The first half of the season has been a blink of an eye for most programs; however, it has been a drawn-out yawner for Nittany Lions fans. With a sputtering offense (ranked 107th in scoring) and virtually no ground game (ranked 85th in rushing), the Nittany Lions are welcoming a much needed bye week. After opening the first half of the season with a disappointing 3-3 record and posting its first consecutive 20 point losses since the 1980’s, there...
During the off-season, the Redskin’s GM, Bruce Allen, stated that he wanted to pursue a field of QBs. He first added Rex Grossman prior to the NFL draft and now he signed undrafted QB Daryll Clark. For the past two seasons, Clark was a Penn State staple becoming the school’s all-time leader in TDs (43), single season passing yards (3,003), and single season TDs (24). Though the first team all-conference QB was not drafted, several NFL teams showed interest...
Schools earn nicknames for a reason and anyone who follows college football knows where the greatest linebackers come to play ball. Penn State continued to showcase its “Linebacker U” status by having all three starting linebackers drafted in the 2010 NFL Draft. This marks 6 linebackers drafted in the past four drafts for JoePa. The first LB to go was Sean Lee in the 2nd round to the Dallas Cowboys (55th pick). LB Navorro Bowman was drafted in the...
The 85th edition of the East West Shrine Game was played yesterday in Orlando, Florida. Northwestern’s Mike Kafka (18-27 150 yards) led the east to the game winning drive by hitting Penn State’s Andrew Quarless with 5 ticks left on the clock. In the huddle I told Kafka, ‘Just throw it up and I’ll make a play.’ He threw a perfect pass,” Quarless said. “It just feels good to go out with a bang.” The Nittany Lions also had a strong showing...
“The SEC has a lot more speed-type people. They (the Big Ten) have a lot more big guys. We’ve got great receivers and running backs to try to take advantage of something Penn State doesn’t have.” LSU QB Jordan Jefferson prior to PSU’s speed and defense dominating the game. As the bowl season is coming to an end, the most impressive and improved performance by any conference as a whole was the Big 10. As of late, the conference...
As Penn State gears up for its New Year’s Day bowl, the team got a little scare on Thursday. It’s been reported that QB Daryll Clark was in fender bender in State College, PA. Clark, in his 1998 Chevy Lumina, was driving on Westerly Parkway at 8:30 pm when he was broadsided by an SUV. After the accident, Clark appeared to be injury free. He was “fine” but upset that his Chevy was “all messed up.” At first there...
This has been a rough season for The Matador going 5-5 on his weekly picks. It’s going to change as we inch closer to the regular season’s end. The lock of the week is Penn State (-3) over Michigan State. Penn State has all the drive in the world to win this game big. The Nittany Lions undeservedly have the opportunity to get a BCS at-large bid with a victory. Since Ohio State locked up the Rose Bowl, two...
The entire Tim Tebow situation is appalling. The media is blowing this blame game way out of proportion as some are blaming the refs, the questionable hit, the coach, etc. The worst case of finger pointing I’ve seen to date is blaming the BCS for Tebow’s injury. When you look at the entire situation, there is only one person to blame, and that’s Coach Meyer. He is consumed by winning and consumed by winning with the son he never...
