves one question: can he recruit? Well, in an interview with rivals.com, stud athlete Stefon Diggs very much wants to hear from OBra. He's super interested. Diggs is scout.com's #9 ranked overall high school player in the country; rivals.com has him #8 overall. Depending on who you ask, Diggs projects at either running back, wide receiver or safety at the next level. If you ask me I see an offensive weapon in the mold of a Derrick Williams.
The knock on OBra is that he's arrogant. Well, so is just about every Penn Stater I know. I think this will be a good fit and I think WE ARE in for a treat when the Blue/White game rolls around on April 21.
Let me preface this by saying the reason I haven't been blogging much is that I'm an optimist and Penn State football has been getting me down. When you have an 85 year old head coach and 3 of his 8 assistants include two 70+ year old buddies and his son, how can it not. Let's move forward.
I'm sure by now everyone is aware that the new Penn State football head coach is New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien, who I will from this point forward refer to as OBra. I want to hate the hire because they picked an NFL assistant. I want to hate the hire because they waited until January 6. You wait until January 6 for a Nick Saban, you do not wait until January 6 for an OBra. I want to hate the hire because I don't know how well this guy can recruit. I want to hate the hire because this guy has no ties to Penn State and this isn't his dream job so if he does well then he's going to jump ship to be an NFL head coach. I want to hate the hire because OBra's people are the ones who leaked the hire. I want to hate the hire because OBra's not a current big time college football head coach. And most importantly, I want to hate the hire because OBra's still going to be the offensive coordinator for New England until they get bounced from the playoffs. I want to hate the hire but I don't.
It's no secret changes needed to be made, especially on offense. We needed a new head coach, a whole new offensive coaching staff, someone to be special teams coach, a new recruiting coordinator and a new direction regarding our strength and conditioning program. Basically, in my opinion, we needed a whole new (offensive minded) coaching staff with the exception of DLine coach and linebackers coach. Well OBra decided to retain two coaches: defensive line coach Larry Johnson and linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden. One could make the argument that each of these two men are the best in the country at their respective positions. I can't see a guy who runs a high powered NFL offense struggling to score points in college nor can I see him struggling to recruit players on that side of the ball. I also can't see a defensive with a staff that includes LJ and Vandy struggle either.
That leaves one question: can he recruit? Well, in an interview with rivals.com, stud athlete Stefon Diggs very much wants to hear from OBra. He's super interested. Diggs is scout.com's #9 ranked overall high school player in the country; rivals.com has him #8 overall. Depending on who you ask, Diggs projects at either running back, wide receiver or safety at the next level. If you ask me I see an offensive weapon in the mold of a Derrick Williams.
The knock on OBra is that he's arrogant. Well, so is just about every Penn Stater I know. I think this will be a good fit and I think WE ARE in for a treat when the Blue/White game rolls around on April 21.
Monday, October 11, 2010
New Post
Starting Hero Nick Sukay is out for the year with a torn pectoral.
There is nothing to report on the recruiting front.
Being that Penn State football has taken the last two weeks off, I think it's only fair that I take the next two weeks off as well.
There is nothing to report on the recruiting front.
Being that Penn State football has taken the last two weeks off, I think it's only fair that I take the next two weeks off as well.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Week Five
There is nothing wrong with the talent level of the Penn State football team, we just have a very poor coaching staff. We need a new head coach to come in and completely clean house and get rid of every coach on staff. The offense is the biggest problem, run by a clown named Jay Paterno, son of Joe Paterno aka JokePa. JokePa has no interest in retiring so I say fire his ass. Fuck him, our squad is trash because of him and his inabilty to fire questionable coaches. We got embarassed by Iowa and quite frankly, I'm sick of it.
Redshirt freshman starting tight end Garry Gilliam tore his ACL.
True freshman defensive tackle (#91) DaQuan Jones played for the first time this season and is evidently no longer redshirting.
True freshman starting quarterback Robert Bolden has looked worse than he did in the previous game in every game this season.
4th and goal on the one and you run it with Bolden?!? Why not put in Newsome in that situation when everyone knows you're running the QB draw?
4th and six from midfield with just over 4 minutes left in the game down by 14 and you punt!?!?! Are you fucking serious JokePa? This coaching staff can lick my balls. And no, I'm not going to pick a new team and I'm not going to lower my expectations.
Fuck you Joe Paterno, fuck you.
Nittany Lion of the Week goes to redshirt junior safety Nick Sukay. The much maligned Sukay played aggressive on Saturday and his aggressive play led to a timely interception (that the offense did nothing with) and a few big time tackles. I have been critical of Sukay and it's good to see him step his game up and play well.
Top Ten
1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Oregon
4) Nebraska
5) Oklahoma
6) Boise State
7) Auburn
8) TCU
9) Arizona
10) Oklahoma State
Heisman
1) Denard Robinson, SO, Quarterback, Michigan
2) Cameron Newton, JR(RS), Quarterback, Auburn
3) Terrelle Pryor, JR, Quarterback, Ohio State
Redshirt freshman starting tight end Garry Gilliam tore his ACL.
True freshman defensive tackle (#91) DaQuan Jones played for the first time this season and is evidently no longer redshirting.
True freshman starting quarterback Robert Bolden has looked worse than he did in the previous game in every game this season.
4th and goal on the one and you run it with Bolden?!? Why not put in Newsome in that situation when everyone knows you're running the QB draw?
4th and six from midfield with just over 4 minutes left in the game down by 14 and you punt!?!?! Are you fucking serious JokePa? This coaching staff can lick my balls. And no, I'm not going to pick a new team and I'm not going to lower my expectations.
Fuck you Joe Paterno, fuck you.
Nittany Lion of the Week goes to redshirt junior safety Nick Sukay. The much maligned Sukay played aggressive on Saturday and his aggressive play led to a timely interception (that the offense did nothing with) and a few big time tackles. I have been critical of Sukay and it's good to see him step his game up and play well.
Top Ten
1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Oregon
4) Nebraska
5) Oklahoma
6) Boise State
7) Auburn
8) TCU
9) Arizona
10) Oklahoma State
Heisman
1) Denard Robinson, SO, Quarterback, Michigan
2) Cameron Newton, JR(RS), Quarterback, Auburn
3) Terrelle Pryor, JR, Quarterback, Ohio State
Monday, September 27, 2010
Week Four
A pathetic first half + a great second half = a 22-13 win for Penn State over Temple.
Our defense picked it up in the second half and saw nice performances from sophomores Pete Massaro, Jordan Hill and Michael Mauti. Mauti literally played like his hair was on fire.
On the offensive side of the ball we saw a fired up back up fullback, Michael Zordich, score his first career touchdown. We also saw the return of Evan Royster, rushing for 187 yards on 26 carries.
Stephfon Green had 11 carries but only managed 15 yards on them. Neither Kevin Newsome nor Silas Redd entered the game.
True sophomore wide receiver Justin Brown looked like a real playmaker out there. Brown and Moye are playmaking wide receivers with size and speed, Brackett's a big target and Devon Smith provides high end speed. So why does Zug get PT?
Senior RT Lou Eliades tore his ACL against Temple and his college career is now over. He'll be replaced by junior Chima Okoli. Okoli had trouble moving up the depth chart at DT so moved over to offense this past offseason.
Nittany Lion of the Week goes to redshirt sophomore linebacker Michael Mauti. Mauti played like a man possessed in the second half against Temple. Mauti played well as a true freshman, then tore his ACL and redshirted last season. He had been a step slow, maybe a step tentative in the first 3 1/2 games of 2010 then he reverted back to his old form. If the second half against Temple wasn't an abberation and Mauti truly is back then we now have a big time playmaker on D, a playmaker who can fire up his teammates and give us a shot at beating Iowa. If Bolden plays well and Royster can hold onto the ball (I know, right), then we can beat Iowa. If the players and coaches hate Iowa like I hate Iowa then we'll win by 50.
Top Ten
1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Oregon
4) Nebraska
5) Oklahoma
6) Stanford
7) Boise State
8) Florida
9) TCU
10) Wisconsin
Heisman
1) Denard Robinson, SO, Quarterback, Michigan
2) Cameron Newton, JR(RS), Quarterback, Auburn
3) Terrelle Pryor, JR, Quarterback, Ohio State
I was wrong and I am glad I was wrong. Apparently now Shawney Kersey isn't transferring. This is great news. I don't expect to see much from him before our bye (Iowa then Illinois then bye) because of the missed practice time, etc., but I still think he can be a big time producer the second half of the year. This is huge and don't forget that Curtis Drake, our starter in the slot, is still out with injury. We are deep and talented at wide receiver (as well as running back).
Our defense picked it up in the second half and saw nice performances from sophomores Pete Massaro, Jordan Hill and Michael Mauti. Mauti literally played like his hair was on fire.
On the offensive side of the ball we saw a fired up back up fullback, Michael Zordich, score his first career touchdown. We also saw the return of Evan Royster, rushing for 187 yards on 26 carries.
Stephfon Green had 11 carries but only managed 15 yards on them. Neither Kevin Newsome nor Silas Redd entered the game.
True sophomore wide receiver Justin Brown looked like a real playmaker out there. Brown and Moye are playmaking wide receivers with size and speed, Brackett's a big target and Devon Smith provides high end speed. So why does Zug get PT?
Senior RT Lou Eliades tore his ACL against Temple and his college career is now over. He'll be replaced by junior Chima Okoli. Okoli had trouble moving up the depth chart at DT so moved over to offense this past offseason.
Nittany Lion of the Week goes to redshirt sophomore linebacker Michael Mauti. Mauti played like a man possessed in the second half against Temple. Mauti played well as a true freshman, then tore his ACL and redshirted last season. He had been a step slow, maybe a step tentative in the first 3 1/2 games of 2010 then he reverted back to his old form. If the second half against Temple wasn't an abberation and Mauti truly is back then we now have a big time playmaker on D, a playmaker who can fire up his teammates and give us a shot at beating Iowa. If Bolden plays well and Royster can hold onto the ball (I know, right), then we can beat Iowa. If the players and coaches hate Iowa like I hate Iowa then we'll win by 50.
Top Ten
1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Oregon
4) Nebraska
5) Oklahoma
6) Stanford
7) Boise State
8) Florida
9) TCU
10) Wisconsin
Heisman
1) Denard Robinson, SO, Quarterback, Michigan
2) Cameron Newton, JR(RS), Quarterback, Auburn
3) Terrelle Pryor, JR, Quarterback, Ohio State
I was wrong and I am glad I was wrong. Apparently now Shawney Kersey isn't transferring. This is great news. I don't expect to see much from him before our bye (Iowa then Illinois then bye) because of the missed practice time, etc., but I still think he can be a big time producer the second half of the year. This is huge and don't forget that Curtis Drake, our starter in the slot, is still out with injury. We are deep and talented at wide receiver (as well as running back).
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Future Playmakers?
After witnessing a lack of playmakers on both sides of the ball in Saturday's win against Kent State, a friend of mine asked me if we have any playmakers redshirting this season. I'll take a look at that but first let me give you an update on the "Kersey Situation".
Shawney Kersey is a redshirt freshman wide receiver on the team. He wears #4. Kersey has the best size/speed combo of any player on the squad as he stands 6'2" tall and is one of the fastest if not the fastest player on the entire roster. In my opinion, Kersey has the talent and potential to be the greatest Nittany Lion receiver to ever play at Penn State.
Let's take a look at a timeline of facts:
Kersey commits to Rutgers.
Kersey decommits from Rutgers and commits to Penn State.
Kersey redshirts in 2009.
Kersey has two touchdown catches in his first public scrimmage as a Nittany Lion, this spring's Blue White game.
Kersey receives zero touches against Youngstown State.
Kersey gets his first and only career "touch", a 24-yard rush on a reverse against defending national champs and #1 ranked Alabama.
Kersey receives zero touches against Kent State.
No wonder he's transferring, I'd be pissed too. Wide receivers coach Mike McQueary aka "Red" has his favorites, he has for years. Red plays who he likes, not who's the best. Yes, he has a rotation but it very much matters where you are in that rotation. Before having had enough of the situation, Kersey was inexplicably at the bottom of the rotation.
We will never win another national championship with the current staff. We need someone to come in and completely clean house. Penn State hasn't won a national championship since 1986 and I no longer think we have a shot at one next season. Next year we play Alabama, Iowa and Nebraska at home and both Ohio State and Wisconsin on the road. Despite the talent on the roster, with this coaching staff we have zero chance of going 11-1 with that schedule. This situation sucks.
Back to the question at hand, do we have playmakers that are redshirting? Seeing our team severly lacking of playmakers on both sides of the ball, one would assume we do not. We actually do. Let's take a look at a few of them.
Quarterback Paul Jones - According to JoePa, Jones is redshirting because he needs to focus on academics. I don't know the situation but it doesn't matter, when the season is over Jones will be a redshirt freshman and #2 on the depth chart, only behind true sophomore Rob Bolden. Jones has talent. How much talent? Enough that if they truly open the competition up again in the spring, he has a shot of taking Bolden's job as starter.
Fullback Zach Zwinak - Zwinak was the top fullback recruit coming out of high school over the past five years. A devastating blocker who is "Mike Alstott with the ball", Zwinak should provide a new dimension to the Penn State fullback who as of late has not done much toting of the rock. Next season third string fullback Glenn Carson will move back to linebacker and Zwinak will take his spot behind Joe Suhey and Mike Zordich on the depth chart. By 2012 Zwinak should be getting a couple carries a game and by the time he's a junior he should be an integral part of the offense.
Wide Receiver Curtis Drake - Drake played, and played well last season but broke his leg almost two months ago. I am not optimistic that Drake will make it back in time to play enough this season to warrant wasting a year of eligibility. Expect Drake to redshirt and come back next season as a sophomore and the starter in the slot, where he was scheduled to be before his injury.
Defensive Tackle DaQuan Jones - Jones is 6'4, 300 lbs and possesses a quick first step off the ball. Between Jones' strength and quickness and the coaching he will get from defensive line coach Larry Johnson, Jones will be a playmaker. The only question is at what point in his career will he start making plays.
Linebacker Mike Hull - Hull is ultra-talented and a little undersized. Recruited to play linebacker and possibly safety, Hull is being redshirted to put on weight then will be the next great linebacker at Linebacker U. My question is, between Hodges' injury and the lack of playmaking coming from our safeties, why not play Hull this year. I don't care how small he is, he can't be worse than Gbadyu on the outside and I don't care how young he is, he can't be worse than Astorino at Hero
Shawney Kersey is a redshirt freshman wide receiver on the team. He wears #4. Kersey has the best size/speed combo of any player on the squad as he stands 6'2" tall and is one of the fastest if not the fastest player on the entire roster. In my opinion, Kersey has the talent and potential to be the greatest Nittany Lion receiver to ever play at Penn State.
Let's take a look at a timeline of facts:
Kersey commits to Rutgers.
Kersey decommits from Rutgers and commits to Penn State.
Kersey redshirts in 2009.
Kersey has two touchdown catches in his first public scrimmage as a Nittany Lion, this spring's Blue White game.
Kersey receives zero touches against Youngstown State.
Kersey gets his first and only career "touch", a 24-yard rush on a reverse against defending national champs and #1 ranked Alabama.
Kersey receives zero touches against Kent State.
No wonder he's transferring, I'd be pissed too. Wide receivers coach Mike McQueary aka "Red" has his favorites, he has for years. Red plays who he likes, not who's the best. Yes, he has a rotation but it very much matters where you are in that rotation. Before having had enough of the situation, Kersey was inexplicably at the bottom of the rotation.
We will never win another national championship with the current staff. We need someone to come in and completely clean house. Penn State hasn't won a national championship since 1986 and I no longer think we have a shot at one next season. Next year we play Alabama, Iowa and Nebraska at home and both Ohio State and Wisconsin on the road. Despite the talent on the roster, with this coaching staff we have zero chance of going 11-1 with that schedule. This situation sucks.
Back to the question at hand, do we have playmakers that are redshirting? Seeing our team severly lacking of playmakers on both sides of the ball, one would assume we do not. We actually do. Let's take a look at a few of them.
Quarterback Paul Jones - According to JoePa, Jones is redshirting because he needs to focus on academics. I don't know the situation but it doesn't matter, when the season is over Jones will be a redshirt freshman and #2 on the depth chart, only behind true sophomore Rob Bolden. Jones has talent. How much talent? Enough that if they truly open the competition up again in the spring, he has a shot of taking Bolden's job as starter.
Fullback Zach Zwinak - Zwinak was the top fullback recruit coming out of high school over the past five years. A devastating blocker who is "Mike Alstott with the ball", Zwinak should provide a new dimension to the Penn State fullback who as of late has not done much toting of the rock. Next season third string fullback Glenn Carson will move back to linebacker and Zwinak will take his spot behind Joe Suhey and Mike Zordich on the depth chart. By 2012 Zwinak should be getting a couple carries a game and by the time he's a junior he should be an integral part of the offense.
Wide Receiver Curtis Drake - Drake played, and played well last season but broke his leg almost two months ago. I am not optimistic that Drake will make it back in time to play enough this season to warrant wasting a year of eligibility. Expect Drake to redshirt and come back next season as a sophomore and the starter in the slot, where he was scheduled to be before his injury.
Defensive Tackle DaQuan Jones - Jones is 6'4, 300 lbs and possesses a quick first step off the ball. Between Jones' strength and quickness and the coaching he will get from defensive line coach Larry Johnson, Jones will be a playmaker. The only question is at what point in his career will he start making plays.
Linebacker Mike Hull - Hull is ultra-talented and a little undersized. Recruited to play linebacker and possibly safety, Hull is being redshirted to put on weight then will be the next great linebacker at Linebacker U. My question is, between Hodges' injury and the lack of playmaking coming from our safeties, why not play Hull this year. I don't care how small he is, he can't be worse than Gbadyu on the outside and I don't care how young he is, he can't be worse than Astorino at Hero
Week Three
So Penn State beat Kent State 24-0 in Week Three. I have never been this, dare I say borderline depressed, about a 24-0 victory before in my life.
Royster played like shit for the third straight week. He has averaged under 4 yards per carry in each of our three games this season. This despite a 15 yard gain on one of his 11 carries against Kent State.
The defense played like shit again. How can you say this, they pitched a shutout? Yeah, a shutout against an abysmal Kent State offense missing their best player, playmaking all everything running back Eugene Jarvis. They made up for his loss by going to the air with a quarterback who is worse than Morelli.
Bolden has his worst game of the season.
The offensive line had their best game. They still are not where they need to be though, especially with Iowa looming a mere week and a half away.
It blows my mind that ultra-talented wide receiver Shawney Kersey doesn't get any playing time. I guess that's why he's leaving, more on that in my next blog post.
DE's Jack Crawford and Eric Lattimore didn't start against Kent State, instead Pete Massaro and Sean Stanley did. Everyone knows SickOLBs is a Pete Massaro fan and he has been without question the best DEnd this team has had so far this season. Massaro is a redshirt sophomore, he came in, redshirted, then blew out his knee in the 2009 Blue White game. This young man has a bright future. He's not the most talented DEnd on the roster but he plays hard, he plays smart, and I look forward to watching him get better and better.
Stephfon Green looked very good in his limited carries against Kent State. I really want to see him start over Royster on Saturday.
Hero Drew Astorino got benched last week midway through the game for blowing tackles. FINALLY. Word is he'll be the guy in Nickel formations and new starting Hero Andrew Dailey will be the guy in the base D.
I was wrong about Devon Smith. He's a tough little guy and he's a football player. I was wrong and now I'm a fan of 5'6", 155 lb #20.
Looking ahead to Temple: If we don't play our best game of the season, we have no shot at beating Temple, period. This team has piss poor coaching and even worse leadership. I expect us to lose games this year, I just hope one of them isn't this Saturday against Temple.
Nittany Lion of the Week goes to junior cornerback D'Anton Lynn. Lynn's opening drive interception set the tone for the typically slow starting Nittany Lions. Lynn picked Akron's QB, Penn State scored a touchdown, then Penn State scored another touchdown en route to a 14-0 first quarter lead. It is pathetic that it took a late game bomb to make the final score 24-0. This lack of fire won't cut it against Temple.
Top Ten
1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Nebraska
4) Boise State
5) Oregon
6) Oklahoma
7) Stanford
8) TCU
9) Wisconsin
10) Texas
Heisman
1) Denard Robinson, SO, Quarterback, Michigan
2) Colin Kaepernick, SR(RS), Quarterback, Nevada
3) Ryan Mallett, JR(RS), Quarterback, Arkansas
Lock of the Century: Stanford over Notre Dame
Upset of the Week: Kentucky over Florida
Royster played like shit for the third straight week. He has averaged under 4 yards per carry in each of our three games this season. This despite a 15 yard gain on one of his 11 carries against Kent State.
The defense played like shit again. How can you say this, they pitched a shutout? Yeah, a shutout against an abysmal Kent State offense missing their best player, playmaking all everything running back Eugene Jarvis. They made up for his loss by going to the air with a quarterback who is worse than Morelli.
Bolden has his worst game of the season.
The offensive line had their best game. They still are not where they need to be though, especially with Iowa looming a mere week and a half away.
It blows my mind that ultra-talented wide receiver Shawney Kersey doesn't get any playing time. I guess that's why he's leaving, more on that in my next blog post.
DE's Jack Crawford and Eric Lattimore didn't start against Kent State, instead Pete Massaro and Sean Stanley did. Everyone knows SickOLBs is a Pete Massaro fan and he has been without question the best DEnd this team has had so far this season. Massaro is a redshirt sophomore, he came in, redshirted, then blew out his knee in the 2009 Blue White game. This young man has a bright future. He's not the most talented DEnd on the roster but he plays hard, he plays smart, and I look forward to watching him get better and better.
Stephfon Green looked very good in his limited carries against Kent State. I really want to see him start over Royster on Saturday.
Hero Drew Astorino got benched last week midway through the game for blowing tackles. FINALLY. Word is he'll be the guy in Nickel formations and new starting Hero Andrew Dailey will be the guy in the base D.
I was wrong about Devon Smith. He's a tough little guy and he's a football player. I was wrong and now I'm a fan of 5'6", 155 lb #20.
Looking ahead to Temple: If we don't play our best game of the season, we have no shot at beating Temple, period. This team has piss poor coaching and even worse leadership. I expect us to lose games this year, I just hope one of them isn't this Saturday against Temple.
Nittany Lion of the Week goes to junior cornerback D'Anton Lynn. Lynn's opening drive interception set the tone for the typically slow starting Nittany Lions. Lynn picked Akron's QB, Penn State scored a touchdown, then Penn State scored another touchdown en route to a 14-0 first quarter lead. It is pathetic that it took a late game bomb to make the final score 24-0. This lack of fire won't cut it against Temple.
Top Ten
1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Nebraska
4) Boise State
5) Oregon
6) Oklahoma
7) Stanford
8) TCU
9) Wisconsin
10) Texas
Heisman
1) Denard Robinson, SO, Quarterback, Michigan
2) Colin Kaepernick, SR(RS), Quarterback, Nevada
3) Ryan Mallett, JR(RS), Quarterback, Arkansas
Lock of the Century: Stanford over Notre Dame
Upset of the Week: Kentucky over Florida
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