Not the greatest day

Like fellow senior James McDonald, reserve offensive lineman Ako Poti picked up a DUI last week. Unlike McDonald, Poti hasn't been kicked off the team. The coaching staff is saying that it's his first offense and there's no need to boot him. Regardless, he's a senior and he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of sniffing the starting lineup.


True freshman linebacker Glenn Carson's bad back has stopped him from participating in drills since arriving on campus this summer. However, Carson's back has not stopped him from picking up an underage over the weekend. And I thought we were recruiting smarter players?


Recruiting smarter players? Apparently not. As I reported a few weeks ago star cornerback Darrell Givens and athlete Derrick Thomas were the only members of Penn State's 2009 class not to report to campus on time due to some high school summer classes that they needed to finish up. Word today is that Givens didn't make the grade and was not admitted into Penn State. Typically in a situation like this the student-athlete would go to prep school for a year (Darryl Clark did it, Curtis Enis did it) and then report to Penn State. Givens isn't interested in doing that and because he wasn't admitted his signed letter of intent is null and void. Instead of going to prep school or a junior college Givens has opened his recruitment back up. Look for Givens to end up at a school like West Virginia or Rutgers.

This is potentially devastating news for Nittany Nation as Givens was a lock to start in 2010 and 2011. We are extremely thin at cornerback as it is and that's not counting the fact that A.J. Wallace, Knowledge Timmons, and Devin Fentress are all seniors this year.


Penn State picked up commitment #15 for their 2010 class today in Manheim DE/OLB Dakota Royer. Royer picked Penn State over Notre Dame and Pitt. Royer wants to play defensive end but the Penn State coaches want him as a linebacker. Optimistic fans like to refer to Royer as the next Aaron Maybin. I'll be more realistic and call him a poor man's Maybin. Either way, Royer doesn't have any sort of chance at playing meaningful minutes at linebacker for at least 3 years here and if they want him on the field it's going to be at DE.

I'd be shocked if we get any more verbal commitments before the season begins. Now we're at a point where we just sit back and allow high end prospects to fill the remaining few spots.


We've all heard it, Tim Tebow wears Terrelle Pryor pajamas and all that good stuff but did you hear the latest? According to this article, Pryor can drive a golf ball 335 yards, into the wind! All of this nonsense is cute. It's also cute how Terrell Pryor got Preseason Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year at Big Ten Media Days this week. Ohio State fans, keep it in your pants, all I know is Terrelle Pryor is 0-1 against Penn State.