Vanderline to CMU?

Penn State LB Coach, Ron Vanderlinden, has been rumored to be a canidate for the Central Michigan head coaching position. Coach Vanderlinden has been an instrumental addition to the staff and PSU's return to Linebacker U. This would certainly be very disappointing news for Nittany Nation. News we knew we would have to deal with one day.

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Green Taking Visits

Even though Broderick Green says he is more committed to USC than ever, he is still planning on taking his visits to Happy Valley and Columbus. He is down to 3 schools and USC is still the clear leader. Green says he would have to be blown away on the visit more so than USC before he would even consider changing his mind.

Shaw Not Ready

John Shaw is not yet 100% from his knee injury he suffered during the Wisconsin game. John is still practicing however with the second team and is expecting to see some action during the game. However, he is not expected to start.

And Then There Were 3

Three members of the PSU football team have been sent home now. First there was Ed Johnson and Spencer Ridenhour for an undisclosed reason, and now Austin Scott. Joe made a comment on Austin saying it was a "Family Matter". The team does not currently have a curfew and Paterno told them what he expects. He also told them he is not going to baby sit and if they get in trouble, they will have to deal with the consequences. I guess 3 of them did not believe him.

Stephfon Green Update

PSU commit Stephfon Green broke his ankle this year during his senior season. Stephfon is expected to have his pins removed early january and hopes to be running on it by late January.

Poti to Enroll

Several weeks ago, we discovered that Ako Poti accepted a scholarship to be the first JUCO player in many moons for the Nittany Lions. Poti is expected to play either offensive guard or tackle and is expected by the staff to step in right away. Poti is arriving in Happy Valley on Jan. 14. This will allow him to prepare for spring practice and the B&W game.

Broderick Green Confirms Commitment

Broderick Green has always said he was still committed to USC, however a visit to USC this past weekend convinced him to say he is thinking about not taking any more visits. Penn State fans have thought for a good while they may have a chance with Green, however the chance seems to be fading fast.



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Latham Update

Kevion Latham was to enroll early at PSU, however that does not appear to be the case. Kevion has not been given clearance by his High School to leave early and therefore will not enroll until June.



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It's Official

Poti has chosen PSU. Both scout.com and rivals.com have reported the commitment of Ako Poti to the lions. Apparently last Thursday, Coach Norwood made the trip to the west which sealed the deal for Poti. He committed to PSU last Thursday during Norwoods visit.

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Johnson Suspended

Starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson has been suspended from the PSU football team. The reasoning was not said, however it does not appear he will be making the trip to Tampa and his college football days are over.



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Poti to PSU

Apparently Ako Poti has committed to Penn State. A side site on rival.com has it posted that the nittany lions have landed the JUCO OL prospect. More on this after the main sites pickup the news.

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Still has PSU Leading?

According to a quote on delawareonline.com, Devon Still has the lion in the lead over Ohio State. The last quote from either scout.com or rivals.com has Penn State and Ohio State as co-leaders. Still is waiting until January to make a decision as Joe Paterno can make an in house visit at that time. As long as he holds out and waits that long, I think it is looking good for PSU fans.

The article also mentions Penn State commit Andrew Szczerba with several quotes.

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Muldrow Speaks

Richard Muldrow has taken it on himself to post a story on scout.com written by himself. He posted a story about is recent visit to Rutgers. He loved the visit and listed Rutgers as his current leader. He went on to say that he has an Illinois visit planned as well as a Penn State visit the week after. After the PSU weekend, he plans on making his announcement.



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Nerraw McCormack Update

Nerraw McCormack has returned from Kansas this weekend and still lists Penn State in his final three with Temple and Kansas. He did however go on to saying that he does not currently hold a scholarship offer from Penn State. Only Kansas and Temple have extended offers.



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Green Named Army All-American

Broderick Green has been added to the list of Army All-American Bowl participants. The game will be played January 6, 2007 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and shown on NBC at 12:00 noon EST.



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Recruiting Florida

Zak Poole is a dual threat quarterback that is looking high at Penn State. A highly talented quarterback looking hard at Penn State is nothing new, however it is when you throw in that Zak is from Florida. He attended an elite 11 combine where he learned to fall in love with all the attention the lions gave him. Zak, 6-foot-1, 160-pound, is posted at a 4.7 second 40 time and also lists Rutgers, Miami and Kansas State has his favorites.



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At a Loss

The men's basketball team somehow managed to lose this weekend to Southeastern Louisiana 69-66. It was on a last second buzzer shot, however with the expectations coming into this year, it is very disappointing it was even close. The loss to Stoney Brook earlier this year should have been a pretty good sign but it was early enough that people wrote it off as a young team starting the season. This far into the early season, a loss like this should not happen. I am now with the many others that are dreading the start of the Big 10 season.

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Wrestling a Close One

The #8 Nittany Lions took on a 2-2 Lock Haven team last night. A match that should have not even been close, however with Davis (197) and Anspach (HWT) out for the night, things proved to be interesting. Penn State still won the match and now posts a 5-1 record.

125: #6 Obe Blanc LHU, dec. #3 Mark McKnight PSU, 9-8 (0-3)
133: #7 Jake Strayer PSU maj. dec. Danny Lopes LHU, 18-4 (4-3)
141: Bryan Heller PSU pinned Mark Armstrong LHU, WBF (1:15) (10-3)
149: Dan Vallimont PSU dec. Donnie Ament LHU, 11-5 (13-3)
157: #15 Seth Martin LHU dec. Nathan Galloway PSU, 9-3 (13-6)
165: Landis Wright LHU dec. Mark Friend PSU, 7-5 (13-9)
174: #3 James Yonushonis PSU maj. dec. Mike Metzger LHU, 13-4 (17-9)
184: Tom Kocher LHU dec. Phil Bomberger PSU, 8-4 17-12
197: Jeramie Cook LHU dec. Chad Unger PSU, 8-1 (17-15)
HWT: Joe Farina PSU dec. Mike Cook LHU, 9-3 (20-15)

Final Score: #8 Penn State 20, Lock Haven 15

Shrine Recruiting Update

Desmond Roberts, 3 star center by scout.com, is a NC State commit, however has setup visits with other schools. One of those schools is Penn State with the visit coming January 19th. He is also visiting Virginia Tech, North Carolina and NC State. NC State is his first stop in early January so I am sure it is very possible that he can re-confirm his commitment after that visit and cancel the others. What prompted the visit has been the release of the current NC State coach to the Boston College head coach. Desmond says that he is still unsure how the BC coach plans to use him at NC State and wants to make sure he has other options if he does not like what he hears when he receives that answer.

Tydreke Powell had an interview yesterday as well saying that North Carolina is his current leader. He feels that he has become close with the other NC commits this week during practice.



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NC Commits in Ears of Other Shriners

The North Carolina vs South Carolina Shrine game is this weekend and practice has been going all week. This game contains two PSU commits, Kevion Latham and Quinn Barham, as well as PSU prospect Tydreke Powell. Quinn and Kevion are both in other players ears about joining the lions. In an article posted today on scout.com, Quinn says he is working on both Powell and Desmond Roberts. One quote from Quinn really stands out and I think many will agree. Quinn says, "Tydreke, he's really feeling Penn State now. I feel good how we stand with them, and I think we've got Tydreke already."

Quite the comment.

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2008 Opponent?

Apparently Coastal Carolina University is attempting to secure a football game with Penn State in 2008. This is the first I heard of it, but it does not surprise me.



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And Yet Another Looker

Desmond Roberts is a 3 star, 6' 5", 260 pound center and ranked #10 nationally at that position by scout.com. The only problem for PSU fans is that he is committed to NC State. Or is he? Since the firing of the coaching staff at NC State, Desmond has started to open is recruitment. He plans on visiting Penn State, North Carolina and Virginia Tech, and NC State. He has been in contact with the old BC coach (heading to NC State) but still plans on taking the visits. Desmond does not currently hold a PSU scholarship and to be honest, I don't know if there are any more left with all the other prospects, but I know that if PSU wants him, they will find a way.



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Latham is Solid

Kevion Latham committed to Penn State a while back and his since taken 2 visits to Georgia Tech and Clemson. Scout.com asked Kevion if he is still committed to PSU and he said "I'm going to Penn State, man. I just wanted to go on some official visits because hey, they're free. I had a great time". Kevion went on to say that he is trying to work Ryan Houston and Tydreke Powell to come to the Nittany Lions. Each of them are practicing this week for the Shrine Game.

Tydreke has also mentioned this week that he is down to North Carolina, Penn State and Virginia Tech.



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McCoy Update

Well, not really much of an update. LeSean still says that PSU and Pitt are the only 2 he is considering. His last SAT score did not qualify him, however he retook the test already and is expecting results before Christmas. He did not rule out a January enrollment in the school of his choice, however in past articles, Milford Prep coach did say that LeSean would have to attend another semester there. LeSean is awaiting the results of his latest test scores and said he will be ready to announce his decision once



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PSU Adds 4 AP All-Americans

Penn State had its highest number of AP All-Americans since the 1994 team. This year Paul Posluszny, who was named to the AP first team for the second straight year. Dan Connor was selected to the second team, with Jay Alford. Levi Brown and Jeremy Kapinos were named to the third team.

Penn State (5), Ohio State (5) and Michigan (6) led the nation in the amount of AP All-Americans.

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JUCO Lineman Update

According to Ako Poti's father, Ako has received a written scholarship from Penn State. Ako initially said that Kentucky was in the lead for his services, however PSU would be if he was given a written scholarship. Ako stayed true to his word saying that PSU is the current leader and will announce his final decision early next week after an official visit to Texas Tech. Other schools that have extended an offer to Ako are Kentucky, Utah, New Mexico and Marshall.

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PSU Football Posts #7 of All Graduation Rates in Div 1-A

With a graduation rate of 83%, the Penn State football team is rated #3 among Division 1-A public schools and #7 among all Division 1-A schools (119). Kent State and Nebraska were the only other public schools with higher rates (86% and 84% respectively)

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#14 Confirmed

Joe Suhey is the son of former Penn State and Chicago Bears star, Matt Suhey, and also the cousin of current Nittany Lion player Kevin Suhey. Joe is something else however... He is PSU commitment #14 on the year. Joe is listed as a 2 star CB/Safety, however has been recruited as an Athlete. Joe had interest from many other top schools around the country, however PSU is the first and only school to offer so far.

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New Commit?

The new rumor out there is that Joe Suhey, ATH from Chicagoland, has committed to PSU. The official announcement has yet to be seen anywhere I can find. Joe is the son of former Penn State and Chicago Bears fullback Matt Suhey. Joe is ranked a 2 star Safety by scout.com.

Langley Update

I printed a little bit back that Langley was re-opening his recruitment to check out PSU one last time at the wish of his parents. Coach Johnson met w/ Donald as well as Tennessee coaches and he made his final decision. Donald will play football at Tennessee. Good luck to him.

More Wondering Eyes

Current Alabama commit, Nick Gentry, has changed his commitment to a soft verbal. He has setup visits to Alabama, Louisville, Florida State and Penn State.

Nick is a three star DT and ranked #45 at the position by scout.com.

Nick Gentry

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JUCO Possibilities

Penn State is in HUGE need of offensive lineman after the departing of so many un-expectantly. So much that PSU is even looking at JUCO players. The last time Penn State took a Junior College transfer was in 1985. Two of the possibilities came to Happy Valley this weekend. Nerraw McCormack and Ako Poti both made official visits this weekend to Penn State. Neither are known to have an official offer, but both are being pursued by other division 1-A programs in the country as well.


Nerraw McCormack

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Powell Down to 3

Four star DT (by scout.com and rivals.com), Tydreke Powell, has Penn State listed in his top 3 schools with North Carolina and Virginia Tech. Tydreke is from North Carolina and I believe the Tarheels are the team to beat for his services.



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Still Back from UM

Devon Still, 4 star DE by rivals.com, has returned from him Michigan visit. He says the visit has went well, however not as well as Ohio State and Penn State. Still has the lions and buckeyes as his co-leaders after the UM visit.



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PSU Wrestlers Lose 1st Match

157: #8 James Strouse HOF dec. Nathan Galloway PSU, 10-6 0-3
165: #3 Mike Patrovich HOF tech. fall Jason Lapham PSU, 17-2 (6:21) 0-8
174: #17 Alton Lucas HOF dec. #2 James Yonushonis PSU, 3-2 0-11
184: #7 Joe Rovelli HOF dec. Phil Bomberger PSU, 13-6 0-14
197: #6 Chris Weidman HOF dec. #1 Phil Davis PSU, 5-4 0-17
HWT: #12 Aaron Anspach PSU maj. dec. Matt Pollock HOF, 18-6 4-17
125: #3 Mark McKnight PSU dec. #8 David Tomasette HOF, 5-2 7-17
133: #7 Jake Strayer PSU dec. #20 Lou Ruggirello HOF, 6-0 10-17
141: #19 Charles Griffin HOF dec. Bryan Heller PSU, 9-5 10-20
149: Mitch Smith HOF maj. dec. Dan Vallimont PSU, 15-5 10-24

Final Score: #5 Hofstra 24, #8 Penn State 10

Records: Penn State 4-1; Hofstra 7-0

#8 PSU Grapplers Beat Lehigh

No. 8 Penn State 23 Lehigh 12

125: No. 3 Mark McKnight, PSU, won by tech. fall over Patrick Berger, 21-6 (7:00).
133: No. 7 Jake Strayer, PSU, dec. Seth Ciasulli, 6-3.
141: Matt Ciasulli, L, dec. Bryan Heller, 11-4.
149: Dan Vallimont, PSU, dec. No. 8 Trevor Chinn, 3-1.
157: David Nakasone, L, dec. Nate Galloway, 6-5 OT TB1.
165: Mike Galante, L, dec. Mark Friend, 11-5.
174: No. 2 James Yonushonis, PSU, dec. David Helfrich, 7-6.
184: David Craig, L, dec. Phil Bomberger, 8-2.
197: No. 1 Phil Davis, PSU, won by inj. def. over No. 16 Matt Cassidy, 4:48.
Hwt: No. 12 Aaron Anspach, PSU, dec. No. 14 Paul Weibel, 6-3.

Ditto To Enroll Early

Penn State commit, Jon Ditto, will be enrolling at PSU this January. Ditto is the second known PSU commit (Sukay being the other) to enroll early and get a jump on their college years.



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McCoy Upate

Not too much to update as he continues to say it is down to PSU and Pitt. However, this is the first time I remember hearing a quote directly from him saying that he has narrowed it down to those two only. He also mentioned that recruiting is taking a toll on him and that he may decide in the next two weeks.



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Green Narrows Field

Broderick Green still is committed to USC (soft) and still only has a visit set to see Southern California, however he still says he will visit other schools. He even went as far as saying he has narrowed his choices. His choices are down to USC, Ohio State and Penn State. There is still a lot of time left, but with that statement, it leaves Arkansas and Tennessee in the dark. There will be a lot left in this one I am sure...



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2 in a Row

Paul Posluszny has won the Bednarik award for the second straight year. The award is given to the most outstanding defensive college football player in the nation by the Maxwell Football Club.



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Langley Unsure

Donald Langley, 3 star DT from Maryland, committed to Tennessee a month ago, but is now having second thoughts. Penn State has always been his dream school and his parents would like him to go there as well, however Langley decided to announce for the Vols to go with his teammate and one of his best friends. Langley is also set to graduate in December and it to enroll at the school of his choice in January. With it getting close to the time he must pack his bags, he is starting to reconsider his choice of the Vols and it split right now on what to do. He will not have long to ponder however, as he will need to register for classes in a few weeks at whichever one he chooses. This could get interesting...



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Devon Still From No Where

Devon still had Ohio State has a high leader, however decided to still visit PSU this past weekend. The visit must have went very well as Devon is now listing PSU and Ohio State as his co-leaders with them being neck and neck. Devon was to visit Michigan as well yet, but says he is cancelling the visit. He has narrowed his choices to the Buckeyes and Lions. Devon is the #1 ranked player in Delaware and is a 4 star DE rated by rivals.com.



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And the Opponent Is?

Penn State will play Tennessee in the Outback Bowl January 1st at 11:00 AM EST.



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Drought Ends with Wiz

The drought of committments for Penn State has come to and end this past weekend. Standout offensive lineman Stefen Wisniewski has decided to play for the lions. Wiz is a 4 star recruit per scout.com and has also been invited to play in the US Army All-American Bowl in January.



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