It looks like another Penn State Nittany Lion is having trouble separating binge drinking and driving. Back-up OL Ako Poti (Sr. 6’3, 305 lbs.) was charged on July 17th with a DUI. He was pulled over for disregarding a traffic lane by State College police. When tested, he had a blood alcohol content of .10-.16 which eclipses the Pennsylvania legal limit of .08. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 2nd. Poti, an offensive lineman, was a JUCO transfer from San Francisco C.C. He...
According to the experts, Ohio State is the team to beat in the Big 10. There is a lot of hype around the Buckeyes and coach Jim Tressel this season. When you look at this team, all of this season’s fate rests in the hands of sophomore Terrelle Pryor (So. 6’6 235 lbs.). The question remains, can he do it? Pryor had a strong freshman year leading the Big 10 with a pass-efficiency rating of 151.3 in conference play and...
It’s time for the Big 10 to change tradition. It used to be that no Big 10 team played after the Ohio State-Michigan game just before Thanksgiving. However, this concept has been slowly changing as more teams are breaking tradition. During the Big Ten media day on Monday, there was chatter about adding an open date during the season to allow for an additional game to be played after Thanksgiving to help reduce the long layoff between the conference’s regular season...
Penn State lands its 14th 2010 recruit in top TE Kevin Haplea from North Hunterdon High in Annandale, New Jersey. Haplea (6’4, 230 lbs.) also considered Florida State, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina. He will be a perfect fit for the Nittany Lions as they will lose their top two TEs at the end of this season. To prepare for the 2010 season, Haplea plans on graduating high school early and will attend Penn State this January. On...
Randy Bates, Northwestern’s linebackers coach, was recently hospitalized after suffering a bruised lip that required 4 stitches after trying to break-up a fight. Earlier last week, he saw two unfamiliar people on his property in the Evanston-Skokie area. He politely asked the two strangers to leave. In response, they turned on Bates causing him to sustain injuries. The incident occurred at approximately 10:20 pm. The Skokie Police Department are searching for two male suspects, one believed to be between 17-19.
Today, there was another blow to Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines. The team announced the dismissal of Deerfield, Florida native Justin Feagin (So. 6’0, 198lbs) for a violation of team rules. Feagin was Rodriguez’s first quarterback recruit. He was anticipated to become the “next Pat White” in Rodriguez’s spread offense for his speed and agility. Last season, Feagin was moved from quarterback to defensive back to slot receiver. He only appeared in four games last year (against Purdue,...
Ohio State University may be forced to include closed captioning of all in-game announcements and commentary on its jumbotrons and televisions in concession areas for all football and basketball games. Vincent Sabino, a deaf 32-year-old Hilliard resident and Ohio State fan, filed suit in the Southern District of Ohio on June 30, 2009, under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Sabino is upset that the when the PA announcer says something like, ‘Wells carries the ball for 4 yards and...
It looks like the Nittany Lions will be down a WR come this fall. Penn State backup receiver James McDonald is off the football team after police charged him with drunken driving. He was picked up at about 2:30 a.m. July 9 in the parking lot of the Nittany Lion Inn for an expired registration. The arresting officer detected a strong odor of alcohol. When McDonald failed the standard field sobriety test, he was taken to Mount Nittany Medical...
