A Couple Quick Notes

Paul Jones says he remains committed to Penn State even though he really isn't. It will be Pitt or Penn State for PJ. The best thing that could have possibly happened did, he went to the Pitt spring game and was one of 6000 people there. There should be over ten times that many in attendance for the Blue White game including PJ himself. It looks like this one is turning back in our favor but when the hometown team is involved you just never know.

Now for the bad news:

This year's Penn State - Ohio State clash at Beaver Stadium will no longer be a night game. Last week the Big Ten came up with a new rule stating that there will be no more night games in November unless they're played in a dome. There goes our advantage. Yes we should have a better offense than Ohio State, yes we should have a better defense than Ohio State, but Ohio State has a far superior head coach than Penn State does and without the energy that comes with a night game we might lose this one.

Chaz Powell has injured his ankle. Powell comes into the season as arguably our best wide receiver.

A.J. Wallace has injured his hamstring. Wallace comes into the season as arguably the best player in our entire secondary and easily the one with the most experience.

It's still early but from what I'm hearing Gerald Hodges is just not making the progress that I had expected from him. Hodges beating out Andrew Dailey for a starting spot entering Big Ten play looks like a long shot at best at this point.

It looks like our secondary could really be in trouble which further adds to my thought that Tom Bradley is overrated as a coach and I do NOT want him to succeed Joe Paterno as our next head coach. We have the best defensive line coach in the country, the best linebacker coach in the country, but our secondary continues to suffer. It was trash last year with four senior starters and as much as it pains me to say it, it may be even worse this year. Add to that we lose Maybin, Evans, and Gaines at DE and our secondary will be giving up yards in bunches this year. At what point do we point the finger at the architect of our defense, the defensive coordinator?