Will the steady Bani Gbadyu hold on to the starting "Sam" OLB spot, with the uber-athletic Gerald Hodges pushing from behind? |
-Barring some catastrophic meltdown tomorrow, Rob Bolden will be Penn State's quarterback for the foreseeable future. Also, Kevin Newsome and Matt McGloin are now apparently the No. 2 and No. 3 QBs, respectively. We'll know more to project the remainder of the season, after this weekend wraps up.
-Glenn Carson is now the No. 3 fullback, behind Mike Zordich. Penn State now has so many great linebackers, even the really frickin' good ones are being pushed to other positions. And who says we're not "Linebacker U"?
-Unless Penn State changed it for this week, there are now dual punt returners--Devon Smith and Justin Brown.
-At left guard, rumors have it that DeOn'tae Pannell and Johnnie Troutman were splitting time this week. But that's what we've heard before. So take that for what it's worth.
-There was a bit of a stir this week, when on the Thursday night radio show, Ron Vanderlinden hinted/suggested/leaned towards the idea that Gerald Hodges would supplant Bani Gbadyu at the "Sam" outside linebacker spot. With all the rotating of linebackers last week, does it even make a difference who starts?
-Michael Mauti was shifting from the "Backer" to the "Fritz" often last week. I figured in my game review that the following would be the order coming off the bench: Mauti, Gerald Hodges (could end up being Gbadyu, if Hodges starts), then Khairi Fortt or Mike Yancich. I was surprised Fortt played; thought he would redshirt.
If anything else comes up between now and kickoff, we'll change it here.
FYI: Full Penn State Football Roster.
OFF | First Team | Second Team | Reserves |
---|---|---|---|
QB | #1 Robert Bolden | #12 Kevin Newsome | #11 Matt McGloin |
RB | #22 Evan Royster | #21 Stephfon Green | #26 Curtis Dukes; #25 Silas Redd |
FB | #37 Joe Suhey | #9 Mike Zordich | #40 Glenn Carson |
FL | #6 Derek Moye | #19 Justin Brown | #8 Brandon Moesby-Felder |
SE | #5 Graham Zug | #4 Shawney Kersey | #83 Brett Brackett |
SL | #20 Devon Smith | #83 Brett Brackett | #2 Chaz Powell |
TE | #89 Garry Gilliam | #82 Kevin Haplea | #13 Mark Wedderburn |
LT | #67 Quinn Barham | #78 Mike Farrell | #76 Nate Cadogan |
LG | #50 De'OnTae Pannell | #74 Johnnie Troutman | #75 Eric Shrive |
C | #68 Doug Klopacz | #54 Matt Stankiewitch | #60 Ty Howle |
RG | #61 Stefen Wisniewski | #64 John Urschel | #65 Miles Deiffenbach |
RT | #77 Lou Eliades | #52 Chimaeze Okoli | #58 Adam Gress |
LS | #53 Jon Rohrbaugh | #57 Emery Etter | #44 Michael Fuhrman |
K | #36 Collin Wagner | #30 Anthony Fera | #28 David Soldner |
KOS | #30 Anthony Fera | #36 Collin Wagner | #28 David Soldner |
KR | #2 Chaz Powell | -- | -- |
KR | #21 Stephfon Green | #20 Devon Smith | -- |
Hold | #83 Brett Brackett | -- | -- |
DEF | First Team | Second Team | Reserves |
DE | #81 Jack Crawford | #44 Kevion Katham | #90 Sean Stanley |
DT | #71 Devon Still | #93 James Terry | #99 Brandon Ware |
DT | #85 Ollie Ogbu | #47 Jordan Hill | #75 Evan Hailes |
DE | #56 Eric Latimore | #59 Pete Massaro | #86 CJ Olaniyan |
Frz | #34 Nate Stupar | #42 Michael Mauti | #54 James Van Fleet |
Bkr | #48 Chris Colasanti | #33 Mike Yancich | #42 Michael Mauti |
Sam | #15 Bani Gbadyu | #6 Gerald Hodges | #11 Khairi Fortt |
CB | #12 Stephfon Morris | #2 Chaz Powell | #5 Derrick Thomas |
Hero | #1 Nick Sukay | #23 Stephen Obeng-Agyapong | #27 Jacob Fagnano |
FS | #28 Drew Astorino | #13 Andrew Dailey | #10 Malcolm Willis |
CB | #8 D'Anton Lynn | #16 Shelton McCullough | #14 Mike Wallace |
PS | #30 Anthony Fera | #49 A.J. Firestone | #45 Alex Butterworth |
PR | #19 Justin Brown | #28 Drew Astorino | -- |
PR | #20 Devon Smith | #28 Drew Astorino | -- |
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...and Powell's back on defense. If just for this game.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see that. Where did you hear/read/see that? Not saying I don't believe you...
ReplyDeleteIt's because Derrick Thomas sucked in the nickel last week. They want Powell in there so our nickel defense doesn't suck.
ReplyDeleteI'll buy that. I'm just not ready to put it down "on paper" yet... ya know?
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