Program still lacks maturity
Some pre-game observations while wondering how many chances Andrew Quarless has left: n If you want a reason why Penn State is 32-32 in the Big Ten since the turn of the century, it’s a collective immaturity on the part of too many players who have gotten into legal trouble and brought too many distractions to the program. Too many are either incapable or unwilling to heed the warnings of the coaching staff. Thus, for being the occupants of an apartment in which marijuana was found Tuesday, Quarless, Maurice Evans and Abe Koroma will sit out today’s game with Oregon State and perhaps longer. They can look in the mirror and blame one thing and one thing only: stupidness. n While this is not to excuse the players for being involved in something illegal, one has to wonder if four squad cars arrive at a campus dorm every time there’s a report of loud music and burning marijuana and, if not, if Joe Paterno’s suspicion that football is being targeted has some merit.
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Sorting through the Penn State mailbag in search of a 2-0 start:
Neil:
If I ever return to school, can you be my teacher?
You gave the secondary a B+? Wow, there were some badly blown coverages.
PSU report card
Following is Neil Rudel’s report card from Penn State’s 66-10 victory over Coastal Carolina Saturday at Beaver Stadium:
POSITION GRADE COMMENT
Quarterback A All the grades
For starters, Clark, Devlin show promise
UNIVERSITY PARK — Round 1 of the Penn State quarterback derby didn’t produce a status change, but it did reinforce that the position appears to be in good hands.
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Some gameday notes and observations while thinking today and Temple will be the best chance to scalp a ticket at less than face value:
n We’ll begin to learn today about how much of a quarterback competition has existed at Penn State thro
Local cable disregards PSU fans
After nearly a year of negotiations, Comcast, the state’s biggest cable provider, has agreed to offer the Big Ten Network to its customers on expanded basic service.
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